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<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on February 24, 2006.</p>

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<p align=right style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right'><b>Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p>

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<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>
<font size="5">UNITED STATES </font> </b></p>

<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>
<font size="5">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </font> </b></p>

<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>Washington, D.C. 20549
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&nbsp;</b></p>



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<font size="5">FORM S-8</font><br>
&nbsp;</b></p>



<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>REGISTRATION
STATEMENT </b></p>

<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>UNDER
</b></p>

<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </b></p>

<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'>&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>
<br>
</p>

<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>
<font size="5">First Charter Corporation </font> </b></p>

<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
</p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
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  <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>North Carolina </b></p>
  </td>
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  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b>&nbsp;
  </b></p>
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  <td width="49%" valign=top style='width:49.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>56-1355866</b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="49%" valign=top style='width:49.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'>(State or other jurisdiction of <br>
  incorporation or organization) </p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign=bottom style='width:2.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" valign=top style='width:49.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'>(I.R.S. Employer <br>
  Identification No.) </p>
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  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
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  <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>10200 David Taylor Drive, Charlotte, NC</b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign=bottom style='width:2.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b>&nbsp;
  </b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" valign=top style='width:49.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>28262-2373 </b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="49%" valign=top style='width:49.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) </p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign=bottom style='width:2.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" valign=top style='width:49.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'>(Zip Code) </p>
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<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
&nbsp; <br>
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<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>First Charter Corporation 2000 Omnibus Stock Option
and Award Plan </b></p>

<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'>(Full title of the plan) </p>

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<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>Stephen J. Antal</b></p>

<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>Senior Vice President, General </b></p>

<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>Counsel and Corporate Secretary</b></p>

<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>First Charter Corporation </b></p>

<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>10200 David Taylor Drive</b></p>

<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>Charlotte, North Carolina&nbsp; 28262-2373</b></p>

<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'>(Name and address of agent for service) </p>

<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>&nbsp;</b></p>

<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>(704) 688-4300</b></p>

<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'>(Telephone number, including area code,</p>

<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'>of agent for service)<br>
&nbsp;</p>





<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>CALCULATION&nbsp;OF&nbsp;REGISTRATION&nbsp;FEE
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&nbsp;</b></p>





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  <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>
	<font size="2">Title of Securities <br>
  to be Registered</font></b></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign=bottom style='width:1.48%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </b></p>
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  <td width="14%" valign=bottom style='width:14.78%;border:none;border-bottom:
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  <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>
	<font size="2">Amount to be <br>
  Registered </font> </b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign=bottom style='width:1.48%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign=bottom style='width:14.78%;border:none;border-bottom:
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  <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>
	<font size="2">Proposed <br>
  Maximum Offering <br>
  Price Per Share (1) </font> </b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign=bottom style='width:1.48%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>

  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign=bottom style='width:14.78%;border:none;border-bottom:
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  <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>
	<font size="2">Proposed <br>
  Maximum Aggregate <br>
  Offering Price (1) </font> </b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign=bottom style='width:1.48%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign=bottom style='width:14.72%;border:none;border-bottom:
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  <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>
	<font size="2">Amount of <br>
  Registration <br>
  Fee (1) </font> </b></p>
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  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign=bottom style='width:1.48%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign=bottom style='width:14.78%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>

  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign=bottom style='width:1.48%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign=bottom style='width:14.78%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>

  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign=bottom style='width:1.48%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>

  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign=bottom style='width:14.78%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>

  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign=bottom style='width:1.48%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign=bottom style='width:14.72%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>

  </td>
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  <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:10.0pt;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-10.0pt'><font size="2">Common
  Stock, no par value per share </font> </p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign=bottom style='width:1.48%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign=bottom style='width:14.78%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p align=right style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right'>
	<font size="2">1,500,000 shares </font> </p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign=bottom style='width:1.48%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign=bottom style='width:14.78%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'>
	<font size="2">$23.83</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign=bottom style='width:1.48%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>

  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign=bottom style='width:14.78%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p align=right style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right'>
	<font size="2">$35,745,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign=bottom style='width:1.48%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign=bottom style='width:14.72%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p align=right style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right'>
	<font size="2">$ 3,825</font></p>
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margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-24.0pt'>(1) &nbsp;&nbsp;Estimated solely for the purpose of
calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under
the Securities Act based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of
the registrant's common stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on
February 21, 2006.</p>

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<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>EXPLANATORY NOTE </b></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
</p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in'>This Registration Statement is being filed solely for
the registration of additional shares of common stock of First Charter
Corporation (the &quot;Registrant&quot;) for issuance pursuant to awards granted under
the First Charter Corporation 2000 Omnibus Stock Option and Award Plan<b> </b>&nbsp;(the
&quot;Plan&quot;).&nbsp; Accordingly, pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the
contents of the earlier Registration Statement relating to the Plan
(Registration No. 333-57710) are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement, except as revised in Part II of this registration statement. </p>

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<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>PART II </b></p>



<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </b></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
&nbsp; <br>
<br>
</p>

<p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.5in'><b>Item
3. </b><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</b><b>Incorporation of Documents by
Reference. <br>
&nbsp;</b></p>



<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in'>The following documents previously filed by the
Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission are hereby incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement:<br>
&nbsp;</p>



<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in'>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004; <br>
&nbsp;</p>



<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in'>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2005, June 30, 2005 and September
30, 2005; <br>
&nbsp;</p>



<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in'>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form
8-K filed on February 2, 2005, April 15, 2005, April 27, 2005, April 29, 2005,
June 27, 2005, June 30, 2005, October 25, 2005 and January 31, 2006 (other than
those portions furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 of Form 8-K); <br>
&nbsp;</p>



<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in'>(d) &nbsp;
The description of the Registrant's
common stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement filed under
Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &quot;Exchange
Act&quot;), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description. <br>
&nbsp;</p>



<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in'>All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than
those portions furnished on Form 8-K, but not deemed filed), prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which
indicates that all securities offered hereby 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. <br>
&nbsp;</p>



<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in'>Any statement contained herein or in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such earlier statement.&nbsp; Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </p>





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<p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.5in'><b>Item
8. </b><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</b><b>Exhibits. </b></p>

<p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.5in'><b>&nbsp;</b></p>

<p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.5in'><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;
</b>The following exhibits are filed with
this Registration Statement.</p>

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  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b>Exhibit
  <br>
  Number </b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign=bottom style='width:2.5%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>&nbsp; </b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign=bottom style='width:90.42%;border:none;border-bottom:
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  <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>Description </b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="7%" valign=top style='width:7.08%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign=bottom style='width:2.5%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign=top style='width:90.42%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
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  <td width="7%" valign=top style='width:7.08%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p align=right style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right'>5.1</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign=bottom style='width:2.5%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign=top style='width:90.42%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Opinion
  of Helms Mulliss &amp; Wicker, PLLC.<br>
&nbsp;</p>
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  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign=bottom style='width:2.5%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>

  </td>
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  </td>
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  <td width="7%" valign=top style='width:7.08%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p align=right style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right'>10.1</p>
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  <td width="2%" valign=bottom style='width:2.5%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>

  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign=top style='width:90.42%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>First
  Charter Corporation 2000 Omnibus Stock Option and Award Plan, as amended by
  shareholder approval on April 27, 2005.</p>
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  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign=bottom style='width:2.5%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign=top style='width:90.42%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
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  <td width="7%" valign=top style='width:7.08%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p align=right style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right'>23.1</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign=bottom style='width:2.5%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>

  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign=top style='width:90.42%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Consent
  of Helms Mulliss &amp; Wicker, PLLC (included in Exhibit 5.1).</p>
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  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign=bottom style='width:2.5%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign=top style='width:90.42%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign=top style='width:7.08%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p align=right style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right'>23.2</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign=bottom style='width:2.5%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign=top style='width:90.42%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Consent
  of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign=top style='width:7.08%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign=bottom style='width:2.5%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign=top style='width:90.42%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign=top style='width:7.08%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p align=right style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right'>24.1</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign=bottom style='width:2.5%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign=top style='width:90.42%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Power
  of Attorney (included on signature page contained in Part II hereof).</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign=top style='width:7.08%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign=bottom style='width:2.5%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign=top style='width:90.42%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign=top style='width:7.08%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign=bottom style='width:2.5%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign=top style='width:90.42%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>

  </td>
 </tr>
</table>





<br
clear=all style='page-break-before:always'>


<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
</p>





<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>SIGNATURES </b></p>



<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in'>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Charlotte, State of North Carolina,
on this 24<sup>th</sup> day of February, 2006.</p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
</p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
</p>

<table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%"
 style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'>
 <tr>
  <td width="49%" valign=top style='width:49.74%;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt'>

  </td>
  <td width="34%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:34.08%;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b>First
  Charter Corporation</b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign=top style='width:16.2%;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="49%" valign=top style='width:49.74%;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt'>

  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top style='width:3.38%;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="30%" valign=top style='width:30.7%;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign=top style='width:16.2%;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="49%" valign=top style='width:49.74%;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt'>

  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top style='width:3.38%;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="30%" valign=top style='width:30.7%;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign=top style='width:16.2%;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="49%" valign=top style='width:49.74%;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt'>

  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign=top style='width:3.38%;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>By:
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="30%" valign=top style='width:30.7%;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
  padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;/s/ ROBERT E. JAMES, JR.</p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign=top style='width:16.2%;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="53%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:53.12%;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:46.88%;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt'>
  <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:10.0pt;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-10.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;Robert
  E. James, Jr.</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="53%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:53.12%;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:46.88%;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt'>
  <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:10.0pt;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-10.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;
  President and Chief Executive Officer</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="53%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:53.12%;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:46.88%;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt'>

  </td>
 </tr>
</table>



<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;
text-indent:.5in'><b><br>
<br>
<br>
<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></b></p>

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

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in'>
<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual
whose signature appears below and on the following page hereby constitutes and
appoints Robert E. James, Jr. and Charles A. Caswell, and each of them as his
or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her 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 any and all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby grants to
such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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 or
she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.<br>
&nbsp;</font></p>



<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.5in'>
<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated. </font> </p>

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

<table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="99%"
 style='width:99.52%;margin-left:2.15pt;border-collapse:collapse'>
 <tr>
  <td width="33%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:33.68%;border:none;
  border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><b>Signature
  </b></font></p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:1%;padding:0in; '>
  <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><b>&nbsp; </b></font></p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='border-left:medium none; border-right:medium none; border-top:medium none; width:37%;border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;
  padding:0in; '>
  <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><b>Capacity </b></font></p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:1%;padding:0in; '>
  <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><b>&nbsp; </b></font></p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='border-left:medium none; border-right:medium none; border-top:medium none; width:22%;border-bottom:1.0pt solid windowtext;padding:0in; '>
  <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><b>Date </b></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><b>&nbsp; </b></font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="33%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:33.68%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:1%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:37%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:1%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="33%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:33.68%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:1%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:37%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:1%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="33%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:33.68%;border:none;
  border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">/S/ ROBERT E. JAMES, JR.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:1%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:37%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">President,
  Chief Executive Officer and </font> </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:1%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">February
  24, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="33%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:33.68%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.95pt;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Robert E. James, Jr.
	</font> </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:1%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:37%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Director
  <i>(Principal Executive Officer)</i></font></p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:1%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="33%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:33.68%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:30.0pt;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-10.0pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:1%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:37%;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:1%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="33%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:33.68%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:30.0pt;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-10.0pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:1%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:37%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:1%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="33%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:33.68%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:30.0pt;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-10.0pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:1%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:37%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:1%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="33%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:33.68%;border:none;
  border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">/S/ CHARLES A. CASWELL</font></p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:1%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:37%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Executive
  Vice President and</font></p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:1%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">February
  24, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="33%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:33.68%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.95pt;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Charles A. Caswell
	</font> </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:1%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:37%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Chief
  Financial Officer </font> </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:1%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="33%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:33.68%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:30.0pt;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-10.0pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:1%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:37%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2"><i>(Principal
  Financial and Accounting Officer) </i></font></p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:1%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:30.0pt;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-10.0pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  &nbsp; </font> </p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:30.0pt;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-10.0pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='border-left:medium none; border-right:medium none; border-top:medium none; width:31%;border-bottom:
  1.0pt solid windowtext;padding:0in; '>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">/S/ HAROLD D. ALEXANDER</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Director
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">February
  24, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.95pt;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Harold D. Alexander
	</font> </p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='border-left:medium none; border-right:medium none; border-top:medium none; width:31%;border-bottom:
  1.0pt solid windowtext;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Director
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">February
  ___, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.95pt;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">William R. Black, M.D.
	</font> </p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='border-left:medium none; border-right:medium none; border-top:medium none; width:31%;border-bottom:
  1.0pt solid windowtext;padding:0in; '>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">/s/ JAMES E. BURT, III</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Director
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">February
  24, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.95pt;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">James E. Burt, III
	</font> </p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='border-left:medium none; border-right:medium none; border-top:medium none; width:31%;border-bottom:
  1.0pt solid windowtext;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Director
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">February
  ___, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
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  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.95pt;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Michael R. Coltrane
	</font> </p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
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  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
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 </tr>
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  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
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  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
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 </tr>
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  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
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  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='border-left:medium none; border-right:medium none; border-top:medium none; width:31%;border-bottom:
  1.0pt solid windowtext;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Director
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">February
  ___, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.95pt;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Jerry A. Felts
	</font> </p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='border-left:medium none; border-right:medium none; border-top:medium none; width:31%;border-bottom:
  1.0pt solid windowtext;padding:0in; '>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">/S/ JOHN J. GODBOLD, JR.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Director
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">February
  24, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.95pt;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">John J. Godbold, Jr.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
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 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
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  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='border-left:medium none; border-right:medium none; border-top:medium none; width:31%;border-bottom:
  1.0pt solid windowtext;padding:0in; '>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">/S/ CHARLES A. JAMES</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Director
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">February
  24, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.95pt;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Charles A. James
	</font> </p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
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  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
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 <tr>
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  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
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  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='border-left:medium none; border-right:medium none; border-top:medium none; width:31%;border-bottom:
  1.0pt solid windowtext;padding:0in; '>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">/S/ WALTER H . JONES, JR.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Director
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">February
  24, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.95pt;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Walter H. Jones, Jr.
	</font> </p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:38.98%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:4%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:22.02%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:10.0pt;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;
	</font> </p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan=3 valign=top style='width:39.1%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:8px;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan=3 valign=top style='width:39.1%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:8px;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='border-left:medium none; border-right:medium none; border-top:medium none; width:31%;border-bottom:
  1.0pt solid windowtext;padding:0in; '>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">/s/ SAMUEL C. KING, JR.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan=3 valign=top style='width:39.1%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Director
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:8px;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">February
  24, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.95pt;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Samuel C. King. Jr.
	</font> </p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan=3 valign=top style='width:39.1%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:8px;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan=3 valign=top style='width:39.1%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:8px;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan=3 valign=top style='width:39.1%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:8px;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='border-left:medium none; border-right:medium none; border-top:medium none; width:31%;border-bottom:
  1.0pt solid windowtext;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan=3 valign=top style='width:39.1%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Director
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:8px;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">February
  ___, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.95pt;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Jerry E. McGee
	</font> </p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan=3 valign=top style='width:39.1%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:8px;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan=3 valign=top style='width:39.1%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:8px;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan=3 valign=top style='width:39.1%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:8px;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='border-left:medium none; border-right:medium none; border-top:medium none; width:31%;border-bottom:
  1.0pt solid windowtext;padding:0in; '>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">/S/ ELLEN L. MESSINGER</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan=3 valign=top style='width:39.1%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Director
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:8px;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">February
  24, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.95pt;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Ellen L. Messinger
	</font> </p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan=3 valign=top style='width:39.1%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:8px;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan=3 valign=top style='width:39.1%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:8px;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan=3 valign=top style='width:39.1%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:8px;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='border-left:medium none; border-right:medium none; border-top:medium none; width:31%;border-bottom:
  1.0pt solid windowtext;padding:0in; '>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">/S/ HUGH H. MORRISON</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan=3 valign=top style='width:39.1%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Director
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:8px;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">February
  24, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.95pt;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Hugh H. Morrison
	</font> </p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan=3 valign=top style='width:39.1%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:8px;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan=3 valign=top style='width:39.1%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:8px;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan=3 valign=top style='width:39.1%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:8px;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='border-left:medium none; border-right:medium none; border-top:medium none; width:31%;border-bottom:
  1.0pt solid windowtext;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan=3 valign=top style='width:39.1%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Director
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:8px;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">February
  ___, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;border:medium none;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.95pt;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Thomas R. Revels
	</font> </p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan=3 valign=top style='width:39.1%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:8px;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan=3 valign=top style='width:39.1%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:8px;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan=3 valign=top style='width:39.1%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:8px;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='border-left:medium none; border-right:medium none; border-top:medium none; width:31%;border-bottom:
  1.0pt solid windowtext;padding:0in; '>
  <p><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">/S/ LAWRENCE D. WARLICK, JR.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan=3 valign=top style='width:39.1%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Director
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:8px;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">February
  24, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>
	<font face="Times New Roman" size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;border:medium none;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.95pt;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size="2">Lawrence D. Warlick, Jr. </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan=3 valign=top style='width:39.1%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:8px;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan=3 valign=top style='width:39.1%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:8px;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;padding:0in; '>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan=3 valign=top style='width:39.1%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:8px;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='border-left:medium none; border-right:medium none; border-top:medium none; width:31%;border-bottom:
  1.0pt solid windowtext;padding:0in; '>
  <p><font size="2">/S/ WILLIAM W. WATERS</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan=3 valign=top style='width:39.1%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size="2">Director
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:8px;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size="2">February
  24, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td valign=top style='width:31%;border:medium none;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:12.95pt;
  margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size="2">William W. Waters </font> </p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" colspan=2 valign=top style='width:2.66%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" colspan=3 valign=top style='width:39.1%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td colspan=3 valign=top style='width:8px;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:22%;padding:0in; '>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size="2">&nbsp;
  </font>
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign=top style='width:.82%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr height=0>
  <td width="31%" style='border:none'></td>
  <td width="1%" style='border:none'></td>
  <td width="1%" style='border:none'></td>
  <td width="37%" style='border:none'></td>
  <td width="1%" style='border:none'></td>
  <td width="1%" style='border:none'></td>
  <td width="1%" style='border:none'></td>
  <td width="1%" style='border:none'></td>
  <td width=0 style='border:none'></td>
  <td width="22%" style='border:none'></td>
  <td width="3%" style='border:none'></td>
 </tr>
</table>

<br
clear=all style='page-break-before:always'>


<p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>EXHIBIT INDEX </b></p>

<p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
</p>

<table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%"
 style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign=top style='width:7.08%;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
  padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;<br>
  <br>
  </p>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><b>Exhibit
  <br>
  Number </b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign=bottom style='width:2.5%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>&nbsp; </b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign=bottom style='width:90.42%;border:none;border-bottom:
  solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b>Description </b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign=top style='width:7.08%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign=bottom style='width:2.5%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign=top style='width:90.42%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign=top style='width:7.08%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p align=right style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right'>5.1</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign=bottom style='width:2.5%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign=top style='width:90.42%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Opinion
  of Helms Mulliss &amp; Wicker, PLLC.<br>
&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign=top style='width:7.08%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign=bottom style='width:2.5%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>

  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign=top style='width:90.42%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>

  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign=top style='width:7.08%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p align=right style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right'>10.1</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign=bottom style='width:2.5%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>

  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign=top style='width:90.42%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>First
  Charter Corporation 2000 Omnibus Stock Option and Award Plan, as amended by
  shareholder approval on April 27, 2005.</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign=top style='width:7.08%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign=bottom style='width:2.5%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign=top style='width:90.42%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign=top style='width:7.08%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p align=right style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right'>23.1</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign=bottom style='width:2.5%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>

  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign=top style='width:90.42%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Consent
  of Helms Mulliss &amp; Wicker, PLLC (included in Exhibit 5.1).</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign=top style='width:7.08%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign=bottom style='width:2.5%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign=top style='width:90.42%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign=top style='width:7.08%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p align=right style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right'>23.2</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign=bottom style='width:2.5%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign=top style='width:90.42%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Consent
  of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign=top style='width:7.08%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>

  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign=bottom style='width:2.5%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'>
  <p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>&nbsp;
  </p>
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First Charter S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on February 24, 2006.
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
First Charter Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
North Carolina
56-1355866
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
10200 David Taylor Drive, Charlotte, NC
28262-2373
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
First Charter Corporation 2000 Omnibus Stock Option
and Award Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Stephen J. Antal
Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Corporate Secretary
First Charter Corporation
10200 David Taylor Drive
Charlotte, North Carolina  28262-2373
(Name and address of agent for service)
(704) 688-4300
(Telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered
Proposed
Maximum Offering
Price Per Share (1)
Proposed
Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price (1)
Amount of
Registration
Fee (1)
Common
  Stock, no par value per share
1,500,000 shares
$23.83
$35,745,000
$ 3,825
(1)   Estimated solely for the purpose of
calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under
the Securities Act based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of
the registrant's common stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on
February 21, 2006.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement is being filed solely for
the registration of additional shares of common stock of First Charter
Corporation (the "Registrant") for issuance pursuant to awards granted under
the First Charter Corporation 2000 Omnibus Stock Option and Award Plan
(the
"Plan").  Accordingly, pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the
contents of the earlier Registration Statement relating to the Plan
(Registration No. 333-57710) are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement, except as revised in Part II of this registration statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
3.
Incorporation of Documents by
Reference.
The following documents previously filed by the
Registrant with the Securities and Exchange 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 December 31, 2004;
(b)  
The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2005, June 30, 2005 and September
30, 2005;
(c)  
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form
8-K filed on February 2, 2005, April 15, 2005, April 27, 2005, April 29, 2005,
June 27, 2005, June 30, 2005, October 25, 2005 and January 31, 2006 (other than
those portions furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 of Form 8-K);
(d)  
The description of the Registrant's
common stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement filed under
Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than
those portions furnished on Form 8-K, but not deemed filed), prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which
indicates that all securities offered hereby 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.
Any statement contained herein or in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such earlier statement.  Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item
8.
Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed with
this Registration Statement.
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion
  of Helms Mulliss & Wicker, PLLC.
10.1
First
  Charter Corporation 2000 Omnibus Stock Option and Award Plan, as amended by
  shareholder approval on April 27, 2005.
23.1
Consent
  of Helms Mulliss & Wicker, PLLC (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent
  of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24.1
Power
  of Attorney (included on signature page contained in Part II hereof).
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Charlotte, State of North Carolina,
on this 24
th
day of February, 2006.
First
  Charter Corporation
By:
/s/ ROBERT E. JAMES, JR.
Robert
  E. James, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual
whose signature appears below and on the following page hereby constitutes and
appoints Robert E. James, Jr. and Charles A. Caswell, and each of them as his
or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her 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 any and all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby grants to
such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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 or
she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Capacity
Date
/S/ ROBERT E. JAMES, JR.
President,
  Chief Executive Officer and
February
  24, 2006
Robert E. James, Jr.
Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/S/ CHARLES A. CASWELL
Executive
  Vice President and
February
  24, 2006
Charles A. Caswell
Chief
  Financial Officer
(Principal
  Financial and Accounting Officer)
/S/ HAROLD D. ALEXANDER
Director
February
  24, 2006
Harold D. Alexander
Director
February
  ___, 2006
William R. Black, M.D.
/s/ JAMES E. BURT, III
Director
February
  24, 2006
James E. Burt, III
Director
February
  ___, 2006
Michael R. Coltrane
Director
February
  ___, 2006
Jerry A. Felts
/S/ JOHN J. GODBOLD, JR.
Director
February
  24, 2006
John J. Godbold, Jr.
/S/ CHARLES A. JAMES
Director
February
  24, 2006
Charles A. James
/S/ WALTER H . JONES, JR.
Director
February
  24, 2006
Walter H. Jones, Jr.
/s/ SAMUEL C. KING, JR.
Director
February
  24, 2006
Samuel C. King. Jr.
Director
February
  ___, 2006
Jerry E. McGee
/S/ ELLEN L. MESSINGER
Director
February
  24, 2006
Ellen L. Messinger
/S/ HUGH H. MORRISON
Director
February
  24, 2006
Hugh H. Morrison
Director
February
  ___, 2006
Thomas R. Revels
/S/ LAWRENCE D. WARLICK, JR.
Director
February
  24, 2006
Lawrence D. Warlick, Jr.
/S/ WILLIAM W. WATERS
Director
February
  24, 2006
William W. Waters
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion
  of Helms Mulliss & Wicker, PLLC.
10.1
First
  Charter Corporation 2000 Omnibus Stock Option and Award Plan, as amended by
  shareholder approval on April 27, 2005.
23.1
Consent
  of Helms Mulliss & Wicker, PLLC (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent
  of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24.1
Power
  of Attorney (included on signature page contained in Part II hereof).