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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>COVAD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>77-0461529</B></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>110 Rio Robles Drive, San Jose, California</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>95134</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Zip Code)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>1997 Stock Plan</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full titles of the plans)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>James Kirkland, Esq.<BR>
General Counsel<BR>
110 Rio Robles Drive<BR>
San Jose, California 95134</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(408)&nbsp;952-6400</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B><I>Copies to</I></B><B>:<BR>
Daniel J. Winnike, Esq.<BR>
David A. Bell, Esq.<BR>
Fenwick &#038; West LLP<BR>
Silicon Valley Center<BR>
801 California Street<BR>
Mountain View, California 94041</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of each</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>class of securities</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>aggregate offering</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>to be registered</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registered</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>per share</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>price</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>registration fee</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock, $0.001 par value</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-10px">To be issued under the 1997 Stock Plan</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">29,050,915 </TD>
    <TD nowrap>(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1.69</TD>
    <TD nowrap>(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">49,096,046</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">6,220.47</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><B>Total</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>29,050,915</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Represents shares automatically reserved for issuance upon exercise
of awards under the Registrant&#146;s 1997 Stock Plan, pursuant to the terms of such
plan, on January&nbsp;1, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003. Shares issuable upon exercise
of the awards under the 1997 Stock Plan were initially registered on a
registration statement on Form S-3/S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on June&nbsp;28, 1999 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-81755).</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;promulgated under the Securities Act
of 1933 and based upon the average of the high ask and low bid prices reported
on the Nasdaq Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board on May&nbsp;24, 2004.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES<BR>
PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This registration statement on Form S-8 registers an aggregate of
29,050,915 additional shares of common stock automatically reserved for
issuance upon exercise of stock options granted under the Registrant&#146;s 1997
Stock Plan. This registration statement on Form S-8 hereby incorporates by
reference the contents of the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form
S-3/S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-81755) filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on June&nbsp;28, 1999.

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.

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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Fenwick &#038; West LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.01).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.02
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.01
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (see page 3).</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 San Jose, State of California, on this 1st day of
June, 2004.

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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><B>COVAD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Charles E. Hoffman
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Charles E. Hoffman</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Charles Hoffman and James
Kirkland, and each of them acting individually, as his or her attorney-in-
fact, each with full power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities,
to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and
to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or any substitute, may do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated
on this 1st day of June, 2004:

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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Principal Executive Officer:</B></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Charles E. Hoffman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Chief Executive Officer and Director</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%"></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Charles E. Hoffman</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Principal Financial and Accounting Officer:</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Mark A. Richman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Chief Financial Officer</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%"></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Mark A. Richman</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Other Directors:</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Charles McMinn
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Chairman of the Board of Director</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%"></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Charles McMinn</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ L. Dale Crandall
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Director</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%"></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">L. Dale Crandall</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert Hawk
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Director</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%"></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert Hawk</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Hellene Runtagh
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Director</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%"></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Hellene Runtagh</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Larry Irving
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Director</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%"></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Larry Irving</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Daniel Lynch
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Director</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%"></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Daniel Lynch</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard Jalkut
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Director</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR align="center" size="1" noshade width="100%"></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Richard Jalkut</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Fenwick &#038; West LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.01).</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
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Table of Contents
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
COVAD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.
(Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
77-0461529
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
110 Rio Robles Drive, San Jose, California
95134
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
1997 Stock Plan
(Full titles of the plans)
James Kirkland, Esq.
General Counsel
110 Rio Robles Drive
San Jose, California 95134
(Name and address of agent for service)
(408) 952-6400
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to
:
Daniel J. Winnike, Esq.
David A. Bell, Esq.
Fenwick & West LLP
Silicon Valley Center
801 California Street
Mountain View, California 94041
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
class of securities
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate offering
Amount of
to be registered
Registered
per share
price
registration fee
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
To be issued under the 1997 Stock Plan
29,050,915
(1)
$
1.69
(2)
$
49,096,046
$
6,220.47
Total
29,050,915
(1)
Represents shares automatically reserved for issuance upon exercise
of awards under the Registrant's 1997 Stock Plan, pursuant to the terms of such
plan, on January 1, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003. Shares issuable upon exercise
of the awards under the 1997 Stock Plan were initially registered on a
registration statement on Form S-3/S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on June 28, 1999 (Registration No. 333-81755).
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) promulgated under the Securities Act
of 1933 and based upon the average of the high ask and low bid prices reported
on the Nasdaq Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board on May 24, 2004.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES
PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
PART II
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5.01
EXHIBIT 23.02
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REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES
PURSUANT TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E
This registration statement on Form S-8 registers an aggregate of
29,050,915 additional shares of common stock automatically reserved for
issuance upon exercise of stock options granted under the Registrant's 1997
Stock Plan. This registration statement on Form S-8 hereby incorporates by
reference the contents of the Registrant's registration statement on Form
S-3/S-8 (Registration No. 333-81755) filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on June 28, 1999.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
5.01
Opinion of Fenwick & West LLP regarding legality of the securities being registered.
23.01
Consent of Fenwick & West LLP (included in Exhibit 5.01).
23.02
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24.01
Power of Attorney (see page 3).
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of San Jose, State of California, on this 1st day of
June, 2004.
COVAD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/ Charles E. Hoffman
Charles E. Hoffman
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Charles Hoffman and James
Kirkland, and each of them acting individually, as his or her attorney-in-
fact, each with full power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities,
to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and
to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or any substitute, may do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated
on this 1st day of June, 2004:
Signature
Title
Principal Executive Officer:
/s/ Charles E. Hoffman
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Charles E. Hoffman
Principal Financial and Accounting Officer:
/s/ Mark A. Richman
Chief Financial Officer
Mark A. Richman
Other Directors:
/s/ Charles McMinn
Chairman of the Board of Director
Charles McMinn
/s/ L. Dale Crandall
Director
L. Dale Crandall
/s/ Robert Hawk
Director
Robert Hawk
/s/ Hellene Runtagh
Director
Hellene Runtagh
/s/ Larry Irving
Director
Larry Irving
/s/ Daniel Lynch
Director
Daniel Lynch
/s/ Richard Jalkut
Director
Richard Jalkut
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Title
5.01
Opinion of Fenwick & West LLP.
23.01
Consent of Fenwick & West LLP (included in Exhibit 5.01).
23.02
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24.01
Power of Attorney (see page 3).