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    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>As filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;23, 2009
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CARDICA, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>94-3287832</B><BR>
(IRS Employer Identification No.)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>900 Saginaw Drive<BR>
Redwood City, California 94063</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>2005 Equity Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Bernard A. Hausen, M.D., Ph.D.<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Cardica, Inc.<BR>
900 Saginaw Drive<BR>
Redwood City, California 94063</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(650)&nbsp;364-9975</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><I>Copies to:</I><BR>
<B>John T. McKenna, Esq.<BR>
Cooley Godward Kronish </B><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>llp</B></FONT><BR>
<B>Five Palo Alto Square<BR>
3000 El Camino Real<BR>
Palo Alto, California 94306<BR>
(650)&nbsp;843-5000</B></DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be Registered</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $0.001 per
share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,750,000 shares</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$1.14</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$1,995,000</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement shall also cover
any additional shares of Registrant&#146;s common stock that become
issuable under the plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt
of consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares of
Registrant&#146;s common stock. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) of the
Securities Act, this Registration Statement also covers an
indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to
the employee benefit plan described herein.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the
Securities Act. The offering price per share and aggregate offering
price are based upon the average of the high and low prices of
Registrant&#146;s common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on
November&nbsp;20, 2009.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement is being filed for the purposes of registering an additional
1,750,000 shares of the Registrant&#146;s common stock to be issued pursuant to the Registrant&#146;s 2005
Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the &#147;Plan&#148;). Accordingly, pursuant to General Instruction E to
Form S-8, the contents of the earlier Registration Statements on Form S-8 relating to the Plan,
previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;2, 2006 (File No.
333-132155), on December&nbsp;6, 2006 (File No.&nbsp;333-139134), on December&nbsp;20, 2007 (File No.&nbsp;333-148196)
and on February&nbsp;18, 2009 (File No.&nbsp;333-157387) are incorporated herein by reference and made a part
hereof.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBITS</B>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Cooley Godward Kronish <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">llp</FONT>.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Cooley Godward Kronish <FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">llp</FONT> (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Registration Statement).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on
Form 8-K dated November&nbsp;13, 2009 and incorporated by reference herein.</TD>
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    <TD>Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Redwood City, state of California, on
this 23<SUP>rd</SUP> day of November, 2009.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>Cardica, Inc.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

<TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/&nbsp;Bernard A. Hausen</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Bernard A. Hausen, M.D., Ph.D.&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Know All Persons By These Presents</B>, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Bernard A. Hausen, M.D., Ph.D., and Robert Y. Newell, and each of them
acting individually, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of each
to act alone, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement filed herewith and any and
all amendments to said Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments and any related
registration statements thereto filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462 and otherwise), and file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of each to act alone,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to
be done in connection therewith, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or their
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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:
</DIV>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signatures</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/&nbsp;Bernard A. Hausen
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">President, Chief Executive
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November 23, 2009</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Bernard A. Hausen, M.D., Ph.D.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;Officer and Director<BR>
<I>(Principal Executive Officer)</I></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/&nbsp;Robert Y. Newell
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert Y. Newell
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;(<I>Principal Financial and<BR>
Accounting Officer</I>)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November 23, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/&nbsp;Kevin T. Larkin
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November 23, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kevin T. Larkin
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/&nbsp;Richard P. Powers
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November 23, 2009</TD>
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Richard P. Powers
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/&nbsp;Jeffrey L. Purvin
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November 23, 2009</TD>
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Jeffrey L. Purvin
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/&nbsp;John Simon
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November 23, 2009</TD>
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John Simon, Ph.D.
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/&nbsp;William H. Younger, Jr.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November 23, 2009</TD>
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William H. Younger, Jr.
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    <TD>Previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on
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sv8
As filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on November 23, 2009
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CARDICA, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
94-3287832
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
900 Saginaw Drive
Redwood City, California 94063
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
2005 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Bernard A. Hausen, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Cardica, Inc.
900 Saginaw Drive
Redwood City, California 94063
(Name and address of agent for service)
(650) 364-9975
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
John T. McKenna, Esq.
Cooley Godward Kronish
llp
Five Palo Alto Square
3000 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, California 94306
(650) 843-5000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
þ
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Proposed Maximum Offering
Proposed Maximum Aggregate
Amount of
to be Registered
Registered (1)
Price Per Share (2)
Offering Price (2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par
value $0.001 per
share
1,750,000 shares
$1.14
$1,995,000
$111.33
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover
any additional shares of Registrant's common stock that become
issuable under the plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt
of consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares of
Registrant's common stock. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) of the
Securities Act, this Registration Statement also covers an
indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to
the employee benefit plan described herein.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the
Securities Act. The offering price per share and aggregate offering
price are based upon the average of the high and low prices of
Registrant's common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on
November 20, 2009.
EXPLANATORY NOTE AND INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
This Registration Statement is being filed for the purposes of registering an additional
1,750,000 shares of the Registrant's common stock to be issued pursuant to the Registrant's 2005
Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Plan"). Accordingly, pursuant to General Instruction E to
Form S-8, the contents of the earlier Registration Statements on Form S-8 relating to the Plan,
previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 2006 (File No.
333-132155), on December 6, 2006 (File No. 333-139134), on December 20, 2007 (File No. 333-148196)
and on February 18, 2009 (File No. 333-157387) are incorporated herein by reference and made a part
hereof.
EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Cooley Godward Kronish
llp
.
10.2 (1)
2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.+
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of Cooley Godward Kronish
llp
(included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages).
(1)
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Current Report on
Form 8-K dated November 13, 2009 and incorporated by reference herein.
+
Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Redwood City, state of California, on
this 23
rd
day of November, 2009.
Cardica, Inc.
By:
/s/ Bernard A. Hausen
Bernard A. Hausen, M.D., Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know All Persons By These Presents
, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Bernard A. Hausen, M.D., Ph.D., and Robert Y. Newell, and each of them
acting individually, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of each
to act alone, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement filed herewith and any and
all amendments to said Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments and any related
registration statements thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462 and otherwise), and file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of each to act alone,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to
be done in connection therewith, as fully for all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or their
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:
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ Bernard A. Hausen
President, Chief Executive
November 23, 2009
Bernard A. Hausen, M.D., Ph.D.
Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Robert Y. Newell
Chief Financial Officer
Robert Y. Newell
(
Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer
)
November 23, 2009
/s/ Kevin T. Larkin
Director
November 23, 2009
Kevin T. Larkin
/s/ Richard P. Powers
Director
November 23, 2009
Richard P. Powers
/s/ Jeffrey L. Purvin
Director
November 23, 2009
Jeffrey L. Purvin
/s/ John Simon
Director
November 23, 2009
John Simon, Ph.D.
/s/ William H. Younger, Jr.
Director
November 23, 2009
William H. Younger, Jr.
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Cooley Godward Kronish
llp
.
10.2 (1)
2005 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.+
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of Cooley Godward Kronish
llp
(included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages).
(1)
Previously filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Current Report on
Form 8-K dated November 13, 2009 and incorporated by reference herein.
+
Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.