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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 29, 2004



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No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt">Under</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt">The Securities Act of 1933</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>Haights Cross Communications, Inc.</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</I></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Delaware<BR>
<I>(State of Incorporation)</I>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">10 New King Street, Suite&nbsp;102<BR>
White Plains, New York 10604<BR>
(914)&nbsp;289-9400<BR>
<I>(Address of Registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)</I>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Haights Cross Communications, Inc. Restated 2000 Stock Option and Grant Plan</B><BR>
<I>(Full Title of the Plan)</I>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Paul J. Crecca<BR>
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer<BR>
Haights Cross Communications, Inc.<BR>
10 New King Street, Suite&nbsp;102<BR>
White Plains, New York 10604<BR>
(914)&nbsp;289-9400



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</I>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">With copy to:<BR>
David F. Dietz, Esq.<BR>
Goodwin Procter LLP<BR>
Exchange Place<BR>
Boston, Massachusetts 02109<BR>
(617)&nbsp;570-1000



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


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    <TD align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock, par
value<BR> $.001 per
share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">2.14</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">5,136,000</TD>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement also relates to such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock, par value $.001 per share, of Haights Cross
Communications, Inc. (&#147;Common Stock&#148;) as may be required pursuant to the Haights Cross Communications, Inc. Restated 2000 Stock Option and Grant Plan (the
&#147;Plan&#148;) in the event of a reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar event.</TD>
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    <TD>This estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), solely for the purposes of
determining the amount of the registration fee. The price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon the weighted average exercise price of the
options granted under the Plan.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">PART II</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y02924exv5w1.txt">OPINION OF GOODWIN PROCTER LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">* Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section&nbsp;10(a)
prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule
428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;) and the
Introductory Note to Part I of Form&nbsp;S-8.


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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"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement are the documents
listed below, which have previously been filed by Haights Cross Communications,
Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;):


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    <TD>the Company&#146;s Prospectus dated May&nbsp;24, 2004 as filed with the
Commission on May&nbsp;24, 2004 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act relating to the Registration Statement on Form S-4,
as amended (File No.&nbsp;333-115017);</TD>
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    <TD>the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K (Special Report
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;15d-2 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;)) for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
2003;</TD>
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    <TD>the Company&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters
ended March&nbsp;31, 2004 and June&nbsp;30, 2004; and</TD>
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    <TD>all other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since December&nbsp;31, 2003.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained 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
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Registration Statement.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The description of the common stock of the Company set forth in the
section entitled &#147;Description of Capital Stock&#148; in the prospectus referenced in
Item 3(a) of this Registration Statement is hereby incorporated by reference.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer,
employee, or agent of the corporation and certain other persons serving at the
request of the corporation in related capacities against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlements actually and
reasonably incurred by the person in connection with an action, suit or
proceeding to which he is or is threatened to be made a party by reason of such
position, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and,
in any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his
conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of actions brought by or in the
right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect to any
claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of
Chancery or other adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication
of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person
is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the
Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s certificate of incorporation contains a provision permitted
by Delaware law that generally eliminates the personal liability of directors
for monetary damages for breaches of their fiduciary duty, including breaches
involving negligence or gross negligence in business combinations, unless the
director has breached his or her duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith,
engaged in intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the Delaware
General Corporation Law or obtained an improper personal benefit. This
provision does not alter a director&#146;s liability under the federal securities
laws and does not affect the availability of equitable remedies, such as an
injunction or rescission, for breach of fiduciary duty. The Company&#146;s bylaws
provide that directors and officers shall be, and in the discretion of the
board of directors, the Company&#146;s non-officer employees and agents may be,
indemnified to the fullest extent against all expenses and liabilities
reasonably incurred in connection with service for or on behalf of the Company.
The Company&#146;s bylaws also provide that the right of the Company&#146;s directors
and officers to indemnification shall be a contract right and shall not be
exclusive of any other right now possessed or hereafter acquired under any
statute, bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders, directors or otherwise.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with its
directors, Peter J. Quandt, Christopher S. Gaffney and Stephen F. Gormley. The
form of indemnification agreement provides that the directors will be
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">status as a director to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law and
the Company&#146;s certificate of incorporation and bylaws.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The exhibits listed below represent a complete list of exhibits filed or
incorporated by reference as part of this Registration Statement.

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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Company, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K (Special
Report pursuant to Rule&nbsp;15d-2 of the Exchange Act) filed April
19, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">By-laws of the Company, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 of the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4
(Reg. No.&nbsp;333-109381) filed October&nbsp;2, 2003</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">* 5.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">* 23.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">* 23.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (contained in the
opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Registration Statement)</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">* 24.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of attorney (included in the signatory page to
this Registration Statement)</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Haights Cross Communications, Inc. Restated 2000 Stock
Option and Grant Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1
of the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed
September&nbsp;28, 2004</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Company hereby undertakes:</TD>
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<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act;


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<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information
set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the
form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in
the effective Registration Statement; and



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in the
Registration Statement;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that paragraphs (a) (1) (i)&nbsp;and (a) (1) (ii)&nbsp;of
this Item&nbsp;9 do not apply if the information required to be included
in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that
are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Company&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that
is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in


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<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


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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, as amended,
the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of White Plains, State of New York, on
this 29th day of September, 2004.

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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">HAIGHTS CROSS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <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>
</TR>

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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">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Peter J. Quandt</TD>
</TR>


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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">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade width="80%" align="left">
By: Peter J. Quandt</TD>
</TR>

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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">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Title: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and
President</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENT, that each individual whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Peter J. Quandt and Paul J. Crecca, and each of
them, as such person&#146;s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full
power of substitution, for such person and in such person&#146;s 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 sign any
registration statement for the same offering covered by this Registration
Statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act, and all post-effective amendments
thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in
connection therewith, making such changes in this Registration Statement as
such attorneys-in-fact and agents so acting deem appropriate, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said 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 with respect to the
offering of securities contemplated by this Registration Statement, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of
them, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done or by virtue hereof.


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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, as amended,
this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/&nbsp;Peter J. Quandt
<HR size="1" noshade width="80%" align="center">
Peter J. Quandt
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman, Chief
Executive Officer and
President and Director
(Principal Executive
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 29, 2004</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="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Paul J. Crecca
<HR size="1" noshade width="80%" align="center">
Paul J. Crecca
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice
President, Chief
Financial Officer and
Treasurer (Principal
Financial and
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 29, 2004</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="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Mark Kurtz
<HR size="1" noshade width="80%" align="center">
Mark Kurtz
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President of
Finance and Accounting
and Chief Accounting
Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 29, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Christopher S. Gaffney
<HR size="1" noshade width="80%" align="center">
Christopher S. Gaffney
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 29, 2004</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="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Stephen F. Gormley
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Stephen F. Gormley
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 29, 2004</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the Company&#146;s Annual Report on
Form&nbsp;10-K (Special Report pursuant to Rule&nbsp;15d-2 of the Exchange Act)
filed April&nbsp;19, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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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>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By-laws of the Company, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 of the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 (Reg. No.&nbsp;333-109381) filed
October&nbsp;2, 2003</TD>
</TR>

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

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP</TD>
</TR>

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

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</TD>
</TR>

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

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (contained in the opinion filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Registration Statement)</TD>
</TR>

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

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of attorney (included in the signatory page to this
Registration Statement)</TD>
</TR>

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    <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">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Haights Cross Communications, Inc. Restated 2000 Stock Option and Grant
Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 of the Company&#146;s Current
Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed September 28, 2004</TD>
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FORM S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on September 29, 2004
Registration Statement
No. 333-
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
Haights Cross Communications, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State of Incorporation)
10 New King Street, Suite 102
White Plains, New York 10604
(914) 289-9400
(Address of Registrant's principal executive offices)
13-4087398
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Haights Cross Communications, Inc. Restated 2000 Stock Option and Grant Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Paul J. Crecca
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Haights Cross Communications, Inc.
10 New King Street, Suite 102
White Plains, New York 10604
(914) 289-9400
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With copy to:
David F. Dietz, Esq.
Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(617) 570-1000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amounts to be
Offering Price Per
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Being Registered
Registered (1)
Share (2)
Aggregate Offering Price (2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par
value
$.001 per
share
2,400,000 shares
$
2.14
$
5,136,000
$
650.73
(1)
This Registration Statement also relates to such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock, par value $.001 per share, of Haights Cross
Communications, Inc. ("Common Stock") as may be required pursuant to the Haights Cross Communications, Inc. Restated 2000 Stock Option and Grant Plan (the
"Plan") in the event of a reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar event.
(2)
This estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), solely for the purposes of
determining the amount of the registration fee. The price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon the weighted average exercise price of the
options granted under the Plan.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
OPINION OF GOODWIN PROCTER LLP
CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Table of Contents
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information*
* Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a)
prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule
428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and the
Introductory Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
Incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement are the documents
listed below, which have previously been filed by Haights Cross Communications,
Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"):
(a)
the Company's Prospectus dated May 24, 2004 as filed with the
Commission on May 24, 2004 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the
Securities Act relating to the Registration Statement on Form S-4,
as amended (File No. 333-115017);
(b)
the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K (Special Report
pursuant to Rule 15d-2 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act")) for the year ended December 31,
2003;
(c)
the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters
ended March 31, 2004 and June 30, 2004; and
(d)
all other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since December 31, 2003.
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
Any statement contained 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
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Registration Statement.
Table of Contents
Item 4. Description of Securities
The description of the common stock of the Company set forth in the
section entitled "Description of Capital Stock" in the prospectus referenced in
Item 3(a) of this Registration Statement is hereby incorporated by reference.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer,
employee, or agent of the corporation and certain other persons serving at the
request of the corporation in related capacities against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlements actually and
reasonably incurred by the person in connection with an action, suit or
proceeding to which he is or is threatened to be made a party by reason of such
position, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and,
in any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his
conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of actions brought by or in the
right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect to any
claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of
Chancery or other adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication
of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person
is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the
Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
The Company's certificate of incorporation contains a provision permitted
by Delaware law that generally eliminates the personal liability of directors
for monetary damages for breaches of their fiduciary duty, including breaches
involving negligence or gross negligence in business combinations, unless the
director has breached his or her duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith,
engaged in intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the Delaware
General Corporation Law or obtained an improper personal benefit. This
provision does not alter a director's liability under the federal securities
laws and does not affect the availability of equitable remedies, such as an
injunction or rescission, for breach of fiduciary duty. The Company's bylaws
provide that directors and officers shall be, and in the discretion of the
board of directors, the Company's non-officer employees and agents may be,
indemnified to the fullest extent against all expenses and liabilities
reasonably incurred in connection with service for or on behalf of the Company.
The Company's bylaws also provide that the right of the Company's directors
and officers to indemnification shall be a contract right and shall not be
exclusive of any other right now possessed or hereafter acquired under any
statute, bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders, directors or otherwise.
The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with its
directors, Peter J. Quandt, Christopher S. Gaffney and Stephen F. Gormley. The
form of indemnification agreement provides that the directors will be
indemnified for expenses incurred because of their
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status as a director to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law and
the Company's certificate of incorporation and bylaws.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
The exhibits listed below represent a complete list of exhibits filed or
incorporated by reference as part of this Registration Statement.
4.1
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Company, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K (Special
Report pursuant to Rule 15d-2 of the Exchange Act) filed April
19, 2004
4.2
By-laws of the Company, incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4
(Reg. No. 333-109381) filed October 2, 2003
* 5.1
Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP
* 23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
* 23.2
Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (contained in the
opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement)
* 24.1
Power of attorney (included in the signatory page to
this Registration Statement)
99.1
Haights Cross Communications, Inc. Restated 2000 Stock
Option and Grant Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1
of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed
September 28, 2004
*
Filed herewith
Item 9. Undertakings
(a)
The undersigned Company hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act;
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(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information
set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the
form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in
the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in the
Registration Statement;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that paragraphs (a) (1) (i) and (a) (1) (ii) of
this Item 9 do not apply if the information required to be included
in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
Company pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that
are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that
is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in
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connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of White Plains, State of New York, on
this 29th day of September, 2004.
HAIGHTS CROSS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
/s/  Peter J. Quandt
By: Peter J. Quandt
Title: Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and
President
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENT, that each individual whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Peter J. Quandt and Paul J. Crecca, and each of
them, as such person's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full
power of substitution, for such person and in such person's 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 sign any
registration statement for the same offering covered by this Registration
Statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act, and all post-effective amendments
thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and all documents in
connection therewith, making such changes in this Registration Statement as
such attorneys-in-fact and agents so acting deem appropriate, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said 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 with respect to the
offering of securities contemplated by this Registration Statement, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of
them, or his, her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done or by virtue hereof.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Peter J. Quandt
Peter J. Quandt
Chairman, Chief
Executive Officer and
President and Director
(Principal Executive
Officer)
September 29, 2004
/s/ Paul J. Crecca
Paul J. Crecca
Executive Vice
President, Chief
Financial Officer and
Treasurer (Principal
Financial and
Accounting Officer)
September 29, 2004
/s/ Mark Kurtz
Mark Kurtz
Vice President of
Finance and Accounting
and Chief Accounting
Officer
September 29, 2004
/s/ Christopher S. Gaffney
Christopher S. Gaffney
Director
September 29, 2004
/s/ Stephen F. Gormley
Stephen F. Gormley
Director
September 29, 2004
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K (Special Report pursuant to Rule 15d-2 of the Exchange Act)
filed April 19, 2004
4.2
By-laws of the Company, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4 (Reg. No. 333-109381) filed
October 2, 2003
*5.1
Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP
*23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
*23.2
Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (contained in the opinion filed as
Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement)
*24.1
Power of attorney (included in the signatory page to this
Registration Statement)
99.1
Haights Cross Communications, Inc. Restated 2000 Stock Option and Grant
Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company's Current
Report on Form 8-K filed September 28, 2004
*
Filed herewith
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