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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;9, 2009</DIV>

<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></DIV>

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

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><I>Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933</I></B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>MEADOWBROOK INSURANCE GROUP, INC.</B></DIV>

<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>Michigan</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>38-2626206</B><BR>
(I.R.S. employer<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">26255 American Drive<BR>
Southfield, Michigan 48034<BR>
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>MEADOWBROOK INSURANCE GROUP, INC.<BR>
2009 Equity Compensation Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Michael G. Costello, Esq.</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>With a copy to:</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Senior Vice President and General Counsel</B></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>Timothy E. Kraepel</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc.</B></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>Howard &#038; Howard Attorneys PLLC</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>26255 American Drive</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>450 W. Fourth Street</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Southfield, Michigan 48034</B></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>Royal Oak, Michigan 48067-2557</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>(248)&nbsp;645-1483</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(248)&nbsp;358-1100</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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.</DIV>

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Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD><TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>




<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</DIV>

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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">14,040,000</TD>
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    <TD>Plus, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416, an indeterminate number of additional shares as may be issuable in
the event of an adjustment as a result of an increase in the number of issued shares of
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock resulting from a subdivision of such shares, the payment of stock
dividends or certain other capital adjustments as provided in the above-referenced 2009 Equity
Compensation Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule
457(c) and (h)&nbsp;based on the $7.02 average of the high and low prices of Registrant&#146;s Common Stock
on the New York Stock Exchange on December&nbsp;4, 2009.</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. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<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>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<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="k48172bexv5w1.htm">EX-5.1</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD>Information required by Part&nbsp;I to be contained in this Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from
the Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;)
by the Registrant (File No.&nbsp;1-14094) are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;the
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters
ended March&nbsp;31, 2009, June 30, 2009, and September 30, 2009;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;the Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January&nbsp;7, 2009, February&nbsp;19, 2009,
March&nbsp;24, 2009,  May&nbsp;7, 2009, August 5, 2009, September 10,
2009, November 5, 2009, and December 1, 2009 (except for those portions that are not deemed &#147;filed&#148;);</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)&nbsp;all other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) since December&nbsp;31, 2008;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5)&nbsp;the information contained in the Registrant&#146;s definitive Proxy Statement dated April&nbsp;3,
2009 relating to its 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (except for those portions that are not
deemed &#147;filed&#148;); and </DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6)&nbsp;the description of Registrant&#146;s Common Stock, $0.01 par value contained in Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated September&nbsp;14, 1995 filed under the Exchange Act, including
any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description. </DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Michigan Business Corporation Act provides that, under certain circumstances, directors,
officers, employees and agents of a Michigan corporation may be indemnified against expenses,
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by them in
connection with settling, or otherwise disposing of, suits or threatened suits to which they are a
party or threatened to be named a party be reason of acting in any of such capacities if such
person acted in a manner such person believed in good faith to be in, or not opposed to, the best
interest of the corporation. The bylaws of the Registrant provide for indemnification of officers
and directors to the fullest extent permitted by such Michigan law. The Registrant&#146;s Articles of
Incorporation also limit the potential personal monetary liability of the members of the
Registrant&#146;s Board of Directors to the Registrant or its shareholders for certain breaches of their
duty of care or other duties as a director. The Registrant maintains (i)&nbsp;director and officer
liability insurance that provides for indemnification of the directors and officers of the
Registrant and of its subsidiaries, and (ii)&nbsp;company reimbursement insurance that provides for
indemnification of the Registrant and its subsidiaries in those instances where the Registrant
and/or its subsidiaries indemnified its directors and officers.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The exhibits filed herewith or incorporated by reference herein are set forth in the Exhibit
index filed as part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement: (i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus
required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; (ii)&nbsp;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; (iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement; provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by
reference in the registration statement.</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, 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.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange 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
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"> (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>The Registrant. </I>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
Southfield, State of Michigan, on December
9, 2009.
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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">MEADOWBROOK INSURANCE GROUP, INC.<BR>
(Registrant)<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Robert S. Cubbin
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Robert S. Cubbin&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<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 width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert S. Cubbin
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert S. Cubbin
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;9, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Karen M. Spaun
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Karen M. Spaun
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;9, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">**
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Merton J. Segal
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director (Chairman)&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;9, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">**
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Joseph S. Dresner
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;9, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">**
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert F. Fix
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;9, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">**
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Hugh W. Greenberg
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;9, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">**
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jeffrey A. Maffett
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;9, 2009</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">**
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Florine Mark
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;9, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">**
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert H. Naftaly
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;9, 2009</TD>
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">**
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David K. Page
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;9, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">**
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert W. Sturgis
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;9, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">**
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Bruce E. Thal
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;9, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">**
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Herbert Tyner
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;9, 2009</TD>
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</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD valign="top">**By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Robert S. Cubbin
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Robert S. Cubbin,&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Attorney-in-fact&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<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 Howard &#038; Howard Attorneys PLLC.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<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>
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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>
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<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 Howard &#038; Howard Attorneys PLLC. (contained in their
opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 9, 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
MEADOWBROOK INSURANCE GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Michigan
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
38-2626206
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)
26255 American Drive
Southfield, Michigan 48034
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
MEADOWBROOK INSURANCE GROUP, INC.
2009 Equity Compensation Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Michael G. Costello, Esq.
With a copy to:
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Timothy E. Kraepel
Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc.
Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC
26255 American Drive
450 W. Fourth Street
Southfield, Michigan 48034
Royal Oak, Michigan 48067-2557
(Name and address of agent for service)
(248) 645-1483
(248) 358-1100
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Amount
Maximum
Maximum
to be
Offering price
aggregate
registered
per share
offering price
Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered
(1)
(2)
(2)
registration fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
2,000,000
$
7.02
$
14,040,000
$
783.44
(1)
Plus, pursuant to Rule 416, an indeterminate number of additional shares as may be issuable in
the event of an adjustment as a result of an increase in the number of issued shares of
Registrant's Common Stock resulting from a subdivision of such shares, the payment of stock
dividends or certain other capital adjustments as provided in the above-referenced 2009 Equity
Compensation Plan.
(2)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule
457(c) and (h) based on the $7.02 average of the high and low prices of Registrant's Common Stock
on the New York Stock Exchange on December 4, 2009.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of 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
EX-5.1
EX-23.1
EX-24.1
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PART I
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
*
Information required by Part I to be contained in this Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from
the Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the Note to Part I on Form S-8.
PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
by the Registrant (File No. 1-14094) are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:
(1) the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008;
(2) the
Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters
ended March 31, 2009, June 30, 2009, and September 30, 2009;
(3) the Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 7, 2009, February 19, 2009,
March 24, 2009,  May 7, 2009, August 5, 2009, September 10,
2009, November 5, 2009, and December 1, 2009 (except for those portions that are not deemed "filed");
(4) all other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") since December 31, 2008;
(5) the information contained in the Registrant's definitive Proxy Statement dated April 3,
2009 relating to its 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (except for those portions that are not
deemed "filed"); and
(6) the description of Registrant's Common Stock, $0.01 par value contained in Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated September 14, 1995 filed under the Exchange Act, including
any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post
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effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The Michigan Business Corporation Act provides that, under certain circumstances, directors,
officers, employees and agents of a Michigan corporation may be indemnified against expenses,
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by them in
connection with settling, or otherwise disposing of, suits or threatened suits to which they are a
party or threatened to be named a party be reason of acting in any of such capacities if such
person acted in a manner such person believed in good faith to be in, or not opposed to, the best
interest of the corporation. The bylaws of the Registrant provide for indemnification of officers
and directors to the fullest extent permitted by such Michigan law. The Registrant's Articles of
Incorporation also limit the potential personal monetary liability of the members of the
Registrant's Board of Directors to the Registrant or its shareholders for certain breaches of their
duty of care or other duties as a director. The Registrant maintains (i) director and officer
liability insurance that provides for indemnification of the directors and officers of the
Registrant and of its subsidiaries, and (ii) company reimbursement insurance that provides for
indemnification of the Registrant and its subsidiaries in those instances where the Registrant
and/or its subsidiaries indemnified its directors and officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
The exhibits filed herewith or incorporated by reference herein are set forth in the Exhibit
index filed as part of this Registration Statement.
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Item 9. Undertakings
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement: (i) To include any prospectus
required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; (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; (iii) To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement; provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by
reference in the registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) 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 of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange 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
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(other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant.
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
Southfield, State of Michigan, on December
9, 2009.
MEADOWBROOK INSURANCE GROUP, INC.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ Robert S. Cubbin
Robert S. Cubbin
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Robert S. Cubbin
Robert S. Cubbin
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
December 9, 2009
/s/ Karen M. Spaun
Karen M. Spaun
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)
December 9, 2009
**
Merton J. Segal
Director (Chairman)
December 9, 2009
**
Joseph S. Dresner
Director
December 9, 2009
**
Robert F. Fix
Director
December 9, 2009
**
Hugh W. Greenberg
Director
December 9, 2009
**
Jeffrey A. Maffett
Director
December 9, 2009
**
Florine Mark
Director
December 9, 2009
**
Robert H. Naftaly
Director
December 9, 2009
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Signature
Title
Date
**
David K. Page
Director
December 9, 2009
**
Robert W. Sturgis
Director
December 9, 2009
**
Bruce E. Thal
Director
December 9, 2009
**
Herbert Tyner
Director
December 9, 2009
**By:
/s/ Robert S. Cubbin
Robert S. Cubbin,
Attorney-in-fact
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
Consent of Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC. (contained in their
opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney.
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