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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;21, 2010
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Powell Industries, Inc.</B>
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<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"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>88-0106100</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)</I>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>8550 MOSLEY RD<BR>
HOUSTON, TX 77075-1180</B><BR>
<I>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>POWELL INDUSTRIES, INC. 1992 STOCK OPTION PLAN<BR>
POWELL INDUSTRIES, INC. 2006 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN<BR>
POWELL INDUSTRIES, INC. NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN</B><BR>
<I>(Full title of the plan)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Patrick L. McDonald<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Powell Industries, Inc.<BR>
8550 Mosley Rd.<BR>
Houston, TX 77075-1180<BR>
(713)&nbsp;944-6900</B><BR>
<I>(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>With Copies to:<BR>
Ross D. Margraves, Jr., Esq.<BR>
Winstead PC<BR>
100 JPMorgan Chase Tower<BR>
Houston, Texas 77002<BR>
(713)&nbsp;651-2773</B></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Proposed maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Title of securities</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Amount to be</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">aggregate offering</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Amount of</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">to be registered</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">registered (1)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">per share (2)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">price (2)</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">1992 Stock Option Plan <br>
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (3)</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">90,067</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">32.125</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,893,402</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">207</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">2006 Equity Incentive Plan <br>
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (4)</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">647,412</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">32.125</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">20,798,110</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,483</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Plan <br>
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (5)</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">66,379</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">32.125</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,132,425</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">153</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416, this registration statement also covers an indeterminable number of
additional shares of the registrant&#146;s common stock which may become issuable under the Powell
Industries, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan and the Powell Industries, Inc. Non-Employee
Director Restricted Stock Plan by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock
split, combination of shares or any other similar increase or decrease in the number of the
registrant&#146;s common shares issued and outstanding.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;solely for purposes of calculating amount of
registration fee and based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock of
Powell Industries, Inc., as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on December&nbsp;16, 2010.</TD>
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    <TD>All of the shares being registered with respect to this plan relate to shares issuable upon
unexercised options granted under such plan.</TD>
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    <TD>The shares being registered with respect to this plan include (1)&nbsp;112,879 shares related to
previously granted restricted stock awards and RSU awards that have not yet vested and (2)
534,533 shares remaining available for issuance under this plan.</TD>
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    <TD>All of the shares being registered with respect to this plan relate to shares available for
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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="#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>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) registers shares of
our common stock underlying stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted
stock units, performance awards, dividend equivalent rights and other awards that have been or may
be issued to our employees and directors under the Powell Industries, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive
Plan. In addition, this Registration Statement registers additional securities relating to the
Powell Industries, Inc. 1992 Stock Option Plan. The stockholders of the Registrant previously
approved an amendment to the Plan increasing the number of shares of common stock to be issued
under the Plan by 600,000 shares, from 2,100,000 shares to 2,700,000 shares. The Registrant
granted options to purchase 90,067 shares of common stock above the original number of 2,100,000 in
June&nbsp;2005 and has since made no additional grants under such plan. All of such options remain
unexercised. Finally, this Registration Statement registers common stock available for issuance
under the Powell Industries, Inc. Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Plan.
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</B>
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    <TD>The information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 is not being filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) as permitted by the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8. This
information will be sent or given to participants as specified in Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). These document(s) and the documents incorporated
by reference herein pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus
that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</TD>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We hereby incorporate by reference in this Registration Statement the following documents
previously filed by us with the Commission except to the extent that any information contained in
such filings is deemed &#147;furnished&#148; in accordance with Commission rules, including, but not limited
to, information furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K including
related exhibits:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2010, filed
with the Commission on December&nbsp;8, 2010; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the description of our common stock contained in our registration statement on Form
8-A/A filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;1, 2004, including any amendment or report 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 we file pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), subsequent to the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference into 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 or is 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 hereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B>.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation, under specified
circumstances, to indemnify its directors, officers, employees or agents against expenses
(including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlements actually and
reasonably incurred by them in connection with any action, suit or proceeding brought by third
parties by reason of the fact that they were or are directors, officers, employees or agents of the
corporation, if such directors, officers, employees or agents acted in good faith and in a manner
they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reason to believe their conduct was unlawful.
In a derivative action, i.e., an action by or in the right of the corporation, indemnification may
be made only for expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by
directors, officers, employees or agents in connection with the defense or settlement of an action
or suit, and only with respect to a matter as to which they shall have acted in good faith and in a
manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation,
except that no indemnification shall be made if such person shall have been adjudged liable to the
corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought
shall determine upon application that the defendant directors, officers, employees or agents are
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses despite such adjudication of
liability. To the extent a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been
successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any such action, suit or proceeding
referred to above, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law also permits a corporation to advance
expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding prior to the final disposition
thereof upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such
amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by
the corporation. Such expenses may also be advanced to former directors and officers or other
employees and agents as the corporation deems appropriate. Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law further provides that the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by
Section&nbsp;145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights which the indemnified party may be
entitled; that indemnification provided by Section&nbsp;145 shall, unless otherwise provided when
authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee
or agent and shall inure to the benefit of such person&#146;s heirs, executors and administrators; and
that a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a director, officer, employee
or agent of the corporation against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such
person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person&#146;s status as such, whether or not the
corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liabilities under Section
145.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a certificate of
incorporation may contain a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director
to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director; provided, that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director:
</DIV>

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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <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="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <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="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>under Section&nbsp;174 (relating to liability for unlawful acquisitions or redemptions of,
or dividends on, capital stock) of the Delaware General Corporation Law; or</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <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="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our certificate of incorporation provides that we shall, to the fullest extent permitted by
the Delaware General Corporation Law, indemnify our directors and officers and contains provisions
permitted by Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our bylaws provide that:
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>we are required to indemnify our directors, officers, employees and agents, subject
to limited exceptions;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <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="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>we are required to advance expenses, as incurred, to our directors and officers in
connection with a legal proceeding, subject to limited exceptions; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <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="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>we may advance expenses, as incurred, to other employees and agents in connection
with a legal proceeding.</TD>
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The indemnification provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may be
sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of our directors and officers for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The foregoing summaries are necessarily subject to the complete text of the statute, our
certificate of incorporation and our bylaws referred to above and are qualified in their entirety
by reference thereto.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We maintain a policy of directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance that insures our
directors and officers against the cost of defense, settlement or payment of a judgment in certain
circumstances.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We have also entered into indemnification agreements with our directors and officers. These
agreements provide rights that are consistent with but more detailed than those provided under
Delaware law and our bylaws. The indemnification agreements are not intended to deny or otherwise
limit third-party derivative suits against us or our directors or officers, but if a director or
officer is entitled to indemnity or contribution under the indemnification agreement, the financial
burden of the third-party suit would be borne by us, and we would not benefit from derivative
recoveries against the director or officer. Such recoveries would accrue to the benefit of us but
would be offset by our obligations to the director or officer under the indemnification agreement.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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;See Exhibit&nbsp;Index.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We hereby undertake:
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(a)(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:</TD>
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    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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 a 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</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
Registration Statement is on Form S-8 and 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&nbsp;13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference to the Registration
Statement.</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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.</TD>
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<TR>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" 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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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">(b)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#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 bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">(c)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
may be permitted to the 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 Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (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 Securities Act and will be governed by final adjudication of such
issue.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Houston, State of Texas on December&nbsp;21, 2010.
</DIV>

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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">POWELL INDUSTRIES, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Patrick L. McDonald
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Patrick L. McDonald&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>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL THESE MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Patrick L. McDonald and Don R. Madison, and each of them, either one of
whom may act without joinder of the other, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign any or all pre- and post-effective amendments to this registration
statement, whether on Form S-8 or otherwise, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of any
or all of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Patrick L. McDonald
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</DIV></TD>

    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap>December&nbsp;21, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(Patrick L. McDonald)</DIV></TD>

    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Executive Officer)&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Don R. Madison
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Don R. Madison)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
and Administrative Officer&nbsp;<br>(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;21, 2010</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas W. Powell
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Thomas W. Powell)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;21, 2010</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Joseph L. Becherer
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Joseph L. Becherer)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;21, 2010</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Eugene L. Butler
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Eugene L. Butler)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;21, 2010</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James F. Clark
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(James F. Clark)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;21, 2010</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Christopher E. Cragg
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Christopher E. Cragg)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;21, 2010</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Bonnie V. Hancock
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Bonnie V. Hancock)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;21, 2010</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>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Stephen W. Seale, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Stephen W. Seale, Jr.)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;21, 2010</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert C. Tranchon
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Robert C. Tranchon)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;21, 2010</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>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ronald J. Wolny
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Ronald J. Wolny)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;21, 2010</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</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>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation of Powell Industries, Inc. (filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-A/A filed November&nbsp;1, 2004
and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By-laws of Powell Industries, Inc. (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the
Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-A/A filed November&nbsp;1, 2004 and incorporated
herein by reference).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Winstead PC.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powell Industries, Inc. 1992 Stock Option Plan, as amended.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*10.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powell Industries, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan.</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="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*10.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powell Industries, Inc. Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Winstead PC (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&#151;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 21, 2010
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Powell Industries, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
88-0106100
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification
Number)
8550 MOSLEY RD
HOUSTON, TX 77075-1180
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
POWELL INDUSTRIES, INC. 1992 STOCK OPTION PLAN
POWELL INDUSTRIES, INC. 2006 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
POWELL INDUSTRIES, INC. NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Patrick L. McDonald
President and Chief Executive Officer
Powell Industries, Inc.
8550 Mosley Rd.
Houston, TX 77075-1180
(713) 944-6900
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With Copies to:
Ross D. Margraves, Jr., Esq.
Winstead PC
100 JPMorgan Chase Tower
Houston, Texas 77002
(713) 651-2773
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
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate offering
Amount of
to be registered
registered (1)
per share (2)
price (2)
registration fee
1992 Stock Option Plan
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (3)
90,067
$
32.125
$
2,893,402
$
207
2006 Equity Incentive Plan
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (4)
647,412
$
32.125
$
20,798,110
$
1,483
Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Plan
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (5)
66,379
$
32.125
$
2,132,425
$
153
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416, this registration statement also covers an indeterminable number of
additional shares of the registrant's common stock which may become issuable under the Powell
Industries, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan and the Powell Industries, Inc. Non-Employee
Director Restricted Stock Plan by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, reverse stock
split, combination of shares or any other similar increase or decrease in the number of the
registrant's common shares issued and outstanding.
(2)
Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) solely for purposes of calculating amount of
registration fee and based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock of
Powell Industries, Inc., as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on December 16, 2010.
(3)
All of the shares being registered with respect to this plan relate to shares issuable upon
unexercised options granted under such plan.
(4)
The shares being registered with respect to this plan include (1) 112,879 shares related to
previously granted restricted stock awards and RSU awards that have not yet vested and (2)
534,533 shares remaining available for issuance under this plan.
(5)
All of the shares being registered with respect to this plan relate to shares available for
issuance under such 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 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
EX-10.1
EX-10.2
EX-10.3
EX-23.2
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") registers shares of
our common stock underlying stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted
stock units, performance awards, dividend equivalent rights and other awards that have been or may
be issued to our employees and directors under the Powell Industries, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive
Plan. In addition, this Registration Statement registers additional securities relating to the
Powell Industries, Inc. 1992 Stock Option Plan. The stockholders of the Registrant previously
approved an amendment to the Plan increasing the number of shares of common stock to be issued
under the Plan by 600,000 shares, from 2,100,000 shares to 2,700,000 shares. The Registrant
granted options to purchase 90,067 shares of common stock above the original number of 2,100,000 in
June 2005 and has since made no additional grants under such plan. All of such options remain
unexercised. Finally, this Registration Statement registers common stock available for issuance
under the Powell Industries, Inc. Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Plan.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
*
The information specified in Part I of Form S-8 is not being filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") as permitted by the Note to Part I of Form S-8. This
information will be sent or given to participants as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). These document(s) and the documents incorporated
by reference herein pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus
that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
We hereby incorporate by reference in this Registration Statement the following documents
previously filed by us with the Commission except to the extent that any information contained in
such filings is deemed "furnished" in accordance with Commission rules, including, but not limited
to, information furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K including
related exhibits:
(1) our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010, filed
with the Commission on December 8, 2010; and
(2) the description of our common stock contained in our registration statement on Form
8-A/A filed with the Commission on November 1, 2004, including any amendment or report filed
for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents we file pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), subsequent to the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference into 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 or is 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 hereof.
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Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation, under specified
circumstances, to indemnify its directors, officers, employees or agents against expenses
(including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlements actually and
reasonably incurred by them in connection with any action, suit or proceeding brought by third
parties by reason of the fact that they were or are directors, officers, employees or agents of the
corporation, if such directors, officers, employees or agents acted in good faith and in a manner
they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reason to believe their conduct was unlawful.
In a derivative action, i.e., an action by or in the right of the corporation, indemnification may
be made only for expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by
directors, officers, employees or agents in connection with the defense or settlement of an action
or suit, and only with respect to a matter as to which they shall have acted in good faith and in a
manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation,
except that no indemnification shall be made if such person shall have been adjudged liable to the
corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought
shall determine upon application that the defendant directors, officers, employees or agents are
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses despite such adjudication of
liability. To the extent a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been
successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any such action, suit or proceeding
referred to above, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law also permits a corporation to advance
expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending any civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding prior to the final disposition
thereof upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such
amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by
the corporation. Such expenses may also be advanced to former directors and officers or other
employees and agents as the corporation deems appropriate. Section 145 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law further provides that the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by
Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights which the indemnified party may be
entitled; that indemnification provided by Section 145 shall, unless otherwise provided when
authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee
or agent and shall inure to the benefit of such person's heirs, executors and administrators; and
that a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a director, officer, employee
or agent of the corporation against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such
person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not the
corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liabilities under Section
145.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a certificate of
incorporation may contain a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director
to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director; provided, that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director:
•
for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders;
•
for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law;
•
under Section 174 (relating to liability for unlawful acquisitions or redemptions of,
or dividends on, capital stock) of the Delaware General Corporation Law; or
•
for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
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Our certificate of incorporation provides that we shall, to the fullest extent permitted by
the Delaware General Corporation Law, indemnify our directors and officers and contains provisions
permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Our bylaws provide that:
•
we are required to indemnify our directors, officers, employees and agents, subject
to limited exceptions;
•
we are required to advance expenses, as incurred, to our directors and officers in
connection with a legal proceeding, subject to limited exceptions; and
•
we may advance expenses, as incurred, to other employees and agents in connection
with a legal proceeding.
The indemnification provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may be
sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of our directors and officers for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act.
The foregoing summaries are necessarily subject to the complete text of the statute, our
certificate of incorporation and our bylaws referred to above and are qualified in their entirety
by reference thereto.
We maintain a policy of directors' and officers' liability insurance that insures our
directors and officers against the cost of defense, settlement or payment of a judgment in certain
circumstances.
We have also entered into indemnification agreements with our directors and officers. These
agreements provide rights that are consistent with but more detailed than those provided under
Delaware law and our bylaws. The indemnification agreements are not intended to deny or otherwise
limit third-party derivative suits against us or our directors or officers, but if a director or
officer is entitled to indemnity or contribution under the indemnification agreement, the financial
burden of the third-party suit would be borne by us, and we would not benefit from derivative
recoveries against the director or officer. Such recoveries would accrue to the benefit of us but
would be offset by our obligations to the director or officer under the indemnification agreement.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index.
Item 9. Undertakings
.
We hereby undertake:
(a)(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;
(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 a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
Registration Statement; and
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(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) do not apply if the
Registration Statement is on Form S-8 and 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
15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference to 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 registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant'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 the 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 Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (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 Securities Act and will be governed by final adjudication of such
issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas on December 21, 2010.
POWELL INDUSTRIES, INC.
By:
/s/ Patrick L. McDonald
Patrick L. McDonald
President and Chief Executive Officer
KNOW ALL THESE MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Patrick L. McDonald and Don R. Madison, and each of them, either one of
whom may act without joinder of the other, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign any or all pre- and post-effective amendments to this registration
statement, whether on Form S-8 or otherwise, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of any
or all of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ Patrick L. McDonald
President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director
December 21, 2010
(Patrick L. McDonald)
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Don R. Madison
(Don R. Madison)
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
and Administrative Officer
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
December 21, 2010
/s/ Thomas W. Powell
(Thomas W. Powell)
Chairman of the Board
December 21, 2010
/s/ Joseph L. Becherer
(Joseph L. Becherer)
Director
December 21, 2010
/s/ Eugene L. Butler
(Eugene L. Butler)
Director
December 21, 2010
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SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ James F. Clark
(James F. Clark)
Director
December 21, 2010
/s/ Christopher E. Cragg
(Christopher E. Cragg)
Director
December 21, 2010
/s/ Bonnie V. Hancock
(Bonnie V. Hancock)
Director
December 21, 2010
/s/ Stephen W. Seale, Jr.
(Stephen W. Seale, Jr.)
Director
December 21, 2010
/s/ Robert C. Tranchon
(Robert C. Tranchon)
Director
December 21, 2010
/s/ Ronald J. Wolny
(Ronald J. Wolny)
Director
December 21, 2010
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
—
Certificate of Incorporation of Powell Industries, Inc. (filed as
Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Form 8-A/A filed November 1, 2004
and incorporated herein by reference).
4.2
—
By-laws of Powell Industries, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the
Registrant's Form 8-A/A filed November 1, 2004 and incorporated
herein by reference).
*5
—
Opinion of Winstead PC.
*10.1
—
Powell Industries, Inc. 1992 Stock Option Plan, as amended.
*10.2
—
Powell Industries, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan.
*10.3
—
Powell Industries, Inc. Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Plan.
*23.1
—
Consent of Winstead PC (contained in Exhibit 5).
*23.2
—
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
*24
—
Powers of Attorney (set forth on the signature page).
*
Filed herewith.