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<P align="center"><B>As filed with the Commission on May 25, 2001</B>
<P align="RIGHT"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-________</B>


<P align="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549<BR>
______________________<BR>
FORM S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
The Securities Act of 1933<BR>
___________________________</B>



<P align="center">LEAR CORPORATION<BR>
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


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13-3386776</FONT></DIV></TD>
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incorporation or organization)</FONT></DIV></TD>
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></DIV></TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">21557 Telegraph Road<BR>
Southfield, Michigan</FONT></DIV></TD>
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48086-5008</FONT></DIV></TD>
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<P align="center">Lear Corporation Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan



<P align="center">(Full title of the Plan)<hr size="1" width="75%">

<P align="center">Joseph F. McCarthy



<P align="center">Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel



<P align="center">Lear Corporation



<P align="center">21557 Telegraph Road



<P align="center">Southfield, Michigan 48086-5008



<P align="center">(Name and address of agent for service)



<P align="center">(248)&nbsp;447-1500<hr size="1" width="75%">
<center>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for
service)</center>



<P align="center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>

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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><FONT size="2"><B>offering price per</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="6"><FONT size="2"><B>Amount of</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>to be registered (1)</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>registered (1)</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><FONT size="2"><B>share (2)</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><FONT size="2"><B>price (2)</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="6"><FONT size="2"><B>registration fee</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="CENTER" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Common Stock, $.01 par value</FONT></DIV></TD>
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3,190,000 shares
</FONT></DIV></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">35.50
</FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">113,245,000
</FONT></TD>
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</FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="1%" align="left">(1)</TD>
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        <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), this Registration Statement shall be deemed to
cover any additional shares of Lear Corporation common stock, par value
$.01 (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), which may be issuable pursuant to the Lear Corporation
Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan.</TD>
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        <TD width="96%">Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h) on the basis of the average high and low prices
reported for shares of Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange
Composite Tape on May&nbsp;24, 2001, which was $35.50.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form&nbsp;S-8, this Registration Statement
registers an additional 3,190,000 shares of common stock, par value $.01, of
Lear Corporation that may be awarded under the Company&#146;s Long-Term Stock
Incentive Plan, as amended.

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<p><Center><B>PART II</B></Center>

<p><Center><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></Center>

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The contents of the
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 as filed on November
19, 1996, Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-16413, as amended, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.

<P align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</B>

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Opinion of Winston &#38; Strawn as to the legality of the securities being registered</FONT></DIV></TD>
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Consent of Winston &#38; Strawn (included in their opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</FONT></DIV></TD>
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Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof)</FONT></DIV></TD>
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<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form&nbsp;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, Michigan on the 25th day of May, 2001.


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<TD width="50%"><FONT size="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;LEAR
CORPORATION</font></TD>
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        <TD width="50%"><FONT size="3">By:/s/ Robert E. Rossiter
<hr size="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Robert E. Rossiter<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;President and Chief Executive
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<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, </B>that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Donald J. Stebbins and Joseph F. McCarthy and
each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, 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 amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this Registration Statement, 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 said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
and on the dates indicated.

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<TR><TD><FONT size="3">/s/ Kenneth L. Way</FONT></TD></TR>
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Kenneth L. Way</TD>
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Chairman of the Board
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        <TD  align="left" valign="top" nowrap>May&nbsp; 25, 2001</TD>
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<TR><TD><FONT size="3">/s/ Robert E. Rossiter</FONT></TD></TR>
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Robert E. Rossiter</TD>
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        <TD  align="left" valign="top">President and Chief Executive
Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
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        <TD  align="left" valign="top" nowrap>May&nbsp; 25, 2001</TD>
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<TR><TD><FONT size="3">/s/ James H. Vandenberghe</FONT></TD></TR>
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James H. Vandenberghe</TD>
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</TD>
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        <TD  align="left" valign="top" nowrap>May&nbsp; 25, 2001</TD>
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<TR><TD><FONT size="3">/s/ Donald J. Stebbins</FONT></TD></TR>
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Donald J. Stebbins</TD>
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        <TD  align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial  Officer (Principal
Financial Officer)
</TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="left" valign="top" nowrap>May&nbsp; 25, 2001</TD>
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<TR><TD><FONT size="3">/s/ David C. Wajsgras</FONT></TD></TR>
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David C. Wajsgras</TD>
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        <TD  align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">
Vice President and Corporate Controller
</DIV></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="left" valign="top" nowrap>May&nbsp; 25, 2001</TD>
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<TR><TD><FONT size="3">/s/ David Bing</FONT></TD></TR>
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David Bing</TD>
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        <TD  align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">
Director
</DIV></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="left" valign="top" nowrap>May&nbsp; 25, 2001</TD>
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<TR><TD><FONT size="3">/s/ Larry W. McCurdy</FONT></TD></TR>
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Larry W. McCurdy</TD>
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        <TD  align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">
Director
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        <TD  align="left" valign="top" nowrap>May&nbsp; 25, 2001</TD>
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Irma B. Elder</TD>
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Director
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25, 2001
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<TR><TD><FONT size="3">/s/ Roy E. Parrott</FONT></TD></TR>
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Roy E. Parrott</TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">
Director
</DIV></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">May&nbsp; 25, 2001
</DIV></TD>
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</TR>
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<TR><TD><FONT size="3">/s/ Robert W. Shower</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><HR size="1"></DIV></TD>
</tr>
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        <TD valign="top">
Robert W. Shower</TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">
Director
</DIV></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">May&nbsp; 25, 2001
</DIV></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"></DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="3">/s/ David P. Spalding</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><HR size="1"></DIV></TD>
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        <TD valign="top">
David P. Spalding</TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">
Director
</DIV></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">May&nbsp; 25, 2001
</DIV></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"></DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="3">/s/ James A. Stern</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><HR size="1"></DIV></TD>
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        <TD valign="top">
James A. Stern</TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD  align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">
Director
</DIV></TD>
        <TD></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">May&nbsp; 25, 2001
</DIV></TD>
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Opinion of Winston &#38; Strawn as to the legality of the securities being registered</FONT></DIV></TD>
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Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP</FONT></DIV></TD>
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Consent of Winston &#38; Strawn (included in their opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</FONT></DIV></TD>
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s-8
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As filed with the Commission on May 25, 2001
Registration No. 333-________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
______________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
___________________________
LEAR CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
13-3386776
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
21557 Telegraph Road
Southfield, Michigan
48086-5008
(Address of principal executive offices)
(zip code)
Lear Corporation Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
Joseph F. McCarthy
Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
Lear Corporation
21557 Telegraph Road
Southfield, Michigan 48086-5008
(Name and address of agent for service)
(248) 447-1500
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for
service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
to be registered (1)
registered (1)
share (2)
price (2)
registration fee
Common Stock, $.01 par value
3,190,000 shares
$
35.50
$
113,245,000
$
28,311.00
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this Registration Statement shall be deemed to
cover any additional shares of Lear Corporation common stock, par value
$.01 ("Common Stock"), which may be issuable pursuant to the Lear Corporation
Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan.
(2)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(h) on the basis of the average high and low prices
reported for shares of Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange
Composite Tape on May 24, 2001, which was $35.50.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
Opinion of Winston & Strawn
Consent of Arthur Anderson LLP
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement
registers an additional 3,190,000 shares of common stock, par value $.01, of
Lear Corporation that may be awarded under the Company's Long-Term Stock
Incentive Plan, as amended.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT
The contents of the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 as filed on November
19, 1996, Registration Statement No. 333-16413, as amended, are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Winston & Strawn as to the legality of the securities being registered
23.1
Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
23.2
Consent of Winston & Strawn (included in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Southfield, Michigan on the 25th day of May, 2001.
LEAR
CORPORATION
By:/s/ Robert E. Rossiter
Robert E. Rossiter
President and Chief Executive
Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Donald J. Stebbins and Joseph F. McCarthy and
each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, 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 amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this Registration Statement, 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 said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Kenneth L. Way
Kenneth L. Way
Chairman of the Board
May  25, 2001
/s/ Robert E. Rossiter
Robert E. Rossiter
President and Chief Executive
Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
May  25, 2001
/s/ James H. Vandenberghe
James H. Vandenberghe
Vice Chairman
May  25, 2001
/s/ Donald J. Stebbins
Donald J. Stebbins
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial  Officer (Principal
Financial Officer)
May  25, 2001
/s/ David C. Wajsgras
David C. Wajsgras
Vice President and Corporate Controller
May  25, 2001
/s/ David Bing
David Bing
Director
May  25, 2001
/s/ Larry W. McCurdy
Larry W. McCurdy
Director
May  25, 2001
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Irma B. Elder
Irma B. Elder
Director
May 
25, 2001
/s/ Roy E. Parrott
Roy E. Parrott
Director
May  25, 2001
/s/ Robert W. Shower
Robert W. Shower
Director
May  25, 2001
/s/ David P. Spalding
David P. Spalding
Director
May  25, 2001
/s/ James A. Stern
James A. Stern
Director
May  25, 2001
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Winston & Strawn as to the legality of the securities being registered
23.1
Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
23.2
Consent of Winston & Strawn (included in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page hereof)