<PAGE>
 
             As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
                              on October 24, 1997
                                                      Registration No. 333-_____
================================================================================

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM S-8

                         REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                          THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                        PERITUS SOFTWARE SERVICES, INC.
            (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                                 MASSACHUSETTS
        (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

                                  04-3126919
                     (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

304 CONCORD ROAD, BILLERICA, MASSACHUSETTS                 01821-3485
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                  (Zip Code)

                           1997 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                           (Full Title of the Plan)

                                ALLEN K. DEARY
                        PERITUS SOFTWARE SERVICES, INC.
                               304 CONCORD ROAD
                     BILLERICA, MASSACHUSETTS  01821-3485
                    (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

                                (978) 670-0800
         (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

================================================================================

                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

================================================================================
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
 
                                 PROPOSED      PROPOSED     
    TITLE OF                      MAXIMUM      MAXIMUM      
   SECURITIES       AMOUNT       OFFERING     AGGREGATE      AMOUNT OF
     TO BE           TO BE       PRICE PER     OFFERING     REGISTRATION
   REGISTERED     REGISTERED       SHARE        PRICE           FEE     
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
<S>             <C>          <C>           <C>            <C>
Common Stock,     1,950,000     $24.875(1)  $48,506,250(1)      $14,699
$.01 par value
================================================================================
</TABLE>

(1)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, and
     based upon the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock
     on the Nasdaq National Market on October 23, 1997 in accordance with Rules
     457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
================================================================================
<PAGE>
 
PART I.  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

          The information required by Part I is included in documents sent or
given to participants in the Registrant's 1997 Stock Incentive Plan pursuant to
Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").


PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.   Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
          -----------------------------------------------

          The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting
requirements of Sections 13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance therewith files
reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission").  The following documents, which are filed with
the Commission, are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:

          (1) The Registrant's latest prospectus dated July 3, 1997 filed 
     pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that contains audited
     financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year for which such
     statements have been filed.

          (2) All other reports including Registrant's Form 10-Q for this 
     quarter ended June 30, 1997 filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
     Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the prospectus
     referred to in (1) above.

          (3) The description of the common stock of the Registrant, $.01 par
     value per share (the "Common Stock"), contained in the Registration
     Statement on Form 8-A filed by the Registrant with the Commission on June
     4, 1997.

     All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-
effective amendment which indicates that all shares of Common Stock offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all shares of Common Stock then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.

                                  1          
<PAGE>
 
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 67 of Chapter 156B of the Massachusetts General Laws ("Section
67") provides that a corporation may indemnify its directors and officers to the
extent specified in or authorized by (i) the articles of organization, (ii) a
by-law adopted by the stockholders or (iii) a vote adopted by the holders of a
majority of the shares of stock entitled to vote on the election of directors.
In all instances, the extent to which a corporation provides indemnification to
its directors and officers under Section 67 is optional.  In its Restated
Articles of Organization, the Registrant has elected to commit to provide
indemnification to its directors and officers in specified  circumstances.
Generally, Article 6 of the Registrant's Restated Articles of Organization
indemnifies directors and officers of the Registrant against liabilities and
expenses arising out of legal proceedings brought against them by reason of
their status or service as directors or officers or by reason of their agreeing
to serve, at the request of the Registrant, as a director or officer of, or in a
similar capacity with, another organization or in any capacity with respect to
any employee benefit plan of the Registrant.  Under this provision, a director
or officer of the Registrant shall be indemnified by the Registrant for all
expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement of such proceedings,
even if he or she is not successful on the merits, if he or she acted in good
faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in the best interests
of the Registrant.

     The Registrant's Restated Articles of Organization establish the
presumption that the director or officer has met the applicable standard of
conduct required for indemnification.  The indemnification above shall be made
unless the Registrant determines that the applicable standard of conduct has not
been met.  Such a determination may be made by a majority of a quorum of the
directors, independent legal counsel, a court of competent jurisdiction or a
majority vote of a quorum of the outstanding shares of stock (which quorum shall
consist of stockholders who are not parties to the suit).  The Board of
Directors shall authorize advancing litigation expenses to a director or officer
at his request upon receipt of an undertaking by such director or officer to
repay such expenses if it is ultimately determined that he or she is not
entitled to indemnification for such expenses.

     The Registrant's Restated Articles of Organization also provide that, in
the event of a determination by the Registrant that a director or officer did
not meet the

                                       2
<PAGE>
 
standard of conduct required for indemnification, or if the Registrant fails to
make an indemnification payment or an advance of expenses within 60 days after
such payment is claimed by a director or officer, such director or officer may
petition a court to make an independent determination of whether such director
or officer is entitled to indemnification. The Registrant's Restated Articles of
Organization explicitly provide for partial indemnification of costs and
expenses in the event that a director or officer is not entitled to full
indemnification.

     Article 6 of the Registrant's Restated Articles of Organization also
eliminates the personal liability of the Registrant's directors to the
Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of a director's
fiduciary duty, except to the extent such elimination or limitation is
prohibited by Chapter 156B of the Massachusetts General Laws.

     The Registrant has purchased and maintains insurance coverage under a
policy insuring directors and officers of the Registrant against certain
liabilities which they may incur as directors or officers of the Registrant.
 

Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed
          -----------------------------------

          Not applicable.


Item 8.   Exhibits
          --------

          The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated
herein by reference.

 
Item 9.   Undertakings
          ------------

     1.   The 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 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;

          (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
<PAGE>
 
          (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.

     2.   The 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 Section 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 in the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     3.   Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act 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 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 the final
adjudication of such issue.

                                       4
<PAGE>
 
                                  SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Town of Billerica, Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
on this 16th day of October, 1997.

 
                                    PERITUS SOFTWARE SERVICES, INC.



                                    By:  /s/ Allen K. Deary
                                         _____________________________________
                                         Allen K. Deary
                                         Vice President, Finance and
                                         Chief Financial Officer



                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     We, the undersigned officers and directors of Peritus Software Services,
Inc., hereby severally constitute Dominic K. Chan, Douglas A. Catalano, Allen K.
Deary and Peter B. Tarr, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys
with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our
names in the capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8
filed herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said Registration
Statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and behalf in our
capacities as officers and directors to enable Peritus Software Services, Inc.
to comply with all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by said
attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement and any and all
amendments thereto.

                                       5
<PAGE>
 
     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.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
      Signature                  Title                  Date
      ---------                  -----                  ----
<S>                     <C>                       <C>
 
/s/ Dominic K. Chan       Chairman of the Board     October 16, 1997
------------------------  and Chief Executive
Dominic K. Chan           Officer (Principal
                          Executive Officer)
 
 
 
/s/ Douglas A. Catalano   President, Chief          October 16, 1997
------------------------  Operating Officer and
Douglas A. Catalano       Director
 
 
 
/s/ Allen K. Deary        Vice President,           October 16, 1997
------------------------  Finance,
Allen K. Deary            Chief Financial Officer
                          and Director (Principal
                          Financial Officer)
 
 
/s/ John E. MacPhee       Director of Finance and   October 16, 1997
------------------------  Treasurer (Principal
John E. MacPhee           Accounting Officer)
 
 
 
 /s/ Arthur Carr          Director                  October 16, 1997
------------------------  
Arthur Carr
 
                          Director                  October   , 1997
------------------------  
John Giordano
 
/s/ W. Michael Humphreys  Director                  October 16, 1997
------------------------  
W. Michael Humphreys
 
/s/ Axel Leblois          Director                  October 16, 1997
------------------------  
Axel Leblois
 
/s/ Henry F. McCance      Director                  October 16, 1997
------------------------  
Henry F. McCance
 
/s/ Roland Pampel         Director                  October 16, 1997
------------------------  
Roland Pampel

</TABLE>

                                       6
<PAGE>
 
                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
                                 -------------


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Exhibit
Number                          Description
-------                         -----------
<S>     <C>     
4/1/      Specimen Certificate for shares of Common Stock, $.01
          par value per share, of the Registrant

5         Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP

23.1      Consent of Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5)

23.2      Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP

24        Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of
          this Registration Statement)
</TABLE>




--------------------------
    /1/    Incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant's Registration
           Statement on Form S-1 (Commission File No. 333-27087).
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
                              on October 24, 1997
                                                      Registration No. 333-_____
================================================================================

                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM S-8

                         REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                          THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                        PERITUS SOFTWARE SERVICES, INC.
            (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                                 MASSACHUSETTS
        (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

                                  04-3126919
                     (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

304 CONCORD ROAD, BILLERICA, MASSACHUSETTS                 01821-3485
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                  (Zip Code)

                           1997 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
                           (Full Title of the Plan)

                                ALLEN K. DEARY
                        PERITUS SOFTWARE SERVICES, INC.
                               304 CONCORD ROAD
                     BILLERICA, MASSACHUSETTS  01821-3485
                    (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

                                (978) 670-0800
         (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)

================================================================================

                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

================================================================================
PROPOSED      PROPOSED     
    TITLE OF                      MAXIMUM      MAXIMUM      
   SECURITIES       AMOUNT       OFFERING     AGGREGATE      AMOUNT OF
     TO BE           TO BE       PRICE PER     OFFERING     REGISTRATION
   REGISTERED     REGISTERED       SHARE        PRICE           FEE     
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock,     1,950,000     $24.875(1)  $48,506,250(1)      $14,699
$.01 par value
================================================================================
(1)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, and
     based upon the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock
     on the Nasdaq National Market on October 23, 1997 in accordance with Rules
     457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
================================================================================
PART I.  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

          The information required by Part I is included in documents sent or
given to participants in the Registrant's 1997 Stock Incentive Plan pursuant to
Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").

PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.   Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
          -----------------------------------------------

          The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting
requirements of Sections 13(a), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance therewith files
reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission").  The following documents, which are filed with
the Commission, are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:

          (1) The Registrant's latest prospectus dated July 3, 1997 filed 
     pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act that contains audited
     financial statements for the Registrant's latest fiscal year for which such
     statements have been filed.

          (2) All other reports including Registrant's Form 10-Q for this 
     quarter ended June 30, 1997 filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
     Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the prospectus
     referred to in (1) above.

          (3) The description of the common stock of the Registrant, $.01 par
     value per share (the "Common Stock"), contained in the Registration
     Statement on Form 8-A filed by the Registrant with the Commission on June
     4, 1997.

     All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-
effective amendment which indicates that all shares of Common Stock offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all shares of Common Stock then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.

                                  1
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 67 of Chapter 156B of the Massachusetts General Laws ("Section
67") provides that a corporation may indemnify its directors and officers to the
extent specified in or authorized by (i) the articles of organization, (ii) a
by-law adopted by the stockholders or (iii) a vote adopted by the holders of a
majority of the shares of stock entitled to vote on the election of directors.
In all instances, the extent to which a corporation provides indemnification to
its directors and officers under Section 67 is optional.  In its Restated
Articles of Organization, the Registrant has elected to commit to provide
indemnification to its directors and officers in specified  circumstances.
Generally, Article 6 of the Registrant's Restated Articles of Organization
indemnifies directors and officers of the Registrant against liabilities and
expenses arising out of legal proceedings brought against them by reason of
their status or service as directors or officers or by reason of their agreeing
to serve, at the request of the Registrant, as a director or officer of, or in a
similar capacity with, another organization or in any capacity with respect to
any employee benefit plan of the Registrant.  Under this provision, a director
or officer of the Registrant shall be indemnified by the Registrant for all
expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement of such proceedings,
even if he or she is not successful on the merits, if he or she acted in good
faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in the best interests
of the Registrant.

     The Registrant's Restated Articles of Organization establish the
presumption that the director or officer has met the applicable standard of
conduct required for indemnification.  The indemnification above shall be made
unless the Registrant determines that the applicable standard of conduct has not
been met.  Such a determination may be made by a majority of a quorum of the
directors, independent legal counsel, a court of competent jurisdiction or a
majority vote of a quorum of the outstanding shares of stock (which quorum shall
consist of stockholders who are not parties to the suit).  The Board of
Directors shall authorize advancing litigation expenses to a director or officer
at his request upon receipt of an undertaking by such director or officer to
repay such expenses if it is ultimately determined that he or she is not
entitled to indemnification for such expenses.

     The Registrant's Restated Articles of Organization also provide that, in
the event of a determination by the Registrant that a director or officer did
not meet the

                                       2
standard of conduct required for indemnification, or if the Registrant fails to
make an indemnification payment or an advance of expenses within 60 days after
such payment is claimed by a director or officer, such director or officer may
petition a court to make an independent determination of whether such director
or officer is entitled to indemnification. The Registrant's Restated Articles of
Organization explicitly provide for partial indemnification of costs and
expenses in the event that a director or officer is not entitled to full
indemnification.

     Article 6 of the Registrant's Restated Articles of Organization also
eliminates the personal liability of the Registrant's directors to the
Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of a director's
fiduciary duty, except to the extent such elimination or limitation is
prohibited by Chapter 156B of the Massachusetts General Laws.

     The Registrant has purchased and maintains insurance coverage under a
policy insuring directors and officers of the Registrant against certain
liabilities which they may incur as directors or officers of the Registrant.
 

Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed
          -----------------------------------

          Not applicable.

Item 8.   Exhibits
          --------

          The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated
herein by reference.

 
Item 9.   Undertakings
          ------------

     1.   The 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 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;

          (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
(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.

     2.   The 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 Section 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 in the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     3.   Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act 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 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 the final
adjudication of such issue.

                                       4
SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Town of Billerica, Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
on this 16th day of October, 1997.

 
                                    PERITUS SOFTWARE SERVICES, INC.

                                    By:  /s/ Allen K. Deary
                                         _____________________________________
                                         Allen K. Deary
                                         Vice President, Finance and
                                         Chief Financial Officer

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     We, the undersigned officers and directors of Peritus Software Services,
Inc., hereby severally constitute Dominic K. Chan, Douglas A. Catalano, Allen K.
Deary and Peter B. Tarr, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys
with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our
names in the capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8
filed herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said Registration
Statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and behalf in our
capacities as officers and directors to enable Peritus Software Services, Inc.
to comply with all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by said
attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement and any and all
amendments thereto.

                                       5
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/ Dominic K. Chan       Chairman of the Board     October 16, 1997
------------------------  and Chief Executive
Dominic K. Chan           Officer (Principal
                          Executive Officer)
 
 
 
/s/ Douglas A. Catalano   President, Chief          October 16, 1997
------------------------  Operating Officer and
Douglas A. Catalano       Director
 
 
 
/s/ Allen K. Deary        Vice President,           October 16, 1997
------------------------  Finance,
Allen K. Deary            Chief Financial Officer
                          and Director (Principal
                          Financial Officer)
 
 
/s/ John E. MacPhee       Director of Finance and   October 16, 1997
------------------------  Treasurer (Principal
John E. MacPhee           Accounting Officer)
 
 
 
 /s/ Arthur Carr          Director                  October 16, 1997
------------------------  
Arthur Carr
 
                          Director                  October   , 1997
------------------------  
John Giordano
 
/s/ W. Michael Humphreys  Director                  October 16, 1997
------------------------  
W. Michael Humphreys
 
/s/ Axel Leblois          Director                  October 16, 1997
------------------------  
Axel Leblois
 
/s/ Henry F. McCance      Director                  October 16, 1997
------------------------  
Henry F. McCance
 
/s/ Roland Pampel         Director                  October 16, 1997
------------------------  
Roland Pampel
6
EXHIBIT INDEX
                                 -------------
Exhibit
Number                          Description
-------                         -----------
4/1/      Specimen Certificate for shares of Common Stock, $.01
          par value per share, of the Registrant

5         Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP

23.1      Consent of Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5)

23.2      Consent of Price Waterhouse LLP

24        Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of
          this Registration Statement)
--------------------------
    /1/    Incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant's Registration
           Statement on Form S-1 (Commission File No. 333-27087).