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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As Filed with
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES<br>
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNDER</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Monterey
  Pasta Company</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
  charter)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Delaware</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">77-0227341</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 24.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or other jurisdiction<br>
  of incorporation or organization)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 24.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S. employer identification no.)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1528
  Moffett Street<br>
  Salinas, California 93905</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of principal executive offices)&#160; (Zip code)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Monterey Pasta Company<br>&#160;2001 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Full title of the plan)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">R.
  Lance Hewitt<br>
  President and Chief Executive Officer<br>
  Monterey Pasta Company<br>
  1528 Moffett Street<br>
  Salinas, California 93905</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Name and
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<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service:&#160;
<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">(831) 753-6262</font></b>.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This registration
statement shall hereafter become effective in accordance with Rule&nbsp;462
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Title of Securities<br>
  to be registered(1)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount to
  be<br>
  registered(2)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed
  maximum<br>
  offering price<br>
  per share</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed
  maximum aggregate<br>
  offering price</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount of<br>
  registration fee</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2001
  Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan</font></u></p>
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  <p align="right" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Stock Par Value $0.001</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.3%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">155,200</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:2.48%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.28%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$6.55(3</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
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  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.28%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$1,016,560.00(3</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:2.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
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  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.28%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$93.52</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:6.0pt 0in 6.0pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:2.48%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:6.0pt 0in;page-break-after:avoid;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:6.0pt 0in;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24,800</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:6.0pt 0in;page-break-after:avoid;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:6.0pt 0in;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$7.70(4</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0in;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
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  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.28%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:6.0pt 0in;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$190,960.00(4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:2.48%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0in;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.28%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:6.0pt 0in;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$17.57</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:2.46%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0in;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="18%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:18.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">TOTAL</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:2.48%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.3%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">180,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:2.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.28%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$1,207,520.00</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:2.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.28%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$111.09</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:2.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.28%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:2.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The securities to be registered
include options to acquire Common Stock.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this
registration statement also covers any additional securities that may be
offered or issued in connection with any stock split, stock dividend or similar
transaction.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h)
solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee.&#160; The price is computed on the basis of the
actual exercise price of the options.<sup>.</sup></font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h)
solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee.&#160; The price is based upon the average of the
high and low prices of the Common Stock on February 8, 2002, as reported on the
Nasdaq National Market.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PART II</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;text-decoration:underline;text-transform:uppercase;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></u></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Incorporation
of Documents by Reference</u></font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Monterey
Pasta Company (the &#147;Company&#148;) hereby incorporates by reference in this
registration statement the following documents:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The
Company&#146;s annual report on Form 10-K, filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) containing audited financial
statements for the Company&#146;s latest fiscal year ended December 30, 2001, as
filed with the Commission on February 11, 2002.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; All
other reports filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
since the end of the fiscal year covered by the registrant document referred to
in (a) above.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The
description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed pursuant to Section 12 of the
Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All
documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;12(g),
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Description
of Securities</u></font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
class of securities to be offered is registered under Section&nbsp;12 of the
Exchange Act.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Interests of Named
Experts and Counsel</u></font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Inapplicable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 6.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Indemnification of
Directors and Officers</u></font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section 102(b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law
authorizes a corporation to provide in its Certificate of Incorporation that a
director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to corporation or
its stockholders for monetary damages for breach or alleged breach of the
director&#146;s &#147;duty of care.&#148;&#160; While this
statute does not change directors&#146; duty of care, it enables corporations to
limit available relief to equitable remedies such as injunction or
rescission.&#160; The statute has no effect
on a director&#146;s duty of loyalty or liability for acts or omissions not in good
faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law, illegal
payment of dividends or stock redemptions or repurchases, or for any
transaction from which the</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">director derives an improper personal benefit.&#160; As permitted by the statute, the Company has
adopted provisions in its Certificate of Incorporation which eliminate to the
fullest extent permissible under Delaware law the personal liability of its
directors to the Company and its stockholders for monetary damages for breach
or alleged breach of their duty of care.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section
145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides for the
indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents of a
corporation.&#160; The Bylaws of the Company
provide for indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and agents to
the full extent permitted under Delaware law, including those circumstances in
which indemnification would otherwise be discretionary under Delaware law.&#160; The Company&#146;s Bylaws also empower it to
enter into indemnification agreements with its directors and officers and to
purchase insurance on behalf of any person whom it is required or permitted to
indemnify.&#160; The Company has entered into
agreements with its directors and certain of its executive officers that
require the Company to indemnify such persons to the fullest extent permitted
under Delaware law against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other
amounts actually and reasonably incurred (including expenses of a derivative
action) in connection with any proceeding, whether actual or threatened, to
which any such person may be made a party by reason of the fact that such
person is or was a director or an executive officer of the Company or any of
its affiliated enterprises.&#160; The
indemnification agreements also set forth certain procedures that will apply in
the event of a claim for indemnification thereunder.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section
145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides for
indemnification in terms sufficiently broad to indemnify such individuals,
under certain circumstances, for liabilities (including reimbursement of
expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.75in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 7.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Exemption
From Registration Claimed</u></font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Inapplicable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 8.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Exhibits</u></font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">See
Exhibit Index.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 9.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Undertakings</u></font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.75in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 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)</font></p>

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in the information set forth in the registration statement; and</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 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;</font></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">provided</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">, <u>however</u>, that paragraphs (1)(i)
and (l)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 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.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.75in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 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.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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&nbsp;13(a) or Section 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.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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 Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable.&#160; In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant
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 Salinas, State of California, on February 12, 2002.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:uppercase;">MONTEREY PASTA COMPANY</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ R. Lance Hewitt</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">R. Lance Hewitt<br>
  President and Chief Executive Officer</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SIGNATURES AND POWER OF
ATTORNEY</font></u></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
officers and directors of Monterey Pasta Company whose signatures appear below,
hereby constitute and appoint R. Lance Hewitt and Stephen L. Brinkman, and each
of them, their true and lawful attorneys and agents, with full power of
substitution, each with power to act alone, to sign and execute on behalf of
the undersigned any amendment or amendments to this registration statement on
Form&nbsp;S-8, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all
that each of said attorney and agent, or their or his substitutes, shall do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on February 12, 2002.</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Signature</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President, Chief
  Executive Officer</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ R. Lance Hewitt</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:4.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">and Director</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">R. Lance Hewitt</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:4.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Principal Executive
  Officer)</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.42%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Stephen L. Brinkman</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:50.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Financial Officer</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.42%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Stephen L. Brinkman</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:50.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Principal Financial
  and Accounting Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.42%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:4.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Charles B. Bonner</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:50.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.42%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Charles B. Bonner</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:4.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:50.32%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.42%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:28.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Walter L. Henning</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:4.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:50.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.42%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:28.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Walter L. Henning</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:4.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:50.32%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.42%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:4.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:50.32%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.42%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:28.06%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:4.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:50.32%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.42%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:28.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ F. Christopher
  Kruger</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:4.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:50.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.42%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:28.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">F. Christopher Kruger</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:4.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:50.32%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.42%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:28.06%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:4.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:50.32%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.42%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:28.06%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:4.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:50.32%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.42%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:28.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Michael P. Schall</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:4.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:50.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.42%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:28.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Michael P. Schall</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:4.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:50.32%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.42%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:28.06%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:4.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:50.32%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.42%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:28.06%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:4.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:50.32%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.42%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:28.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Van Tunstall</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:4.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:50.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.42%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:28.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Van Tunstall</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:4.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:50.32%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.42%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:28.06%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:4.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:50.32%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.42%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:28.06%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:4.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:50.32%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.42%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:28.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ James Wong</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:4.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:50.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.42%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:28.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">James Wong</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:4.2%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:50.32%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:17.42%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6</font></p>


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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT INDEX</font></u></b></p>

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  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:2.22%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:93.22%;">
  <p style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in 6.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:2.22%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in 6.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:93.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in 6.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certificate of
  Incorporation of the Company dated August 1, 1996 is incorporated by
  reference from Exhibit B to the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement for the Special
  Meeting of Shareholders held on August 1, 1996, filed with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission on June 27, 1996 (&#147;1996 Proxy&#148;)(No. 001-11777).</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in 6.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:2.22%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in 6.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:93.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in 6.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Bylaws of the Company
  are incorporated by reference to Exhibit C to the 1996 Proxy.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in 6.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:2.22%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in 6.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:93.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in 6.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Stockholders Rights
  Agreement dated May 15, 1996, between the Company and Corporate Stock
  Transfer, as rights agent, is incorporated by reference from Item 2 of Form
  8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 28, 1996 (No.
  000-22534).</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in 6.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:2.22%;">
  <p style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in 6.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="93%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt .7pt .7pt;width:93.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in 6.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Legal Opinion of Gray
  Cary Ware&nbsp;&amp; Freidenrich&nbsp;LLP</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in 6.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Counsel
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Prepared by MERRILL CORPORATION
As Filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 12, 2002
Registration No. ___________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Monterey
  Pasta Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
  charter)
Delaware
77-0227341
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. employer identification no.)
1528
  Moffett Street
Salinas, California 93905
(Address of principal executive offices)  (Zip code)
Monterey Pasta Company
2001 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the plan)
R.
  Lance Hewitt
President and Chief Executive Officer
Monterey Pasta Company
1528 Moffett Street
Salinas, California 93905
(Name and
  address of agent for service)
Telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service:
(831) 753-6262
.
This registration
statement shall hereafter become effective in accordance with Rule 462
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
CALCULATION
  OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be registered(1)
Amount to
  be
registered(2)
Proposed
  maximum
offering price
per share
Proposed
  maximum aggregate
offering price
Amount of
registration fee
2001
  Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan
Common Stock Par Value $0.001
155,200
$6.55(3
)
$1,016,560.00(3
)
$93.52
24,800
$7.70(4
)
$190,960.00(4
)
$17.57
TOTAL
180,000
$1,207,520.00
$111.09
(1)           The securities to be registered
include options to acquire Common Stock.
(2)           Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this
registration statement also covers any additional securities that may be
offered or issued in connection with any stock split, stock dividend or similar
transaction.
(3)           Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h)
solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee.  The price is computed on the basis of the
actual exercise price of the options.
.
(4)           Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h)
solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee.  The price is based upon the average of the
high and low prices of the Common Stock on February 8, 2002, as reported on the
Nasdaq National Market.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation
of Documents by Reference
Monterey
Pasta Company (the "Company") hereby incorporates by reference in this
registration statement the following documents:
(a)           The
Company's annual report on Form 10-K, filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") containing audited financial
statements for the Company's latest fiscal year ended December 30, 2001, as
filed with the Commission on February 11, 2002.
(b)           All
other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
since the end of the fiscal year covered by the registrant document referred to
in (a) above.
(c)           The
description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed pursuant to Section 12 of the
Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.
All
documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 12(g),
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents.
Item 4.
Description
of Securities
The
class of securities to be offered is registered under Section 12 of the
Exchange Act.
Item 5.
Interests of Named
Experts and Counsel
Inapplicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of
Directors and Officers
Section 102(b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law
authorizes a corporation to provide in its Certificate of Incorporation that a
director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to corporation or
its stockholders for monetary damages for breach or alleged breach of the
director's "duty of care."  While this
statute does not change directors' duty of care, it enables corporations to
limit available relief to equitable remedies such as injunction or
rescission.  The statute has no effect
on a director's duty of loyalty or liability for acts or omissions not in good
faith or involving intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law, illegal
payment of dividends or stock redemptions or repurchases, or for any
transaction from which the
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director derives an improper personal benefit.  As permitted by the statute, the Company has
adopted provisions in its Certificate of Incorporation which eliminate to the
fullest extent permissible under Delaware law the personal liability of its
directors to the Company and its stockholders for monetary damages for breach
or alleged breach of their duty of care.
Section
145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides for the
indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents of a
corporation.  The Bylaws of the Company
provide for indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and agents to
the full extent permitted under Delaware law, including those circumstances in
which indemnification would otherwise be discretionary under Delaware law.  The Company's Bylaws also empower it to
enter into indemnification agreements with its directors and officers and to
purchase insurance on behalf of any person whom it is required or permitted to
indemnify.  The Company has entered into
agreements with its directors and certain of its executive officers that
require the Company to indemnify such persons to the fullest extent permitted
under Delaware law against expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other
amounts actually and reasonably incurred (including expenses of a derivative
action) in connection with any proceeding, whether actual or threatened, to
which any such person may be made a party by reason of the fact that such
person is or was a director or an executive officer of the Company or any of
its affiliated enterprises.  The
indemnification agreements also set forth certain procedures that will apply in
the event of a claim for indemnification thereunder.
Section
145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides for
indemnification in terms sufficiently broad to indemnify such individuals,
under certain circumstances, for liabilities (including reimbursement of
expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act.
Item 7.
Exemption
From Registration Claimed
Inapplicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
See
Exhibit Index.
Item 9.
Undertakings
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)           To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)            To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(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)
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which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the registration statement; and
(iii)          To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (1)(i)
and (l)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2)           That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(3)           To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
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 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 the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
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 Securities and Exchange 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
payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
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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.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Salinas, State of California, on February 12, 2002.
MONTEREY PASTA COMPANY
By:
/s/ R. Lance Hewitt
R. Lance Hewitt
President and Chief Executive Officer
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SIGNATURES AND POWER OF
ATTORNEY
The
officers and directors of Monterey Pasta Company whose signatures appear below,
hereby constitute and appoint R. Lance Hewitt and Stephen L. Brinkman, and each
of them, their true and lawful attorneys and agents, with full power of
substitution, each with power to act alone, to sign and execute on behalf of
the undersigned any amendment or amendments to this registration statement on
Form S-8, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all
that each of said attorney and agent, or their or his substitutes, shall do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on February 12, 2002.
Signature
Title
President, Chief
  Executive Officer
/s/ R. Lance Hewitt
and Director
R. Lance Hewitt
(Principal Executive
  Officer)
/s/ Stephen L. Brinkman
Chief Financial Officer
Stephen L. Brinkman
(Principal Financial
  and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Charles B. Bonner
Director
Charles B. Bonner
/s/ Walter L. Henning
Director
Walter L. Henning
/s/ F. Christopher
  Kruger
Director
F. Christopher Kruger
/s/ Michael P. Schall
Director
Michael P. Schall
/s/ Van Tunstall
Director
Van Tunstall
/s/ James Wong
Director
James Wong
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EXHIBIT INDEX
4.1
Certificate of
  Incorporation of the Company dated August 1, 1996 is incorporated by
  reference from Exhibit B to the Company's Proxy Statement for the Special
  Meeting of Shareholders held on August 1, 1996, filed with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission on June 27, 1996 ("1996 Proxy")(No. 001-11777).
4.2
Bylaws of the Company
  are incorporated by reference to Exhibit C to the 1996 Proxy.
4.3
Stockholders Rights
  Agreement dated May 15, 1996, between the Company and Corporate Stock
  Transfer, as rights agent, is incorporated by reference from Item 2 of Form
  8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 28, 1996 (No.
  000-22534).
5
Legal Opinion of Gray
  Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP
23.1
Consent of Counsel
  (included in Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of BDO Seidman
  LLP, Independent Certified Public Accounts
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Power of Attorney
  (included in signature pages to this registration statement)