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                Fee</strong></font></div>
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      Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
      Registration Statement registers such indeterminate number of additional shares
      as may be issuable under the Plan in connection with share splits, share
      dividends or similar transactions.</font></div>
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      Consists of (i) 8,751,600 shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of
      outstanding options granted under the NewAlliance Bancshares, Inc. 2005
      Long-Term Compensation Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;), (ii) 3,424,500 shares issued as
      restricted stock under the Plan, and (iii) 3,806,123 shares available for future
      grants under the Plan. These shares have been previously approved for issuance
      under the Plan by the Registrant&#8217;s board of directors and
      shareholders.</font></div>
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      Estimated pursuant to Rule 457 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely
      for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The price per share and
      aggregate offering price are calculated on the basis of (i) with respect to
      the
      8,751,600 shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options
      granted under the Plan, the weighted average exercise price of $14.40 per share,
      (ii) with respect to the 3,424,500 shares issued as restricted stock under
      the
      Plan, $14.39, the value of such shares as of the date of grant, and (iii) with
      respect to the 3,806,123 shares available for future grants under the Plan,
      the
      average high and low prices of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock as reported by the
      New York Stock Exchange on October 31, 2005.</font></div>
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      Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
      prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment 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 herein and
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      corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened
      to be
      made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
      whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action
      by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person
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      or was a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other
      enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#8217; fees), judgments, fines and
      amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
      with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner
      he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the
      corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
      reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Similar indemnity is
      authorized for such persons against expenses (including attorneys&#8217; fees)
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      adjudged liable to the corporation. Any such indemnification may be made only
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      disinterested directors or by independent legal counsel in a written opinion
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      director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise,
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      Each
      person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or
      is
      otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
      administrative or investigative (hereinafter a &#8220;proceeding&#8221;), by reason of the
      fact that he or she is or was a Director or an Officer of the Corporation or
      is
      or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Director, Officer,
      employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture,
      trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit
      plan (hereinafter an &#8220;indemnitee&#8221;), whether the basis of such proceeding is
      alleged action in an official capacity as a Director, Officer, employee or
      agent
      or in any other capacity while serving as a Director, Officer, employee or
      agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest
      extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists
      or
      may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the
      extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader
      indemnification rights than such law permitted the Corporation to provide prior
      to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss (including
      attorneys&#8217; fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts
      paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in
      connection therewith; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section
      C
      of this Article ELEVENTH with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to
      indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in
      connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee
      only
      if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors
      of
      the Corporation.</font></div>
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      The
      right to indemnification conferred in Section A of this Article ELEVENTH shall
      include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in
      defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter
      an &#8220;advancement of expenses&#8221;); provided, however, that, if the Delaware General
      Corporation Law requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee
      in his or her capacity as a Director or Officer (and not in any other capacity
      in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without
      limitation, services to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon
      delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an &#8220;undertaking&#8221;), by
      or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall
      ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no
      further right to appeal (hereinafter a &#8220;final adjudication&#8221;) that such
      indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under Section
      B
      of this Article ELEVENTH or otherwise. The rights to indemnification and to
      the
      advancement of expenses conferred in Sections A and B of this Article ELEVENTH
      shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee
      who
      has ceased to be a Director, Officer, employee or agent and shall inure to
      the
      benefit of the indemnitee&#8217;s heirs, executors and administrators.</font></div>
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      If a
      claim under Section A or B of this Article ELEVENTH is not paid in full by
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      Corporation within sixty (60) days after a written claim has been received
      by
      the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses,
      in which case the applicable period shall be twenty (20) days, the indemnitee
      may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the
      unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit,
      or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses
      pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to
      be
      paid also the expenses of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (i) any suit
      brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but
      not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement
      of
      expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (ii) in any suit by the Corporation
      to
      recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking
      the
      Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication
      that, the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification
      set
      forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law. Neither the failure of the
      Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or
      its
      stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such
      suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances
      because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth
      in
      the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the
      Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or
      its
      stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of
      conduct, shall create a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the
      applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the
      indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the indemnitee
      to
      enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder,
      or by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the
      terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not
      entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this
      Article ELEVENTH or otherwise, shall be on the Corporation.</font></div>
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      The
      rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this
      Article ELEVENTH shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person
      may
      have or hereafter acquire under any statute, the Corporation&#8217;s Certificate of
      Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or Disinterested
      Directors or otherwise.</font></div>
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      The
      Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any
      Director, Officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or subsidiary or
      Affiliate or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
      enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the
      Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense,
      liability or loss under the Delaware General Corporation Law.</font></div>
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      The
      Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of
      Directors, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses
      to
      any employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions
      of this Article ELEVENTH with respect to the indemnification and advancement
      of
      expenses of Directors and Officers of the Corporation.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">G.
      Notwithstanding any other provision set forth in this Article ELEVENTH, in
      no
      event shall any payments made by the Corporation pursuant to this Article
      ELEVENTH exceed the amount permissible under applicable state or federal law,
      including but not limited to the limitations on indemnification imposed by
      Section 18(k) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulation issued
      thereunder by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Insofar
      as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933
      may
      be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
      pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
      advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
      indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
      therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
      such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
      or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
      successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
      director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
      registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
      has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
      jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
      policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
      of
      such issue.</font></div>
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      7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.</strong></font></div>
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      applicable because no restricted securities will be reoffered or resold pursuant
      to this Registration Statement.</font></div>
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                  and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, previously
                  filed
                  with the Commission on August 13, 2004 as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#8217;s
                  quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and incorporated herein by
                  reference.</font></div>
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                  of the Company, previously filed with the Commission on August
                  13, 2004 as
                  Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#8217;s quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and
                  incorporated herein by reference.</font></div>
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                  of Tyler Cooper &amp; Alcorn, LLP as to the validity of certain shares
                  being registered.</font></div>
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      post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</font></div>
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      1933;</font></div>
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      reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
      of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
      thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
      in the information in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
      any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar
      value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
      any
      deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
      may
      be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
      Rule 424(b) (&#167;230.424(b) of this chapter) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
      volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate
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      on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in New Haven,
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      Patterson and Merrill B. Blanksteen, as attorney-in-fact, with power to act
      without the other, to execute in the name of such person and to file this
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NewAlliance S-8 11 02 05
Registration
      No. 333-
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
      D.C. 20549
FORM
      S-8
REGISTRATION
      STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
      SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NEWALLIANCE
      BANCSHARES, INC.
(
Exact
      Name Of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter)
Delaware
52-2407114
(State
                or Other Jurisdiction
(I.R.S.
                Employer
of
                Incorporation or Organization)
Identification
                Number)
195
      Church Street
New
      Haven, Connecticut 06510
(Address
      of Principal Executive Offices)
NewAlliance
      Bancshares, Inc. 2005 Long-Term Compensation Plan
(Full
      Title of the Plan)
Peyton
      R.
      Patterson
Chairman,
      President and Chief Executive Officer
195
      Church Street
New
      Haven, Connecticut 06510
(Name
      and
      Address of Agent For Service)
(203)
      787-1111
(Telephone
      Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies
      to
Douglas
      P. Faucette, Esq.
Lord,
      Bissell & Brook LLP
1717
      Pennsylvania Ave
Washington,
      D.C. 20006
(202)-521-4100
CALCULATION
      OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
                of Securities
To
                Be Registered
Amount
                To Be
Registered(1)
Proposed
Maximum
                Offering
Price
                Per Share(3)
Proposed
                Maximum
Aggregate
                Offering Price(3)
Amount
                of
Registration
                Fee
Common
                Stock, $0.01 par value per share
15,982,223
Shares
                (2)
$14.41
$230,333,648
$27,110
(1)
      Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
      Registration Statement registers such indeterminate number of additional shares
      as may be issuable under the Plan in connection with share splits, share
      dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
      Consists of (i) 8,751,600 shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of
      outstanding options granted under the NewAlliance Bancshares, Inc. 2005
      Long-Term Compensation Plan (the "Plan"), (ii) 3,424,500 shares issued as
      restricted stock under the Plan, and (iii) 3,806,123 shares available for future
      grants under the Plan. These shares have been previously approved for issuance
      under the Plan by the Registrant's board of directors and
      shareholders.
(3)
      Estimated pursuant to Rule 457 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely
      for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The price per share and
      aggregate offering price are calculated on the basis of (i) with respect to
      the
      8,751,600 shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options
      granted under the Plan, the weighted average exercise price of $14.40 per share,
      (ii) with respect to the 3,424,500 shares issued as restricted stock under
      the
      Plan, $14.39, the value of such shares as of the date of grant, and (iii) with
      respect to the 3,806,123 shares available for future grants under the Plan,
      the
      average high and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported by the
      New York Stock Exchange on October 31, 2005.
PART
      I
Item
      1. Plan Information.*
Item
      2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual
      Information.*
*Information
      required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted
      from the Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities
      Act and the Note to Part I on Form S-8.
PART
      II
INFORMATION
      REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
      3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The
      following documents filed by NewAlliance Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company")
      (Exchange Act. File No. 0001-264755) with the Securities and Exchange Commission
      (the "Commission") are incorporated herein by reference and made a part
      hereof.
(a)
      Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, filed
      with the Commission on March 21, 2005;
(b)
      Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2005,
      filed with the Commission on May 10, 2005;
(c)
      Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2005,
      filed with the Commission on August 9, 2005;
(d)
      Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 27,
      2005;
(e)
      Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on February 14,
      2005;
(f)
      Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on March 9,
      2005;
(g)
      Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on March 11,
      2005;
(h)
      Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April 15,
      2005;
(i)
      Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April 28,
      2005;
(j)
      Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April 28,
      2005;
(k)
      Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April 28,
      2005;
(l)
      Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on April 28,
      2005;
(m)
      Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on June 7,
      2005;
(n)
      Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on June 7, 2005;
(o)
      Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on June 22,
      2005;
(p)
      Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on June 30,
      2005;
(q)
      Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on July 26,
      2005;
(r)
      Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on August 5,
      2005;
(s)
      Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on August 10,
      2005;
(t)
      Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on September 20,
      2005;
(u)
      Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on September 26, 2005;
(v)
      Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on October 25, 2005;
      and
(w)
      The
      descriptions of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's
      registration statements filed under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act
      of
      1934, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating
      such
      descriptions.
All
      reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to
      Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
      prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment 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 herein and
      to
      be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such reports and
      documents.
Item
      4. Description of Securities.
Not
      applicable.
Item
      5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not
      applicable.
Item
      6. Indemnification of Officers and Directors.
Section
      145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL"), empowers a Delaware
      corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened
      to be
      made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding,
      whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action
      by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person
      is
      or was a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other
      enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and
      amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
      with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner
      he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the
      corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
      reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Similar indemnity is
      authorized for such persons against expenses (including attorneys' fees)
      actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement
      of
      any such threatened, pending or completed action or suit if such person acted
      in
      good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
      the
      best interests of the corporation, and provided further that (unless a court
      of
      competent jurisdiction otherwise provides) such person shall not have been
      adjudged liable to the corporation. Any such indemnification may be made only
      as
      authorized in each specific case upon a determination by the stockholders or
      disinterested directors or by independent legal counsel in a written opinion
      that indemnification is proper because the indemnitee has met the applicable
      standard of conduct.
Section
      145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on
      behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
      the
      corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
      director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise,
      against any liability asserted against him, and incurred by him in any such
      capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation
      would otherwise have the power to indemnify him under Section 145.
In
      accordance with the DGCL, the Eleventh Article of the Registrant's Amended and
      Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides as follows:
ELEVENTH:
A.
      Each
      person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or
      is
      otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
      administrative or investigative (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the
      fact that he or she is or was a Director or an Officer of the Corporation or
      is
      or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a Director, Officer,
      employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture,
      trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit
      plan (hereinafter an "indemnitee"), whether the basis of such proceeding is
      alleged action in an official capacity as a Director, Officer, employee or
      agent
      or in any other capacity while serving as a Director, Officer, employee or
      agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest
      extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists
      or
      may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the
      extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader
      indemnification rights than such law permitted the Corporation to provide prior
      to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss (including
      attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts
      paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such indemnitee in
      connection therewith; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section
      C
      of this Article ELEVENTH with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to
      indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such indemnitee in
      connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee
      only
      if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors
      of
      the Corporation.
B.
      The
      right to indemnification conferred in Section A of this Article ELEVENTH shall
      include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in
      defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter
      an "advancement of expenses"); provided, however, that, if the Delaware General
      Corporation Law requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an indemnitee
      in his or her capacity as a Director or Officer (and not in any other capacity
      in which service was or is rendered by such indemnitee, including, without
      limitation, services to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon
      delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (hereinafter an "undertaking"), by
      or on behalf of such indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall
      ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no
      further right to appeal (hereinafter a "final adjudication") that such
      indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under Section
      B
      of this Article ELEVENTH or otherwise. The rights to indemnification and to
      the
      advancement of expenses conferred in Sections A and B of this Article ELEVENTH
      shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee
      who
      has ceased to be a Director, Officer, employee or agent and shall inure to
      the
      benefit of the indemnitee's heirs, executors and administrators.
C.
      If a
      claim under Section A or B of this Article ELEVENTH is not paid in full by
      the
      Corporation within sixty (60) days after a written claim has been received
      by
      the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses,
      in which case the applicable period shall be twenty (20) days, the indemnitee
      may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the
      unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit,
      or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses
      pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the indemnitee shall be entitled to
      be
      paid also the expenses of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (i) any suit
      brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but
      not in a suit brought by the indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement
      of
      expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (ii) in any suit by the Corporation
      to
      recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking
      the
      Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final adjudication
      that, the indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification
      set
      forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law. Neither the failure of the
      Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or
      its
      stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such
      suit that indemnification of the indemnitee is proper in the circumstances
      because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth
      in
      the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the
      Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or
      its
      stockholders) that the indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of
      conduct, shall create a presumption that the indemnitee has not met the
      applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the
      indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the indemnitee
      to
      enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder,
      or by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the
      terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the indemnitee is not
      entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this
      Article ELEVENTH or otherwise, shall be on the Corporation.
D.
      The
      rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this
      Article ELEVENTH shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person
      may
      have or hereafter acquire under any statute, the Corporation's Certificate of
      Incorporation, Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or Disinterested
      Directors or otherwise.
E.
      The
      Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any
      Director, Officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or subsidiary or
      Affiliate or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
      enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the
      Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense,
      liability or loss under the Delaware General Corporation Law.
F.
      The
      Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of
      Directors, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses
      to
      any employee or agent of the Corporation to the fullest extent of the provisions
      of this Article ELEVENTH with respect to the indemnification and advancement
      of
      expenses of Directors and Officers of the Corporation.
G.
      Notwithstanding any other provision set forth in this Article ELEVENTH, in
      no
      event shall any payments made by the Corporation pursuant to this Article
      ELEVENTH exceed the amount permissible under applicable state or federal law,
      including but not limited to the limitations on indemnification imposed by
      Section 18(k) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulation issued
      thereunder by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Insofar
      as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933
      may
      be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
      pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
      advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
      indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
      therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
      such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
      or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
      successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
      director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
      registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
      has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
      jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
      policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
      of
      such issue.
Item
      7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not
      applicable because no restricted securities will be reoffered or resold pursuant
      to this Registration Statement.
Item
      8. Exhibits.
4.1
Amended
                  and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, previously
                  filed
                  with the Commission on August 13, 2004 as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's
                  quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and incorporated herein by
                  reference.
4.2
Bylaws
                  of the Company, previously filed with the Commission on August
                  13, 2004 as
                  Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and
                  incorporated herein by reference.
4.3
NewAlliance
                  Bancshares, Inc. 2005 Long-Term Compensation Plan.
5.1
Opinion
                  of Tyler Cooper & Alcorn, LLP as to the validity of certain shares
                  being registered.
23.1
Consent
                  of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2
Consent
                  of Tyler Cooper & Alcorn, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power
                  of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration
                  statement).
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 of
      1933;
(ii)
      to
      reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
      of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
      thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
      in the information in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
      any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar
      value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
      any
      deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
      may
      be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
      Rule 424(b) (§230.424(b) of this chapter) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
      volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate
      offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
      effective registration statement; and
(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)(a)(i) and (1)(a)(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 with or furnished to the
      Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the
      Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this
      registration statement.
(2)
      That,
      for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
      each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
      statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
      securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
      thereof.
(3)
      That,
      for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
      each
      filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section
      15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
      of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the
      Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
      registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
      relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
      at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
      thereof.
(4)
      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.
(5)
      Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
      of
      1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
      registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant
      has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
      such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
      therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
      such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
      or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
      successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
      director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
      registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
      has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
      jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
      policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
      of
      such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies
      that
      it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
      for
      filing on Form S-8, and has duly caused the registration statement to be signed
      on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in New Haven,
      Connecticut on the 25th day of October, 2005.
NEWALLIANCE
                BANCSHARES, INC.
By:
/s/
                Peyton R. Patterson
Peyton
                R. Patterson
Chairman,
                President and Chief Executive
                Officer
Each
      person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes each of Peyton R.
      Patterson and Merrill B. Blanksteen, as attorney-in-fact, with power to act
      without the other, to execute in the name of such person and to file this
      registration statement (including any changes that he may deem necessary or
      appropriate) and any amendments, including post-effective amendments,
      hereto.
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement
      has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
      indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s
/
                Peyton R. Patterson
Peyton
                R. Patterson
Chairman,
                President and Chief Executive Officer (
Principal
                Executive Officer)
October
                25, 2005
/s/
Merrill
                B. Blanksteen
Merrill
                B. Blanksteen
Executive
                Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (
Principal
                Financial and Accounting Officer
)
October
                25, 2005
/s/
Roxanne
                J. Coady
Roxanne
                J. Coady
Director
October
                25, 2005
/s/
John
                F. Croweak
John
                F. Croweak
Director
October
                25, 2005
/s/
Sheila
                B. Flanagan
Sheila
                B. Flanagan
Director
October
                25, 2005
/s/
Richard
                J. Grossi
Richard
                J. Grossi
Director
October
                25, 2005
/s/
Robert
                J. Lyons
Robert
                J. Lyons
Director
October
                25, 2005
/s/
Eric
                A. Marziali
Eric
                A. Marziali
Director
October
                25, 2005
/s/
Julia
                M. McNamara
Julia
                M. McNamara
Director
October
                25, 2005
/s/
Gerald
                B. Rosenberg
Gerald
                B. Rosenberg
Director
October
                25, 2005
/s/
Joseph
                H. Rossi
Joseph
                H. Rossi
Director
October
                25, 2005
/s/
Cornell
                Scott
Cornell
                Scott
Director
October
                25, 2005
/s/
Nathaniel
                D. Woodson
Nathaniel
                D. Woodson
Director
October
                25, 2005
Joseph
                A. Zaccagnino
Director