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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2001  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Washington, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>FORM S-8<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>Silicon Valley Bancshares<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>91-1962278</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(State of Incorporation)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>3003 Tasman Drive, Santa Clara, California 95054<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of principal executive offices) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>1997 Equity Incentive Plan<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full title of the plans) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>Kenneth
P. Wilcox<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>
SILICON VALLEY BANCSHARES<BR>
3003 Tasman Drive, Santa Clara, California 95054<BR>
(408)&nbsp;654-7400<BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Copies to:  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B> A. Catherine Ngo, Esq.<BR>
Silicon Valley Bancshares<BR>
3003 Tasman Drive<BR>
Santa Clara, California 95054<BR>
(408)&nbsp;654-7400  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Thomas Z. Reicher, Esq.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>COOLEY GODWARD LLP<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>One Maritime Plaza<BR>
Twentieth Floor<BR>
San Francisco, California 94111<BR>
(415)&nbsp;693-2000  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B> CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE  </B></FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title of Securities<BR>
to be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="19%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount to be<BR>
Registered (1)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Offering<BR>
Price per Share (2)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Aggregate<BR>
Offering Price (2)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount of<BR>
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<TD WIDTH="34%"><FONT SIZE=2>Stock Options and Common Stock (par value $.001)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="19%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>2,000,000 shares</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$24.33</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$48,660,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$12,165.00</FONT></TD>
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>This
Registration statement shall cover any additional shares of common stock which become issuable under the Plan set forth herein by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or any other similar transaction without receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of shares of the Registrant's outstanding common stock. </FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT
SIZE=2>Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h). The price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon
the average of the high and low prices of Registrant's Common Stock on April&nbsp;20, 2001 as reported on the Nasdaq National Market. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS OF<BR>  REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 NO. 33-28185 AND THE POST<BR>  EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 THERETO AND THE CONTENTS OF<BR>  REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 NO. 333-39680.
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The contents of Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 No.&nbsp;33-28185 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
May&nbsp;30, 1997 and Post Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Form&nbsp;S-8 No.&nbsp;33-28185 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;28, 1999,
and the contents of Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 No.&nbsp;333-39680 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;20, 2000 are incorporated by
reference herein. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;5.1</FONT></TD>
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23.1</FONT></TD>
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Consent of KPMG LLP</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Cooley Godward LLP is contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Registration Statement</FONT></TD>
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24.1</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.</FONT></TD>
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99.1</FONT></TD>
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1997 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended as of April 19, 2001.</FONT></TD>
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99.2</FONT></TD>
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Form of Stock Option Agreements used in connection with the 1997 Equity Incentive Plan (1)</FONT></TD>
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Filed
as an exhibit with the Company's Proxy Statement for the 1997 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 17, 1997, and incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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
Santa Clara, State of California, on April&nbsp;24, 2001. </FONT></P>

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/s/ Kenneth P. Wilcox</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Kenneth P. Wilcox<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints A.
Catherine Ngo, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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. </FONT></P>

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/s/ Kenneth P. Wilcox</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2>KENNETH P. WILCOX</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="30%"><BR><FONT SIZE=2>President, Chief Executive<BR>
Officer and Director<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
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April&nbsp;24, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/ Christopher T. Lutes</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2>CHRISTOPHER T. LUTES</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="30%"><BR><FONT SIZE=2>Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal Financial and<BR>
Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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April&nbsp;24, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/ John C. Dean</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2>JOHN C. DEAN</FONT></TD>
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April&nbsp;24, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/ Gary K. Barr</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2>GARY K. BARR</FONT></TD>
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April&nbsp;24, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/ James F. Burns, Jr.</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2>JAMES F. BURNS, JR.</FONT></TD>
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April&nbsp;24, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/ Alex W. Hart</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2>ALEX W. HART</FONT></TD>
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April&nbsp;24, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/ Stephen E. Jackson</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2>STEPHEN E. JACKSON</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="30%" VALIGN="TOP"><BR><FONT SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="19%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
April&nbsp;24, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/ Daniel J. Kelleher</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2>DANIEL J. KELLEHER</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="30%" VALIGN="TOP"><BR><FONT SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
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April&nbsp;24, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/ James R. Porter</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2>JAMES R. PORTER</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="30%" VALIGN="TOP"><BR><FONT SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
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April&nbsp;24, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/ Michaela K. Rodeno</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2>MICHAELA K. RODENO</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="30%" VALIGN="TOP"><BR><FONT SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
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April&nbsp;24, 2001</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Cooley Godward </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>LLP</FONT></TD>
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Consent of KPMG LLP</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Cooley Godward </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>LLP</FONT><FONT SIZE=2> is contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Registration Statement</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.</FONT></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2001
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Silicon Valley Bancshares
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
91-1962278
(State of Incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
3003 Tasman Drive, Santa Clara, California 95054
(Address of principal executive offices)
1997 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Kenneth
P. Wilcox
Chief Executive Officer
SILICON VALLEY BANCSHARES
3003 Tasman Drive, Santa Clara, California 95054
(408) 654-7400
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
A. Catherine Ngo, Esq.
Silicon Valley Bancshares
3003 Tasman Drive
Santa Clara, California 95054
(408) 654-7400
Thomas Z. Reicher, Esq.
COOLEY GODWARD LLP
One Maritime Plaza
Twentieth Floor
San Francisco, California 94111
(415) 693-2000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered (1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering
Price per Share (2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price (2)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Stock Options and Common Stock (par value $.001)
2,000,000 shares
$24.33
$48,660,000
$12,165.00
(1)
This
Registration statement shall cover any additional shares of common stock which become issuable under the Plan set forth herein by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or any other similar transaction without receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of shares of the Registrant's outstanding common stock.
(2)
Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h). The price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon
the average of the high and low prices of Registrant's Common Stock on April 20, 2001 as reported on the Nasdaq National Market.
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF CONTENTS OF
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 NO. 33-28185 AND THE POST
EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 THERETO AND THE CONTENTS OF
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8 NO. 333-39680.
The contents of Registration Statement on Form S-8 No. 33-28185 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
May 30, 1997 and Post Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 No. 33-28185 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 1999,
and the contents of Registration Statement on Form S-8 No. 333-39680 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 20, 2000 are incorporated by
reference herein.
EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
5.1
Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent of Cooley Godward LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement
24.1
Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.
99.1
1997 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended as of April 19, 2001.
99.2
Form of Stock Option Agreements used in connection with the 1997 Equity Incentive Plan (1)
(1)
Filed
as an exhibit with the Company's Proxy Statement for the 1997 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 17, 1997, and incorporated herein by reference.
1
SIGNATURES
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
Santa Clara, State of California, on April 24, 2001.
SILICON VALLEY BANCSHARES
By:
/s/ Kenneth P. Wilcox
Kenneth P. Wilcox
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS
, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints A.
Catherine Ngo, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or her substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Kenneth P. Wilcox
KENNETH P. WILCOX
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
April 24, 2001
/s/ Christopher T. Lutes
CHRISTOPHER T. LUTES
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
April 24, 2001
/s/ John C. Dean
JOHN C. DEAN
Chairman of the Board
April 24, 2001
/s/ Gary K. Barr
GARY K. BARR
Director
April 24, 2001
/s/ James F. Burns, Jr.
JAMES F. BURNS, JR.
Director
April 24, 2001
/s/ Alex W. Hart
ALEX W. HART
Director
April 24, 2001
/s/ Stephen E. Jackson
STEPHEN E. JACKSON
Director
April 24, 2001
/s/ Daniel J. Kelleher
DANIEL J. KELLEHER
Director
April 24, 2001
/s/ James R. Porter
JAMES R. PORTER
Director
April 24, 2001
/s/ Michaela K. Rodeno
MICHAELA K. RODENO
Director
April 24, 2001
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
Sequential Page
Numbers
5.1
Opinion of Cooley Godward
LLP
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent of Cooley Godward
LLP
is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement
24.1
Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.
99.1
1997 Equity Incentive Plan
99.2
Form of Stock Option Agreement used in connection with the 1997 Equity Incentive Plan (1)
(1)
Filed
as an exhibit with the Company's Proxy Statement for the 1997 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 17, 1997, and incorporated herein by reference.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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