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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;22, 2002  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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>EN POINTE TECHNOLOGIES,&nbsp;INC.<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" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>75-2467002</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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<TD COLSPAN=2 ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><BR><FONT SIZE=2><B>100 N. Sepulveda Boulevard, 19<SUP>th</SUP> Floor, El Segundo, California 90245<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full title of the plan) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Attiazaz "Bob" Din<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>
En Pointe Technologies,&nbsp;Inc.<BR>
100 N. Sepulveda Boulevard, 19<SUP>th</SUP> Floor<BR>
El Segundo, California 90245<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name and address of agent for service) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(310)&nbsp;725-5200<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </FONT></P>

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

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Nick E. Yocca, Esq.<BR>
Stradling Yocca Carlson&nbsp;&amp; Rauth, a Professional Corporation<BR>
660 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1600, Newport Beach, California 92660  </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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Aggregate Offering<BR>
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<TD WIDTH="30%"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock, $.001 par value</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>250,000(2)<BR>
shares</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$0.91</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$227,500</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$20.93</FONT></TD>
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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h), on the basis of the price of securities of the same class, as determined
in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(c), using the average of the high and low prices reported by the Nasdaq National Market for the Common Stock on May&nbsp;16, 2002 which was $0.91 per share.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Additional
shares issuable pursuant to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. An aggregate of 750,000 shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan
were registered on Registration Statements on Form&nbsp;S-8 filed on June&nbsp;20, 1996 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-06395), November&nbsp;1, 1999 (Registration
No.&nbsp;333-90037) and April&nbsp;9, 2001 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-58536). </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART II<BR>  <BR>    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This registration statement relates to the En Pointe Technologies,&nbsp;Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"). Initially, an aggregate of 250,000
shares of Common Stock were available for purchase under the Plan, and such 250,000 shares were registered on this form on June&nbsp;20, 1996 (Reg. No.&nbsp;333-06395). On each of
November&nbsp;1, 1999 (Reg. No.&nbsp;333-90037) and April&nbsp;9, 2001 (Reg. No.&nbsp;333-58536), respectively, an additional 250,000 shares of Common Stock were
registered on this form, bringing the aggregate authorized shares subject to the Plan to 750,000. On January&nbsp;18, 2002, the Company's Board of Directors approved an increase of 250,000 shares of
Common Stock issuable under the Plan. On March&nbsp;15, 2002, the Company's stockholders approved such increase. This registration statement covers the current increase of 250,000 shares of Common
Stock issuable under the Plan, bringing the total number of authorized shares to 1,000,000. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>.    <BR></FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
following documents are incorporated herein by reference: </FONT></P>

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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(a)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-06395).
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(b)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-90037).
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(c)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-58536). </FONT></DD></DL>
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<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2>Opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson&nbsp;&amp; Rauth, a Professional Corporation.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Stradling Yocca Carlson&nbsp;&amp; Rauth, a Professional Corporation (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</FONT></TD>
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants.</FONT></TD>
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24.1</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to the Registration Statement).</FONT></TD>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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&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 El
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>BOB DIN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Attiazaz "Bob" Din<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>Chief Executive Officer</I></FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned directors and officers of En Pointe Technologies,&nbsp;Inc., do hereby make, constitute and appoint Attiazaz "Bob" Din and Kevin D. Ayers,
and each of them acting individually, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to do any and
all acts and things in our name and behalf in our capacities as directors and officers, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement,
or any related Registration Statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with 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 or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 and on the dates indicated. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>BOB DIN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Attiazaz "Bob" Din</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="40%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>May&nbsp;22, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>KEVIN AYERS</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Kevin D. Ayers</FONT></TD>
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Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Principal Accounting Officer) and Vice President</FONT></TD>
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May&nbsp;22, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>NAUREEN DIN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Naureen Din</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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May&nbsp;22, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>BARRY ABELSON</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Barry Abelson</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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May&nbsp;22, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ZUBAIR AHMED</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Zubair Ahmed</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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May&nbsp;22, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>MARK BRIGGS</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Mark Briggs</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>VERDELL GARROUTTE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Verdell Garroutte</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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May&nbsp;22, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>WALTER W. LARKINS III</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Walter W. Larkins III</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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May 22, 2002</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson &amp; Rauth, a Professional Corporation.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Stradling Yocca Carlson &amp; Rauth, a Professional Corporation (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).</FONT></TD>
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As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 22, 2002
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
EN POINTE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
75-2467002
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
100 N. Sepulveda Boulevard, 19
th
Floor, El Segundo, California 90245
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Attiazaz "Bob" Din
Chief Executive Officer
En Pointe Technologies, Inc.
100 N. Sepulveda Boulevard, 19
th
Floor
El Segundo, California 90245
(Name and address of agent for service)
(310) 725-5200
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Nick E. Yocca, Esq.
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corporation
660 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1600, Newport Beach, California 92660
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
To Be Registered
Amount To Be
Registered
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share(1)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price(1)
Amount Of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $.001 par value
250,000(2)
shares
$0.91
$227,500
$20.93
(1)
Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, in accordance with Rule 457(h), on the basis of the price of securities of the same class, as determined
in accordance with Rule 457(c), using the average of the high and low prices reported by the Nasdaq National Market for the Common Stock on May 16, 2002 which was $0.91 per share.
(2)
Additional
shares issuable pursuant to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. An aggregate of 750,000 shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan
were registered on Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed on June 20, 1996 (Registration No. 333-06395), November 1, 1999 (Registration
No. 333-90037) and April 9, 2001 (Registration No. 333-58536).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
This registration statement relates to the En Pointe Technologies, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan"). Initially, an aggregate of 250,000
shares of Common Stock were available for purchase under the Plan, and such 250,000 shares were registered on this form on June 20, 1996 (Reg. No. 333-06395). On each of
November 1, 1999 (Reg. No. 333-90037) and April 9, 2001 (Reg. No. 333-58536), respectively, an additional 250,000 shares of Common Stock were
registered on this form, bringing the aggregate authorized shares subject to the Plan to 750,000. On January 18, 2002, the Company's Board of Directors approved an increase of 250,000 shares of
Common Stock issuable under the Plan. On March 15, 2002, the Company's stockholders approved such increase. This registration statement covers the current increase of 250,000 shares of Common
Stock issuable under the Plan, bringing the total number of authorized shares to 1,000,000.
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The
following documents are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
The
contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-06395).
(b)
The
contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-90037).
(c)
The
contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-58536).
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
5.1
Opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corporation.
23.1
Consent of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corporation (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to the Registration Statement).
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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 this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of El
Segundo, State of California, on the 22nd day of May 2002.
EN POINTE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:
/s/
BOB DIN
Attiazaz "Bob" Din
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned directors and officers of En Pointe Technologies, Inc., do hereby make, constitute and appoint Attiazaz "Bob" Din and Kevin D. Ayers,
and each of them acting individually, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to do any and
all acts and things in our name and behalf in our capacities as directors and officers, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement,
or any related Registration Statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with 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 or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that each of
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully 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 and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
BOB DIN
Attiazaz "Bob" Din
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (Principal Executive Officer)
May 22, 2002
/s/
KEVIN AYERS
Kevin D. Ayers
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Principal Accounting Officer) and Vice President
May 22, 2002
/s/
NAUREEN DIN
Naureen Din
Director
May 22, 2002
/s/
BARRY ABELSON
Barry Abelson
Director
May 22, 2002
/s/
ZUBAIR AHMED
Zubair Ahmed
Director
May 22, 2002
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/s/
MARK BRIGGS
Mark Briggs
Director
May 22, 2002
/s/
VERDELL GARROUTTE
Verdell Garroutte
Director
May 22, 2002
/s/
WALTER W. LARKINS III
Walter W. Larkins III
Director
May 22, 2002
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Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corporation.
23.1
Consent of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corporation (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to the Registration Statement).
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Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference .
Item 8. Exhibits .
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