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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31, 2001  </B></FONT></P>

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

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

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<A NAME="toc_be1589_1"> </A> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=5><B>FORM S-8<BR>  <BR>    </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>PARK PLACE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION<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>88-0400631</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>3930 Howard Hughes Parkway<BR>
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>PARK PLACE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION<BR>
1998 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Clive S. Cummis<BR>
Executive Vice President-<BR>
Law&nbsp;&amp; Corporate Affairs, Secretary and Vice Chairman<BR>
Park Place Entertainment Corporation<BR>
3930 Howard Hughes Parkway<BR>
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name and address of agent for service) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(702)&nbsp;699-5000<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>Copies of all communications to:<BR>
Cynthia A. Rotell<BR>
Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins<BR>
633 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000<BR>
Los Angeles, California 90071<BR>
(213)&nbsp;485-1234  </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="35%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title of securities to be<BR>
registered</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount to<BR>
be registered (1)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed maximum<BR>
offering price per<BR>
share (2)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed maximum<BR>
aggregate offering<BR>
price (2)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount of<BR>
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<TD WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock, $0.01 par value</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>10,000,000</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$10.26&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$102,600,000</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$25,650</FONT></TD>
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Represents
10,000,000 additional shares of common stock ("Common Stock") of Park Place Entertainment Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), reserved for issuance under
the Park Place Entertainment Corporation Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Plan"), by virtue of an amendment to the Plan increasing the number of shares issuable under the Plan from 45,000,000 to
55,000,000, plus reissuance of shares canceled under the Plan, and substitutions or adjustments to shares to account for any change in corporate capitalization, such as a stock split or a corporate
transaction, any merger, consolidation, separation, including a spin-off, or other distribution of stock or property, any reorganization or any partial or complete liquidation of the
Company. Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued as a
result of anti-dilution provisions contained in the Plan.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the proposed maximum offering
price per share is based on the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on July&nbsp;25, 2001.   </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>INCORPORATION OF CONTENTS OF PRIOR REGISTRATION STATEMENT    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Park Place Entertainment Corporation (the "Registrant") files this Registration Statement pursuant to Instruction E of Form&nbsp;S-8 and
incorporates by reference the contents of the previous Registration Statement filed by the Registrant on Form&nbsp;S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-69507). The current
registration of 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock will increase the number of shares registered for issuance under the Registrant's 1998 Stock Incentive Plan to 55,000,000 shares. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 8. Exhibits.  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following is a complete list of exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement: </FONT></P>

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Park Place Entertainment Corporation 1998 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Clive S. Cummis</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this 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;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 Las
Vegas, State of Nevada, on July&nbsp;26, 2001. </FONT></P>

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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>CLIVE S. CUMMIS</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Clive S. Cummis<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>Executive Vice President&#151;Law&nbsp;&amp; Corporate Affairs, Secretary and Vice
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Scott A. LaPorta and Clive S. Cummis, and each of them, with full power to act without the
other, such person's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign this Registration Statement, and any and all amendments thereto (including pre- and post-effective amendments) or any registration statement for the same
offering 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 and schedules 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 necessary to desirable 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 said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their 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;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 has been signed below by the following persons in
their capacities and on the dates indicated. </FONT></P>

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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>STEPHEN F. BOLLENBACH</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Stephen F. Bollenbach</FONT></TD>
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Chairman of the Board of Directors</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>BARBARA BELL COLEMAN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Barbara Bell Coleman</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>A. STEVEN CROWN</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> A. Steven Crown</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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July&nbsp;26, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>CLIVE S. CUMMIS</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Clive S. Cummis</FONT></TD>
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Executive Vice President-Law &amp; Corporate Affairs, Secretary and Vice Chairman</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>PETER G. ERNAUT</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Peter G. Ernaut</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>BARRON HILTON</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Barron Hilton</FONT></TD>
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July&nbsp;26, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ERIC M. HILTON</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Eric M. Hilton</FONT></TD>
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July&nbsp;26, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>P. X. KELLEY</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> P. X. Kelley</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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July&nbsp;26, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>SCOTT A. LAPORTA</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Scott A. LaPorta</FONT></TD>
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Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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July&nbsp;26, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>GILBERT L. SHELTON</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Gilbert L. Shelton</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31, 2001
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PARK PLACE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
88-0400631
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
3930 Howard Hughes Parkway
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
PARK PLACE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
1998 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
Clive S. Cummis
Executive Vice President-
Law & Corporate Affairs, Secretary and Vice Chairman
Park Place Entertainment Corporation
3930 Howard Hughes Parkway
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
(Name and address of agent for service)
(702) 699-5000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies of all communications to:
Cynthia A. Rotell
Latham & Watkins
633 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000
Los Angeles, California 90071
(213) 485-1234
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
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
10,000,000
$10.26
$102,600,000
$25,650
(1)
Represents
10,000,000 additional shares of common stock ("Common Stock") of Park Place Entertainment Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), reserved for issuance under
the Park Place Entertainment Corporation Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Plan"), by virtue of an amendment to the Plan increasing the number of shares issuable under the Plan from 45,000,000 to
55,000,000, plus reissuance of shares canceled under the Plan, and substitutions or adjustments to shares to account for any change in corporate capitalization, such as a stock split or a corporate
transaction, any merger, consolidation, separation, including a spin-off, or other distribution of stock or property, any reorganization or any partial or complete liquidation of the
Company. Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock which may be issued as a
result of anti-dilution provisions contained in the Plan.
(2)
Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the proposed maximum offering
price per share is based on the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on July 25, 2001.
INCORPORATION OF CONTENTS OF PRIOR REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Park Place Entertainment Corporation (the "Registrant") files this Registration Statement pursuant to Instruction E of Form S-8 and
incorporates by reference the contents of the previous Registration Statement filed by the Registrant on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-69507). The current
registration of 10,000,000 shares of Common Stock will increase the number of shares registered for issuance under the Registrant's 1998 Stock Incentive Plan to 55,000,000 shares.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following is a complete list of exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement:
4.1
Park Place Entertainment Corporation 1998 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended
5
Opinion of Clive S. Cummis
23.1
Consent of Clive S. Cummis (included as part of Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.3
Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
24
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)
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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 Las
Vegas, State of Nevada, on July 26, 2001.
PARK PLACE ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
By:
/s/
CLIVE S. CUMMIS
Clive S. Cummis
Executive Vice President—Law & Corporate Affairs, Secretary and Vice
Chairman
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Scott A. LaPorta and Clive S. Cummis, and each of them, with full power to act without the
other, such person's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign this Registration Statement, and any and all amendments thereto (including pre- and post-effective amendments) or any registration statement for the same
offering 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 and schedules 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 necessary to desirable 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 said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their 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 on Form S-8 has been signed below by the following persons in
their capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/
STEPHEN F. BOLLENBACH
Stephen F. Bollenbach
Chairman of the Board of Directors
July 26, 2001
/s/
BARBARA BELL COLEMAN
Barbara Bell Coleman
Director
July 26, 2001
/s/
A. STEVEN CROWN
A. Steven Crown
Director
July 26, 2001
/s/
CLIVE S. CUMMIS
Clive S. Cummis
Executive Vice President-Law & Corporate Affairs, Secretary and Vice Chairman
July 26, 2001
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/s/
PETER G. ERNAUT
Peter G. Ernaut
Director
July 26, 2001
/s/
THOMAS E. GALLAGHER
Thomas E. Gallagher
President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director
July 26, 2001
/s/
BARRON HILTON
Barron Hilton
Director
July 26, 2001
/s/
ERIC M. HILTON
Eric M. Hilton
Director
July 26, 2001
/s/
P. X. KELLEY
P. X. Kelley
Director
July 26, 2001
/s/
SCOTT A. LAPORTA
Scott A. LaPorta
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
July 26, 2001
/s/
GILBERT L. SHELTON
Gilbert L. Shelton
Director
July 26, 2001
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INCORPORATION OF CONTENTS OF PRIOR REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY