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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 22, 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>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 The Securities Act of 1933  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>NORTHWEST PIPE COMPANY<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Oregon</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>93-0557988</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>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>200 SW Market Street, Portland, Oregon 97201<BR>
(503)&nbsp;946-1200<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,<BR>
including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>NORTHWEST PIPE COMPANY<BR>
1995 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Brian W. Dunham<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Northwest Pipe Company<BR>
200 SW Market Street, Portland, Oregon 97201<BR>
(503)&nbsp;946-1200<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,<BR>
including area code, of agent for service) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>With copies to:<BR>
Gregory E. Struxness, Esq.<BR>
Ater Wynne LLP<BR>
222 S.W. Columbia, Suite 1800<BR>
Portland, Oregon 97201<BR>
(503)&nbsp;226-1191  </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="18%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount to Be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Offering Price Per Share(1)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum Aggregate<BR>
Offering Price(1)</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%"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (2)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>300,000 shares</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$16.39</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$4,917,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$1229.25</FONT></TD>
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based on the average of the high and low prices for the Company's Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq
National Market on August&nbsp;17, 2001 in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457 under the Securities Act of 1933.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Including
associated Preferred Stock Purchase Rights. Prior to the occurrence of certain events, the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights will not be evidenced or traded separately from
the Common Stock. </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;This registration statement is filed in accordance with the provisions of General Instruction&nbsp;E to Form&nbsp;S-8 for the purpose of
registering additional shares of common stock for offer and sale under the Northwest Pipe Company 1995 Stock Incentive Plan for which a registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File
No.&nbsp;333-20167) is already effective. Except to the extent that exhibits are filed herewith, the contents of Northwest Pipe Company's registration statement on
Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-20167) are hereby incorporated by reference. </FONT></P>

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

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<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;Undertakings  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a.&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
registration statement: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;i.&nbsp;to
include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ii.&nbsp;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 set forth in the registration statement; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;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 subparagraphs (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those subparagraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b.&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purpose of determining 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. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;c.&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered
which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;d.&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>2</FONT></P>

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registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;e.&nbsp;&nbsp;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 a director, officer or controlling person in
connection with 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
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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 authorized, in the City of Portland,
State of Oregon, on the 21st day of August, 2001. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="46%"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>BRIAN W. DUNHAM</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Brian W. Dunham<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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints William R. Tagmyer and Brian W. Dunham and each of them
singly, as 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 the registration statement filed herewith and any or all amendments to said registration statement (including post-effective amendments), 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 and about the foregoing, 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 substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Witness
our hands on the date set forth below. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 indicated on August 21, 2001. </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>[Signatures
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<TD WIDTH="49%"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>BRIAN W. DUNHAM</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Brian W. Dunham</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JOHN D. MURAKAMI</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> John D. Murakami</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>WILLIAM R. TAGMYER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> William R. Tagmyer</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>MICHAEL C. FRANSON</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Michael C. Franson</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" VALIGN="TOP"><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Warren D. Kearns</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>VERN B. RYLES</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Vern B. Ryles</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>NEIL R. THORNTON</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Neil R. Thornton</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="49%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>WAYNE B. KINGSLEY</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Wayne B. Kingsley</FONT></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 22, 2001
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under The Securities Act of 1933
NORTHWEST PIPE COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Oregon
93-0557988
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(IRS Employer Identification Number)
200 SW Market Street, Portland, Oregon 97201
(503) 946-1200
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
NORTHWEST PIPE COMPANY
1995 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
Brian W. Dunham
President and Chief Executive Officer
Northwest Pipe Company
200 SW Market Street, Portland, Oregon 97201
(503) 946-1200
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
With copies to:
Gregory E. Struxness, Esq.
Ater Wynne LLP
222 S.W. Columbia, Suite 1800
Portland, Oregon 97201
(503) 226-1191
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, par value $.01 per share (2)
300,000 shares
$16.39
$4,917,000
$1229.25
(1)
Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based on the average of the high and low prices for the Company's Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq
National Market on August 17, 2001 in accordance with Rule 457 under the Securities Act of 1933.
(2)
Including
associated Preferred Stock Purchase Rights. Prior to the occurrence of certain events, the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights will not be evidenced or traded separately from
the Common Stock.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
This registration statement is filed in accordance with the provisions of General Instruction E to Form S-8 for the purpose of
registering additional shares of common stock for offer and sale under the Northwest Pipe Company 1995 Stock Incentive Plan for which a registration statement on Form S-8 (File
No. 333-20167) is already effective. Except to the extent that exhibits are filed herewith, the contents of Northwest Pipe Company's registration statement on
Form S-8 (File No. 333-20167) are hereby incorporated by reference.
Item 8.  Exhibits
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Ater Wynne LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered
23.1
Consent of Ater Wynne LLP (included in legal opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
24.0
Powers of Attorney (included in signature page in Part II of the Registration Statement)
99.1
1995 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended
Item 9.  Undertakings
a.  The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes 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 set forth in the registration statement;
(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 subparagraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those subparagraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
b.  The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purpose of determining 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.
c.  The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes 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.
d.  The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes 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 that is incorporated by reference in the
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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.
e.  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 a director, officer or controlling person in
connection with 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.
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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 authorized, in the City of Portland,
State of Oregon, on the 21st day of August, 2001.
NORTHWEST PIPE COMPANY
By
/s/
BRIAN W. DUNHAM
Brian W. Dunham
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints William R. Tagmyer and Brian W. Dunham and each of them
singly, as 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 the registration statement filed herewith and any or all amendments to said registration statement (including post-effective amendments), 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 and about the foregoing, 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 substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Witness
our hands on the date set forth below.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on August 21, 2001.
[Signatures
on following page]
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Signature
Title
/s/
BRIAN W. DUNHAM
Brian W. Dunham
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/
JOHN D. MURAKAMI
John D. Murakami
(Principal Financial Officer) Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
/s/
WILLIAM R. TAGMYER
William R. Tagmyer
Chairman of the Board of Directors
/s/
MICHAEL C. FRANSON
Michael C. Franson
Director
Warren D. Kearns
Director
/s/
VERN B. RYLES
Vern B. Ryles
Director
/s/
NEIL R. THORNTON
Neil R. Thornton
Director
/s/
WAYNE B. KINGSLEY
Wayne B. Kingsley
Director
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
Page
No.
5.1
Opinion of Ater Wynne LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered
23.1
Consent of Ater Wynne LLP (included in legal opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
24.0
Powers of Attorney (included in signature page in Part II of the Registration Statement)
99.1
1995 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended
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