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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
ON&#160; SEPTEMBER 26, 2002</font></b></p>

<p align="right" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">REGISTRATION
NO. 333-____</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:2.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM S-8</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNDER</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:2.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-weight:bold;">DITECH
COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of registrant
as specified in its charter)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">94-2935531</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or other
  jurisdiction of</font></p>
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  organization)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Number)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:2.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">825 E. MIDDLEFIELD ROAD</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94043</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(650) 623-1300</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address, including zip
code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant&#146;s principal
executive offices)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1998 STOCK OPTION PLAN</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1999 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS&#146; STOCK OPTION PLAN</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2000 NON-QUALIFIED STOCK PLAN</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;(Full title of the plans)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:2.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">TIMOTHY K. MONTGOMERY</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">825 E. MIDDLEFIELD ROAD</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94043</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">(650) 623-1300</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Name, address, including
zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:2.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">COPIES TO:</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Brett
D. White, Esq.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;">Cooley Godward </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">LLP</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Five Palo Alto Square</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3000 El Camino Real</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Palo Alto, CA 94306</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 4.5pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount to</font></b></p>
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">be Registered</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed</font></b></p>
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Maximum</font></b></p>
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Offering Price</font></b></p>
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">per Share (1)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed</font></b></p>
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Maximum</font></b></p>
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Aggregate</font></b></p>
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Offering</font></b></p>
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Price (1)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <td width="12%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:12.1%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount of</font></b></p>
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration Fee</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,400,000 shares</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.34%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$1.22 - $2.92</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">See chart below.</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">412</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.36%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="104" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="16" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="9" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="111" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="16" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="120" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="16" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="9" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="78" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="17" style="border:none;"></td>
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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Estimated solely for the purpose of
calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;).&#160; The price per share and
aggregate offering price are based upon (i) $1.22, the average of the high and
low prices of the Company&#146;s Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market
for September 19, 2002, for shares available for future grant under the
Company&#146;s 1998 Stock Option Plan, 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 1999
Non-Employee Directors&#146; Stock Option Plan and 2000 Non-Qualified Stock Plan,
and (ii) $2.92, the weighted average exercise price for 906,351 shares subject
to options previously granted under the Company&#146;s 2000 Non-Qualified Stock
Plan.&#160; This Registration Statement shall
cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the
plans 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&#146;s outstanding Common Stock.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following chart illustrates the calculation of the
registration fee:</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="42%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:42.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-10.0pt;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Number of
  Shares</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Offering
  Price</font></b></p>
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Per Share</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Aggregate</font></b></p>
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Offering
  Price</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.48%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:42.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1998 Stock Option Plan</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,000,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-top:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.22</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;border-top:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,220,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.48%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:42.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">300,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.22</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">366,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.48%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:42.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1999 Non-Employee Directors&#146; Stock Option Plan</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">100,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.22</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">122,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.48%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:42.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2000 Non-Qualified Stock Plan</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">93,649</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.22</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">114,242</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.48%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:42.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2000 Non-Qualified Stock Plan (currently outstanding
  options)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">906,351</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.92</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,646,545</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#cceeff" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.48%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:42.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">TOTAL</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2,400,000</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:14.48%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">4,468,787</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.48%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PART
II.&#160; INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INCORPORATION
OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following documents filed by Ditech Communication
Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b>The Company&#146;s
Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on July 29, 2002.</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b>The Company&#146;s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 29, 2002.</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b>The description of
the Company&#146;s Common Stock which is contained in a registration statement filed
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), on
Form 8-A on May 28, 1999.</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in 24.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All reports and other documents subsequently filed by
the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act</font>
<font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this registration
statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents.</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">DESCRIPTION
OF SECURITIES</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 24.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not Applicable.</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INTERESTS
OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The validity of the issuance of the Common Stock
offered hereby will be passed upon for the Company by Cooley Godward LLP, Palo
Alto, California.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INDEMNIFICATION
OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company&#146;s certificate of incorporation limits the
liability of directors to the fullest extent permitted by the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as it currently exists.&#160; Consequently, subject to the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, no director will be personally liable
to the Company or its shareholders for monetary damages resulting from his or
her conduct as a director, except liability for (1) acts or omissions involving
intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law; (2) unlawful
distributions; or (3) transactions from which the director personally receives
a benefit in money, property or services to which the director is not legally
entitled.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company&#146;s certificate of incorporation also
provides that the Company may indemnify any individual made a party to a
proceeding because that individual is or was a director or officer, and this
right to indemnification will continue as to an individual who has ceased to be
a director or officer and will inure to the benefit of his or her heirs,
executors or administrators.&#160; Any repeal
of or modification to the Company&#146;s certificate of incorporation may not
adversely affect any right of a director or officer who is or was a director or
officer at the time of any repeal or modification.&#160; To the extent the provisions of the Company&#146;s certificate of
incorporation provide for indemnification of directors or officers for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act, those provisions are, in the
opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and they are therefore unenforceable.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company&#146;s bylaws provide that it will indemnify
its directors and officers and may indemnify its other officers and employees
and other agents to the fullest extent permitted by law.</font></p>


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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company has entered into agreements to indemnify directors, certain
officers and other agents, in addition to indemnification provided for in the
Company&#146;s certificate of incorporation or bylaws.&#160; These agreements, among other things, indemnify the Company&#146;s
directors and certain officers for certain expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees,
judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by any of these persons in any
action or proceeding, including any action by the Company arising out of the
person&#146;s services as the Company&#146;s director or officer or any other company or
enterprise to which the person provides services at the Company&#146;s request.&#160; The Company believes that these provisions
and agreements are necessary to attract and retain qualified persons as
directors and officers. The Company also currently maintains liability
insurance for officers and directors.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not Applicable.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBITS</font></b></p>

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  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit</font></b></p>
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Number</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of
  Cooley Godward LLP.</font></p>
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  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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 <tr>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of
  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</font></p>
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  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of
  Cooley Godward LLP<font style="text-transform:uppercase;">.&#160; </font>Reference is made to Exhibit 5.1.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of
  Attorney is contained on the signature pages.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1998 Stock
  Option Plan, as amended as of September 20, 2002.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1999 Employee
  Stock Purchase Plan, as amended as of September 20, 2002.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1999
  Non-Employee Directors&#146; Stock Option Plan, as amended as of September 20,
  2002.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2000
  Non-Qualified Stock Plan, as amended as of June 19, 2002.</font></p>
  </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNDERTAKINGS</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b>To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt 1.0in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To include any prospectus required
by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 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.&#160;
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the 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 Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if,
in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20
percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration
statement.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 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.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PROVIDED, HOWEVER</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">, that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) of this section
do not apply if the registration statement is on form S-3, Forms S-8 or Form
F-3, and 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 Securities and Exchange Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13
or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference herein.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b>That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b>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.</p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">3.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act 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 Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable.&#160; 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
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></p>


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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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
Mountain View, State of California on September 25, 2002.</font></p>

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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">DITECH COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION</font></b></p>
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  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.44%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:45.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Timothy K.
  Montgomery</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.44%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:45.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Timothy K.
  Montgomery</font></p>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.44%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:45.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;President and Chief Executive Officer</font></p>
  </td>
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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 24.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">POWER OF
ATTORNEY</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:27.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Timothy K. Montgomery and William J.
Tamblyn, or either of them, each with the power of substitution, his or her attorney-in-fact,
to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement (including post-effective
amendments), with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .25in;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </font></b></p>

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  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Title</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Date</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:38.1%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Timothy K.
  Montgomery </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" rowspan="2" valign="bottom" style="height:11.25pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" rowspan="2" valign="top" style="height:11.25pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:38.1%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman of the
  Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" rowspan="2" valign="bottom" style="height:11.25pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" rowspan="2" valign="top" style="height:11.25pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September 25,
  2002</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Timothy K.
  Montgomery</font></p>
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  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:38.1%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ William J.
  Tamblyn</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" rowspan="2" valign="bottom" style="height:16.9pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" rowspan="2" valign="top" style="height:16.9pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:38.1%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice President
  of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary (Principal Financial and
  Accounting Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" rowspan="2" valign="bottom" style="height:16.9pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" rowspan="2" valign="top" style="height:16.9pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September 25,
  2002</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">William J.
  Tamblyn</font></p>
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  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:38.1%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Gregory M.
  Avis</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:38.1%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September 25,
  2002</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gregory M. Avis</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:38.1%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:38.1%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Peter Y. Chung</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:38.1%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September 25,
  2002</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Peter Y. Chung</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:38.1%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:38.1%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ William A.
  Hasler</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:38.1%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September 25,
  2002</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">William A.
  Hasler</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:38.1%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:38.1%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Andrei M.
  Manoliu</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:38.1%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September 25,
  2002</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Andrei M.
  Manoliu</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:38.1%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.64%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:16.54%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT
INDEX</font></b></p>

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  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit</font></b></p>
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Number</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Description</font></b></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of
  Cooley Godward LLP.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of
  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of
  Cooley Godward LLP<font style="text-transform:uppercase;">.&#160; </font>Reference is made to Exhibit 5.1.</font></p>
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  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
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  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of
  Attorney is contained on the signature pages.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1998 Stock
  Option Plan, as amended as of September 20, 2002.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1999 Employee
  Stock Purchase Plan, as amended as of September 20, 2002.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1999
  Non-Employee Directors&#146; Stock Option Plan, as amended as of September 20,
  2002.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.68%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.7%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:1.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.62%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2000 Non-Qualified
  Stock Plan, as amended as of June 19, 2002.</font></p>
  </td>
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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
ON  SEPTEMBER 26, 2002
REGISTRATION
NO. 333-____
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
DITECH
COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant
as specified in its charter)
Delaware
94-2935531
(State or other
  jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
  Identification
incorporation or
  organization)
Number)
825 E. MIDDLEFIELD ROAD
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94043
(650) 623-1300
(Address, including zip
code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal
executive offices)
1998 STOCK OPTION PLAN
1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
1999 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS' STOCK OPTION PLAN
2000 NON-QUALIFIED STOCK PLAN
(Full title of the plans)
TIMOTHY K. MONTGOMERY
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
825 E. MIDDLEFIELD ROAD
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94043
(650) 623-1300
(Name, address, including
zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
COPIES TO:
Brett
D. White, Esq.
Cooley Godward
LLP
Five Palo Alto Square
3000 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94306
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 $0.001 per share
2,400,000 shares
$1.22 - $2.92
See chart below.
$
412
(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of
calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act").  The price per share and
aggregate offering price are based upon (i) $1.22, the average of the high and
low prices of the Company's Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market
for September 19, 2002, for shares available for future grant under the
Company's 1998 Stock Option Plan, 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 1999
Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan and 2000 Non-Qualified Stock Plan,
and (ii) $2.92, the weighted average exercise price for 906,351 shares subject
to options previously granted under the Company's 2000 Non-Qualified Stock
Plan.  This Registration Statement shall
cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the
plans 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.
The following chart illustrates the calculation of the
registration fee:
Number of
  Shares
Offering
  Price
Per Share
Aggregate
Offering
  Price
1998 Stock Option Plan
1,000,000
$
1.22
$
1,220,000
1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
300,000
$
1.22
$
366,000
1999 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan
100,000
$
1.22
$
122,000
2000 Non-Qualified Stock Plan
93,649
$
1.22
$
114,242
2000 Non-Qualified Stock Plan (currently outstanding
  options)
906,351
$
2.92
$
2,646,545
TOTAL
2,400,000
$
4,468,787
PART
II.  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
INCORPORATION
OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed by Ditech Communication
Corporation (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a)
The Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on July 29, 2002.
(b)
The Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 29, 2002.
(c)
The description of
the Company's Common Stock which is contained in a registration statement filed
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), on
Form 8-A on May 28, 1999.
All reports and other documents subsequently filed by
the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act
prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this registration
statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents.
DESCRIPTION
OF SECURITIES
Not Applicable.
INTERESTS
OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
The validity of the issuance of the Common Stock
offered hereby will be passed upon for the Company by Cooley Godward LLP, Palo
Alto, California.
INDEMNIFICATION
OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
The Company's certificate of incorporation limits the
liability of directors to the fullest extent permitted by the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as it currently exists.  Consequently, subject to the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, no director will be personally liable
to the Company or its shareholders for monetary damages resulting from his or
her conduct as a director, except liability for (1) acts or omissions involving
intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law; (2) unlawful
distributions; or (3) transactions from which the director personally receives
a benefit in money, property or services to which the director is not legally
entitled.
The Company's certificate of incorporation also
provides that the Company may indemnify any individual made a party to a
proceeding because that individual is or was a director or officer, and this
right to indemnification will continue as to an individual who has ceased to be
a director or officer and will inure to the benefit of his or her heirs,
executors or administrators.  Any repeal
of or modification to the Company's certificate of incorporation may not
adversely affect any right of a director or officer who is or was a director or
officer at the time of any repeal or modification.  To the extent the provisions of the Company's certificate of
incorporation provide for indemnification of directors or officers for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act, those provisions are, in the
opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and they are therefore unenforceable.
The Company's bylaws provide that it will indemnify
its directors and officers and may indemnify its other officers and employees
and other agents to the fullest extent permitted by law.
The Company has entered into agreements to indemnify directors, certain
officers and other agents, in addition to indemnification provided for in the
Company's certificate of incorporation or bylaws.  These agreements, among other things, indemnify the Company's
directors and certain officers for certain expenses, including attorneys' fees,
judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by any of these persons in any
action or proceeding, including any action by the Company arising out of the
person's services as the Company's director or officer or any other company or
enterprise to which the person provides services at the Company's request.  The Company believes that these provisions
and agreements are necessary to attract and retain qualified persons as
directors and officers. The Company also currently maintains liability
insurance for officers and directors.
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not Applicable.
EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
5.1
Opinion of
  Cooley Godward LLP.
23.1
Consent of
  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2
Consent of
  Cooley Godward LLP
.
Reference is made to Exhibit 5.1.
24.1
Power of
  Attorney is contained on the signature pages.
99.1
1998 Stock
  Option Plan, as amended as of September 20, 2002.
99.2
1999 Employee
  Stock Purchase Plan, as amended as of September 20, 2002.
99.3
1999
  Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan, as amended as of September 20,
  2002.
99.4
2000
  Non-Qualified Stock Plan, as amended as of June 19, 2002.
UNDERTAKINGS
1.
The undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes:
(a)
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;
(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. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the 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 Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if,
in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20
percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective 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 paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) of this section
do not apply if the registration statement is on form S-3, Forms S-8 or Form
F-3, and 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 Securities and Exchange Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13
or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference herein.
(b)
That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(c)
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.
2.
The undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
3.
Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act 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 Securities 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
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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
Mountain View, State of California on September 25, 2002.
DITECH COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Timothy K.
  Montgomery
Timothy K.
  Montgomery
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS
, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Timothy K. Montgomery and William J.
Tamblyn, or either of them, each with the power of substitution, his or her attorney-in-fact,
to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement (including post-effective
amendments), with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Timothy K.
  Montgomery
Chairman of the
  Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
September 25,
  2002
Timothy K.
  Montgomery
/s/ William J.
  Tamblyn
Vice President
  of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary (Principal Financial and
  Accounting Officer)
September 25,
  2002
William J.
  Tamblyn
/s/ Gregory M.
  Avis
Director
September 25,
  2002
Gregory M. Avis
/s/ Peter Y. Chung
Director
September 25,
  2002
Peter Y. Chung
/s/ William A.
  Hasler
Director
September 25,
  2002
William A.
  Hasler
/s/ Andrei M.
  Manoliu
Director
September 25,
  2002
Andrei M.
  Manoliu
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of
  Cooley Godward LLP.
23.1
Consent of
  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2
Consent of
  Cooley Godward LLP
.
Reference is made to Exhibit 5.1.
24.1
Power of
  Attorney is contained on the signature pages.
99.1
1998 Stock
  Option Plan, as amended as of September 20, 2002.
99.2
1999 Employee
  Stock Purchase Plan, as amended as of September 20, 2002.
99.3
1999
  Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan, as amended as of September 20,
  2002.
99.4
2000 Non-Qualified
  Stock Plan, as amended as of June 19, 2002.