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 <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 28, 2002
</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Registration No. 333&#150;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="4" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"
ALIGN="left"><DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549
</B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR NOSHADE WIDTH="21%" COLOR="#000000"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000"><B>FORM S-8 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B><I>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR NOSHADE WIDTH="21%" COLOR="#000000"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000"><B>CHART INDUSTRIES, INC. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </B></FONT></DIV>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Delaware<BR></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(State or Other
Jurisdiction of<BR>Incorporation or Organization)</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>34-1712937<BR></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(I.R.S.
Employer<BR>Identification No.)</B></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
 </TABLE> </DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>5885 Landerbrook Drive, Suite 150 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"><B>Cleveland, Ohio 44124 </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code) </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR NOSHADE WIDTH="21%" COLOR="#000000"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Chart Industries, Inc. Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Bonus
Plan </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>(Full Title of the Plan) </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR NOSHADE WIDTH="21%" COLOR="#000000"><DIV><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B><I>Copies to: </I></B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center">
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Arthur S. Holmes<BR>Chairman and Chief Executive Officer<BR>Chart Industries, Inc.<BR>5885 Landerbrook Drive, Suite
150<BR>Cleveland, Ohio 44124<BR>(440) 753-1490</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Thomas F. McKee, Esq.<BR>Calfee, Halter &amp; Griswold LLP<BR>1400 McDonald Investment Center<BR>800 Superior
Avenue<BR>Cleveland, Ohio 44114<BR>(216) 622-8200</B></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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Service) </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR NOSHADE WIDTH="21%" COLOR="#000000"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="4" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"><DIV ALIGN="center">
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="36%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Title of Securities To Be Registered</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="36%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Common Stock, par value $.01 per share(1)</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="15%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">500,000 shares(2)</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="15%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">$1.20(3)</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="15%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">$600,000(3)</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="15%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">$56.00</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">One Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock purchase right (a &#147;Right&#148;) also will be issued with respect to each share of the registrant&#146;s
common stock, par value $.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;). The terms of the Rights are described in the registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated June 1, 1998, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to
time. </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this registration statement also covers such additional
shares of the Common Stock that may be issued or become issuable under the terms of the Chart Industries, Inc. Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Bonus Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) in order to prevent dilution resulting from any stock split, stock
dividend or similar transaction. </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and based upon the average
of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock, reported on the New York Stock Exchange on August 23, 2002. </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="4" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left">

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 <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>PART II </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Pursuant to General Instruction E to
Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statement of Chart Industries, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-32535) registering 150,000 shares of Common Stock for issuance under the Plan are hereby incorporated herein
by reference. Since the filing of the Company&#146;s Registration Statement No. 333-32535 on July 31, 1997, the 150,000 shares of Common Stock covered by such Registration Statement have been increased under the Plan to 225,000 shares, pursuant to
Rule 416 under the Securities Act, to give effect to a three-for-two stock split, effected as a 50% stock dividend, in June 1998. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"><B>Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The following
documents heretofore filed by the Company with the Commission are incorporated herein by reference: </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001; </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The Company&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2002 and June 30, 2002; </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated October 2, 1992, and any amendments
and reports filed for the purpose of updating that description; and </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The description of the Rights contained in the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated June 1, 1998, and any amendments or reports filed for
the purpose of updating that description; </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">other than the portions of such documents that, by statute, by designation
in such document or otherwise, are not deemed to be filed with the Commission or are not required to be incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all the
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents, other than
the portions of such documents which by statute, by designation in such documents or otherwise, are not deemed to be filed with the Commission or are not required to be incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Any statement contained in documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded, for purposes of this Registration Statement, to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is, or is deemed to </FONT></DIV> <P></P>
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 <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">be, incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"><B>Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Thomas F. McKee, a
partner of Calfee, Halter &amp; Griswold LLP, is a Director of the Company, and as of July 31, 2002 beneficially owned 34,750 shares of Common Stock. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000"><B>Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">See the Exhibit Index at Page E&#150;1 of this
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 <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>SIGNATURES </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV
STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S&#150;8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cleveland, State of Ohio, on this 28th day of August, 2002. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" WIDTH="43%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">CHART INDUSTRIES, INC.</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="3%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">By:</FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="43%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/ A<SMALL>RTHUR</SMALL> S. H<SMALL>OLMES</SMALL></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="2" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="43%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Arthur S. Holmes<BR>Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</B></FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
 </TABLE> </DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV STYLE="text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on August 28, 2002. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="48%" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Signatures</B></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="2" NOSHADE WIDTH="60" COLOR="#000000"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/ A<SMALL>RTHUR</SMALL> S. H<SMALL>OLMES</SMALL></FONT></DIV> <HR NOSHADE
COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"><DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Arthur S. Holmes</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and a Director (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/ M<SMALL>ICHAEL</SMALL> F. B<SMALL>IEHL</SMALL> </FONT></DIV> <HR NOSHADE
COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"><DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Michael F. Biehl</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/ J<SMALL>OHN</SMALL> T. R<SMALL>OMAIN</SMALL></FONT></DIV> <HR NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"
ALIGN="left"><DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>John T. Romain</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Controller, Chief Accounting Officer and Assistant Treasurer (Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/ T<SMALL>HOMAS</SMALL> F. M<SMALL>C</SMALL>K<SMALL>EE</SMALL></FONT></DIV> <HR NOSHADE
COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"><DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Thomas F. McKee</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/ L<SMALL>AZZARO</SMALL> G. M<SMALL>ODIGLIANI</SMALL></FONT></DIV> <HR NOSHADE
COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"><DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Lazzaro G. Modigliani</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="13"> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">/s/ R<SMALL>OBERT</SMALL> G. T<SMALL>URNER</SMALL>, J<SMALL>R</SMALL>.&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
<HR NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"><DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Robert G. Turner, Jr.</B></FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" WIDTH="48%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Director</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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 <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> <DIV
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Exhibit<BR>Number</B></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="2" NOSHADE WIDTH="44" COLOR="#000000"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Exhibit Description</B></FONT></DIV> <HR SIZE="2" NOSHADE WIDTH="107" ALIGN="left" COLOR="#000000"></TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="8%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.1</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company. (A)</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="13"> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="8%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.2</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the Company. (B)</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="8%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.3</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Certificate of Amendment, amending the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company. (C)</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="8%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.4</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Amended and Restated By&#150;Laws of the Company, effective May 3, 2001. (C)</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="8%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.5</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Specimen certificate for the Common Stock of the Company. (B)</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="8%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.6</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Chart Industries, Inc. Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Bonus Plan. (D)</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="13"> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="8%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.7</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Rights Agreement, dated as of May 1, 1998, by and between the Company and National City Bank, as Rights Agent. (E)</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="13"> </TD> </TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="8%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">4.8</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement, dated February 8, 2001, by and between the Company and National City Bank, as Rights Agent. (B)</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>

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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="8%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">5.1</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Opinion of Calfee, Halter &amp; Griswold LLP. (x)</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="8%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">23.1&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP. (x)</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="8%"> <DIV STYLE="margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">23.2&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></DIV> </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91%"> <DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Consent of Calfee, Halter &amp; Griswold LLP, included in Exhibit 5.1.</FONT></DIV> </TD> </TR>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(A)</FONT></DIV></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Incorporated herein by reference to the appropriate exhibit to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-35321). </FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(B)</FONT></DIV></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Incorporated herein by reference to the appropriate exhibit to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000. </FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(C)</FONT></DIV></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Incorporated herein by reference to the appropriate exhibit to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2001.
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Incorporated herein by reference to the appropriate exhibit to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002.
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(E)</FONT></DIV></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Incorporated herein by reference to the appropriate exhibit to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed June 3, 1998. </FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></DIV></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><DIV><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Filed herewith. </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P></P>
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Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 28, 2002
Registration No. 333–
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CHART INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
34-1712937
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification No.)
5885 Landerbrook Drive, Suite 150
Cleveland, Ohio 44124
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
Chart Industries, Inc. Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Bonus
Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Copies to:
Arthur S. Holmes
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Chart Industries, Inc.
5885 Landerbrook Drive, Suite
150
Cleveland, Ohio 44124
(440) 753-1490
Thomas F. McKee, Esq.
Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
1400 McDonald Investment Center
800 Superior
Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
(216) 622-8200
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for
Service)
CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities To Be Registered
Amount To Be Registered
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
Amount of Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share(1)
500,000 shares(2)
$1.20(3)
$600,000(3)
$56.00
(1)
One Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock purchase right (a "Right") also will be issued with respect to each share of the registrant's
common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"). The terms of the Rights are described in the registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated June 1, 1998, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to
time.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement also covers such additional
shares of the Common Stock that may be issued or become issuable under the terms of the Chart Industries, Inc. Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Bonus Plan (the "Plan") in order to prevent dilution resulting from any stock split, stock
dividend or similar transaction.
(3)
Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and based upon the average
of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock, reported on the New York Stock Exchange on August 23, 2002.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Pursuant to General Instruction E to
Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statement of Chart Industries, Inc. (the "Company") on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-32535) registering 150,000 shares of Common Stock for issuance under the Plan are hereby incorporated herein
by reference. Since the filing of the Company's Registration Statement No. 333-32535 on July 31, 1997, the 150,000 shares of Common Stock covered by such Registration Statement have been increased under the Plan to 225,000 shares, pursuant to
Rule 416 under the Securities Act, to give effect to a three-for-two stock split, effected as a 50% stock dividend, in June 1998.
Item 3.    Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following
documents heretofore filed by the Company with the Commission are incorporated herein by reference:
(1)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001;
(2)
The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2002 and June 30, 2002;
(3)
The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated October 2, 1992, and any amendments
and reports filed for the purpose of updating that description; and
(4)
The description of the Rights contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated June 1, 1998, and any amendments or reports filed for
the purpose of updating that description;
other than the portions of such documents that, by statute, by designation
in such document or otherwise, are not deemed to be filed with the Commission or are not required to be incorporated herein by reference.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all the
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents, other than
the portions of such documents which by statute, by designation in such documents or otherwise, are not deemed to be filed with the Commission or are not required to be incorporated herein by reference.
Any statement contained in documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded, for purposes of this Registration Statement, to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is, or is deemed to
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be, incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 5.    Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Thomas F. McKee, a
partner of Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, is a Director of the Company, and as of July 31, 2002 beneficially owned 34,750 shares of Common Stock.
Item 8.    Exhibits.
See the Exhibit Index at Page E–1 of this
Registration Statement.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S–8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cleveland, State of Ohio, on this 28th day of August, 2002.
CHART INDUSTRIES, INC.
By:
/s/ A
RTHUR
S. H
OLMES
Arthur S. Holmes
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on August 28, 2002.
Signatures
Title
/s/ A
RTHUR
S. H
OLMES
Arthur S. Holmes
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and a Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ M
ICHAEL
F. B
IEHL
Michael F. Biehl
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ J
OHN
T. R
OMAIN
John T. Romain
Controller, Chief Accounting Officer and Assistant Treasurer (Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ T
HOMAS
F. M
C
K
EE
Thomas F. McKee
Director
/s/ L
AZZARO
G. M
ODIGLIANI
Lazzaro G. Modigliani
Director
/s/ R
OBERT
G. T
URNER
, J
R
.
Robert G. Turner, Jr.
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company. (A)
4.2
Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock of the Company. (B)
4.3
Certificate of Amendment, amending the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company. (C)
4.4
Amended and Restated By–Laws of the Company, effective May 3, 2001. (C)
4.5
Specimen certificate for the Common Stock of the Company. (B)
4.6
Chart Industries, Inc. Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Bonus Plan. (D)
4.7
Rights Agreement, dated as of May 1, 1998, by and between the Company and National City Bank, as Rights Agent. (E)
4.8
Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement, dated February 8, 2001, by and between the Company and National City Bank, as Rights Agent. (B)
5.1
Opinion of Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP. (x)
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. (x)
23.2
Consent of Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP, included in Exhibit 5.1.
(A)
Incorporated herein by reference to the appropriate exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-35321).
(B)
Incorporated herein by reference to the appropriate exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000.
(C)
Incorporated herein by reference to the appropriate exhibit to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2001.
(D)
Incorporated herein by reference to the appropriate exhibit to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002.
(E)
Incorporated herein by reference to the appropriate exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed June 3, 1998.
(x)
Filed herewith.
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