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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;10, 2002.  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Registration No.&nbsp;33-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

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

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

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>FIRST DATA CORPORATION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2><B>47-0731996</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><B>6200 South Quebec Street<BR>
Greenwood Village, Colorado</B></FONT></TD>
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80111</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of principal executive offices)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>First Data Corporation 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full title of the Plan) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Michael T. Whealy<BR>
First Data Corporation<BR>
10825 Old Mill Road<BR>
Omaha, Nebraska 68154<BR>
(402)&nbsp;777-2000<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name, address and telephone number,<BR>
including area code, of agent for service) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Copies To:<BR>
Stanley J. Andersen, Esquire<BR>
10825 Old Mill Road<BR>
Omaha, Nebraska 68154  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B> CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE  </B></FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="35%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title&nbsp;of Securities<BR>
to be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Offering Price<BR>
Per Security</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Aggregate<BR>
Offering Price</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount of<BR>
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<TD WIDTH="35%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock, par value $.01</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>64,000,000</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$39.02(1)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="18%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$2,497,280,000</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$229,750</FONT></TD>
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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Calculated
in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1)&nbsp;and (c)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933, solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee, based upon the
average of the high and low sale prices of the common stock, $.01 par value, of First Data Corporation on the New York Stock Exchange on June&nbsp;5, 2002.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>In
addition, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of additional securities which may be issued under the above-referenced Plan pursuant to the
anti-dilution provisions of the Plan. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART II<BR>  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE<BR>  REGISTRATION STATEMENT    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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<A NAME="toc_ja1852_2"> </A></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents heretofore filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by First Data Corporation (the "Registrant") are incorporated herein by
reference: </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;the
Registrant's Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2001, filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"); </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;All
other reports filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred to
in (a)&nbsp;above. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;the
description of the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Registrant (the "Common Stock") contained in the Registrant's Report on Form&nbsp;8-A
(File No.&nbsp;1-11073) filed March&nbsp;24, 1992, filed under the Exchange Act. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold are deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents (such documents, and the documents enumerated above, being
herein after referred to as "Incorporated Documents"). </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any
statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed Incorporated Document 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></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Certain legal matters with respect to the offering of the shares of Common Stock registered hereby have been passed upon by Stanley J. Andersen, Counsel of the
Registrant. Mr.&nbsp;Andersen is paid a salary by Registrant, holds shares and options to purchase shares of First Data Common Stock, and is a participant in various employee benefit plans offered
to employees of the Registrant. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL"), the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
limits the personal liability of the directors of the Company for violations of their fiduciary duty. This provision eliminates each director's liability to the Company or its stockholders for
monetary damages except to the extent provided by the DGCL (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good
faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL providing for liability of directors for unlawful payment of dividends or
unlawful stock purchases or redemptions, or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which a director derived an improper benefit. The effect of this provision is to eliminate the personal liability of </FONT></P>

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directors for monetary damages for actions involving a breach of their fiduciary duty of care, including any such actions involving gross negligence. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company also provides for indemnification of the Company's officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law. Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL empowers a Delaware corporation to indemnify any persons who are, or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened, pending or completed legal
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person was an
officer or director of such
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided that such officer or
director acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation's best interests, and, for criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe his
conduct was illegal. A Delaware corporation may indemnify officers and directors in an action by or in the right of the corporation under the same conditions, except that no indemnification is
permitted without judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be liable to the corporation in the performance of his duty. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or
otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him against the expenses which such officer or director actually and reasonably incurred. The
By-laws of the Company provide officers and directors similar rights to indemnification except that the By-laws (i)&nbsp;only provide for indemnification if the person is
defending an action and (ii)&nbsp;do not provide for the indemnification of judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in actions brought by or in the right of the corporation. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In
addition, the Company maintains insurance policies which provide coverage for its officers and directors in certain situations where the Company cannot directly indemnify such
officers or directors. The rights of indemnification discussed above are not exclusive of any other rights which a director or officer may acquire in the future. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2>Registrant's Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.</FONT></TD>
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4.2</FONT></TD>
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Registrant's By-laws.</FONT></TD>
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5</FONT></TD>
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Opinion and Consent of Stanley J. Andersen, Esq.</FONT></TD>
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Letter from Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP regarding Unaudited Interim Financial Information.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Stanley J. Andersen, Esq. (included in the opinion of Mr.&nbsp;Andersen filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5 hereto).</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </FONT></P>


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

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
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 Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;if, in the aggregate, the changes
in volume and price represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
statement. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement; </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2><I>Provided, however, </I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>that paragraphs (1)&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;and (1)&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;above do not apply if the Registration Statement is on
Form&nbsp;S-3, Form&nbsp;S-8 or Form&nbsp;F-3 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 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 the time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers or controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act,
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
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FIRST DATA CORPORATION</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>CHARLES T. FOTE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Charles T. Fote<BR>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears immediately below constitutes and appoints Michael T. Whealy, Thomas A. Rossi and Stanley
J. Andersen, and each or either of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or the substitutes or substitute of any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>HENRY C. DUQUES</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Henry C. Duques</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="29%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>Chairman of the Board</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>CHARLES T. FOTE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Charles T. Fote</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="29%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Director and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="19%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
June&nbsp;10, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>KIMBERLY S. PATMORE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Kimberly S. Patmore</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="29%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD>
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June&nbsp;10, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>THOMAS L. MOORE</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Thomas L. Moore</FONT></TD>
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Vice President and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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June&nbsp;10, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ALISON DAVIS</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Alison Davis</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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June&nbsp;10, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>COURTNEY F. JONES</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Courtney F. Jones</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="29%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="19%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
June&nbsp;10, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ROBERT J. LEVENSON</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Robert J. Levenson</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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June&nbsp;10, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JAMES D. ROBINSON III</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> James D. Robinson III</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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June&nbsp;10, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>CHARLES T. RUSSELL</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Charles T. Russell</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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June&nbsp;10, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>BERNARD L. SCHWARTZ</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Bernard L. Schwartz</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="29%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="19%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
June&nbsp;10, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JOAN E. SPERO</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Joan E. Spero</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="19%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
June&nbsp;10, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ARTHUR F. WEINBACH</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Arthur F. Weinbach</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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June&nbsp;10, 2002</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="85%"><FONT SIZE=2>Registrant's Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.</FONT></TD>
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4.2</FONT></TD>
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5</FONT></TD>
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Opinion and Consent of Stanley J. Andersen, Esq.</FONT></TD>
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15</FONT></TD>
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Letter from Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP regarding Unaudited Interim Financial Information.</FONT></TD>
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23.1</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP.</FONT></TD>
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23.2</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Stanley J. Andersen, Esq. (included in the opinion of Mr.&nbsp;Andersen filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5 hereto).</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_ja1852_2">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_ja1852_3">Item 4. Description of Securities</A></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_ja1852_4">Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_ja1852_6">Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></FONT><BR>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 10, 2002.
Registration No. 33-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FIRST DATA CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
47-0731996
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. employer identification number)
6200 South Quebec Street
Greenwood Village, Colorado
80111
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip code)
First Data Corporation 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
Michael T. Whealy
First Data Corporation
10825 Old Mill Road
Omaha, Nebraska 68154
(402) 777-2000
(Name, address and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copies To:
Stanley J. Andersen, Esquire
10825 Old Mill Road
Omaha, Nebraska 68154
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to
be Registered
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Security
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $.01
64,000,000
$39.02(1)
$2,497,280,000
$229,750
(1)
Calculated
in accordance with Rule 457(h)(1) and (c) under the Securities Act of 1933, solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee, based upon the
average of the high and low sale prices of the common stock, $.01 par value, of First Data Corporation on the New York Stock Exchange on June 5, 2002.
(2)
In
addition, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of additional securities which may be issued under the above-referenced Plan pursuant to the
anti-dilution provisions of the Plan.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents heretofore filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by First Data Corporation (the "Registrant") are incorporated herein by
reference:
(a)  the
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001, filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act");
(b)  All
other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred to
in (a) above.
(c)  the
description of the common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Registrant (the "Common Stock") contained in the Registrant's Report on Form 8-A
(File No. 1-11073) filed March 24, 1992, filed under the Exchange Act.
All
documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold are deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents (such documents, and the documents enumerated above, being
herein after referred to as "Incorporated Documents").
Any
statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed Incorporated Document 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 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Certain legal matters with respect to the offering of the shares of Common Stock registered hereby have been passed upon by Stanley J. Andersen, Counsel of the
Registrant. Mr. Andersen is paid a salary by Registrant, holds shares and options to purchase shares of First Data Common Stock, and is a participant in various employee benefit plans offered
to employees of the Registrant.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
In accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL"), the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
limits the personal liability of the directors of the Company for violations of their fiduciary duty. This provision eliminates each director's liability to the Company or its stockholders for
monetary damages except to the extent provided by the DGCL (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good
faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL providing for liability of directors for unlawful payment of dividends or
unlawful stock purchases or redemptions, or (iv) for any transaction from which a director derived an improper benefit. The effect of this provision is to eliminate the personal liability of
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directors for monetary damages for actions involving a breach of their fiduciary duty of care, including any such actions involving gross negligence.
The
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company also provides for indemnification of the Company's officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by
applicable law. Section 145 of the DGCL empowers a Delaware corporation to indemnify any persons who are, or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened, pending or completed legal
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person was an
officer or director of such
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided that such officer or
director acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation's best interests, and, for criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe his
conduct was illegal. A Delaware corporation may indemnify officers and directors in an action by or in the right of the corporation under the same conditions, except that no indemnification is
permitted without judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be liable to the corporation in the performance of his duty. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or
otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him against the expenses which such officer or director actually and reasonably incurred. The
By-laws of the Company provide officers and directors similar rights to indemnification except that the By-laws (i) only provide for indemnification if the person is
defending an action and (ii) do not provide for the indemnification of judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in actions brought by or in the right of the corporation.
In
addition, the Company maintains insurance policies which provide coverage for its officers and directors in certain situations where the Company cannot directly indemnify such
officers or directors. The rights of indemnification discussed above are not exclusive of any other rights which a director or officer may acquire in the future.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Registrant's Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
4.2
Registrant's By-laws.
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Opinion and Consent of Stanley J. Andersen, Esq.
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Letter from Ernst & Young LLP regarding Unaudited Interim Financial Information.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
Consent of Stanley J. Andersen, Esq. (included in the opinion of Mr. Andersen filed as Exhibit 5 hereto).
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Power of Attorney (included on the signature page).
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Item 9. Undertakings
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)  To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)    To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a) (3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)  To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
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 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 (1) (i) and (1) (ii) above do not apply if the Registration Statement is on
Form S-3, Form 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 by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.
(2)  That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)  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.
The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered herein and the offering of such securities at the time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers or controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act,
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Englewood, State of Colorado, on June 10, 2002.
FIRST DATA CORPORATION
By:
/s/
CHARLES T. FOTE
Charles T. Fote
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears immediately below constitutes and appoints Michael T. Whealy, Thomas A. Rossi and Stanley
J. Andersen, and each or either of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or the substitutes or substitute of any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
HENRY C. DUQUES
Henry C. Duques
Chairman of the Board
June 10, 2002
/s/
CHARLES T. FOTE
Charles T. Fote
Director and Chief Executive Officer
June 10, 2002
/s/
KIMBERLY S. PATMORE
Kimberly S. Patmore
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
June 10, 2002
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/s/
THOMAS L. MOORE
Thomas L. Moore
Vice President and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
June 10, 2002
/s/
ALISON DAVIS
Alison Davis
Director
June 10, 2002
/s/
COURTNEY F. JONES
Courtney F. Jones
Director
June 10, 2002
/s/
ROBERT J. LEVENSON
Robert J. Levenson
Director
June 10, 2002
/s/
JAMES D. ROBINSON III
James D. Robinson III
Director
June 10, 2002
/s/
CHARLES T. RUSSELL
Charles T. Russell
Director
June 10, 2002
/s/
BERNARD L. SCHWARTZ
Bernard L. Schwartz
Director
June 10, 2002
/s/
JOAN E. SPERO
Joan E. Spero
Director
June 10, 2002
/s/
ARTHUR F. WEINBACH
Arthur F. Weinbach
Director
June 10, 2002
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INDEX
EXHIBIT
NUMBER
DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
4.1
Registrant's Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
4.2
Registrant's By-laws.
5
Opinion and Consent of Stanley J. Andersen, Esq.
15
Letter from Ernst & Young LLP regarding Unaudited Interim Financial Information.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
Consent of Stanley J. Andersen, Esq. (included in the opinion of Mr. Andersen filed as Exhibit 5 hereto).
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Power of Attorney (included on the signature page).
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PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
INDEX