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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;20, 2002  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Registration No.&nbsp;333-&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=2><B> <A NAME="ba1172_registration_statement_on_form__reg02440"> </A>
<A NAME="toc_ba1172_1"> </A> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=5><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>  ON FORM S-8<BR>  UNDER<BR>  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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

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<TH WIDTH="2%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
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<TD WIDTH="32%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Delaware<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(State of Incorporation)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="32%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>404 E. Huntington Avenue<BR>
Monrovia, California 91016<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="32%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>95-4249153<BR> </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(IRS Employer Identification Number)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>1998 Stock Plan<BR>
2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full title of the plans) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Barry J. Plaga<BR>
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
SEEBEYOND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION<BR>
404 E. Huntington Avenue<BR>
Monrovia, California 91016<BR>
(626)&nbsp;471-6000<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>Copy
to:<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><B>Jeffrey D. Saper, Esq.<BR>
WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH&nbsp;&amp; ROSATI, P.C.<BR>
Professional Corporation<BR>
650 Page Mill Road<BR>
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050</B></FONT></P>

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

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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>Amount to be<BR>
Registered</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Offering Price Per<BR>
Share</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Aggregate Offering<BR>
Price</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>Amount of<BR>
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<TD COLSPAN=2><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, to be issued under the 1998 Stock Plan</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>3,737,524</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$9.10(1)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$34,011,469</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$3,130</FONT></TD>
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<TD COLSPAN=2><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, to be issued under the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>429,866</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$7.735(1)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$3,325,014</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$306</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>TOTAL:</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>4,167,390</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&#151;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$37,336,483</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>$3,436</FONT></TD>
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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based on the price of $9.10 per share, which was the average of the high and
low prices per share of the Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on March&nbsp;15, 2002 (the "Market Price"). The price per share for the Employee Stock Purchase Plan is 85% of the
Market Price. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>SEEBEYOND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION<BR>  <BR>    REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8<BR>  <BR>    PART II<BR>  <BR>    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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Note: </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This
Registration Statement is filed pursuant to Item E under the general instruction to Form&nbsp;S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to
4,167,390 additional shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Registrant's 1998 Stock Plan and 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (collectively, the "Plans") as a result of certain automatic
annual increases in the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Plans. The contents of the Registrant's Form&nbsp;S-8 Registration Statement, Registration
No.&nbsp;333-44114, dated August&nbsp;18, 2000, relating to the Registrant's 1998 Stock Plan and 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, are incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="86%"><FONT SIZE=2>Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, Independent Auditors</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="86%"><FONT SIZE=2>Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &amp; Rosati, P.C. (contained in Exhibit 5.1)</FONT></TD>
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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>*</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Previously
filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-30648), as amended, declared effective by the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;27, 2000. </FONT></DD></DL>
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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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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>BARRY J. PLAGA</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Barry J. Plaga<BR>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints James T. Demetriades and Barry J. Plaga, jointly and
severally, his attorneys-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;S-8, and to file the same, 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><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities on March&nbsp;20, 2002. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JAMES T. DEMETRIADES</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> James T. Demetriades</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>BARRY J. PLAGA</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Barry J. Plaga</FONT></TD>
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Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>RAYMOND J. LANE </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Raymond J. Lane</FONT></TD>
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Chairman of the Board of Directors</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>SALAH M. HASSANEIN </FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Salah M. Hassanein</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>GEORGE ABIGAIL</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> George Abigail</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>STEVEN. A. LEDGER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Steven A. Ledger</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>GEORGE J. STILL</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> George J. Still, Jr.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="86%"><FONT SIZE=2>1998 Stock Plan</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2>*</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="86%"><FONT SIZE=2>2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="11%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>5.1</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="3%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="86%"><FONT SIZE=2>Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &amp; Rosati, P.C.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="11%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>23.1</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="86%"><FONT SIZE=2>Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, Independent Auditors</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="11%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>23.2</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="86%"><FONT SIZE=2>Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="11%" ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>24.1</FONT></TD>
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filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-30648), as amended, declared effective by the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;27, 2000. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="#toc_de1172_2">Item 8. Exhibits.</A></FONT><BR>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2002
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ON FORM S-8
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SEEBEYOND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State of Incorporation)
404 E. Huntington Avenue
Monrovia, California 91016
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
95-4249153
(IRS Employer Identification Number)
1998 Stock Plan
2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Barry J. Plaga
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
SEEBEYOND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
404 E. Huntington Avenue
Monrovia, California 91016
(626) 471-6000
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
Copy
to:
Jeffrey D. Saper, Esq.
WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI, P.C.
Professional Corporation
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050
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 $0.0001 per share, to be issued under the 1998 Stock Plan
3,737,524
$9.10(1)
$34,011,469
$3,130
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, to be issued under the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
429,866
$7.735(1)
$3,325,014
$306
TOTAL:
4,167,390
—
$37,336,483
$3,436
(1)
Estimated
in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based on the price of $9.10 per share, which was the average of the high and
low prices per share of the Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on March 15, 2002 (the "Market Price"). The price per share for the Employee Stock Purchase Plan is 85% of the
Market Price.
SEEBEYOND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Explanatory
Note:
This
Registration Statement is filed pursuant to Item E under the general instruction to Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to
4,167,390 additional shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Registrant's 1998 Stock Plan and 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (collectively, the "Plans") as a result of certain automatic
annual increases in the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Plans. The contents of the Registrant's Form S-8 Registration Statement, Registration
No. 333-44114, dated August 18, 2000, relating to the Registrant's 1998 Stock Plan and 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.    Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
*
1998 Stock Plan, as amended
4.2
*
2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
5.1
Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
23.2
Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (contained on signature page)
*
Previously
filed as an exhibit to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-30648), as amended, declared effective by the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2000.
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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
Monrovia, State of California, on March 20, 2002.
SEEBEYOND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
By:
/s/
BARRY J. PLAGA
Barry J. Plaga
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints James T. Demetriades and Barry J. Plaga, jointly and
severally, his attorneys-in-fact, each with full power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration Statement on
Form S-8, and to file the same, 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 of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities on March 20, 2002.
Signature
Title
/s/
JAMES T. DEMETRIADES
James T. Demetriades
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/
BARRY J. PLAGA
Barry J. Plaga
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/
RAYMOND J. LANE
Raymond J. Lane
Chairman of the Board of Directors
/s/
SALAH M. HASSANEIN
Salah M. Hassanein
Director
/s/
GEORGE ABIGAIL
George Abigail
Director
/s/
STEVEN. A. LEDGER
Steven A. Ledger
Director
/s/
GEORGE J. STILL
George J. Still, Jr.
Director
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
*
1998 Stock Plan
4.2
*
2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
5.1
Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
23.2
Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (contained on signature page)
*
Previously
filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-30648), as amended, declared effective by the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2000.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS