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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 1, 2001  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Registration No. 333-&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>Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.<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"><FONT SIZE=2><B>77-0225590</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(State of Incorporation)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)<BR></FONT>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>1171 Sonora Court, Sunnyvale, California 94086 Phone: (408)&nbsp;735-9110<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of principal executive offices) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>1995 Equity Incentive Plan,<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full title of the plan) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Bing Yeh<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
1171 Sonora Court, Sunnyvale, California 94086 Phone: (408)&nbsp;735-9110<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><I>Copies to</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>:<BR>
Mark P. Tanoury, Esq.<BR>
Cooley Godward LLP<BR>
Five Palo Alto Square<BR>
3000 El Camino Real<BR>
Palo Alto, CA 94036<BR>
(650)&nbsp;843-5000 </FONT></P>

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

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<TD WIDTH="35%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Title of Securities to be<BR>
Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount to be<BR>
Registered(1)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Offering Price Per Share(2)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Aggregate Offering<BR>
Price(2)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount of<BR>
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<TD WIDTH="35%"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Common stock, no par value (together with associated preferred stock purchase rights)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>2,000,000 shares</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>$4.45</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>$8,900,000</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=1><B>$2,225</B></FONT></TD>
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>This
Registration Statement shall cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the plan set forth herein by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or any other similar transaction without receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of shares of the Registrant's outstanding Common Stock.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"). The price
per share and aggregate offering price are based on the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market for September&nbsp;26, 2001
(pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c) under the Act). </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following Registration Statements on Form&nbsp;S-8, filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;5,
1995, SEC File No.&nbsp;33-97802, March&nbsp;23, 2000, SEC File No.&nbsp;333-33130, and October&nbsp;5, 2000, SEC File No.&nbsp;333-47388 are incorporated
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4.2</FONT></TD>
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Restated Articles of Incorporation of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.</FONT></TD>
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Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Articles of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.</FONT></TD>
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Specimen Stock Certificate of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.</FONT></TD>
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Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock</FONT></TD>
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5.1</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Cooley Godward LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement.</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.</FONT></TD>
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99.1</FONT></TD>
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1995 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.</FONT></TD>
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>+</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Previously
filed as an Exhibit to the Registration Statement filed on Form&nbsp;S-1 (33-97802) and incorporated by reference herein.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>++</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Previously
filed as an Exhibit to Form&nbsp;10-K, Form&nbsp;10-Q or Form&nbsp;8-K and incorporated by reference herein. </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;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
Sunnyvale, State of California, on this 1<SUP>st</SUP> day of October, 2001. </FONT></P>

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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>BING YEH</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Bing Yeh<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>President and Chief Executive Officer</I></FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints
Bing Yeh and Jeffrey L. Garon, and each or any one 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 in connection therewith, 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 their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&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 and on the dates indicated. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>BING YEH</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Bing Yeh</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>Principal Executive Officer</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="19%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>October 1, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JEFFREY L. GARON</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Jeffrey L. Garon</FONT></TD>
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Vice President Finance &amp; Administration, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary (</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><I>Principal Financial and Accounting Officer</I></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>)</FONT></TD>
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October 1, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>YAW WEN HU</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Yaw Wen Hu</FONT></TD>
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Senior Vice President, Operations and Process Development and Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>RONALD CHWANG</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Ronald Chwang</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>EXHIBIT INDEX    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="82%" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=2>Bylaws of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.</FONT></TD>
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4.2</FONT></TD>
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Restated Articles of Incorporation of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.</FONT></TD>
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Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Articles of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.</FONT></TD>
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4.4</FONT></TD>
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Specimen Stock Certificate of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.</FONT></TD>
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Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Cooley Godward LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement.</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.</FONT></TD>
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1995 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.</FONT></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 1, 2001
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
California
77-0225590
(State of Incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1171 Sonora Court, Sunnyvale, California 94086 Phone: (408) 735-9110
(Address of principal executive offices)
1995 Equity Incentive Plan,
(Full title of the plan)
Bing Yeh
President and Chief Executive Officer
1171 Sonora Court, Sunnyvale, California 94086 Phone: (408) 735-9110
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to
:
Mark P. Tanoury, Esq.
Cooley Godward LLP
Five Palo Alto Square
3000 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94036
(650) 843-5000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be
Registered
Amount to be
Registered(1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per Share(2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price(2)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common stock, no par value (together with associated preferred stock purchase rights)
2,000,000 shares
$4.45
$8,900,000
$2,225
(1)
This
Registration Statement shall cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the plan set forth herein by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or any other similar transaction without receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of shares of the Registrant's outstanding Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"). The price
per share and aggregate offering price are based on the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market for September 26, 2001
(pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Act).
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following Registration Statements on Form S-8, filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 5,
1995, SEC File No. 33-97802, March 23, 2000, SEC File No. 333-33130, and October 5, 2000, SEC File No. 333-47388 are incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement.
EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description of Document
4.1
+
Bylaws of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
4.2
+
Restated Articles of Incorporation of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
4.3
++
Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Articles of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
4.4
+
Specimen Stock Certificate of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
4.5
++
Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock
5.1
Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2
Consent of Cooley Godward LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement.
24.1
Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.
99.1
1995 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.
+
Previously
filed as an Exhibit to the Registration Statement filed on Form S-1 (33-97802) and incorporated by reference herein.
++
Previously
filed as an Exhibit to Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.
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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
Sunnyvale, State of California, on this 1
st
day of October, 2001.
SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
By:
/s/
BING YEH
Bing Yeh
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS
, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints
Bing Yeh and Jeffrey L. Garon, and each or any one 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 in connection therewith, 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 their or his substitutes or substitute, 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 by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
BING YEH
Bing Yeh
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (
Principal Executive Officer
)
October 1, 2001
/s/
JEFFREY L. GARON
Jeffrey L. Garon
Vice President Finance & Administration, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary (
Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
)
October 1, 2001
/s/
YAW WEN HU
Yaw Wen Hu
Senior Vice President, Operations and Process Development and Director
October 1, 2001
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/s/
RONALD CHWANG
Ronald Chwang
Director
October 1, 2001
/s/
YASUSHI CHIKAGAMI
Yasushi Chikagami
Director
October 1, 2001
/s/
TSUYOSHI TAIRA
Tsuyoshi Taira
Director
October 1, 2001
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Exhibit
Number
Description of Document
4.1
+
Bylaws of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
4.2
+
Restated Articles of Incorporation of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
4.3
++
Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Articles of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
4.4
+
Specimen Stock Certificate of Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.
4.5
++
Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock
5.1
Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2
Consent of Cooley Godward LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement.
24.1
Power of Attorney is contained on the signature pages.
99.1
1995 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended.
+
Previously
filed as an Exhibit to the Registration Statement filed on Form S-1 (33-97802) and incorporated by reference herein.
++
Previously
filed as an Exhibit to Form 10-K, Form 10-Q or Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.
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