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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-125225</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-106149</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-103418</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-97317</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-77000</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-71056</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-63216</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-56170</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-45056</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-77597</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-04410</font></b></p>
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Washington, D.C.
20549</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION
STATEMENT<br>
AND</font></b><br>
<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO</font></b><br>
<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENTS</font></b><br>
<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">NO. 333-125225, NO. 333-106149,
NO. 333-103418, NO. 333-97317, NO. 333-77000, NO. 333-71056,</font></b><br>
<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">NO. 333-63216, NO. 333-56170, NO.
333-45056, NO. 333-77597, 333-04410 AND NO. 33-78560</font></b><br>
<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">UNDER</font></b><br>
<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:16.0pt;">SYNOPSYS, INC.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact Name of Registrant as
Specified in Its Charter)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">Delaware</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">56-1546236</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or Other
  Jurisdiction of</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S. Employer</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Incorporation or
  Organization)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Identification
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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">700 EAST MIDDLEFIELD ROAD</font></b></p>

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

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(650) 584-5000</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of
Principal Executive Offices,
including Zip Code)</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2006 Employee Equity
Incentive Plan</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2005 Non-Employee
Directors Equity Incentive Plan</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Full Titles of
the Plans)</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AART J. DE GEUS</font></b></p>

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

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SYNOPSYS, INC.</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">700 EAST MIDDLEFIELD ROAD</font></b></p>

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

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(650) 584-5000</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Name, address,
including zip code, and telephone number, <br>
including area code, of agent for service)</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;">Title of Each Class of Securities<br>
  To Be<br>
  Registered</p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount<br>
  To Be<br>
  Registered (1)(2)</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed Maximum <br>
  Offering Price Per<br>
  Share (3)</font></b></p>
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  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.04%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed Maximum <br>
  Aggregate Offering <br>
  Price (3)</font></b></p>
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  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.9%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount of Registration<br>
  Fee</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share issuable
  under the 2006 Employee Equity Incentive Plan (1)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">47,497,248</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$19.76</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$938,545,620.50</font></p>
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  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.9%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$0(1)(5)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, reserved
  for future issuance under the 2005 Non-Employee Directors Equity Incentive
  Plan</font></p>
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  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">450,000</font></p>
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  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$19.76</font></p>
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  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$8,892,000.00</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.9%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$951.45(3)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="33%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:33.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">47,947,248</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$19.76</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$947,437,620.50</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.9%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$951.45(1)(3)(5)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="33%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:33.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Preferred Share Purchase Rights</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">47,947,248</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.9%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.34%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;">(1)</p>
  </td>
  <td width="92%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:92.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This registration statement is (a)&nbsp;a new
  registration statement; (b)&nbsp;a Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the
  registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-125225),
  as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;25, 2005
  (the &#147;2005 Registration Statement&#148;); (c)&nbsp;a Post-Effective Amendment
  No.&nbsp;1 to the registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8
  (File No.&nbsp;333-106149), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission on June&nbsp;16, 2003 (the &#147;June&nbsp;2003 Registration
  Statement&#148;); (d)&nbsp;a Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the
  registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-103418),
  as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;25,
  2003 (the &#147;February&nbsp;2003 Registration Statement&#148;); (e)&nbsp;a
  Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the registrant&#146;s registration
  statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-97317), as filed
  with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;30, 2002 (the
  &#147;July&nbsp;2002 Registration Statement&#148;); (f)&nbsp;a Post-Effective Amendment
  No.&nbsp;1 to the registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8
  (File No.&nbsp;333-77000), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission on January&nbsp;18, 2002 (the &#147;January&nbsp;2002 Registration
  Statement&#148;); (g)&nbsp;a Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the registrant&#146;s
  registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-71056),
  as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;5, 2001
  (the &#147;October&nbsp;2001 Registration Statement&#148;); (h)&nbsp;a Post-Effective
  Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the registrant&#146;s registration statement on
  Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-63216), as filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;18, 2001 (the &#147;June&nbsp;2001
  Registration Statement&#148;); (i)&nbsp;a Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to
  the registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-56170),
  as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;26,
  2001 (the &#147;February&nbsp;2001 Registration Statement&#148;); (j)&nbsp;a
  Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the registrant&#146;s registration
  statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-45056), as filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;1, 2000 (the &#147;2000
  Registration Statement&#148;); (k)&nbsp;a Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to
  the registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File
  No.&nbsp;333-77597), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission on May&nbsp;3, 1999 (the &#147;1999 Registration Statement&#148;);
  (l)&nbsp;a Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the registrant&#146;s
  registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-04410),
  as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;3, 1996 (the
  &#147;1996 Registration Statement&#148;); and (m)&nbsp;a Post-Effective Amendment
  No.&nbsp;1 to the registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8
  (File No.&nbsp;33-78560), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission on May&nbsp;3, 1994 (the &#147;1994 Registration Statement&#148;) (the 2005
  Registration Statement, the June&nbsp;2003 Registration Statement, the
  February&nbsp;2003 Registration Statement, the July&nbsp;2002 Registration
  Statement, the January&nbsp;2002 Registration Statement, the
  October&nbsp;2001 Registration Statement, the June&nbsp;2001 Registration Statement,
  the February&nbsp;2001 Registration Statement, the 2000 Registration
  Statement, the 1999 Registration Statement, the 1996 Registration Statement
  and the 1994 Registration Statement are collectively referred herein as the
  &#147;Prior Registration Statements&#148;). The shares being registered hereby include
  the shares previously registered for sale and not yet issued under
  (A)&nbsp;the registrant&#146;s 2005 Assumed Stock Option Plan (formerly the Nassda
  Corporation 2001 Stock Option Plan) pursuant to the 2005 Registration Statement;
  (B)&nbsp;the registrant&#146;s 1998 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan pursuant to the
  June&nbsp;2003 Registration Statement, the February&nbsp;2003 Registration
  Statement, the July&nbsp;2002 Registration Statement, the January&nbsp;2002
  Registration Statement, the October&nbsp;2001 Registration Statement, the
  June&nbsp;2001 Registration Statement, the February&nbsp;2001 Registration
  Statement and the September&nbsp;2000 Registration Statement; and
  (C)&nbsp;the registrant&#146;s 1992 Stock Option Plan pursuant to the 1999
  Registration Statement, the 1996 Registration Statement and the 1994
  Registration Statement. The number of shares issuable under the 2006 Employee
  Equity Incentive Plan will also be increased by the number of shares that
  would otherwise have reverted to the share reserve of the 2005 Assumed Stock
  Option Plan (formerly the Nassda Corporation 2001 Stock Option Plan), the
  1998 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan and the 1992 Stock Option Plan
  (collectively, the &#147;Plans&#148;), as applicable, as a result of, for example,
  expiration, termination or forfeiture of awards under the Plans. As a result,
  the registration fees paid with respect to the Prior Registration Statements
  are being carried over to this registration statement in accordance with the
  principles set forth in Instruction E to Form&nbsp;S-8 (the &#147;Instruction&#148;)
  and Interpretation 89 under Section&nbsp;G, &#147;Securities Act Forms&#148; of the
  Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations of the Division of
  Corporations Finance and the Securities and Exchange Commission (as
  supplemented through September&nbsp;2004) (the &#147;Interpretation&#148;).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 36.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a)&nbsp;promulgated
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this
Registration Statement shall cover any additional shares of Common Stock which
become issuable in respect of the shares registered hereunder by reason of any
stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction
effected without receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the
number of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of Common Stock.</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Estimated solely for the purpose of
calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)&nbsp;promulgated
under the Securities Act. The offering price per share and aggregate offering
price are based upon the average of the high and low prices of Registrant&#146;s
Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ National Market on June&nbsp;6, 2006, in
accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(c)&nbsp;of the Securities Act.</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Preferred Share Purchase Rights, which are
attached to the shares of Common Stock to be issued but do not trade separately
from the shares of Common Stock until a triggering event. No additional
offering price attaches to these rights.</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>As described in Statement Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form&nbsp;S-8,
below, the registration fee payable for the 47,497,248 shares being
registered hereby under the 2006 Employee Equity Incentive Plan was previously
paid with the Prior Registration Statements. The calculation of the prior
registration statement fees paid and being applied to this registration
statement are as set forth below. </p>

<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.72%;">
  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;">Date<br>
  Registration<br>
  Statement<br>
  Filed</p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Registration<br>
  Statement</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.26%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Plan&nbsp;Under&nbsp;Which<br>
  Shares&nbsp;Registered</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Total&nbsp;Shares<br>
  Originally<br>
  Registered(A)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.1%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Number&nbsp;of<br>
  Shares<br>
  Carried<br>
  Over(A)(B)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.16%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Maximum<br>
  Offering&nbsp;Price<br>
  per&nbsp;Share&nbsp;Paid<br>
  on&nbsp;Shares<br>
  Carried<br>
  Over(A)(C)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.28%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed<br>
  Maximum<br>
  Aggregate<br>
  Offering&nbsp;Price<br>
  for&nbsp;Shares<br>
  Carried&nbsp;Over</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.66%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount&nbsp;of<br>
  Registration<br>
  Fee&nbsp;Paid&nbsp;for<br>
  Shares<br>
  Carried&nbsp;Over</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">05/25/05</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-125225</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2005 Assumed<br>
  Stock Option Plan<br>
  (formerly the<br>
  Nassda Corporation<br>
  2001 Stock Option<br>
  Plan)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1,297,664</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1,111,914</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$18.05(D)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$20,070,047(D)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$838.93</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">05/25/05</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-125225</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2005 Assumed<br>
  Stock Option Plan<br>
  (formerly the<br>
  Nassda Corporation<br>
  2001 Stock Option<br>
  Plan)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2,296,901</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2,296,901</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$17.65</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$40,540,302</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$1,694.58</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">06/16/03</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-106149</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1998 Nonstatutory<br>
  Stock Option Plan</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1,890,000</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1,890,000</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$31.13</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$58,835,700</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$4,759.81</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">02/25/03</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-103418</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1998 Nonstatutory<br>
  Stock Option Plan</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">6,604,516</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">6,604,516</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$20.0375</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$132,337,990</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$10,706.14</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">07/30/02</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-97317</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1998 Nonstatutory<br>
  Stock Option Plan</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">5,053,520</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">5,053,520</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$20.495</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$103,571,890</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$9,528.61</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">01/18/02</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-77000</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1998 Nonstatutory<br>
  Stock Option Plan</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">5,000,000</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">5,000,000</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$27.0025</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$135,012,400</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$12,421.15</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">10/5/01</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-71056</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1998 Nonstatutory<br>
  Stock Option Plan</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2,782,500</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2,782,500</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$20.87</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$58,056,863</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$5,341.23</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">06/18/01</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-63216</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1998 Nonstatutory<br>
  Stock Option Plan</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2,782,500</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2,782,500</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$28.65</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$79,711,669</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$19,928.00</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">02/26/01</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-56170</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1998 Nonstatutory<br>
  Stock Option Plan</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1,000,000</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1,000,000</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$24.64</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$24,640,625</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$6,160.16</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">09/01/00</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-45056</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1998 Nonstatutory<br>
  Stock Option Plan</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">11,600,000</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">5,066,934</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$18.22</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$92,319,537</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$24,370.69</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">06/08/00</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-38810</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1998 Nonstatutory<br>
  Stock Option Plan</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1,080,000</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">0</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">N/A</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">N/A</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">N/A</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">03/10/00</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-32130</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1998 Nonstatutory<br>
  Stock Option Plan</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">4,400,000</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">0</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">N/A</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">N/A</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">N/A</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">11/09/99</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-90013</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1998 Nonstatutory<br>
  Stock Option Plan</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2,155,000</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">0</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">N/A</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">N/A</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">N/A</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">08/02/99</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-84279</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1998 Nonstatutory<br>
  Stock Option Plan</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2,667,500</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">0</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">N/A</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">N/A</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">N/A</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">05/03/99</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-77597</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1998 Nonstatutory<br>
  Stock Option Plan</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">5,100,000</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">0</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">N/A</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">N/A</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">N/A</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">04/24/98</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-50947</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1998 Nonstatutory<br>
  Stock Option Plan</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1,133,472</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">0</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">N/A</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">N/A</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">N/A</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">05/03/99</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-77597</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1992 Stock Option<br>
  Plan</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">4,544,656</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">4,544,656</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$23.30</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$105,876,282</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$29,433.61</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">05/03/96</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">333-04410</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1992 Stock Option<br>
  Plan</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">13,500,000</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">13,000,000</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$20.38</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$264,940,000</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$91,358.62</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">05/05/94</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">33-78560</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1992 Stock Option<br>
  Plan</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">12,000,000</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">5,673,587</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$10.06</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$57,090,469</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$19,686.51</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">08/23/93</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">33-67810</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1992 Stock Option<br>
  Plan</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">3,000,000</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">0</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">N/A</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">N/A</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">N/A</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">02/24/92</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">33-45943</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1992 Stock Option<br>
  Plan</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">14,752,152</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">0</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">N/A</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">N/A</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">N/A</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Total</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">104,640,381</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">57,307,028</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$236,228.04</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(A)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>All share and price numbers adjusted to
reflect the 2-for-1 forward splits of the Common Stock effected on September&nbsp;8,
1995 and September&nbsp;24, 2003.</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(B)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Consists of shares registered pursuant to such
registration statement less the shares issued upon exercise of stock options
granted under the applicable plan and covered by such registration statement.</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(C)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Estimated solely for the purpose of
calculating the registration fee. Such estimate has been computed in accordance
with Rule&nbsp;457(c)&nbsp;and the third sentence of Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1)&nbsp;based
upon the average of the high and low price of the common shares of beneficial
shares of Synopsys,&nbsp;Inc. as reported on Nasdaq National Market with
respect to the shares carried over from (i)&nbsp;the 2005 Registration
Statement on May&nbsp;18, 2005; (ii)&nbsp;the June&nbsp;2003 Registration
Statement on June&nbsp;10, 2003; (iii)&nbsp;the February&nbsp;2003 Registration
Statement on February&nbsp;20, 2003; (iv)&nbsp;the July&nbsp;2002 Registration
Statement on July&nbsp;25, 2002; (v)&nbsp;the January&nbsp;2002 Registration
Statement on January&nbsp;16, 2002; (vi)&nbsp;the October&nbsp;2001 Registration
Statement on October&nbsp;3, 2001; (vii)&nbsp;the June&nbsp;2001 Registration
Statement on June&nbsp;12, 2001; (viii)&nbsp;the February&nbsp;2001
Registration Statement on February&nbsp;21, 2001; (ix)&nbsp;the 2000
Registration Statement on August&nbsp;30, 2000; (x)&nbsp;the 1999 Registration Statement
on April&nbsp;26, 1999; (xi) the 1996 Registration Statement on May&nbsp;1,
1996; and (xii) the 1994 Registration Statement on May&nbsp;4, 1994.</p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(D)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Calculated
solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the registration fee
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)&nbsp;promulgated under the Securities Act. The
offering price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon the
weighted average exercise price of outstanding options.</p>

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<p align="center" style="margin-left:0pt;margin-right:0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">STATEMENT PURSUANT TO GENERAL
INSTRUCTION E TO FORM&nbsp;S-8</font></b></p>

<p style="margin-left:0pt;margin-right:0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Synopsys,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;
or &#147;Registrant&#148;) has filed this registration statement to register under the
Securities Act the offer and sale of 47,497,248 common shares, par value $0.01
per share, issuable pursuant to its 2006 Employee Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;2006
Employee Plan&#148;) and 450,000 common shares issuable pursuant to its 2005
Non-Employee Directors Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;2005 Directors Plan&#148;).</font></p>

<p style="margin-left:0pt;margin-right:0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The 2006 Employee Plan
was approved and adopted at the Company&#146;s 2006 annual meeting of shareholders
held on April&nbsp;25, 2006 and supersedes and replaces the Company&#146;s 1992
Stock Option Plan, 1998 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan and 2005 Assumed Stock
Option Plan (the &#147;Prior Plans&#148;).</font></p>

<p style="margin-left:0pt;margin-right:0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The number of shares
issuable under the 2006 Employee Plan is comprised of (i)&nbsp;the shares
remaining available for grant under the Prior Plans, (ii)&nbsp;the shares
subject to outstanding options granted under the Prior Plans and (iii)&nbsp;the
shares subject to options assumed by the Company in acquisitions. Shares
subject to options granted under the Prior Plans that are canceled shall become
available for future issuance under the 2006 Employee Plan. The Company desires
to carry over to this registration statement an aggregate of 47,497,248 shares
registered pursuant to the Prior Registration Statements, as defined in Note 1
above, and for which a registration statement has previously been paid.</font></p>

<p style="margin-left:0pt;margin-right:0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Following the filing of
this registration statement, the shares carried over from the Prior
Registration Statements will no longer be available for new awards under the
1992 Stock Option Plan, 1998 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan or 2005 Assumed
Stock Option Plan, which plans were terminated as to future grants on the date
of the 2006 annual meeting of stockholders.</font></p>

<p style="margin-left:0pt;margin-right:0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consequently, in
accordance with the Instruction and Interpretation, as defined in Note 1 above,
(1)&nbsp;the Company is carrying over from the Prior Registration Statements
and registering the offer and sale of 47,497,248 common shares under the 2006
Employee Plan pursuant to this registration statement; (2)&nbsp;the
registration fee of $100,424.39 for the shares being registered under the 2006
Employee Plan pursuant to this registration statement is being carried over
from the Prior Registration Statements; (3)&nbsp;the Prior Registration
Statements are being amended on a post-effective basis to reflect the transfer
of an aggregate of 47,497,248 shares to this registration statement.</font></p>

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

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
following documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;) are incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement:</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K
for the Company&#146;s fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31, 2005, filed with the SEC
on January&nbsp;12, 2006, pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;);</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
for the quarter ended January&nbsp;31, 2006 filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;9,
2006 and the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter
ended April&nbsp;30, 2006, filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;8, 2006 pursuant to Section&nbsp;13
of the Exchange Act;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b>The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K
filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;1, 2005, November&nbsp;16, 2005, December&nbsp;12,
2005, December&nbsp;22, 2005, March&nbsp;29, 2006 and April&nbsp;27, 2006;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b>The Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A,
filed with Commission on January&nbsp;24, 1992, pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g)&nbsp;of
the Exchange Act, in which there is described the terms, rights and provisions
applicable to the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock; and</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(e)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b>The Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A,
filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;31, 1997, pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g)&nbsp;of
the Exchange Act, and as amended on Form&nbsp;8-A/A on December&nbsp;13,
1999 and April&nbsp;10, 2000 in which there is described the terms, rights and
provisions applicable to the Registrant&#146;s Preferred Share Purchase Rights.</p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All reports and other
documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this registration
statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents. Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein 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 subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein 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>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:36.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

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

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

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

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
permits a corporation to include in its charter documents, and in agreements
between the corporation and its directors and officers, provisions expanding
the scope of indemnification beyond that specifically provided by the current
law.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Article&nbsp;VII, Section&nbsp;6 of the Company&#146;s Bylaws
provides for the indemnification of officers, directors and third parties to
the fullest extent permissible under Delaware Law, which provisions are deemed
to be a contract between the Company and each director and officer who serves
in such capacity while such bylaw is in effect.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition, the Company
has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and officers as
defined under Section&nbsp;16 of the Exchange Act, in addition to the
indemnification provided for in the Company&#146;s Bylaws, and intends to enter into
indemnification agreements with any new directors and Section&nbsp;16 officers
in the future. The Company has also obtained liability insurance for the
benefit of its directors and officers.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not
applicable.</font></p>


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  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;">Exhibit<br>
  Number</p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.04%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:85.04%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;4.1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:85.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and Restated Preferred Shares Rights
  Agreement dated April&nbsp;7, 2000(1)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:85.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:85.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Specimen Common Stock Certificate(2)</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:85.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:85.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:85.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.31</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:85.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and Restated 2005 Non-Employee Directors
  Equity Incentive Plan(3)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:85.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.39</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:85.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2006 Employee Equity Incentive Plan(3)</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:85.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:85.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public
  Accounting Firm</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:85.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:85.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Cooley Godward LLP (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:85.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.1</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page)</font></p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Incorporated
by reference from exhibit to Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A (Commission File No.&nbsp;000-19807)
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;10, 2000.</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Incorporated
by reference from exhibit to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1
(File No.&nbsp;33-45138) which became effective February&nbsp;24, 1992.</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Incorporated
by reference from exhibit of the same number to the Company&#146;s Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K filed on April&nbsp;27, 2006.</p>


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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1.</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:35.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(a)</font></b>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To file, during any period in which
offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement:</p>

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

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:70.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(i)</font></b>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To include any prospectus required
by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:70.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(ii)</font></b>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To reflect in the prospectus any
facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement
(or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
the registration statement. 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 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration
statement.</p>

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

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:70.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(iii)</font></b>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To include any material information
with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement;</p>

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

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:35.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Provided,
however,</font></i> that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by
the registrant pursuant to section&nbsp;13 or section&nbsp;15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference herein.</p>

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

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:35.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(b)</font></b>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 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 herein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial <i><font style="font-style:italic;">bona fide</font></i>
offering thereof.</p>

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

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:35.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(c)</font></b>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To remove from registration by means
of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:35.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(d)</font></b>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; That, for the purpose of determining
liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser
in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant
undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned
registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the
underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities
are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following
communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser
and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:</p>

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

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:70.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(i)</font></b>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Any preliminary prospectus or
prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to
be filed pursuant to Rule 424;</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:70.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(ii)</font></b>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Any free writing prospectus relating
to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used
or referred to by the undersigned registrant;</p>

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

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:70.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(iii)</font></b>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The portion of any other free writing
prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the
undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the
undersigned registrant; and</p>

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

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:70.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(iv)</font></b>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Any other communication that is an
offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.</p>

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

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 35.0pt;text-indent:-35.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2.</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s
annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to 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 that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <i><font style="font-style:italic;">bona fide</font></i> offering
thereof.</p>

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

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 35.0pt;text-indent:-35.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">3.</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 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.</p>

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

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Mountain View, State of California, on June&nbsp;9,
2006.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SYNOPSYS,
  INC.</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Aart J. de Geus</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Aart J. de Geus</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Executive Officer</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS</font></b>, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Aart J. de Geus and Brian Beattie, 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.</p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Executive Officer
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">June&nbsp;9, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:26.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Aart J. de Geus</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Executive Officer) and
  Chairman</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:26.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Aart J. de Geus</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">of the Board of
  Directors</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:26.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:26.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  Chi-Foon Chan</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President, Chief
  Operating Officer</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">June&nbsp;9, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:26.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Chi-Foon Chan</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">and Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:26.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:26.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  Brian M. Beattie</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">June&nbsp;9, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:26.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Brian M. Beattie</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Financial Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:26.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:26.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  Geoff Sloma</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Corporate Controller
  (Principal </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">June&nbsp;9, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:26.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Geoff Sloma</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Accounting Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:26.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:26.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  Deborah A. Coleman</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">June&nbsp;9, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:26.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Deborah A. Coleman</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:26.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:26.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  Bruce R. Chizen</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">June&nbsp;9, 2006</font></p>
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  <td width="26%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:26.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Bruce R. Chizen</font></b></p>
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  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="54%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="26%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:26.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  A. Richard Newton</font></p>
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  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">June&nbsp;9, 2006</font></p>
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  <td width="26%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:26.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">A. Richard Newton</font></b></p>
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  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="26%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:26.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="54%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  Sasson Somekh</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="54%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">June&nbsp;9, 2006</font></p>
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  <td width="26%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:26.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Sasson Somekh</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="54%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  Roy Vallee</font></p>
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  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="54%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">June&nbsp;9, 2006</font></p>
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  <td width="26%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:26.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Roy Vallee</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.1%;">
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="54%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  Steven C. Walske</font></p>
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  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="54%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">June&nbsp;9, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Steven C. Walske</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT INDEX</font></b></p>

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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.22%;">
  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.18%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Description</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.22%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.68%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="78%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:78.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and Restated
  Preferred Shares Rights Agreement dated April&nbsp;7, 2000(1)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="78%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:78.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="78%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:78.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Specimen Common Stock
  Certificate(2)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="78%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:78.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="78%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:78.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Cooley
  Godward LLP</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="78%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:78.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.31</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="78%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:78.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and Restated
  2005 Non-Employee Directors Equity Incentive Plan(3)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="78%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:78.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.39</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="78%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:78.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2006 Employee Equity
  Incentive Plan(3)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="78%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:78.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="78%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:78.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of KPMG LLP,
  Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="78%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:78.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="78%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:78.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Cooley
  Godward LLP (contained in
  Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="78%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:78.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="9%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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by reference from exhibit to Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A (Commission File No.&nbsp;000-19807)
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;10, 2000.</p>

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by reference from exhibit to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1
(File No.&nbsp;33-45138) which became effective February&nbsp;24, 1992.</p>

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by reference from exhibit of the same number to the Company&#146;s Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K filed on April&nbsp;27, 2006.</p>

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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  on June 9, 2006
Registration
  Nos.
333-
333-125225
333-106149
333-103418
333-97317
333-77000
333-71056
333-63216
333-56170
333-45056
333-77597
333-04410
33-78560
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
AND
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
REGISTRATION STATEMENTS
NO. 333-125225, NO. 333-106149,
NO. 333-103418, NO. 333-97317, NO. 333-77000, NO. 333-71056,
NO. 333-63216, NO. 333-56170, NO.
333-45056, NO. 333-77597, 333-04410 AND NO. 33-78560
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SYNOPSYS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as
Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
56-1546236
(State or Other
  Jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or
  Organization)
Identification
  No.)
700 EAST MIDDLEFIELD ROAD
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA
94043
(650) 584-5000
(Address of
Principal Executive Offices,
including Zip Code)
2006 Employee Equity
Incentive Plan
2005 Non-Employee
Directors Equity Incentive Plan
(Full Titles of
the Plans)
AART J. DE GEUS
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
SYNOPSYS, INC.
700 EAST MIDDLEFIELD ROAD
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA
94043
(650) 584-5000
(Name, address,
including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of Securities
To Be
Registered
Amount
To Be
Registered (1)(2)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per
Share (3)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price (3)
Amount of Registration
Fee
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share issuable
  under the 2006 Employee Equity Incentive Plan (1)
47,497,248
$19.76
$938,545,620.50
$0(1)(5)
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, reserved
  for future issuance under the 2005 Non-Employee Directors Equity Incentive
  Plan
450,000
$19.76
$8,892,000.00
$951.45(3)
Total
47,947,248
$19.76
$947,437,620.50
$951.45(1)(3)(5)
Preferred Share Purchase Rights
47,947,248
(4)
(4)
(4)
(1)
This registration statement is (a) a new
  registration statement; (b) a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the
  registrant's registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-125225),
  as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 25, 2005
  (the "2005 Registration Statement"); (c) a Post-Effective Amendment
  No. 1 to the registrant's registration statement on Form S-8
  (File No. 333-106149), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission on June 16, 2003 (the "June 2003 Registration
  Statement"); (d) a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the
  registrant's registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-103418),
  as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 25,
  2003 (the "February 2003 Registration Statement"); (e) a
  Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registrant's registration
  statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-97317), as filed
  with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 30, 2002 (the
  "July 2002 Registration Statement"); (f) a Post-Effective Amendment
  No. 1 to the registrant's registration statement on Form S-8
  (File No. 333-77000), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission on January 18, 2002 (the "January 2002 Registration
  Statement"); (g) a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registrant's
  registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-71056),
  as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 5, 2001
  (the "October 2001 Registration Statement"); (h) a Post-Effective
  Amendment No. 1 to the registrant's registration statement on
  Form S-8 (File No. 333-63216), as filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission on June 18, 2001 (the "June 2001
  Registration Statement"); (i) a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
  the registrant's registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-56170),
  as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26,
  2001 (the "February 2001 Registration Statement"); (j) a
  Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registrant's registration
  statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-45056), as filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 2000 (the "2000
  Registration Statement"); (k) a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
  the registrant's registration statement on Form S-8 (File
  No. 333-77597), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission on May 3, 1999 (the "1999 Registration Statement");
  (l) a Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the registrant's
  registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-04410),
  as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 3, 1996 (the
  "1996 Registration Statement"); and (m) a Post-Effective Amendment
  No. 1 to the registrant's registration statement on Form S-8
  (File No. 33-78560), as filed with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission on May 3, 1994 (the "1994 Registration Statement") (the 2005
  Registration Statement, the June 2003 Registration Statement, the
  February 2003 Registration Statement, the July 2002 Registration
  Statement, the January 2002 Registration Statement, the
  October 2001 Registration Statement, the June 2001 Registration Statement,
  the February 2001 Registration Statement, the 2000 Registration
  Statement, the 1999 Registration Statement, the 1996 Registration Statement
  and the 1994 Registration Statement are collectively referred herein as the
  "Prior Registration Statements"). The shares being registered hereby include
  the shares previously registered for sale and not yet issued under
  (A) the registrant's 2005 Assumed Stock Option Plan (formerly the Nassda
  Corporation 2001 Stock Option Plan) pursuant to the 2005 Registration Statement;
  (B) the registrant's 1998 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan pursuant to the
  June 2003 Registration Statement, the February 2003 Registration
  Statement, the July 2002 Registration Statement, the January 2002
  Registration Statement, the October 2001 Registration Statement, the
  June 2001 Registration Statement, the February 2001 Registration
  Statement and the September 2000 Registration Statement; and
  (C) the registrant's 1992 Stock Option Plan pursuant to the 1999
  Registration Statement, the 1996 Registration Statement and the 1994
  Registration Statement. The number of shares issuable under the 2006 Employee
  Equity Incentive Plan will also be increased by the number of shares that
  would otherwise have reverted to the share reserve of the 2005 Assumed Stock
  Option Plan (formerly the Nassda Corporation 2001 Stock Option Plan), the
  1998 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan and the 1992 Stock Option Plan
  (collectively, the "Plans"), as applicable, as a result of, for example,
  expiration, termination or forfeiture of awards under the Plans. As a result,
  the registration fees paid with respect to the Prior Registration Statements
  are being carried over to this registration statement in accordance with the
  principles set forth in Instruction E to Form S-8 (the "Instruction")
  and Interpretation 89 under Section G, "Securities Act Forms" of the
  Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations of the Division of
  Corporations Finance and the Securities and Exchange Commission (as
  supplemented through September 2004) (the "Interpretation").
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this
Registration Statement shall cover any additional shares of Common Stock which
become issuable in respect of the shares registered hereunder by reason of any
stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction
effected without receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the
number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of
calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) promulgated
under the Securities Act. The offering price per share and aggregate offering
price are based upon the average of the high and low prices of Registrant's
Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ National Market on June 6, 2006, in
accordance with Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act.
(4)
Preferred Share Purchase Rights, which are
attached to the shares of Common Stock to be issued but do not trade separately
from the shares of Common Stock until a triggering event. No additional
offering price attaches to these rights.
(5)
As described in Statement Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8,
below, the registration fee payable for the 47,497,248 shares being
registered hereby under the 2006 Employee Equity Incentive Plan was previously
paid with the Prior Registration Statements. The calculation of the prior
registration statement fees paid and being applied to this registration
statement are as set forth below.
Date
Registration
Statement
Filed
Registration
Statement
Plan Under Which
Shares Registered
Total Shares
Originally
Registered(A)
Number of
Shares
Carried
Over(A)(B)
Maximum
Offering Price
per Share Paid
on Shares
Carried
Over(A)(C)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
for Shares
Carried Over
Amount of
Registration
Fee Paid for
Shares
Carried Over
05/25/05
333-125225
2005 Assumed
Stock Option Plan
(formerly the
Nassda Corporation
2001 Stock Option
Plan)
1,297,664
1,111,914
$18.05(D)
$20,070,047(D)
$838.93
05/25/05
333-125225
2005 Assumed
Stock Option Plan
(formerly the
Nassda Corporation
2001 Stock Option
Plan)
2,296,901
2,296,901
$17.65
$40,540,302
$1,694.58
06/16/03
333-106149
1998 Nonstatutory
Stock Option Plan
1,890,000
1,890,000
$31.13
$58,835,700
$4,759.81
02/25/03
333-103418
1998 Nonstatutory
Stock Option Plan
6,604,516
6,604,516
$20.0375
$132,337,990
$10,706.14
07/30/02
333-97317
1998 Nonstatutory
Stock Option Plan
5,053,520
5,053,520
$20.495
$103,571,890
$9,528.61
01/18/02
333-77000
1998 Nonstatutory
Stock Option Plan
5,000,000
5,000,000
$27.0025
$135,012,400
$12,421.15
10/5/01
333-71056
1998 Nonstatutory
Stock Option Plan
2,782,500
2,782,500
$20.87
$58,056,863
$5,341.23
06/18/01
333-63216
1998 Nonstatutory
Stock Option Plan
2,782,500
2,782,500
$28.65
$79,711,669
$19,928.00
02/26/01
333-56170
1998 Nonstatutory
Stock Option Plan
1,000,000
1,000,000
$24.64
$24,640,625
$6,160.16
09/01/00
333-45056
1998 Nonstatutory
Stock Option Plan
11,600,000
5,066,934
$18.22
$92,319,537
$24,370.69
06/08/00
333-38810
1998 Nonstatutory
Stock Option Plan
1,080,000
0
N/A
N/A
N/A
03/10/00
333-32130
1998 Nonstatutory
Stock Option Plan
4,400,000
0
N/A
N/A
N/A
11/09/99
333-90013
1998 Nonstatutory
Stock Option Plan
2,155,000
0
N/A
N/A
N/A
08/02/99
333-84279
1998 Nonstatutory
Stock Option Plan
2,667,500
0
N/A
N/A
N/A
05/03/99
333-77597
1998 Nonstatutory
Stock Option Plan
5,100,000
0
N/A
N/A
N/A
04/24/98
333-50947
1998 Nonstatutory
Stock Option Plan
1,133,472
0
N/A
N/A
N/A
05/03/99
333-77597
1992 Stock Option
Plan
4,544,656
4,544,656
$23.30
$105,876,282
$29,433.61
05/03/96
333-04410
1992 Stock Option
Plan
13,500,000
13,000,000
$20.38
$264,940,000
$91,358.62
05/05/94
33-78560
1992 Stock Option
Plan
12,000,000
5,673,587
$10.06
$57,090,469
$19,686.51
08/23/93
33-67810
1992 Stock Option
Plan
3,000,000
0
N/A
N/A
N/A
02/24/92
33-45943
1992 Stock Option
Plan
14,752,152
0
N/A
N/A
N/A
Total
104,640,381
57,307,028
$236,228.04
(A)
All share and price numbers adjusted to
reflect the 2-for-1 forward splits of the Common Stock effected on September 8,
1995 and September 24, 2003.
(B)
Consists of shares registered pursuant to such
registration statement less the shares issued upon exercise of stock options
granted under the applicable plan and covered by such registration statement.
(C)
Estimated solely for the purpose of
calculating the registration fee. Such estimate has been computed in accordance
with Rule 457(c) and the third sentence of Rule 457(h)(1) based
upon the average of the high and low price of the common shares of beneficial
shares of Synopsys, Inc. as reported on Nasdaq National Market with
respect to the shares carried over from (i) the 2005 Registration
Statement on May 18, 2005; (ii) the June 2003 Registration
Statement on June 10, 2003; (iii) the February 2003 Registration
Statement on February 20, 2003; (iv) the July 2002 Registration
Statement on July 25, 2002; (v) the January 2002 Registration
Statement on January 16, 2002; (vi) the October 2001 Registration
Statement on October 3, 2001; (vii) the June 2001 Registration
Statement on June 12, 2001; (viii) the February 2001
Registration Statement on February 21, 2001; (ix) the 2000
Registration Statement on August 30, 2000; (x) the 1999 Registration Statement
on April 26, 1999; (xi) the 1996 Registration Statement on May 1,
1996; and (xii) the 1994 Registration Statement on May 4, 1994.
(D)
Calculated
solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(h) promulgated under the Securities Act. The
offering price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon the
weighted average exercise price of outstanding options.
STATEMENT PURSUANT TO GENERAL
INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8
Synopsys, Inc. (the "Company"
or "Registrant") has filed this registration statement to register under the
Securities Act the offer and sale of 47,497,248 common shares, par value $0.01
per share, issuable pursuant to its 2006 Employee Equity Incentive Plan (the "2006
Employee Plan") and 450,000 common shares issuable pursuant to its 2005
Non-Employee Directors Equity Incentive Plan (the "2005 Directors Plan").
The 2006 Employee Plan
was approved and adopted at the Company's 2006 annual meeting of shareholders
held on April 25, 2006 and supersedes and replaces the Company's 1992
Stock Option Plan, 1998 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan and 2005 Assumed Stock
Option Plan (the "Prior Plans").
The number of shares
issuable under the 2006 Employee Plan is comprised of (i) the shares
remaining available for grant under the Prior Plans, (ii) the shares
subject to outstanding options granted under the Prior Plans and (iii) the
shares subject to options assumed by the Company in acquisitions. Shares
subject to options granted under the Prior Plans that are canceled shall become
available for future issuance under the 2006 Employee Plan. The Company desires
to carry over to this registration statement an aggregate of 47,497,248 shares
registered pursuant to the Prior Registration Statements, as defined in Note 1
above, and for which a registration statement has previously been paid.
Following the filing of
this registration statement, the shares carried over from the Prior
Registration Statements will no longer be available for new awards under the
1992 Stock Option Plan, 1998 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan or 2005 Assumed
Stock Option Plan, which plans were terminated as to future grants on the date
of the 2006 annual meeting of stockholders.
Consequently, in
accordance with the Instruction and Interpretation, as defined in Note 1 above,
(1) the Company is carrying over from the Prior Registration Statements
and registering the offer and sale of 47,497,248 common shares under the 2006
Employee Plan pursuant to this registration statement; (2) the
registration fee of $100,424.39 for the shares being registered under the 2006
Employee Plan pursuant to this registration statement is being carried over
from the Prior Registration Statements; (3) the Prior Registration
Statements are being amended on a post-effective basis to reflect the transfer
of an aggregate of 47,497,248 shares to this registration statement.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The
following documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC") are incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the Company's fiscal year ended October 31, 2005, filed with the SEC
on January 12, 2006, pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act");
(b)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended January 31, 2006 filed with the SEC on March 9,
2006 and the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended April 30, 2006, filed with the SEC on June 8, 2006 pursuant to Section 13
of the Exchange Act;
(c)
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K
filed with the SEC on November 1, 2005, November 16, 2005, December 12,
2005, December 22, 2005, March 29, 2006 and April 27, 2006;
(d)
The Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A,
filed with Commission on January 24, 1992, pursuant to Section 12(g) of
the Exchange Act, in which there is described the terms, rights and provisions
applicable to the Registrant's Common Stock; and
(e)
The Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A,
filed with the Commission on October 31, 1997, pursuant to Section 12(g) of
the Exchange Act, and as amended on Form 8-A/A on December 13,
1999 and April 10, 2000 in which there is described the terms, rights and
provisions applicable to the Registrant's Preferred Share Purchase Rights.
1
All reports and other
documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this registration
statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents. Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein 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 subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein 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.
DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not applicable.
INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Not applicable.
INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
permits a corporation to include in its charter documents, and in agreements
between the corporation and its directors and officers, provisions expanding
the scope of indemnification beyond that specifically provided by the current
law.
Article VII, Section 6 of the Company's Bylaws
provides for the indemnification of officers, directors and third parties to
the fullest extent permissible under Delaware Law, which provisions are deemed
to be a contract between the Company and each director and officer who serves
in such capacity while such bylaw is in effect.
In addition, the Company
has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and officers as
defined under Section 16 of the Exchange Act, in addition to the
indemnification provided for in the Company's Bylaws, and intends to enter into
indemnification agreements with any new directors and Section 16 officers
in the future. The Company has also obtained liability insurance for the
benefit of its directors and officers.
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not
applicable.
2
EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
4.1
Amended and Restated Preferred Shares Rights
  Agreement dated April 7, 2000(1)
4.3
Specimen Common Stock Certificate(2)
5.1
Opinion of Cooley Godward LLP
10.31
Amended and Restated 2005 Non-Employee Directors
  Equity Incentive Plan(3)
10.39
2006 Employee Equity Incentive Plan(3)
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public
  Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Cooley Godward LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page)
(1)
Incorporated
by reference from exhibit to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A (Commission File No. 000-19807)
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 10, 2000.
(2)
Incorporated
by reference from exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1
(File No. 33-45138) which became effective February 24, 1992.
(3)
Incorporated
by reference from exhibit of the same number to the Company's Current Report on
Form 8-K filed on April 27, 2006.
3
UNDERTAKINGS
1.
The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(a)
To file, during any period in which
offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required
by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act 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 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
statement.
(iii)
To include any material information
with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement;
Provided,
however,
that paragraphs (a)(i) and (a)(ii) do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by
the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference herein.
(b)
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 herein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)
To remove from registration by means
of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(d)
That, for the purpose of determining
liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser
in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant
undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned
registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the
underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities
are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following
communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser
and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i)
Any preliminary prospectus or
prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to
be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii)
Any free writing prospectus relating
to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used
or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
(iii)
The portion of any other free writing
prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the
undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the
undersigned registrant; and
(iv)
Any other communication that is an
offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
2.
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 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to 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 that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
3.
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 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, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Mountain View, State of California, on June 9,
2006.
SYNOPSYS,
  INC.
By:
/s/ Aart J. de Geus
Aart J. de Geus
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS
, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Aart J. de Geus and Brian Beattie, 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.
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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
Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal
June 9, 2006
/s/ Aart J. de Geus
Executive Officer) and
  Chairman
Aart J. de Geus
of the Board of
  Directors
/s/
  Chi-Foon Chan
President, Chief
  Operating Officer
June 9, 2006
Chi-Foon Chan
and Director
/s/
  Brian M. Beattie
Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal
June 9, 2006
Brian M. Beattie
Financial Officer)
/s/
  Geoff Sloma
Corporate Controller
  (Principal
June 9, 2006
Geoff Sloma
Accounting Officer)
/s/
  Deborah A. Coleman
Director
June 9, 2006
Deborah A. Coleman
/s/
  Bruce R. Chizen
Director
June 9, 2006
Bruce R. Chizen
/s/
  A. Richard Newton
Director
June 9, 2006
A. Richard Newton
/s/
  Sasson Somekh
Director
June 9, 2006
Sasson Somekh
/s/
  Roy Vallee
Director
June 9, 2006
Roy Vallee
/s/
  Steven C. Walske
Director
June 9, 2006
Steven C. Walske
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated
  Preferred Shares Rights Agreement dated April 7, 2000(1)
4.3
Specimen Common Stock
  Certificate(2)
5.1
Opinion of Cooley
  Godward LLP
10.31
Amended and Restated
  2005 Non-Employee Directors Equity Incentive Plan(3)
10.39
2006 Employee Equity
  Incentive Plan(3)
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP,
  Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Cooley
  Godward LLP (contained in
  Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page)
(1)
Incorporated
by reference from exhibit to Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A (Commission File No. 000-19807)
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 10, 2000.
(2)
Incorporated
by reference from exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1
(File No. 33-45138) which became effective February 24, 1992.
(3)
Incorporated
by reference from exhibit of the same number to the Company's Current Report on
Form 8-K filed on April 27, 2006.
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