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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on March&nbsp;20, 2006<br>
Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED
STATES<br>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

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D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&nbsp;S-8</font></b></p>

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STATEMENT<br>
UNDER THE SECURITIES</font></b><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">
ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">HEMACARE
CORPORATION</font></b></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">95-3280412</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or other jurisdiction of <br>
  incorporation or organization)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S. Employer <br>
  Identification No.)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">21101
Oxnard Street<br>
Woodland Hills, California 91367</font></b></p>

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executive offices) (Zip Code)</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1996 STOCK INCENTIVE
PLAN</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Robert S. Chilton<br>
Chief Financial Officer <br>
21101 Oxnard Street<br>
Woodland Hills, California 91367</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Name and address of agent for service)</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(818) 251-5300</font></b></p>

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service)</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Copy to:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Peter M. Menard,&nbsp;Esq.<br>
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter&nbsp;&amp; Hampton LLP<br>
333&nbsp;South Hope Street, 48th Floor<br>
Los Angeles, California&#160; 90071<br>
(213) 620-1780</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;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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  securities to be registered</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount to be <br>
  registered (2)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed maximum <br>
  offering price per share (3)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed maximum <br>
  aggregate offering price (3)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount of <br>
  registration fee (3)</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Stock (1)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .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:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">500,000
  shares</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$2.50</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$1,250,000</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$134.00</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><sup><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></sup><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Includes the associated Rights to
Purchase Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock pursuant to the Rights
Agreement dated as of March 3, 1998, between the registrant and U.S. Stock
Transfer Corporation.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><sup><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></sup><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition, this Registration Statement
also covers such indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock as may&nbsp;be
issued pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein as a result of
the adjustment provisions thereof.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><sup><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></sup><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h), the maximum
offering price, per share and in the aggregate, and the registration fee were
calculated based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common
Stock on March&nbsp;15, 2006, as reported by the National Association of
Securities Dealer OTCBB.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">HemaCare Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) hereby files this
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) to register 500,000 additional shares of the
Company&#146;s Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the Company&#146;s 1996 Stock
Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;), and such indeterminate number of additional shares
as may&nbsp;become available under the Plan as a result of the adjustment&#160; provisions thereof. On July&nbsp;19, 1996,
the shareholders of the Company approved the Plan. The Company registered the
750,000 shares initially available for issuance pursuant to the Plan on a
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-18601) filed with
the Commission on December&nbsp;23, 1996. On June&nbsp;29, 1998, the
shareholders of the Company approved an amendment of the Plan, which increased
from 750,000 to 1,400,000 the number of shares available for issuance pursuant
to the Plan. On June&nbsp;15, 2000, the shareholders of the Company approved a
further amendment of the Plan, which increased from 1,400,000 to 2,000,000 the
number of shares available for issuance pursuant to the Plan. The Company
registered such 1,250,000 additional shares on a Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8
(File No.&nbsp;333-114013) filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;29, 2004. On
May&nbsp;24, 2005, the shareholders of the Company approved a further amendment
of the Plan, which increased from 2,000,000 to 2,500,000 the number of shares
available for issuance pursuant to the Plan.</font></p>

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

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
THE SECTION&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;PROSPECTUS</font></b></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The document(s) containing the information specified
in Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8 (plan information and registrant information)
will be sent or given to participants in the Plan as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1)&nbsp;promulgated
by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;). These documents need not be filed with the Commission either as part&nbsp;of
this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to Securities Act Rule&nbsp;424 in accordance with the Note to Part&nbsp;I
of Form&nbsp;S-8. These documents,&#160; and
the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant
to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of Form&nbsp;S-8, taken together, constitute a
prospectus that meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;of the
Securities Act.</font></p>

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

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 3.</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Incorporation
of Documents by Reference.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following documents, previously filed by the Company
with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><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;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for its fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31,
2005, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;20, 2006;</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><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;&#160; </font>All
other reports filed pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or 15(d)&nbsp;of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), since the end
of the fiscal year covered by the annual report referred to in (a)&nbsp;above;</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><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;&#160;&#160; </font>The
description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, dated December&nbsp;5, 1986, filed
with the Commission, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description; and</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><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;&#160;&#160; </font>The
description of the Company's Rights to Purchase Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A,
dated March 10, 1998, filed with the Commission, and any amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All documents subsequently filed by the Company
pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement and to be a part&nbsp;hereof from the date of
filing of such documents. Any information that is furnished in any document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, but that is not</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">deemed &#147;filed&#148; under the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act, is not incorporated by reference herein. Any
statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is
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 other subsequently filed
document which also is or 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 amended, to constitute
a part&nbsp;of this Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 4.</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;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Description of Securities.</font></p>

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

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 5.</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;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</font></p>

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

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 6.</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;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indemnification of Directors and
Officers.</font></p>

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

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;204 of the General Corporation Law of the
State of California (the &#147;California Law&#148;) permits the limitation of the
personal liability of a director for monetary damages in an action brought by
or in the right of the corporation for breach of a director&#146;s duties to the
corporation and its shareholders under certain conditions and subject to
certain limitations.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;317 of the California Law (i)&nbsp;permits
indemnification of directors, officers, employees and other agents of the
corporation under certain conditions and subject to certain limitations and (ii)&nbsp;provides
that the corporation has the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf
of its directors, officers, employees and other agents against any liability
asserted against or incurred by them in such capacity or arising out of their
status as such.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Article&nbsp;Five of the Restated Articles of
Incorporation of the Registrant provides as follows:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><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;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Limitation
of Directors&#146; Liability. The liability of the directors of the corporation for
monetary damages shall be eliminated to the fullest extent permissible under
California law.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><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;&#160; </font>Indemnification
of Corporate Agents. The corporation is authorized to provide, whether by bylaw,
agreement or resolution of the board of directors or shareholders of the
corporation, for the indemnification of agents (as defined in Section&nbsp;317
of the California General Corporation Law) of the corporation in excess of that
expressly permitted by such Section&nbsp;317, for breach of duty to the
corporation and its shareholders to the fullest extent permissible under
California law.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><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;&#160;&#160; </font>Repeal
or Modification. Any repeal or modification of this Article&nbsp;Five by the
shareholders of the corporation shall not adversely affect any right or
protection of a director or agent of the corporation existing at the time of
such repeal or modification.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Article&nbsp;VI of the Bylaws of the Company provides
as follows:</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.1 INDEMNIFICATION - THIRD PARTY
PROCEEDINGS. The corporation shall indemnify any person (the &#147;Indemnitee&#148;) who
is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any proceeding (other
than an action by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in
its favor) by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director or
officer of the corporation, or any subsidiary of the corporation, and the
corporation may&nbsp;indemnify a person who is or was a party or is threatened
to be made a party to any proceeding (other than an action by or in the right
of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor) by reason of the fact
that such person is or was an employee or other agent of the corporation (the &#147;Indemnitee
Agent&#148;) by reason of any action or inaction on the part&nbsp;of Indemnitee or
Indemnitee Agent while an officer, director or agent</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">or by reason of the fact that Indemnitee or Indemnitee
Agent is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including subject to Section&nbsp;6.19,
attorneys&#146; fees and any expenses of establishing a right to indemnification
pursuant to this Article&nbsp;VI or under California law), judgments, fines,
settlements (if such settlement is approved in advance by the corporation,
which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) and other amounts actually
and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent in connection with such
proceeding if Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent acted in good faith and in a
manner Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, in the case of a criminal
proceeding, if Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent had no reasonable cause to
believe Indemnitee&#146;s or Indemnitee Agent&#146;s conduct was unlawful. The
termination of any proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or
upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent did not act in good faith and
in a manner which Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent reasonably believed to be in
or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, or with respect to any
criminal proceedings, would not create a presumption that Indemnitee or
Indemnitee Agent had reasonable cause to believe that Indemnitee&#146;s or
Indemnitee Agent&#146;s conduct was unlawful.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.2&#160;
INDEMNIFICATION - PROCEEDINGS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE CORPORATION. The
corporation shall indemnify Indemnitee and may&nbsp;indemnify Indemnitee Agent
if Indemnitee, or Indemnitee Agent, as the case may&nbsp;be, was or is a party
or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action by or in the right of the corporation or any subsidiary of the
corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that
Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent is or was a director, officer, employee or other
agent of the corporation, or any subsidiary of the corporation, by reason of
any action or inaction on the part&nbsp;of Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent while
an officer, director or agent or by reason of the fact that Indemnitee or
Indemnitee Agent is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including subject to Section&nbsp;6.19,
attorneys&#146; fees and any expenses of establishing a right to indemnification
pursuant to this Article&nbsp;VI or under California law) and, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, amounts paid in settlement, in each case to the extent
actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent in
connection with the defense or settlement of the proceeding if Indemnitee or
Indemnitee Agent acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee or Indemnitee
Agent believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation
and its shareholders, except that no indemnification shall be made with respect
to any claim, issue or matter to which Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent shall
have been adjudged to have been liable to the corporation in the performance of
Indemnitee&#146;s or Indemnitee Agent&#146;s duty to the corporation and its
shareholders, unless and only to the extent that the court in which such
proceeding is or was pending shall determine upon application that, in view of
all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for expenses and then only to the extent that
the court shall determine.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.3&#160;
SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE ON MERITS. To the extent that Indemnitee or
Indemnitee Agent without limitation has been successful on the merits in
defense of any proceeding referred to in Sections&nbsp;6.1 or 6.2 above, or in
defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation shall indemnify
Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent in
connection therewith.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.4&#160;
CERTAIN TERMS DEFINED. For purposes of this Article&nbsp;VI, references
to &#147;other enterprises&#148; shall include employee benefit plans, references to &#147;fines&#148;
shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent with
respect to an employee benefit plan, and references to &#147;proceeding&#148; shall
include any threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative. References to &#147;corporation&#148;
include all constituent corporations absorbed in a consolidation or merger as
well as the resulting or surviving corporation, so that any person who is or
was a director, officer, employee, or other</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">agent of such a constituent corporation or who, being
or having been such a director, officer, employee or other agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise shall stand
in the same position under the provisions of this Article&nbsp;VI with respect
to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would if he or she had
served the resulting or surviving corporation in the same capacity.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.5&#160;
ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES. The corporation shall advance all expenses
incurred by Indemnitee and may&nbsp;advance all or any expenses incurred by
Indemnitee Agent in connection with the investigation, defense, settlement
(excluding amounts actually paid in settlement of any action, suit or
proceeding) or appeal of any civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding referenced
in Sections&nbsp;6.1 or 6.2 hereof. Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent hereby
undertakes to repay such amounts advanced only if, and to the extent that, it
shall be determined ultimately that Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent is not
entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized hereby. The
advances to be made hereunder shall be paid by the corporation (i)&nbsp;to
Indemnitee within twenty (20) days following delivery of a written request
therefor by Indemnitee to the corporation; and (ii)&nbsp;to Indemnitee Agent
within twenty (20) days following the later of a written request therefor by
Indemnitee Agent to the corporation and determination by the corporation to
advance expenses to Indemnitee Agent pursuant to the corporation&#146;s
discretionary authority hereunder.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.6&#160;
NOTICE OF CLAIM. Indemnitee shall, as a condition precedent to his or
her right to be indemnified under this Article&nbsp;VI, and Indemnitee Agent
shall, as a condition precedent to his or her ability to be indemnified under
this Article&nbsp;VI, give the corporation notice in writing as soon as
practicable of any claim made against Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent, as the
case may&nbsp;be, for which indemnification will or could be sought under this Article&nbsp;VI.
Notice to the corporation shall be directed to the secretary of the corporation
at the principal business office of the corporation (or such other address as
the corporation shall designate in writing to Indemnitee). In addition,
Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent shall give the corporation such information and
cooperation as it may&nbsp;reasonably require and as shall be within Indemnitee&#146;s
or Indemnitee Agent&#146;s power.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.7&#160;
ENFORCEMENT RIGHTS. Any indemnification provided for in
Sections&nbsp;6.1 or 6.2 or 6.3 shall be made no later than sixty (60) days
after receipt of the written request of Indemnitee. If a claim or request under
this Article&nbsp;VI, under any statute, or under any provision of the
corporation&#146;s Articles of Incorporation providing for indemnification is not
paid by the corporation, or on its behalf, within sixty (60) days after written
request for payment thereof has been received by the corporation, Indemnitee
may, but need not, at any time thereafter bring suit against the corporation to
recover the unpaid amount of the claim or request, and subject to Section&nbsp;6.19,
Indemnitee shall also be entitled to be paid for the expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees) of bringing such action. It shall be a defense to any such
action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred
in connection with any action, suit or proceeding in advance of its final
disposition) that Indemnitee has not met the standards of conduct which make it
permissible under applicable law for the corporation to indemnify Indemnitee
for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the
corporation, and Indemnitee shall be entitled to receive interim payments of
expenses pursuant to Section&nbsp;6.5 unless and until such defense may&nbsp;be
finally adjudicated by court order or judgment for which no further right of
appeal exists. The parties hereto intend that if the corporation contests
Indemnitee&#146;s right to indemnification, the question of Indemnitee&#146;s right to
indemnification shall be a decision for the court, and no presumption regarding
whether the applicable standard has been met will arise based on any
determination or lack of determination of such by the corporation (including
its Board or any subgroup thereof, independent legal counsel or its
shareholders). The board of directors may, in its discretion, provide by
resolution for similar or identical enforcement rights for any Indemnitee
Agent.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.8&#160;
ASSUMPTION OF DEFENSE. In the event the corporation shall be obligated
to pay the expenses of any proceeding against the Indemnitee or Indemnitee
Agent, as the case may&nbsp;be,</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the corporation, if appropriate, shall be entitled to
assume the defense of such proceeding with counsel approved by Indemnitee or
Indemnitee Agent, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, upon the
delivery to Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent of written notice of its election so
to do. After delivery of such notice, approval of such counsel by Indemnitee or
Indemnitee Agent and the retention of such counsel by the corporation, the
corporation will not be liable to Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent under this Article&nbsp;VI
for any fees of counsel subsequently incurred by Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent
with respect to the same proceeding, unless (i)&nbsp;the employment of counsel
by Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent is authorized by the corporation, (ii)&nbsp;Indemnitee
or Indemnitee Agent shall have reasonably concluded that there may&nbsp;be a
conflict of interest of such counsel retained by the corporation between the
corporation and Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent in the conduct of such defense,
or (iii)&nbsp;the corporation ceases or terminates the employment of such
counsel with respect to the defense of such proceeding, in any of which events
then the fees and expenses of Indemnitee&#146;s or Indemnitee Agent&#146;s counsel shall
be at the expense of the corporation. At all times, Indemnitee or Indemnitee
Agent shall have the right to employ other counsel in any such proceeding at
Indemnitee&#146;s or Indemnitee Agent&#146;s expense.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.9&#160;
APPROVAL OF EXPENSES. No expenses for which indemnity shall be sought
under this Article&nbsp;VI, other than those in respect of judgments and
verdicts actually rendered, shall be incurred without the prior consent of the
corporation, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.10&#160;
SUBROGATION. In the event of payment under this Article&nbsp;VI, the
corporation shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the
rights of recovery of the Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent, who shall do all
things that may&nbsp;be necessary to secure such rights, including the
execution of such documents necessary to enable the corporation effectively to
bring suit to enforce such rights.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.11&#160;
EXCEPTIONS. Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary,
the corporation shall not be obligated pursuant to this Article&nbsp;VI:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:42.0pt;"><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; </font>Excluded
Acts. To indemnify Indemnitee (i)&nbsp;as to circumstances in which indemnity
is expressly prohibited pursuant to California law, or (ii)&nbsp;for any acts
or omissions or transactions from which a director may&nbsp;not be relieved of
liability pursuant to California law; or</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:42.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:42.0pt;"><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; </font>Claims
Initiated by Indemnitee. To indemnify or advance expenses to Indemnitee with
respect to proceedings or claims initiated or brought voluntarily by Indemnitee
and not by way of defense, except with respect to proceedings brought to
establish or enforce a right to indemnification under this Article&nbsp;VI or
any other statute or law or as otherwise required under the Corporations Code
of California, but such indemnification or advancement of expenses may&nbsp;be
provided by the corporation in specific cases if the board of directors has
approved the initiation or bringing of such suit; or</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:42.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:42.0pt;"><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; </font>Lack of
Good Faith. To indemnify Indemnitee for any expenses incurred by the Indemnitee
with respect to any proceeding instituted by Indemnitee to enforce or interpret
this Article&nbsp;VI, if a court of competent jurisdiction determines that such
proceeding was not made in good faith or was frivolous; or</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:42.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:42.0pt;"><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; </font>Insured
Claims. To indemnify Indemnitee for expenses or liabilities of any type
whatsoever (including, but not limited to, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes
or penalties, and amounts paid in settlement) which have been paid directly to
Indemnitee by an insurance carrier under a policy of officers&#146; and directors&#146;
liability insurance maintained by the corporation; or</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:42.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;text-indent:42.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</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; </font>Claims
Under Section&nbsp;16(b). To indemnify Indemnitee for expenses and the payment
of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities in
violation of Section&nbsp;16(b)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or any similar successor statute.</p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.12&#160;
PARTIAL INDEMNIFICATION. If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision
of this Article&nbsp;VI to indemnification by the corporation for some or a
portion of the expenses, judgments, fines or penalties actually or reasonably
incurred by the Indemnitee in the investigation, defense, appeal or settlement
of any civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding, but not, however, for the
total amount thereof, the corporation shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee
for the portion of such expenses, judgments, fines or penalties to which
Indemnitee is entitled.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.13&#160;
COVERAGE. This Article&nbsp;VI shall, to the extent permitted by law,
apply to acts or omissions of (i)&nbsp;Indemnitee which occurred prior to the
adoption of this Article&nbsp;VI if Indemnitee was a director or officer of the
corporation or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or
officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, at the time such act or omission occurred; and (ii)&nbsp;Indemnitee
Agent which occurred prior to the adoption of this Article&nbsp;VI if
Indemnitee Agent was an employee or other agent of the corporation or was
serving at the request of the corporation as an employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise at the time
such act or omission occurred. All rights to indemnification under this Article&nbsp;VI
shall be deemed to be provided by a contract between the corporation and the
Indemnitee in which the corporation hereby agrees to indemnify Indemnitee to
the fullest extent permitted by law, notwithstanding that such indemnification
is not specifically authorized by the corporation&#146;s Articles of Incorporation,
these Bylaws or by statute. Any repeal or modification of these Bylaws, the
Corporations Code of California or any other applicable law shall not affect
any rights or obligations then existing under this Article&nbsp;VI. The
provisions of this Article&nbsp;VI shall continue as to Indemnitee and
Indemnitee Agent for any action taken or not taken while serving in an
indemnified capacity even though the Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent may&nbsp;have
ceased to serve in such capacity at the time of any action, suit or other
covered proceeding. This Article&nbsp;VI shall be binding upon the corporation
and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and
Indemnitee Agent and Indemnitee&#146;s and Indemnitee Agent&#146;s estate, heirs, legal
representatives and assigns.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.14&#160;
NON-EXCLUSIVITY. Nothing herein shall be deemed to diminish or otherwise
restrict any rights to which Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent may&nbsp;be
entitled under the corporation&#146;s Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws, any
agreement, any vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, or under the
laws of the State of California.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.15&#160;
SEVERABILITY. Nothing in this Article&nbsp;VI is intended to require or
shall be construed as requiring the corporation to do or fail to do any act in
violation of applicable law. If this Article&nbsp;VI or any portion hereof
shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then
the corporation shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent to
the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article&nbsp;VI
that shall not have been invalidated.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.16&#160;
MUTUAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Both the corporation and Indemnitee acknowledge
that in certain instances, Federal law or applicable public policy may&nbsp;prohibit
the corporation from indemnifying its directors and officers under this Article&nbsp;VI
or otherwise. Indemnitee understands and acknowledges that the corporation has
undertaken or may&nbsp;be required in the future to undertake with the
Securities and Exchange Commission to submit the question of indemnification to
a court in certain circumstances for a determination of the corporation&#146;s right
under public policy to indemnify Indemnitee.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.17&#160;
OFFICER AND DIRECTOR LIABILITY INSURANCE. The corporation shall, from
time to time, make the good faith determination whether or not it is
practicable for the corporation to obtain and maintain a policy or policies of
insurance with reputable insurance companies providing the officers and
directors of the corporation with coverage for losses from wrongful acts, or to
ensure the corporation&#146;s performance of its indemnification obligations under
this Article&nbsp;VI. Among other considerations, the corporation will weigh
the costs of obtaining such insurance coverage against the protection afforded
by such coverage. Notwithstanding the</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">foregoing, the corporation shall have no obligation to
obtain or maintain such insurance if the corporation determines in good faith
that such insurance is not reasonably available, if the premium costs for such
insurance are disproportionate to the amount of coverage provided, if the
coverage provided by such insurance is limited by exclusions so as to provide
an insufficient benefit, or if Indemnitee is covered by similar insurance
maintained by a subsidiary or parent of the corporation.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.18&#160;
NOTICE TO INSURERS. If, at the time of the receipt of a notice of a
claim pursuant to Section&nbsp;6.6 hereof, the corporation has director and
officer liability insurance in effect, the corporation shall give prompt notice
of the commencement of such proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the
procedures set forth in the respective policies. The corporation shall
thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to
pay, on behalf of the Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such
proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.19&#160;
ATTORNEYS&#146; FEES. In the event that any action is instituted by
Indemnitee under this Article&nbsp;VI to enforce or interpret any of the terms
hereof, Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid all court costs and expenses,
including reasonable attorneys&#146; fees, incurred by Indemnitee with respect to
such action, unless as a part&nbsp;of such action, the court of competent
jurisdiction determines that the action was not instituted in good faith or was
frivolous. In the event of an action instituted by or in the name of the
corporation under this Article&nbsp;VI, or to enforce or interpret any of the
terms of this Article&nbsp;VI, Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid all
court costs and expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees, incurred by Indemnitee in
defense of such action (including with respect to Indemnitee&#146;s counterclaims
and cross-claims made in such action), unless as a part&nbsp;of such action the
court determines that Indemnitee&#146;s defenses to such action were not made in
good faith or were frivolous. The board of directors may, in its discretion,
provide by resolution for payment of such attorneys&#146; fees to any Indemnitee
Agent.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;6.20&#160;
NOTICE. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under
this Article&nbsp;VI shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given (i)&nbsp;if
delivered by hand and receipted for by the addressee, on the date of such
receipt, or (ii)&nbsp;if mailed by domestic certified or registered mail with
postage prepaid, on the third business day after the date postmarked.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company has entered into an agreement with each of
its directors and certain of its officers indemnifying them to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company maintains an insurance policy pursuant to
which the directors and certain officers of the Company are insured, within the
limits and subject to the limitations of the policy, against certain expenses
in connection with the defense of certain claims, actions, suits or
proceedings, and certain liabilities which might be imposed as a result of such
claims, actions, suits or proceedings, which may&nbsp;be brought against them
by reason of their being or having been such directors or officers.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 7.</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exemption
from Registration Claimed.</font></p>

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

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 8.</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibits.</font></p>

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

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="93%" style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:.3in;width:93.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit&nbsp;<br>
  Number</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.98%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:86.26%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Description of Exhibit</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.98%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:86.26%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:86.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Restated
  Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to
  the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
  2002).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:86.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:10.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:86.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and
  Restated Bylaws, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to
  the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;20,
  2003).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

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

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:86.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:86.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Rights Agreement
  dated as of March 3, 1998, between the Company and U.S. Stock Transfer
  Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to the Company's Current
  Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 5, 1998).</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:86.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:86.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of
  Sheppard, Mullin, Richter&nbsp;&amp; Hampton LLP.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:86.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:86.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Ernst&nbsp;&amp;
  Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:86.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:86.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of
  Stonefield Josephson,&nbsp;Inc., Independent Registered Public Accounting
  Firm</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:86.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:86.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of
  Sheppard, Mullin, Richter&nbsp;&amp; Hampton LLP (included in its opinion
  filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:86.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:86.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of
  Attorney (See page&nbsp;12).</font></p>
  </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 9.</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Undertakings.</font></p>

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

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><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;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><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><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To file, during any period in which
offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</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;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)&nbsp;of
the Securities Act of 1933;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</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><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of this 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 this
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&nbsp;be reflected
in the form&nbsp;of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;if,
in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20
percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation
of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement; and</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</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><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To include any material information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration
Statement;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Provided,
however,</font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> that
paragraphs&nbsp;(a)(1)(i)&nbsp;and (a)(1)(ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference&#160; in this Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><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><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><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><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><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;&#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&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
annual report</p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9</font></p>

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

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><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;&#160;&#160; </font>Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may&nbsp;be
permitted to directors, executive officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6 above, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities 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 Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.</p>

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

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10</font></p>

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

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SIGNATURES</font></p>

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

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly
caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Woodland Hills, State of
California, on March&nbsp;20, 2006.</font></p>

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

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  <td width="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">HEMACARE CORPORATION</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.92%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.12%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Judi Irving</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.52%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Judi Irving,</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.56%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.52%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President and Chief
  Executive Officer (Principal<br>
  Executive Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11</font></p>

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

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></p>

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

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">FILING OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM&nbsp;S-8</font></p>

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

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the
undersigned directors and officers of HEMACARE CORPORATION, a California
corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), hereby nominate and appoint Judi Irving and Robert
S. Chilton, and each of them acting or signing singly, as his or her agents and
attorneys-in-fact (the &#147;Agents&#148;), in his or her respective name and in the
capacity or capacities indicated below to execute and/or file, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, (1)&nbsp;a
registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), in connection with the registration under the Act of
shares of the Company&#146;s Common Stock issuable under the 1996 Stock Incentive Plan
(including the schedules and all exhibits and other documents filed therewith
or constituting a part&nbsp;thereof); and (2)&nbsp;any one or more amendments
to any part&nbsp;of the foregoing registration statement, including any
post-effective amendments, or appendices or supplements that may&nbsp;be
required to be filed under the Act to keep such registration statement
effective or to terminate its effectiveness.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Further, the undersigned do hereby authorize and
direct such agents and attorneys-in-fact to take any and all actions and
execute and file any and all documents with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;), or state regulatory agencies, necessary, proper or
convenient in their opinion to comply with the Act and the rules&nbsp;and
regulations or orders of the SEC, or state regulatory agencies, adopted or
issued pursuant thereto, including the making of any requests for acceleration
of the effective date of said registration statement, to the end that the
registration statement of the Company shall become effective under the Act and
any other applicable law.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Finally, each of the undersigned does hereby ratify,
confirm and approve each and every act and document which the said appointed
agents and attorneys-in-fact may&nbsp;take, execute or file pursuant thereto
with the same force and effect as though such action had been taken or such
documents had been executed or filed by the undersigned respectively.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until revoked or superseded by written notice filed with the SEC.</font></p>

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

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><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 below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</font></p>

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

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  <td width="32%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:32.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Signature</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:42.76%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Title</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.44%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Date</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:42.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Julian L. Steffenhagen </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:42.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman of the Board and Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.44%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March&nbsp;20, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Julian L. Steffenhagen</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:42.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.44%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:42.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.44%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.92%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Judi Irving </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:42.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President and Chief Executive Officer <br>
  (Principal Executive Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.44%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March&nbsp;20, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.92%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Judi Irving</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:42.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.44%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.92%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:42.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.44%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.92%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Robert S. Chilton </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:42.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Executive Vice President, Chief <br>
  Financial Officer and Secretary </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.44%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March&nbsp;20, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.92%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert S. Chilton</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:42.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Principal Financial and Accounting <br>
  Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.44%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.92%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:42.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.44%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.92%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Steven Gerber </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:42.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.44%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March&nbsp;20, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.92%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Steven Gerber</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:42.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.44%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.92%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:42.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.44%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.92%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Robert L. Johnson </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:42.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.44%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March&nbsp;20, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.92%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert L. Johnson</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:42.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.44%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.92%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:42.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.44%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="26%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:26.92%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Terry Van Der Tuuk </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.08%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.02%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:42.76%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.78%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:20.44%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March&nbsp;20, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">EXHIBIT&nbsp;INDEX<br><br></font></b></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit&nbsp;<br>
  Number</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.3%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Description</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.3%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.44%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:9.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Restated
  Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to
  the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
  2002).</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and
  Restated Bylaws, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to
  the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;20,
  2003).</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Rights Agreement
  dated as of March 3, 1998, between the Company and U.S. Stock Transfer
  Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to the Company's Current
  Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 5, 1998).</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of
  Sheppard, Mullin, Richter&nbsp;&amp; Hampton LLP.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Ernst&nbsp;&amp;
  Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of
  Stonefield Josephson,&nbsp;Inc., Independent Registered Public Accounting
  Firm</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of
  Sheppard, Mullin, Richter&nbsp;&amp; Hampton LLP (included in its opinion
  filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of
  Attorney (See page&nbsp;12).</font></p>
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{"company-data": {"conformed-name": "HEMACARE CORP /CA/", "cik": "0000801748", "assigned-sic": "8090", "irs-number": "953280412", "state-of-incorporation": "CA", "fiscal-year-end": "1231"}, "filing-values": {"form-type": "S-8", "act": "33", "file-number": "333-132603", "film-number": "06701104"}, "business-address": {"street1": "21101 OXNARD STREET", "city": "WOODLAND HILLS", "state": "CA", "zip": "91367", "phone": "818-226-1968"}, "mail-address": {"street1": "21101 OXNARD STREEET", "city": "WOODLAND HILLS", "state": "CA", "zip": "91367"}}
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on March 20, 2006
Registration No. 333-
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933
HEMACARE
CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
California
95-3280412
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
21101
Oxnard Street
Woodland Hills, California 91367
(Address of principal
executive offices) (Zip Code)
1996 STOCK INCENTIVE
PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Robert S. Chilton
Chief Financial Officer
21101 Oxnard Street
Woodland Hills, California 91367
(Name and address of agent for service)
(818) 251-5300
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for
service)
Copy to:
Peter M. Menard, Esq.
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
333 South Hope Street, 48th Floor
Los Angeles, California  90071
(213) 620-1780
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each class of
securities to be registered
Amount to be
registered (2)
Proposed maximum
offering price per share (3)
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering price (3)
Amount of
registration fee (3)
Common Stock (1)
500,000
  shares
$2.50
$1,250,000
$134.00
(1)
Includes the associated Rights to
Purchase Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock pursuant to the Rights
Agreement dated as of March 3, 1998, between the registrant and U.S. Stock
Transfer Corporation.
(2)
In addition, this Registration Statement
also covers such indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock as may be
issued pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein as a result of
the adjustment provisions thereof.
(3)
Pursuant to Rule 457(h), the maximum
offering price, per share and in the aggregate, and the registration fee were
calculated based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common
Stock on March 15, 2006, as reported by the National Association of
Securities Dealer OTCBB.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
HemaCare Corporation (the "Company") hereby files this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") to register 500,000 additional shares of the
Company's Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the Company's 1996 Stock
Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), and such indeterminate number of additional shares
as may become available under the Plan as a result of the adjustment  provisions thereof. On July 19, 1996,
the shareholders of the Company approved the Plan. The Company registered the
750,000 shares initially available for issuance pursuant to the Plan on a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-18601) filed with
the Commission on December 23, 1996. On June 29, 1998, the
shareholders of the Company approved an amendment of the Plan, which increased
from 750,000 to 1,400,000 the number of shares available for issuance pursuant
to the Plan. On June 15, 2000, the shareholders of the Company approved a
further amendment of the Plan, which increased from 1,400,000 to 2,000,000 the
number of shares available for issuance pursuant to the Plan. The Company
registered such 1,250,000 additional shares on a Registration Statement on Form S-8
(File No. 333-114013) filed with the Commission on March 29, 2004. On
May 24, 2005, the shareholders of the Company approved a further amendment
of the Plan, which increased from 2,000,000 to 2,500,000 the number of shares
available for issuance pursuant to the Plan.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information specified
in Part I of Form S-8 (plan information and registrant information)
will be sent or given to participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated
by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"). These documents need not be filed with the Commission either as part of
this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to Securities Act Rule 424 in accordance with the Note to Part I
of Form S-8. These documents,  and
the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant
to Item 3 of Part II of Form S-8, taken together, constitute a
prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the
Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation
of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, previously filed by the Company
with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
The
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31,
2005, filed with the Commission on March 20, 2006;
(b)
All
other reports filed pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since the end
of the fiscal year covered by the annual report referred to in (a) above;
(c)
The
description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated December 5, 1986, filed
with the Commission, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description; and
(d)
The
description of the Company's Rights to Purchase Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock contained in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A,
dated March 10, 1998, filed with the Commission, and any amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents. Any information that is furnished in any document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, but that is not
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deemed "filed" under the
Securities Act or the Exchange Act, is not incorporated by reference herein. Any
statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is
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 other subsequently filed
document which also is or 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 amended, to constitute
a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and
Officers.
Section 204 of the General Corporation Law of the
State of California (the "California Law") permits the limitation of the
personal liability of a director for monetary damages in an action brought by
or in the right of the corporation for breach of a director's duties to the
corporation and its shareholders under certain conditions and subject to
certain limitations.
Section 317 of the California Law (i) permits
indemnification of directors, officers, employees and other agents of the
corporation under certain conditions and subject to certain limitations and (ii) provides
that the corporation has the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf
of its directors, officers, employees and other agents against any liability
asserted against or incurred by them in such capacity or arising out of their
status as such.
Article Five of the Restated Articles of
Incorporation of the Registrant provides as follows:
(a)
Limitation
of Directors' Liability. The liability of the directors of the corporation for
monetary damages shall be eliminated to the fullest extent permissible under
California law.
(b)
Indemnification
of Corporate Agents. The corporation is authorized to provide, whether by bylaw,
agreement or resolution of the board of directors or shareholders of the
corporation, for the indemnification of agents (as defined in Section 317
of the California General Corporation Law) of the corporation in excess of that
expressly permitted by such Section 317, for breach of duty to the
corporation and its shareholders to the fullest extent permissible under
California law.
(c)
Repeal
or Modification. Any repeal or modification of this Article Five by the
shareholders of the corporation shall not adversely affect any right or
protection of a director or agent of the corporation existing at the time of
such repeal or modification.
Article VI of the Bylaws of the Company provides
as follows:
Section 6.1 INDEMNIFICATION - THIRD PARTY
PROCEEDINGS. The corporation shall indemnify any person (the "Indemnitee") who
is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any proceeding (other
than an action by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in
its favor) by reason of the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director or
officer of the corporation, or any subsidiary of the corporation, and the
corporation may indemnify a person who is or was a party or is threatened
to be made a party to any proceeding (other than an action by or in the right
of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor) by reason of the fact
that such person is or was an employee or other agent of the corporation (the "Indemnitee
Agent") by reason of any action or inaction on the part of Indemnitee or
Indemnitee Agent while an officer, director or agent
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or by reason of the fact that Indemnitee or Indemnitee
Agent is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including subject to Section 6.19,
attorneys' fees and any expenses of establishing a right to indemnification
pursuant to this Article VI or under California law), judgments, fines,
settlements (if such settlement is approved in advance by the corporation,
which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) and other amounts actually
and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent in connection with such
proceeding if Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent acted in good faith and in a
manner Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, in the case of a criminal
proceeding, if Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent had no reasonable cause to
believe Indemnitee's or Indemnitee Agent's conduct was unlawful. The
termination of any proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or
upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent did not act in good faith and
in a manner which Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent reasonably believed to be in
or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, or with respect to any
criminal proceedings, would not create a presumption that Indemnitee or
Indemnitee Agent had reasonable cause to believe that Indemnitee's or
Indemnitee Agent's conduct was unlawful.
Section 6.2 
INDEMNIFICATION - PROCEEDINGS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE CORPORATION. The
corporation shall indemnify Indemnitee and may indemnify Indemnitee Agent
if Indemnitee, or Indemnitee Agent, as the case may be, was or is a party
or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action by or in the right of the corporation or any subsidiary of the
corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that
Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent is or was a director, officer, employee or other
agent of the corporation, or any subsidiary of the corporation, by reason of
any action or inaction on the part of Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent while
an officer, director or agent or by reason of the fact that Indemnitee or
Indemnitee Agent is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including subject to Section 6.19,
attorneys' fees and any expenses of establishing a right to indemnification
pursuant to this Article VI or under California law) and, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, amounts paid in settlement, in each case to the extent
actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent in
connection with the defense or settlement of the proceeding if Indemnitee or
Indemnitee Agent acted in good faith and in a manner Indemnitee or Indemnitee
Agent believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation
and its shareholders, except that no indemnification shall be made with respect
to any claim, issue or matter to which Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent shall
have been adjudged to have been liable to the corporation in the performance of
Indemnitee's or Indemnitee Agent's duty to the corporation and its
shareholders, unless and only to the extent that the court in which such
proceeding is or was pending shall determine upon application that, in view of
all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for expenses and then only to the extent that
the court shall determine.
Section 6.3 
SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE ON MERITS. To the extent that Indemnitee or
Indemnitee Agent without limitation has been successful on the merits in
defense of any proceeding referred to in Sections 6.1 or 6.2 above, or in
defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation shall indemnify
Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent against expenses (including attorneys' fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent in
connection therewith.
Section 6.4 
CERTAIN TERMS DEFINED. For purposes of this Article VI, references
to "other enterprises" shall include employee benefit plans, references to "fines"
shall include any excise taxes assessed on Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent with
respect to an employee benefit plan, and references to "proceeding" shall
include any threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative. References to "corporation"
include all constituent corporations absorbed in a consolidation or merger as
well as the resulting or surviving corporation, so that any person who is or
was a director, officer, employee, or other
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agent of such a constituent corporation or who, being
or having been such a director, officer, employee or other agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise shall stand
in the same position under the provisions of this Article VI with respect
to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person would if he or she had
served the resulting or surviving corporation in the same capacity.
Section 6.5 
ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES. The corporation shall advance all expenses
incurred by Indemnitee and may advance all or any expenses incurred by
Indemnitee Agent in connection with the investigation, defense, settlement
(excluding amounts actually paid in settlement of any action, suit or
proceeding) or appeal of any civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding referenced
in Sections 6.1 or 6.2 hereof. Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent hereby
undertakes to repay such amounts advanced only if, and to the extent that, it
shall be determined ultimately that Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent is not
entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized hereby. The
advances to be made hereunder shall be paid by the corporation (i) to
Indemnitee within twenty (20) days following delivery of a written request
therefor by Indemnitee to the corporation; and (ii) to Indemnitee Agent
within twenty (20) days following the later of a written request therefor by
Indemnitee Agent to the corporation and determination by the corporation to
advance expenses to Indemnitee Agent pursuant to the corporation's
discretionary authority hereunder.
Section 6.6 
NOTICE OF CLAIM. Indemnitee shall, as a condition precedent to his or
her right to be indemnified under this Article VI, and Indemnitee Agent
shall, as a condition precedent to his or her ability to be indemnified under
this Article VI, give the corporation notice in writing as soon as
practicable of any claim made against Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent, as the
case may be, for which indemnification will or could be sought under this Article VI.
Notice to the corporation shall be directed to the secretary of the corporation
at the principal business office of the corporation (or such other address as
the corporation shall designate in writing to Indemnitee). In addition,
Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent shall give the corporation such information and
cooperation as it may reasonably require and as shall be within Indemnitee's
or Indemnitee Agent's power.
Section 6.7 
ENFORCEMENT RIGHTS. Any indemnification provided for in
Sections 6.1 or 6.2 or 6.3 shall be made no later than sixty (60) days
after receipt of the written request of Indemnitee. If a claim or request under
this Article VI, under any statute, or under any provision of the
corporation's Articles of Incorporation providing for indemnification is not
paid by the corporation, or on its behalf, within sixty (60) days after written
request for payment thereof has been received by the corporation, Indemnitee
may, but need not, at any time thereafter bring suit against the corporation to
recover the unpaid amount of the claim or request, and subject to Section 6.19,
Indemnitee shall also be entitled to be paid for the expenses (including
attorneys' fees) of bringing such action. It shall be a defense to any such
action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred
in connection with any action, suit or proceeding in advance of its final
disposition) that Indemnitee has not met the standards of conduct which make it
permissible under applicable law for the corporation to indemnify Indemnitee
for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the
corporation, and Indemnitee shall be entitled to receive interim payments of
expenses pursuant to Section 6.5 unless and until such defense may be
finally adjudicated by court order or judgment for which no further right of
appeal exists. The parties hereto intend that if the corporation contests
Indemnitee's right to indemnification, the question of Indemnitee's right to
indemnification shall be a decision for the court, and no presumption regarding
whether the applicable standard has been met will arise based on any
determination or lack of determination of such by the corporation (including
its Board or any subgroup thereof, independent legal counsel or its
shareholders). The board of directors may, in its discretion, provide by
resolution for similar or identical enforcement rights for any Indemnitee
Agent.
Section 6.8 
ASSUMPTION OF DEFENSE. In the event the corporation shall be obligated
to pay the expenses of any proceeding against the Indemnitee or Indemnitee
Agent, as the case may be,
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the corporation, if appropriate, shall be entitled to
assume the defense of such proceeding with counsel approved by Indemnitee or
Indemnitee Agent, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, upon the
delivery to Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent of written notice of its election so
to do. After delivery of such notice, approval of such counsel by Indemnitee or
Indemnitee Agent and the retention of such counsel by the corporation, the
corporation will not be liable to Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent under this Article VI
for any fees of counsel subsequently incurred by Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent
with respect to the same proceeding, unless (i) the employment of counsel
by Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent is authorized by the corporation, (ii) Indemnitee
or Indemnitee Agent shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a
conflict of interest of such counsel retained by the corporation between the
corporation and Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent in the conduct of such defense,
or (iii) the corporation ceases or terminates the employment of such
counsel with respect to the defense of such proceeding, in any of which events
then the fees and expenses of Indemnitee's or Indemnitee Agent's counsel shall
be at the expense of the corporation. At all times, Indemnitee or Indemnitee
Agent shall have the right to employ other counsel in any such proceeding at
Indemnitee's or Indemnitee Agent's expense.
Section 6.9 
APPROVAL OF EXPENSES. No expenses for which indemnity shall be sought
under this Article VI, other than those in respect of judgments and
verdicts actually rendered, shall be incurred without the prior consent of the
corporation, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Section 6.10 
SUBROGATION. In the event of payment under this Article VI, the
corporation shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the
rights of recovery of the Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent, who shall do all
things that may be necessary to secure such rights, including the
execution of such documents necessary to enable the corporation effectively to
bring suit to enforce such rights.
Section 6.11 
EXCEPTIONS. Notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary,
the corporation shall not be obligated pursuant to this Article VI:
(a)
Excluded
Acts. To indemnify Indemnitee (i) as to circumstances in which indemnity
is expressly prohibited pursuant to California law, or (ii) for any acts
or omissions or transactions from which a director may not be relieved of
liability pursuant to California law; or
(b)
Claims
Initiated by Indemnitee. To indemnify or advance expenses to Indemnitee with
respect to proceedings or claims initiated or brought voluntarily by Indemnitee
and not by way of defense, except with respect to proceedings brought to
establish or enforce a right to indemnification under this Article VI or
any other statute or law or as otherwise required under the Corporations Code
of California, but such indemnification or advancement of expenses may be
provided by the corporation in specific cases if the board of directors has
approved the initiation or bringing of such suit; or
(c)
Lack of
Good Faith. To indemnify Indemnitee for any expenses incurred by the Indemnitee
with respect to any proceeding instituted by Indemnitee to enforce or interpret
this Article VI, if a court of competent jurisdiction determines that such
proceeding was not made in good faith or was frivolous; or
(d)
Insured
Claims. To indemnify Indemnitee for expenses or liabilities of any type
whatsoever (including, but not limited to, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes
or penalties, and amounts paid in settlement) which have been paid directly to
Indemnitee by an insurance carrier under a policy of officers' and directors'
liability insurance maintained by the corporation; or
(e)
Claims
Under Section 16(b). To indemnify Indemnitee for expenses and the payment
of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities in
violation of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or any similar successor statute.
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Section 6.12 
PARTIAL INDEMNIFICATION. If Indemnitee is entitled under any provision
of this Article VI to indemnification by the corporation for some or a
portion of the expenses, judgments, fines or penalties actually or reasonably
incurred by the Indemnitee in the investigation, defense, appeal or settlement
of any civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding, but not, however, for the
total amount thereof, the corporation shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee
for the portion of such expenses, judgments, fines or penalties to which
Indemnitee is entitled.
Section 6.13 
COVERAGE. This Article VI shall, to the extent permitted by law,
apply to acts or omissions of (i) Indemnitee which occurred prior to the
adoption of this Article VI if Indemnitee was a director or officer of the
corporation or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or
officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, at the time such act or omission occurred; and (ii) Indemnitee
Agent which occurred prior to the adoption of this Article VI if
Indemnitee Agent was an employee or other agent of the corporation or was
serving at the request of the corporation as an employee or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise at the time
such act or omission occurred. All rights to indemnification under this Article VI
shall be deemed to be provided by a contract between the corporation and the
Indemnitee in which the corporation hereby agrees to indemnify Indemnitee to
the fullest extent permitted by law, notwithstanding that such indemnification
is not specifically authorized by the corporation's Articles of Incorporation,
these Bylaws or by statute. Any repeal or modification of these Bylaws, the
Corporations Code of California or any other applicable law shall not affect
any rights or obligations then existing under this Article VI. The
provisions of this Article VI shall continue as to Indemnitee and
Indemnitee Agent for any action taken or not taken while serving in an
indemnified capacity even though the Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent may have
ceased to serve in such capacity at the time of any action, suit or other
covered proceeding. This Article VI shall be binding upon the corporation
and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and
Indemnitee Agent and Indemnitee's and Indemnitee Agent's estate, heirs, legal
representatives and assigns.
Section 6.14 
NON-EXCLUSIVITY. Nothing herein shall be deemed to diminish or otherwise
restrict any rights to which Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent may be
entitled under the corporation's Articles of Incorporation, these Bylaws, any
agreement, any vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, or under the
laws of the State of California.
Section 6.15 
SEVERABILITY. Nothing in this Article VI is intended to require or
shall be construed as requiring the corporation to do or fail to do any act in
violation of applicable law. If this Article VI or any portion hereof
shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then
the corporation shall nevertheless indemnify Indemnitee or Indemnitee Agent to
the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article VI
that shall not have been invalidated.
Section 6.16 
MUTUAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Both the corporation and Indemnitee acknowledge
that in certain instances, Federal law or applicable public policy may prohibit
the corporation from indemnifying its directors and officers under this Article VI
or otherwise. Indemnitee understands and acknowledges that the corporation has
undertaken or may be required in the future to undertake with the
Securities and Exchange Commission to submit the question of indemnification to
a court in certain circumstances for a determination of the corporation's right
under public policy to indemnify Indemnitee.
Section 6.17 
OFFICER AND DIRECTOR LIABILITY INSURANCE. The corporation shall, from
time to time, make the good faith determination whether or not it is
practicable for the corporation to obtain and maintain a policy or policies of
insurance with reputable insurance companies providing the officers and
directors of the corporation with coverage for losses from wrongful acts, or to
ensure the corporation's performance of its indemnification obligations under
this Article VI. Among other considerations, the corporation will weigh
the costs of obtaining such insurance coverage against the protection afforded
by such coverage. Notwithstanding the
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foregoing, the corporation shall have no obligation to
obtain or maintain such insurance if the corporation determines in good faith
that such insurance is not reasonably available, if the premium costs for such
insurance are disproportionate to the amount of coverage provided, if the
coverage provided by such insurance is limited by exclusions so as to provide
an insufficient benefit, or if Indemnitee is covered by similar insurance
maintained by a subsidiary or parent of the corporation.
Section 6.18 
NOTICE TO INSURERS. If, at the time of the receipt of a notice of a
claim pursuant to Section 6.6 hereof, the corporation has director and
officer liability insurance in effect, the corporation shall give prompt notice
of the commencement of such proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the
procedures set forth in the respective policies. The corporation shall
thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to
pay, on behalf of the Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such
proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies.
Section 6.19 
ATTORNEYS' FEES. In the event that any action is instituted by
Indemnitee under this Article VI to enforce or interpret any of the terms
hereof, Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid all court costs and expenses,
including reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred by Indemnitee with respect to
such action, unless as a part of such action, the court of competent
jurisdiction determines that the action was not instituted in good faith or was
frivolous. In the event of an action instituted by or in the name of the
corporation under this Article VI, or to enforce or interpret any of the
terms of this Article VI, Indemnitee shall be entitled to be paid all
court costs and expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred by Indemnitee in
defense of such action (including with respect to Indemnitee's counterclaims
and cross-claims made in such action), unless as a part of such action the
court determines that Indemnitee's defenses to such action were not made in
good faith or were frivolous. The board of directors may, in its discretion,
provide by resolution for payment of such attorneys' fees to any Indemnitee
Agent.
Section 6.20 
NOTICE. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under
this Article VI shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given (i) if
delivered by hand and receipted for by the addressee, on the date of such
receipt, or (ii) if mailed by domestic certified or registered mail with
postage prepaid, on the third business day after the date postmarked.
The Company has entered into an agreement with each of
its directors and certain of its officers indemnifying them to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law.
The Company maintains an insurance policy pursuant to
which the directors and certain officers of the Company are insured, within the
limits and subject to the limitations of the policy, against certain expenses
in connection with the defense of certain claims, actions, suits or
proceedings, and certain liabilities which might be imposed as a result of such
claims, actions, suits or proceedings, which may be brought against them
by reason of their being or having been such directors or officers.
Item 7.
Exemption
from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Restated
  Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
  the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
  2002).
4.2
Amended and
  Restated Bylaws, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
  the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 20,
  2003).
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4.3
Rights Agreement
  dated as of March 3, 1998, between the Company and U.S. Stock Transfer
  Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to the Company's Current
  Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 5, 1998).
5.1
Opinion of
  Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP.
23.1
Consent of Ernst &
  Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of
  Stonefield Josephson, Inc., Independent Registered Public Accounting
  Firm
23.2
Consent of
  Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP (included in its opinion
  filed as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of
  Attorney (See page 12).
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a)
The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which
offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of this 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 this
Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease
in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the
low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected
in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if,
in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20
percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation
of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration
Statement;
Provided,
however,
that
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference  in this Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)
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 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report
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pursuant to Section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, executive officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6 above, or otherwise,
the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities 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 Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly
caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Woodland Hills, State of
California, on March 20, 2006.
HEMACARE CORPORATION
By
/s/ Judi Irving
Judi Irving,
President and Chief
  Executive Officer (Principal
Executive Officer)
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
FILING OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the
undersigned directors and officers of HEMACARE CORPORATION, a California
corporation (the "Company"), hereby nominate and appoint Judi Irving and Robert
S. Chilton, and each of them acting or signing singly, as his or her agents and
attorneys-in-fact (the "Agents"), in his or her respective name and in the
capacity or capacities indicated below to execute and/or file, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, (1) a
registration statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Act"), in connection with the registration under the Act of
shares of the Company's Common Stock issuable under the 1996 Stock Incentive Plan
(including the schedules and all exhibits and other documents filed therewith
or constituting a part thereof); and (2) any one or more amendments
to any part of the foregoing registration statement, including any
post-effective amendments, or appendices or supplements that may be
required to be filed under the Act to keep such registration statement
effective or to terminate its effectiveness.
Further, the undersigned do hereby authorize and
direct such agents and attorneys-in-fact to take any and all actions and
execute and file any and all documents with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC"), or state regulatory agencies, necessary, proper or
convenient in their opinion to comply with the Act and the rules and
regulations or orders of the SEC, or state regulatory agencies, adopted or
issued pursuant thereto, including the making of any requests for acceleration
of the effective date of said registration statement, to the end that the
registration statement of the Company shall become effective under the Act and
any other applicable law.
Finally, each of the undersigned does hereby ratify,
confirm and approve each and every act and document which the said appointed
agents and attorneys-in-fact may take, execute or file pursuant thereto
with the same force and effect as though such action had been taken or such
documents had been executed or filed by the undersigned respectively.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until revoked or superseded by written notice filed with the SEC.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Julian L. Steffenhagen
Chairman of the Board and Director
March 20, 2006
Julian L. Steffenhagen
/s/ Judi Irving
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
March 20, 2006
Judi Irving
/s/ Robert S. Chilton
Executive Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer and Secretary
March 20, 2006
Robert S. Chilton
(Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
/s/ Steven Gerber
Director
March 20, 2006
Steven Gerber
/s/ Robert L. Johnson
Director
March 20, 2006
Robert L. Johnson
/s/ Terry Van Der Tuuk
Director
March 20, 2006
Terry Van Der Tuuk
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Restated
  Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
  the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
  2002).
4.2
Amended and
  Restated Bylaws, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
  the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on February 20,
  2003).
4.3
Rights Agreement
  dated as of March 3, 1998, between the Company and U.S. Stock Transfer
  Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to the Company's Current
  Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 5, 1998).
5.1
Opinion of
  Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP.
23.1
Consent of Ernst &
  Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of
  Stonefield Josephson, Inc., Independent Registered Public Accounting
  Firm
23.2
Consent of
  Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP (included in its opinion
  filed as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of
  Attorney (See page 12).
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