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 <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;10, 2006</font></b></p> <div style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 6.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"> <p align="right" style="border:none;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;padding:0pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></b></p> </div>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Washington,
D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">FORM&nbsp;S-8</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<br>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NETWORK
ENGINES, INC.<br>
</font></b>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">25 Dan
  Road, Canton, Massachusetts</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">02021-2817</font></b></p>
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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1999
Stock Incentive Plan, as amended</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Gregory A. Shortell<br>
Network Engines,&nbsp;Inc.<br>
25 Dan Road<br>
Canton, Massachusetts 02021-2817<br>
</font></b>(Name and Address of Agent for Service)</p>

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332-1000<br>
</font></b><font style="font-weight:normal;">(Telephone Number, Including
Area Code, of Agent for Service)</font></p>

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  of securities<br>
  to be registered</p>
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  Registered(1)</font></b></p>
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  price per share(2)</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed maximum aggregate offering price</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount of<br>
  registration fee</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Stock<br>
  $.01 par value</font></p>
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  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double #030A00 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.2%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">750,000</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$2.015</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$1,511,250</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$162</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Pursuant
to Rule&nbsp;416(a)&nbsp;of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement
shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable
under the Plan being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement by
reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other
similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results
in an increase in the number of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of Common
Stock.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Computed
in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457 (c)&nbsp;and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration
fee, based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on
the Nasdaq National Market on May&nbsp;9, 2006.</p>


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

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Included in this
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 is an additional 750,000 shares
of Common Stock of Network Engines,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) authorized for
issuance under the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the &#147;1999 Plan&#148;).
These additional shares have become authorized for issuance as a result of the
operation of the &#147;evergreen&#148; provision contained in the 1999 Plan. This
provision provides for annual increases in the shares authorized for issuance
under the 1999 Plan pursuant to a specified formula.</font></p>

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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This registration
statement incorporates by reference the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8,
File No.&nbsp;333-41374, filed by the Registrant on July&nbsp;13, 2000,
relating to the Registrant&#146;s 1999 Plan, 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and
2000 Director Stock Option Plan.</font></p>


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<p align="center" style="line-height:89%;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:89%;">SIGNATURES</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act,
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 Canton, Massachusetts on May&nbsp;10,
2006.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.5%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Gregory A. Shortell</font></u></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="44%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gregory A. Shortell<br>
  President and Chief Executive Officer</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="line-height:89%;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:89%;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="line-height:89%;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:20.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:89%;">POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We, the undersigned officers and directors of Network
Engines,&nbsp;Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint Gregory A.
Shortell, Douglas G. Bryant and Philip P. Rossetti and each of them singly, our
true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to
sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 filed herewith and any and all
subsequent amendments to said Registration Statement, and generally to do all
such things in our names and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors
to enable Network Engines Inc. to comply with all requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our
signatures as they may be signed by said attorneys, or any of them, to said
Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.</font></p>

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

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  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.36%;">
  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.92%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><b><u><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Signature</font></u></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.36%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.54%;">
  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.48%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><u><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Title</font></u></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.54%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.16%;">
  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.48%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><u><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Date</font></u></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.16%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  <font style="text-transform:uppercase;">Gregory A. Shortell</font></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="37%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.66%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gregory
  A. Shortell</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;President and Chief Executive Officer<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Principal
  Executive Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;10,
  2006</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  <font style="text-transform:uppercase;">Douglas G. Bryant</font></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="37%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.66%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Douglas G.
  Bryant</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vice
  President of Finance and Administration,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief
  Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Principal
  Financial and Accounting Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;10,
  2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.8%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ <font style="text-transform:uppercase;">John A. Blaeser</font></font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John A. Blaeser</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.8%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;10,
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ <font style="text-transform:uppercase;">Gary E. Haroian</font></font></p>
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  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Director</font></p>
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  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.8%;">
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ <font style="text-transform:uppercase;">Dennis A. Kirshy</font></font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dennis A. Kirshy</font></p>
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  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Director</font></p>
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  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.8%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;10,
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ <font style="text-transform:uppercase;">Fontaine K. Richardson</font></font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.8%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Fontaine K.
  Richardson</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.8%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;10,
  2006</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.8%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="37%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s<font style="text-transform:uppercase;">/ Robert M. Wadsworth</font></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.8%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert M.
  Wadsworth</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.8%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;10,
  2006</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;">Exhibit<br>
  Number</p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.16%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Description</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
  (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5)</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent
  accountants</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of Attorney (included in the signature
  pages&nbsp;of this Registration Statement)</font></p>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2006
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NETWORK
ENGINES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
04-3064173
(State or Other
  Jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or
  Organization)
Identification
  Number)
25 Dan
  Road, Canton, Massachusetts
02021-2817
(Address of
  Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
1999
Stock Incentive Plan, as amended
(Full Title of the Plan)
Gregory A. Shortell
Network Engines, Inc.
25 Dan Road
Canton, Massachusetts 02021-2817
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(781)
332-1000
(Telephone Number, Including
Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Title
  of securities
to be registered
Amount to be
Registered(1)
Proposed maximum offering
price per share(2)
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price
Amount of
registration fee
Common Stock
$.01 par value
750,000
$2.015
$1,511,250
$162
(1)
Pursuant
to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement
shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable
under the Plan being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement by
reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other
similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results
in an increase in the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common
Stock.
(2)
Computed
in accordance with Rule 457 (c) and (h) under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration
fee, based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on
the Nasdaq National Market on May 9, 2006.
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
Included in this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 is an additional 750,000 shares
of Common Stock of Network Engines, Inc. (the "Company") authorized for
issuance under the 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the "1999 Plan").
These additional shares have become authorized for issuance as a result of the
operation of the "evergreen" provision contained in the 1999 Plan. This
provision provides for annual increases in the shares authorized for issuance
under the 1999 Plan pursuant to a specified formula.
STATEMENT OF
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
This registration
statement incorporates by reference the Registration Statement on Form S-8,
File No. 333-41374, filed by the Registrant on July 13, 2000,
relating to the Registrant's 1999 Plan, 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and
2000 Director Stock Option Plan.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act,
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 Canton, Massachusetts on May 10,
2006.
NETWORK ENGINES, INC.
By:
/s/ Gregory A. Shortell
Gregory A. Shortell
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Network
Engines, Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint Gregory A.
Shortell, Douglas G. Bryant and Philip P. Rossetti and each of them singly, our
true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to
sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all
subsequent amendments to said Registration Statement, and generally to do all
such things in our names and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors
to enable Network Engines Inc. to comply with all requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our
signatures as they may be signed by said attorneys, or any of them, to said
Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
Gregory A. Shortell
Gregory
  A. Shortell
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal
  Executive Officer)
May 10,
  2006
/s/
Douglas G. Bryant
Douglas G.
  Bryant
Vice
  President of Finance and Administration,
Chief
  Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary
(Principal
  Financial and Accounting Officer)
May 10,
  2006
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/s/
John A. Blaeser
John A. Blaeser
Director
May 10,
  2006
/s/
Gary E. Haroian
Gary E. Haroian
Director
May 10,
  2006
/s/
Dennis A. Kirshy
Dennis A. Kirshy
Director
May 10,
  2006
/s/
Fontaine K. Richardson
Fontaine K.
  Richardson
Director
May 10,
  2006
/s
/ Robert M. Wadsworth
Robert M.
  Wadsworth
Director
May 10,
  2006
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
5
Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
23.1
Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
  (included in Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent
  accountants
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Power of Attorney (included in the signature
  pages of this Registration Statement)
II-
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