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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;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>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WASHINGTON, D.C.&#160; 20549</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&#160; S-8</font></b></p>

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

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THQ INC.<br>
</font></b>(Exact name of registrant as specified in 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;">13-3541686</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or other
  jurisdiction of</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(IRS Employer</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">incorporation or
  organization)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Identification
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<p 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;">29903 Agoura Road<br>
Agoura Hills,&#160; California&#160; 91301</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of
principal executive offices, including zip code)</font></p>

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

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THQ Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan<br>
</font></b>(Full title of the plans)</p>

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

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Vice President, Legal and Assistant Secretary</font></b></p>

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

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">29903 Agoura Road</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Agoura Hills, California 91301</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(818) 871-5000</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;(Name, Address and Telephone Number, including
Area Code, of Agent For Service)</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:12.0pt 0pt;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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  Title&nbsp;of&nbsp;Securities<br>
  to&nbsp;be&nbsp;Registered</p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.14%;">
  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;"><br>Amount&nbsp;to&nbsp;Be&nbsp;<br>
  Registered</font></b>(1)</p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.1%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed&nbsp;Maximum<br>
  Offering&nbsp;Price<br>
  Per&nbsp;Share</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.46%;">
  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;"><br>Proposed&nbsp;Maximum&nbsp;Aggregate<br>
  Offering&nbsp;Price</font></b>&nbsp;(2)</p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.7%;">
  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;"><br>Amount&nbsp;of&nbsp;<br>
  Registration&nbsp;Fee</font></b>&nbsp;(2)</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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Stock ($0.01 par
  value)(3)</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6,500,000</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">26.82</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <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="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">174,330,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">18,654</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font style="font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font></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>Includes
6,000,000 shares available for issuance under the THQ Inc. 2006 Long-Term
Incentive Plan and 500,000 shares available for grant under the THQ Inc. Employee
Stock Purchase Plan.&#160; In addition,
pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or
sold pursuant to the employee benefit plans described herein.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:6.0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. Pursuant to Rule
457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, the proposed maximum
offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price have
been determined on the basis of the average of the high and low prices reported
on the Global Select Market of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, on September 11,
2006.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:6.0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Each
share of common stock includes rights to purchase Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock pursuant to a rights agreement between THQ Inc. and
Computershare Investors Services, LLC, as Rights Agent.</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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">THQ Inc. </font>(&#147;THQ&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;) is filing this registration statement on Form S-8 (this &#147;Registration
Statement&#148;) to register shares of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share,
of Registrant (&#147;Common Stock&#148;) that may be issued under the THQ Inc. 2006
Long-Term Incentive Plan and the THQ Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#147;Plans&#148;).</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PART
I<br>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Information
required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted
from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428(b)(1) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), and the Introductory
Note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified
in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the Plans as required by
Rule 428(b).</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PART
II<br>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 3.&#160; Incorporation of Documents by Reference</font></b></p>

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

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Registrant&#146;s
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, filed on
June 7, 2006, which contains audited financial statements for Registrant&#146;s
latest fiscal year;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Registrant&#146;s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2006, filed
on August 10, 2006;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Registrant&#146;s
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on May 11, 2006, June 20, 2006, July 26, 2006,
August 25, 2006 and August 30, 2006;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>all
other reports filed by Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), since the end
of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report referred to in (a)
above; and</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><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;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>the
description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s
registration statement on Form 8-A, including any amendments or reports filed
for the purpose of updating such description.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the
date of this Registration Statement, and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
have been sold or which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Unless
express incorporated into this Registration Statement, a report furnished on
Form 8-K prior or subsequent to the date hereof shall not be incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement.&#160;
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein
or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 4.&#160; Description of Securities</font></b></p>

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

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5.&#160; Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:24.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
validity of the issuance of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby will be
passed upon for the Registrant by Sheryl Kinlaw, Vice President, Legal and
Assistant Secretary of the Registrant.&#160;
As of September 18, 2006, Ms. Kinlaw did not own any shares of
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock but did hold options to purchase Common Stock of the
Registrant.</font></p>


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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 6.&#160; Indemnification of Directors and Officers</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following
summaries are subject to the complete text of the statutes and organizational
documents of the Registrant described below and are qualified in their entirety
by reference thereto. The Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the
State of Delaware.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:12.0pt 0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware
General Corporation Law enables a Delaware corporation to provide in its
certificate of incorporation for the elimination or limitation of the personal
liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Any such provision cannot
eliminate or limit a director&#146;s liability: (1) for any breach of the director&#146;s
duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; (2) for acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law; (3) under Section 174 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law (which imposes liability on directors for unlawful payment of
dividends or unlawful stock purchase or redemption); or (4) for any transaction
from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">Section 145 of the Delaware
Corporation Law provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation and certain other
persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities against
amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection with an action or proceeding
to which he is or is threatened to be made a party by reason of such position,
if such person shall have acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and,
in any criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to believe
his conduct was unlawful.&#160; A Delaware corporation
may indemnify its officers and directors in an action by or in the right of the
corporation under the same conditions, except that judicial approval of the
indemnification is required if the officer or director is judged to be liable
to the corporation in the performance of his or her duty. Where an officer or
director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action
referred to above, the corporation must indemnify the officer or director
against the expenses which he or she actually and reasonably incurred.</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">Article Eighth of Registrant&#146;s
certificate of incorporation, as amended, provide for the indemnification of
Registrant&#146;s directors and officers to the fullest extent permissible under
Delaware law, and if Delaware law is amended to further eliminate or reduce directors&#146;
and officers&#146; liability to a Delaware corporation, Registrant&#146;s directors and
officers liability shall be so eliminated or reduced as well.</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">In addition, in accordance with the
Delaware General Corporation Law, Article Eighth of Registrant&#146;s certificate of
incorporation, as amended, limits the personal liability of Registrant&#146;s
directors for violations of their fiduciary duty. This provision eliminates
each director&#146;s liability to Registrant or Registrant&#146;s stockholders for
monetary damages except (i) for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to
Registrant or Registrant&#146;s stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good
faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,
(iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law providing for
liability of directors for unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock
purchases or redemptions, or (iv) for any transaction from which a director
derived an improper personal benefit. The effect of this provision is to
eliminate the personal liability of directors for monetary damages for actions
involving a breach of their fiduciary duty of care, including any such actions
involving gross negligence.</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">In addition to the indemnification
provided in Registrant&#146;s certificate of incorporation, as amended, and the
amended and restated bylaws and by Delaware law, the Registrant has entered
into indemnification agreements with its directors and executive officers to
provide additional contractual assurances regarding the scope of
indemnification and to provide additional procedural protections.</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">Registrant also carries insurance
policies that cover Registrant&#146;s individual directors and officers for legal
liability and which Registrant would pay on their behalf for expenses of indemnifying
them in accordance with the certificate of incorporation, as amended, and the
amended and restated bylaws and Delaware law.</font></b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><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>Exemption from
Registration Claimed</p>

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

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><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>Exhibits</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Reference is made to the
Index of Exhibits.</font></p>


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<p align="left" style="margin:12.0pt 0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item
9.&#160; Undertakings</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:12.0pt 0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160; The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&nbsp;To file,
during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To include any prospectus required by section
  10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</font></p>
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  </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>
  </td>
  <td width="567" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:425.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</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;">To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
  arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most
  recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
  aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
  Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
  decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
  securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
  deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
  may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
  to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
  represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set
  forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
  registration statement; and</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="47" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="567" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:425.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To include any material information with respect to
  the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
  Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration
  Statement;</font></p>
  </td>
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</table>

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

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">provided, however, that
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to
section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement; and paragraphs
(a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-3 and the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to
section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a
form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the
registration statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&nbsp;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 style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)&nbsp;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 style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&nbsp;The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s
annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall
be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&nbsp;Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of
1933 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 of 1933 and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></p>


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

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each person whose signature to the Registration
Statement appears below hereby appoints Brian J. Farrell and Edward Zinser, and
each of them, his attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to execute in the name and on behalf of such person,
individually and in the capacity stated below, and to file, all amendments to
this Registration Statement, which amendments may make such changes in and
additions to this Registration Statement as such attorneys-in-fact may deem
necessary or appropriate.</font></p>

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

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 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 Agoura Hills and the
State of California on September 18, 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;">By:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Brian J.
  Farrell</font></p>
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  Farrell,</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman of the
  Board,</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <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:3.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President and
  Chief Executive Officer</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Times New Roman;width:100.0%;">
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="30%" colspan="6" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:30.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading -->Signature</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.88%;">
  <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;">Title</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.2%;">
  <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;">Date</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="30%" colspan="6" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:30.8%;">
  <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;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.52%;">
  <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;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.88%;">
  <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;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.62%;">
  <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;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.2%;">
  <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;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="15%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Brian J.
  Farrell</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.42%;">
  <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:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director, Chairman of the Board, </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September 18, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="30%" colspan="6" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:30.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Brian J. Farrell</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President and Chief Executive <br>
  Officer (Principal Executive <br>
  Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="30%" colspan="6" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:30.8%;">
  <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="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.88%;">
  <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="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="15%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Edward
  Zinser </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.42%;">
  <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:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Executive Vice President, Chief </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September 18, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="30%" colspan="6" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:30.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Edward Zinser</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Financial Officer (Principal <br>
  Financial Officer and Principal <br>
  Accounting Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="30%" colspan="6" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:30.8%;">
  <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="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.88%;">
  <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="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="18%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:18.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Lawrence
  Burstein</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.58%;">
  <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:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September 18, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="30%" colspan="6" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:30.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Lawrence
  Burstein</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.88%;">
  <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:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="30%" colspan="6" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:30.8%;">
  <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="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.88%;">
  <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="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="14%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Henry DeNero</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September 18, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="30%" colspan="6" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:30.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Henry DeNero</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.88%;">
  <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:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="30%" colspan="6" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:30.8%;">
  <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="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.88%;">
  <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="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="17%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Brian
  Dougherty</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.78%;">
  <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:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September 18, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="30%" colspan="6" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:30.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Brian Dougherty</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.88%;">
  <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:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="30%" colspan="6" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:30.8%;">
  <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="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.88%;">
  <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="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="18%" colspan="5" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:18.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Jeffrey W.
  Griffiths</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.94%;">
  <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:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September 18, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="30%" colspan="6" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:30.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Jeffrey W.
  Griffiths</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.88%;">
  <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:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="30%" colspan="6" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:30.8%;">
  <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="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.88%;">
  <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="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="17%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ James L.
  Whims</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.78%;">
  <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:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September 18, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="30%" colspan="6" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:30.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">James L. Whims</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.88%;">
  <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:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.2%;">
  <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="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">INDEX
OF EXHIBITS</font></b></p>

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 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading -->Exhibit Number</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.7%;">
  <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 of Exhibit</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by
  reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the
  Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on January 9, 1998 (File No.
  333-32221) (the &#147;S-3 Registration Statement&#148;)).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <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="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation
  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
  to the S-3 Registration Statement).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <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="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation
  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly
  Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2001).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <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="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by
  reference to Exhibit 3 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated
  June 22, 2000).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <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="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior
  Participating Preferred Stock of THQ Inc. (incorporated by reference to
  Exhibit A to Exhibit 1 of Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration
  Statement on Form 8-A filed on August 28, 2001 (File No. 001-15959)).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <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="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.6</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amendment to Certificate of Designation of Series A
  Junior Participating Preferred Stock of THQ Inc. (incorporated by reference
  to Exhibit 3.6 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
  quarterly period ended September 30, 2001).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <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="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.7</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of
  August 22, 2001 between the Company and Computershare Investor Services, LLC,
  as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 2 to
  the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-15959), filed
  on August 28, 2001).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <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="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.8</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">First Amendment to Amended and Restated Rights
  Agreement, dated as of April 9, 2002 between the Registrant and Computershare
  Investor Services, LLC, as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
  2 to Amendment No. 3 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A
  (File No. 000-18813), filed on April 12, 2002).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <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="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.9</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">THQ Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated
  by reference to Exhibit A to Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on
  Schedule 14A filed June 21, 2006).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <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="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.10</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">THQ Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated
  by reference to Exhibit B to Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on
  Schedule 14A filed June 21, 2006).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <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="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><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:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of counsel to the Registrant with respect to
  the legality of the securities being issued</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <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="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <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="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of counsel for Registrant (Included in Exhibit
  5).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <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="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.1*</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="84%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:84.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Powers of Attorney (Set forth on the signature page
  hereto).</font></p>
  </td>
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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
FORM  S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
THQ INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
Delaware
13-3541686
(State or other
  jurisdiction of
(IRS Employer
incorporation or
  organization)
Identification
  No.)
29903 Agoura Road
Agoura Hills,  California  91301
(Address of
principal executive offices, including zip code)
THQ Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan
THQ Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plans)
SHERYL KINLAW
Vice President, Legal and Assistant Secretary
THQ Inc.
29903 Agoura Road
Agoura Hills, California 91301
(818) 871-5000
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, including
Area Code, of Agent For Service)
CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to Be
Registered
(1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
Proposed Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price
(2)
Amount of
Registration Fee
(2)
Common Stock ($0.01 par
  value)(3)
6,500,000
$
26.82
$
174,330,000
$
18,654
(1)
Includes
6,000,000 shares available for issuance under the THQ Inc. 2006 Long-Term
Incentive Plan and 500,000 shares available for grant under the THQ Inc. Employee
Stock Purchase Plan.  In addition,
pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or
sold pursuant to the employee benefit plans described herein.
(2)
Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. Pursuant to Rule
457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, the proposed maximum
offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price have
been determined on the basis of the average of the high and low prices reported
on the Global Select Market of The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, on September 11,
2006.
(3)
Each
share of common stock includes rights to purchase Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock pursuant to a rights agreement between THQ Inc. and
Computershare Investors Services, LLC, as Rights Agent.
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
THQ Inc.
("THQ" or the "Registrant") is filing this registration statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration
Statement") to register shares of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share,
of Registrant ("Common Stock") that may be issued under the THQ Inc. 2006
Long-Term Incentive Plan and the THQ Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plans").
PART
I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
Information
required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted
from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428(b)(1) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the Introductory
Note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified
in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the Plans as required by
Rule 428(b).
PART
II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents,
which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"),
are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:
(a)
Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, filed on
June 7, 2006, which contains audited financial statements for Registrant's
latest fiscal year;
(b)
Registrant's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2006, filed
on August 10, 2006;
(c)
Registrant's
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on May 11, 2006, June 20, 2006, July 26, 2006,
August 25, 2006 and August 30, 2006;
(d)
all
other reports filed by Registrant pursuant to Section 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 Registrant's Annual Report referred to in (a)
above; and
(e)
the
description of the Registrant's common stock contained in the Registrant's
registration statement on Form 8-A, including any amendments or reports filed
for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the
date of this Registration Statement, and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
have been sold or which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Unless
express incorporated into this Registration Statement, a report furnished on
Form 8-K prior or subsequent to the date hereof shall not be incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement. 
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes
of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein
or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.  Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
The
validity of the issuance of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby will be
passed upon for the Registrant by Sheryl Kinlaw, Vice President, Legal and
Assistant Secretary of the Registrant. 
As of September 18, 2006, Ms. Kinlaw did not own any shares of
Registrant's Common Stock but did hold options to purchase Common Stock of the
Registrant.
2
Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The following
summaries are subject to the complete text of the statutes and organizational
documents of the Registrant described below and are qualified in their entirety
by reference thereto. The Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the
State of Delaware.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware
General Corporation Law enables a Delaware corporation to provide in its
certificate of incorporation for the elimination or limitation of the personal
liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Any such provision cannot
eliminate or limit a director's liability: (1) for any breach of the director's
duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; (2) for acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law; (3) under Section 174 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law (which imposes liability on directors for unlawful payment of
dividends or unlawful stock purchase or redemption); or (4) for any transaction
from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
Section 145 of the Delaware
Corporation Law provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation and certain other
persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities against
amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection with an action or proceeding
to which he is or is threatened to be made a party by reason of such position,
if such person shall have acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and,
in any criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to believe
his conduct was unlawful.  A Delaware corporation
may indemnify its officers and directors in an action by or in the right of the
corporation under the same conditions, except that judicial approval of the
indemnification is required if the officer or director is judged to be liable
to the corporation in the performance of his or her duty. Where an officer or
director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action
referred to above, the corporation must indemnify the officer or director
against the expenses which he or she actually and reasonably incurred.
Article Eighth of Registrant's
certificate of incorporation, as amended, provide for the indemnification of
Registrant's directors and officers to the fullest extent permissible under
Delaware law, and if Delaware law is amended to further eliminate or reduce directors'
and officers' liability to a Delaware corporation, Registrant's directors and
officers liability shall be so eliminated or reduced as well.
In addition, in accordance with the
Delaware General Corporation Law, Article Eighth of Registrant's certificate of
incorporation, as amended, limits the personal liability of Registrant's
directors for violations of their fiduciary duty. This provision eliminates
each director's liability to Registrant or Registrant's stockholders for
monetary damages except (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to
Registrant or Registrant's stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good
faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,
(iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law providing for
liability of directors for unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock
purchases or redemptions, or (iv) for any transaction from which a director
derived an improper personal benefit. The effect of this provision is to
eliminate the personal liability of directors for monetary damages for actions
involving a breach of their fiduciary duty of care, including any such actions
involving gross negligence.
In addition to the indemnification
provided in Registrant's certificate of incorporation, as amended, and the
amended and restated bylaws and by Delaware law, the Registrant has entered
into indemnification agreements with its directors and executive officers to
provide additional contractual assurances regarding the scope of
indemnification and to provide additional procedural protections.
Registrant also carries insurance
policies that cover Registrant's individual directors and officers for legal
liability and which Registrant would pay on their behalf for expenses of indemnifying
them in accordance with the certificate of incorporation, as amended, and the
amended and restated bylaws and Delaware law.
Item 7.
Exemption from
Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
Reference is made to the
Index of Exhibits.
3
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 the Registration Statement (or the most
  recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
  aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
  Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
  decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
  securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
  deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
  may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
  to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
  represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set
  forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
  registration statement; and
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to
  the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
  Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration
  Statement;
provided, however, that
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to
section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement; and paragraphs
(a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-3 and the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to
section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a
form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the
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 section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall
be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
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, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of
1933 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 of 1933 and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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POWER
OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature to the Registration
Statement appears below hereby appoints Brian J. Farrell and Edward Zinser, and
each of them, his attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to execute in the name and on behalf of such person,
individually and in the capacity stated below, and to file, all amendments to
this Registration Statement, which amendments may make such changes in and
additions to this Registration Statement as such attorneys-in-fact may deem
necessary or appropriate.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Agoura Hills and the
State of California on September 18, 2006.
THQ Inc.
By:
/s/ Brian J.
  Farrell
Brian J.
  Farrell,
Chairman of the
  Board,
President and
  Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Brian J.
  Farrell
Director, Chairman of the Board,
September 18, 2006
Brian J. Farrell
President and Chief Executive
Officer (Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/ Edward
  Zinser
Executive Vice President, Chief
September 18, 2006
Edward Zinser
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
/s/ Lawrence
  Burstein
Director
September 18, 2006
Lawrence
  Burstein
/s/ Henry DeNero
Director
September 18, 2006
Henry DeNero
/s/ Brian
  Dougherty
Director
September 18, 2006
Brian Dougherty
/s/ Jeffrey W.
  Griffiths
Director
September 18, 2006
Jeffrey W.
  Griffiths
/s/ James L.
  Whims
Director
September 18, 2006
James L. Whims
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INDEX
OF EXHIBITS
Exhibit Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by
  reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the
  Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on January 9, 1998 (File No.
  333-32221) (the "S-3 Registration Statement")).
4.2
Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation
  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
  to the S-3 Registration Statement).
4.3
Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation
  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant's Quarterly
  Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2001).
4.4
Amended and Restated Bylaws (incorporated by
  reference to Exhibit 3 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated
  June 22, 2000).
4.5
Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior
  Participating Preferred Stock of THQ Inc. (incorporated by reference to
  Exhibit A to Exhibit 1 of Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant's Registration
  Statement on Form 8-A filed on August 28, 2001 (File No. 001-15959)).
4.6
Amendment to Certificate of Designation of Series A
  Junior Participating Preferred Stock of THQ Inc. (incorporated by reference
  to Exhibit 3.6 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
  quarterly period ended September 30, 2001).
4.7
Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of
  August 22, 2001 between the Company and Computershare Investor Services, LLC,
  as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 2 to
  the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-15959), filed
  on August 28, 2001).
4.8
First Amendment to Amended and Restated Rights
  Agreement, dated as of April 9, 2002 between the Registrant and Computershare
  Investor Services, LLC, as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
  2 to Amendment No. 3 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A
  (File No. 000-18813), filed on April 12, 2002).
4.9
THQ Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated
  by reference to Exhibit A to Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on
  Schedule 14A filed June 21, 2006).
4.10
THQ Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated
  by reference to Exhibit B to Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on
  Schedule 14A filed June 21, 2006).
5*
Opinion of counsel to the Registrant with respect to
  the legality of the securities being issued
23.1*
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2*
Consent of counsel for Registrant (Included in Exhibit
  5).
24.1*
Powers of Attorney (Set forth on the signature page
  hereto).
*
Filed herewith
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