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 <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 72.0pt .0001pt 0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;14, 2006</font></p> <p style="margin:0pt 72.0pt .0001pt 0pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Registration No.&nbsp;333-</font></b></p> <div style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 6.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"> <p style="border:none;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;padding:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p> </div>

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<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;">UNITED
STATES<br>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
</font>Washington, D.C. 20549</b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&nbsp;S-8</font></b></p>

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

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 2.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Cowen
Group,&nbsp;Inc.<br>
</font></b>(Exact Name of
Registrant as Specified in its Charter)<br><br></p>

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  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">Delaware<br>
  </font></b>(State of Incorporations)</p>
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  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">84-1702964<br>
  </font></b>&nbsp;(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 3.5pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1221
Avenue of the Americas<br>
New York, New York 10020<br>
Telephone:&#160; (646) 562-1000<br>
Facsimile:&#160; (646) 562-1861<br>
</font></b><font style="font-weight:normal;">(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4.0pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">COWEN
GROUP, INC. 2006 EQUITY AND INCENTIVE PLAN<br>
</font></b>(Full Title of the Plan)</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 5.5pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mark
Kaplan<br>
Cowen Group,&nbsp;Inc.<br>
1221 Avenue of the Americas<br>
New York, New York 10020<br>
Telephone:&#160; (646) 562-1000<br>
Facsimile:&#160; (646) 562-1861<br>
</font></b><font style="font-weight:normal;">(Name
and Address of Agent for Service)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 8.5pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Copies to:</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">Phyllis G. Korff,&nbsp;Esq.<br>
  Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher&nbsp;&amp; Flom LLP<br>
  Four Times Square<br>
  New York, New York 10036-6522<br>
  Telephone: (212) 735-3000<br>
  Facsimile: (212) 735-2000</font></b></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;">Robert Evans III,&nbsp;Esq.<br>
  Shearman&nbsp;&amp; Sterling LLP<br>
  599 Lexington Avenue<br>
  New York, New York 10022<br>
  Telephone: (212) 848-4000<br>
  Facsimile: (212) 848-7179</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 7.5pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount&nbsp;to&nbsp;be<br>
  Registered</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">(1)</font></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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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed<br>
  Maximum<br>
  Offering&nbsp;Price<br>
  Per&nbsp;Share</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">(2)</font></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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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed<br>
  Maximum<br>
  Aggregate<br>
  Offering&nbsp;price</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">(2)</font></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:13.52%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount&nbsp;of<br>
  Registration<br>
  Fee</font></b></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <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, par value
  $0.01 per share</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4,725,000 shares</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.54%;">
  <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;">16.00</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 .7pt 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;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">75,600,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.54%;">
  <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;">8,089</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:6.0pt 0pt 3.0pt 18.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Represents
4,725,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;)
of Cowen Group,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) issuable pursuant to the
Registrant&#146;s 2006 Equity and Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The maximum number of
shares which may be issued under the Plan is subject to equitable adjustment
upon the occurrence of certain events pursuant to the Plan. Accordingly,
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;), this registration statement includes, in addition to the number of
shares stated above, an indeterminate number of shares which may be subject to
grant or otherwise issuable after the occurrence of any such corporate
transaction or event.</p>

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registration fee. Computed in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h)&nbsp;under the
Securities Act.</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;">PART&nbsp;I</font></b></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;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;PROSPECTUS</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The information called for by Part&nbsp;I of
this registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 is included in the
description of the Plan to be delivered to persons eligible to participate in
the Plan. Pursuant to the Note in the Instructions to Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8,
this information is not being filed with or included in this registration
statement.</font></p>

<p align="center" style="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;">PART&nbsp;II</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="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;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
following documents which have been filed by the Registrant with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) are incorporated by reference in
this registration statement as of their respective dates.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&nbsp;The
Registrant&#146;s prospectus, dated July&nbsp;12, 2006, filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;under
the Securities Act (the &#147;Prospectus&#148;);</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&nbsp;The
Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-A filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;13,
2006 pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(g)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), including any amendment or reports filed
for the purpose of updating such information.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All
documents filed or subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)&nbsp;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 described herein have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part
thereof from the date of filing of such documents with the Commission.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any
statement in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent
that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document
which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this registration statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 4.
Description of Securities.</font></b></p>

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

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

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The validity of the issuance of the shares of common stock to be registered
in connection with this registration statement will be passed upon by Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Meagher&nbsp;&amp; Flom LLP, counsel for the Registrant.</font></p>


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

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL,
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 expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlements actually
and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with a threatened, pending,
or completed action, suit or proceeding to which he or she is or is threatened
to be made a party by reason of such position, if such person acted in good
faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful,
except that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the
corporation, indemnification is limited to expenses (including attorney fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with defense or
settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a
manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation and no indemnification shall be made with respect
to any claim, issue, or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged
to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of
Chancery or other adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication
of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person
is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the
Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition, to the extent that a present or former director or officer
of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of
any action, suit, or proceeding described above, or defense of any claim,
issue, or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses
(including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in
connection therewith.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred by an officer or director
in defending any civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative action,
suit, or proceeding may be advanced by the corporation upon receipt of an undertaking
by such person to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that such
person is not entitled to indemnification by the corporation under Section&nbsp;145
of the DGCL.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that we
will indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by
the DGCL. In addition, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation
provides that we will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify, and
upon request shall advance expenses to, any person made or threatened to be
made a party to an action or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she
(or his or her testators or in testate) is or was our director or officer or
serves or served at any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise in a similar capacity or as an employee or agent at our
request, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against
expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties,
and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with the investigation,
preparation to defend, or defense of such action, suit, proceeding, or claim.
However, we are not required to indemnify or advance expenses in connection
with any action, suit, proceeding, claim or counterclaim initiated by or on
behalf of such person.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, a director of the corporation shall not be
personally liable to the corporation or our stockholders for monetary damages
for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i)&nbsp;for
any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which
involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;for
payments of unlawful dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions, or
(iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derived an improper
personal benefit.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any repeal or modification of these provisions of our certificate of
incorporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director
of the corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of that
director occurring prior to the amendment or repeal.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We have insurance policies under which our directors and officers are
insured, within the limits and subject to the limitations of those policies,
against certain expenses in connection with the defense of, and certain
liabilities which might be imposed as a result of, actions, suits or
proceedings to which they are parties by reason of being or having been
directors or officers.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our
officers and directors under which we agreed to indemnify each of them against:
(a)&nbsp;expenses, judgments, and settlements paid in connection with
third-party claims and (b)&nbsp;expenses and settlements paid in connection
with claims on our behalf, in each case provided that the director acted in
good faith. In addition, we agreed to indemnify each director to the extent
permitted by DGCL against all expenses, judgments, and amounts paid in
settlement unless the director&#146;s conduct constituted a breach of his or her
duty of loyalty to the stockholders. Subject to the director&#146;s obligation to
pay us in the event that he or she is not entitled to indemnification, we will
pay the expenses of the director prior to a final determination as to whether
the director is entitled to indemnification.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Soci&#233;t&#233; G&#233;n&#233;rale has agreed to indemnify Mark Kaplan
and Jean-Jacques Ogier against any loss, claim, liability, damage, cost or
expense (including, without limitation, any reasonable legal expense) arising
from any litigation, investigation or proceeding initiated against them as a
result of their role as directors of Cowen Group,&nbsp;Inc., or, in the case of
Mr.&nbsp;Kaplan, as General Counsel of Cowen Group,&nbsp;Inc., or their signing
of the registration statement, its amendments and supplements. Soci&#233;t&#233; G&#233;n&#233;rale
will not indemnify Mr.&nbsp;Kaplan or Mr.&nbsp;Ogier against claims brought by
them against Soci&#233;t&#233; G&#233;n&#233;rale or its affiliated entities or any claims arising
from their gross negligence, fraudulent or criminal acts or other willful
misconduct. Soci&#233;t&#233; G&#233;n&#233;rale&#146;s indemnification obligations will terminate if
their role as directors of Cowen Group,&nbsp;Inc. or, in the case of Mr.&nbsp;Kaplan,
as General Counsel of Cowen Group,&nbsp;Inc., is terminated for any reason;
however, Soci&#233;t&#233; G&#233;n&#233;rale will continue to indemnify Mr.&nbsp;Kaplan and Mr.&nbsp;Ogier
as to any claim or litigation already threatened or pending at the time of
termination and/or filed after the date of such termination, which arises out
of or relates to their role as directors of Cowen Group,&nbsp;Inc. or their
signing of the registration statement, its amendments and supplements.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8. Exhibits.</font></b></p>

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  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;">Exhibit<br>
  Numbers</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.26%;">
  <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="47%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.64%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><u><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Description</font></u></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.42%;">
  <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="41%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:41.98%;">
  <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;">Incorporation by<br>
  <u>Reference to</u></font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.26%;">
  <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:47.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Specimen common stock certificate</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:41.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Form&nbsp;S-1, File
  No.&nbsp;333-132602, filed on June&nbsp;12, 2006</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;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.26%;">
  <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:47.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cowen Group,&nbsp;Inc. 2006 Equity and Incentive
  Plan</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:41.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;10.4 to Form&nbsp;S-1, File
  No.&nbsp;333-132602, filed on June&nbsp;12, 2006</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;">4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.26%;">
  <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:47.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
  the Registrant</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:41.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Form&nbsp;S-1, File
  No.&nbsp;333-132602, filed on June&nbsp;12, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.68%;">
  <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:2.26%;">
  <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:47.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:41.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to Form&nbsp;S-1, File
  No.&nbsp;333-132602, filed on June&nbsp;12, 2006</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;">5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.26%;">
  <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:47.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher&nbsp;&amp;
  Flom LLP, counsel to the Registrant</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:41.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Filed herewith</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;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.26%;">
  <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:47.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:41.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Filed herewith</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;">23.2</p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher&nbsp;&amp;
  Flom LLP</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:41.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 herewith</font></p>
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  <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:2.26%;">
  <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:47.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of Attorney</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:41.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Included on the signature pages&nbsp;herewith</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9. Undertakings.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3)&nbsp;of
the Securities Act of 1933;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of
Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or
any material change to such information in the registration statement;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)&nbsp;and
(a)(1)(ii)&nbsp;of this section do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; That, for the purpose of determining any liability under
the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered 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 36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.</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;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 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)&nbsp;or section 15(d)&nbsp;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)&nbsp;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>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&nbsp;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused
this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in City of New York, State of New York, on July&nbsp;14,
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/ Kim S. Fennebresque</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name:</font></p>
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  <td width="37%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Kim S. Fennebresque</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of attorney</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;">Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and
appoints Kim S. Fennebresque and Thomas Conner and each of them, his or her
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any and all (1)&nbsp;amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and (2)&nbsp;registration
statements, and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective
amendments), for the same offering which may be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462(b)&nbsp;under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, and hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact and agents
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents or his or her substitute or substitutes may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></p>

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

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Title</font></b></p>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:43.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Kim S. Fennebresque </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:43.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and </font></p>
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  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July&nbsp;14, 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;">Kim S. Fennebresque</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President (principal executive officer)</font></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:43.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Thomas K. Conner </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:43.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer </font></p>
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  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July&nbsp;14, 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;">Thomas K. Conner</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(principal financial officer and principal<br>
  accounting officer)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Mark E. Kaplan </font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July&nbsp;14, 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;">Mark E. Kaplan</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:43.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Jean-Jacques Ogier </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:43.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July&nbsp;14, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Jean-Jacques Ogier</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:43.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:43.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:43.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.06%;">
  <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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  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:39.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Charles W.B. Wardell III</font></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:43.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;">Exhibit </p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;"><font style="text-decoration:none;">&nbsp;</font></font></u></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Incorporation by </font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Numbers</font></u></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Description</font></u></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;"><font style="text-decoration:none;">&nbsp;</font></font></u></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Reference to</font></u></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.92%;">
  <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:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Specimen common stock certificate</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Form&nbsp;S-1, File
  No.&nbsp;333-132602, filed on June&nbsp;12, 2006</font></p>
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  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.92%;">
  <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:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.58%;">
  <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;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cowen Group,&nbsp;Inc. 2006 Equity and Incentive
  Plan</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;10.4 to Form&nbsp;S-1, File
  No.&nbsp;333-132602, filed on June&nbsp;12, 2006</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>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.92%;">
  <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:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
  the Registrant</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Form&nbsp;S-1, File
  No.&nbsp;333-132602, filed on June&nbsp;12, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.92%;">
  <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:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.58%;">
  <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;">4.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to Form&nbsp;S-1, File
  No.&nbsp;333-132602, filed on June&nbsp;12, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.58%;">
  <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;">5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher&nbsp;&amp;
  Flom LLP, counsel to the Registrant</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Filed herewith</font></p>
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  Flom LLP</font></p>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 14, 2006
Registration No. 333-
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Cowen
Group, Inc.
(Exact Name of
Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
(State of Incorporations)
84-1702964
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1221
Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020
Telephone:  (646) 562-1000
Facsimile:  (646) 562-1861
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
COWEN
GROUP, INC. 2006 EQUITY AND INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Mark
Kaplan
Cowen Group, Inc.
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020
Telephone:  (646) 562-1000
Facsimile:  (646) 562-1861
(Name
and Address of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Phyllis G. Korff, Esq.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Four Times Square
New York, New York 10036-6522
Telephone: (212) 735-3000
Facsimile: (212) 735-2000
Robert Evans III, Esq.
Shearman & Sterling LLP
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10022
Telephone: (212) 848-4000
Facsimile: (212) 848-7179
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered
(1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
(2)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering price
(2)
Amount of
Registration
Fee
Common stock, par value
  $0.01 per share
4,725,000 shares
$
16.00
$
75,600,000
$
8,089
(1)
Represents
4,725,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock")
of Cowen Group, Inc. (the "Registrant") issuable pursuant to the
Registrant's 2006 Equity and Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). The maximum number of
shares which may be issued under the Plan is subject to equitable adjustment
upon the occurrence of certain events pursuant to the Plan. Accordingly,
pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), this registration statement includes, in addition to the number of
shares stated above, an indeterminate number of shares which may be subject to
grant or otherwise issuable after the occurrence of any such corporate
transaction or event.
(2)
Estimated solely for purposes of computing the amount of the
registration fee. Computed in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the
Securities Act.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information called for by Part I of
this registration statement on Form S-8 is included in the
description of the Plan to be delivered to persons eligible to participate in
the Plan. Pursuant to the Note in the Instructions to Part I of Form S-8,
this information is not being filed with or included in this registration
statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The
following documents which have been filed by the Registrant with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated by reference in
this registration statement as of their respective dates.
(1) The
Registrant's prospectus, dated July 12, 2006, filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under
the Securities Act (the "Prospectus");
(2) The
Registrant's Form 8-A filed with the Commission on June 13,
2006 pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), including any amendment or reports filed
for the purpose of updating such information.
All
documents filed or subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 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 described herein have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part
thereof from the date of filing of such documents with the Commission.
Any
statement in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent
that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document
which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or 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 to be registered
in connection with this registration statement will be passed upon by Skadden,
Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel for the Registrant.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or DGCL,
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 expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlements actually
and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with a threatened, pending,
or completed action, suit or proceeding to which he or she is or is threatened
to be made a party by reason of such position, if such person acted in good
faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful,
except that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the
corporation, indemnification is limited to expenses (including attorney fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with defense or
settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a
manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation and no indemnification shall be made with respect
to any claim, issue, or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged
to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of
Chancery or other adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication
of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person
is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the
Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
In addition, to the extent that a present or former director or officer
of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of
any action, suit, or proceeding described above, or defense of any claim,
issue, or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses
(including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in
connection therewith.
Expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by an officer or director
in defending any civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative action,
suit, or proceeding may be advanced by the corporation upon receipt of an undertaking
by such person to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that such
person is not entitled to indemnification by the corporation under Section 145
of the DGCL.
Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that we
will indemnify our directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by
the DGCL. In addition, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation
provides that we will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, indemnify, and
upon request shall advance expenses to, any person made or threatened to be
made a party to an action or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she
(or his or her testators or in testate) is or was our director or officer or
serves or served at any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise in a similar capacity or as an employee or agent at our
request, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against
expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses), judgments, fines, penalties,
and amounts paid in settlement incurred in connection with the investigation,
preparation to defend, or defense of such action, suit, proceeding, or claim.
However, we are not required to indemnify or advance expenses in connection
with any action, suit, proceeding, claim or counterclaim initiated by or on
behalf of such person.
Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, a director of the corporation shall not be
personally liable to the corporation or our stockholders for monetary damages
for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for
any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which
involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) for
payments of unlawful dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions, or
(iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper
personal benefit.
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Any repeal or modification of these provisions of our certificate of
incorporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director
of the corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of that
director occurring prior to the amendment or repeal.
We have insurance policies under which our directors and officers are
insured, within the limits and subject to the limitations of those policies,
against certain expenses in connection with the defense of, and certain
liabilities which might be imposed as a result of, actions, suits or
proceedings to which they are parties by reason of being or having been
directors or officers.
We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our
officers and directors under which we agreed to indemnify each of them against:
(a) expenses, judgments, and settlements paid in connection with
third-party claims and (b) expenses and settlements paid in connection
with claims on our behalf, in each case provided that the director acted in
good faith. In addition, we agreed to indemnify each director to the extent
permitted by DGCL against all expenses, judgments, and amounts paid in
settlement unless the director's conduct constituted a breach of his or her
duty of loyalty to the stockholders. Subject to the director's obligation to
pay us in the event that he or she is not entitled to indemnification, we will
pay the expenses of the director prior to a final determination as to whether
the director is entitled to indemnification.
Société Générale has agreed to indemnify Mark Kaplan
and Jean-Jacques Ogier against any loss, claim, liability, damage, cost or
expense (including, without limitation, any reasonable legal expense) arising
from any litigation, investigation or proceeding initiated against them as a
result of their role as directors of Cowen Group, Inc., or, in the case of
Mr. Kaplan, as General Counsel of Cowen Group, Inc., or their signing
of the registration statement, its amendments and supplements. Société Générale
will not indemnify Mr. Kaplan or Mr. Ogier against claims brought by
them against Société Générale or its affiliated entities or any claims arising
from their gross negligence, fraudulent or criminal acts or other willful
misconduct. Société Générale's indemnification obligations will terminate if
their role as directors of Cowen Group, Inc. or, in the case of Mr. Kaplan,
as General Counsel of Cowen Group, Inc., is terminated for any reason;
however, Société Générale will continue to indemnify Mr. Kaplan and Mr. Ogier
as to any claim or litigation already threatened or pending at the time of
termination and/or filed after the date of such termination, which arises out
of or relates to their role as directors of Cowen Group, Inc. or their
signing of the registration statement, its amendments and supplements.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Numbers
Description
Incorporation by
Reference to
4.1
Specimen common stock certificate
Exhibit 4.1 to Form S-1, File
  No. 333-132602, filed on June 12, 2006
4.2
Cowen Group, Inc. 2006 Equity and Incentive
  Plan
Exhibit 10.4 to Form S-1, File
  No. 333-132602, filed on June 12, 2006
4.3
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
  the Registrant
Exhibit 3.1 to Form S-1, File
  No. 333-132602, filed on June 12, 2006
4.4
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant
Exhibit 3.2 to Form S-1, File
  No. 333-132602, filed on June 12, 2006
5.1
Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
  Flom LLP, counsel to the Registrant
Filed herewith
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
Filed herewith
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23.2
Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
  Flom LLP
Included in Exhibit 5.1 herewith
24.1
Power of Attorney
Included on the signature pages herewith
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 a 20% change
in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
(iii)          To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or
any material change to such information in the registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 that are incorporated by reference in 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.
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(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 Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in City of New York, State of New York, on July 14,
2006.
COWEN GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/ Kim S. Fennebresque
Name:
Kim S. Fennebresque
Title:
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
Power of attorney
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and
appoints Kim S. Fennebresque and Thomas Conner and each of them, his or her
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any and all (1) amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement and (2) registration
statements, and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective
amendments), for the same offering which may be filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, and hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact and agents
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents or his or her substitute or substitutes may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons, in the
capacities and on the date indicated
:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Kim S. Fennebresque
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and
July 14, 2006
Kim S. Fennebresque
President (principal executive officer)
/s/ Thomas K. Conner
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
July 14, 2006
Thomas K. Conner
(principal financial officer and principal
accounting officer)
/s/ Mark E. Kaplan
Director
July 14, 2006
Mark E. Kaplan
/s/ Jean-Jacques Ogier
Director
July 14, 2006
Jean-Jacques Ogier
Director
Charles W.B. Wardell III
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Incorporation by
Numbers
Description
Reference to
4.1
Specimen common stock certificate
Exhibit 4.1 to Form S-1, File
  No. 333-132602, filed on June 12, 2006
4.2
Cowen Group, Inc. 2006 Equity and Incentive
  Plan
Exhibit 10.4 to Form S-1, File
  No. 333-132602, filed on June 12, 2006
4.3
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
  the Registrant
Exhibit 3.1 to Form S-1, File
  No. 333-132602, filed on June 12, 2006
4.4
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant
Exhibit 3.2 to Form S-1, File
  No. 333-132602, filed on June 12, 2006
5.1
Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
  Flom LLP, counsel to the Registrant
Filed herewith
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
Filed herewith
23.2
Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &
  Flom LLP
Included in Exhibit 5.1 herewith
24.1
Power of Attorney
Included on the signature pages herewith