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 <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><a name="scotch"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 19, 2007</font></b></a></p> <div style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 6.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"> <p align="right" style="border:none;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;padding:0pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration Statement No. ___________</font></b></p> </div>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">United
States Securities and Exchange Commission</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;">Washington,
DC 20549</font></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
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>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THE
ALLSTATE CORPORATION</font></b></p>

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

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">36-3871531</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State of
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S. Employer
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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2775
Sanders Road, Northbrook, Illinois 60062-6127</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 10.5pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address and Zip
Code of Principal Executive Office)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THE
SAVINGS AND PROFIT SHARING FUND OF ALLSTATE EMPLOYEES</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 13.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Full title of the
Plan)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Mary J.
McGinn, Secretary and Deputy General Counsel, The Allstate Corporation</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2775
Sanders Road, Suite A3, Northbrook, Illinois 60062-7119</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(847)
402-5000</font></b></p>

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

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">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:8.0pt;">Proposed&nbsp;Maximum</font></b></p>
  <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;">Offering&nbsp;Price&nbsp;Per&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: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;">Proposed&nbsp;Maximum</font></b></p>
  <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;">Aggregate&nbsp;Offering</font></b></p>
  <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;">Price</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: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;of</font></b></p>
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Registration&nbsp;Fee</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: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 Shares, par
  value <br>
  $0.01 per share (1)</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <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="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.8%;">
  <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="14%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.66%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10,000,000
  shares</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <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="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.8%;">
  <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="14%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.5%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$61.31(3)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <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="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.5%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$613,100,000(3)</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.28%;">
  <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="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <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="0%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.5%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$18,822.17(3)</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 12.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>In
addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be
offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
provisions of Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933 apply to this
Registration Statement and the number of shares registered hereby shall
automatically increase or decrease as the result of stock splits, stock
dividends, reverse stock splits or similar transactions.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Calculated
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h) based on the average of the high and low prices of
Allstate common shares on July 12, 2007 as reported on the New York Stock
Exchange consolidated reporting system.</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
II</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 REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></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
3:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation of Documents by Reference</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following documents filed by The Allstate
Corporation (&#147;Allstate&#148;) and The Savings and Profit Sharing Fund of Allstate
Employees (the &#147;Plan&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;)
are incorporated in and made a part of this Registration Statement by
reference, as of their respective dates:</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 54.0pt;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;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Allstate&#146;s Annual
Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006,
filed February 22, 2007, and the portions of our Proxy Statement, filed April
2, 2007, for our 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders incorporated by reference
into our Annual Report. (File No.&nbsp;1-11840)</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Plan&#146;s Annual
Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 2006. (File No. 1-11840)</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Allstate&#146;s
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2007
filed on May 2, 2007. <br>
(File No.&nbsp;1-11840)</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Allstate&#146;s Current
Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K filed March 21, May 3, May 9, May 10, May 18 and June
27, 2007. <br>
(File No.&nbsp;1-11840)</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The description of
Allstate&#146;s common shares contained in Item 11 of Allstate&#146;s Form 10/A filed May
14, 2001, as amended and restated in Item 8.01 of Allstate&#146;s Current Report on
Form 8-K filed on May 18, 2007. (File No. 1-11840)</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 54.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>From the date of
filing of such documents, all documents filed by Allstate and the Plan with the
Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), subsequent to
the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All documents that Allstate and the Plan subsequently
file pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, other
than any information Allstate furnishes, rather than files, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission pursuant to certain items of Form 8-K, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.&#160; Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference or deemed to be part of
the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of the Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference or deemed to be part of the Registration Statement
modifies or replaces such statement.&#160; Any
statement contained in a document that is deemed to be incorporated by
reference or deemed to be part of the Registration Statement after the most
recent effective date may modify or replace existing statements contained in
the Registration Statement.&#160; Any such
statement so modified shall not be deemed in its unmodified form to constitute
a part of the Registration Statement for purposes of the Securities Act of
1933.&#160; Any statement so superseded shall
not be deemed to constitute a part of the Registration Statement for purposes
of the Securities Act of 1933.</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:&#160;&#160; Indemnification of Directors and Officers</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;">Article IV of the
by-laws of Allstate provides that Allstate will indemnify all of its directors,
former directors, officers and former officers, to the fullest extent permitted
under law, who were or are a party or are threatened to be made a party to any
proceeding by reason of the fact that such persons were or are directors or
officers of Allstate, against liabilities, expenses, judgments, fines, excise
taxes or penalties assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan or trust,
and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by them. The
indemnity shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which directors
or officers may be entitled by law or under any articles of incorporation,
by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise. In addition, the indemnity shall inure to the benefit of the legal
representatives of directors and officers or of their estates, whether such
representatives are court appointed or otherwise designated, and to the benefit
of the heirs of such directors and officers. The indemnity shall extend to and
include claims for such payments arising out of any proceeding commenced or
based on actions of such directors and officers taken prior to the effective
date of such Article IV; provided that payment of such claims had not been
agreed to or denied by Allstate before such date.</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;">Article Eighth of
Allstate&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director of
Allstate shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders
for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, to the
fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.</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;">Under Section 145
of the Delaware General Corporation Law, a corporation may indemnify a person
who was made a party to a proceeding or threatened to be made a party to a
proceeding by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director or
officer of the corporation against liability actually and reasonably incurred
in connection with such proceeding 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, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe the person&#146;s conduct was unlawful.&#160; A corporation may not indemnify a director or
officer in connection with a proceeding where he is adjudged liable to the
corporation, unless the court in which the proceeding is brought determines
that such director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity.</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;">Allstate has
provided liability insurance for each director and officer for certain losses arising
from claims or charges made against them while acting in their capacities as
directors or officers of Allstate.</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 8:&#160;&#160; Exhibits</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 Exhibits to
this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit Index of this
Registration Statement, which index is incorporated herein by reference.</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;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">Allstate has submitted the Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2006) to the Internal Revenue Service (&#147;IRS&#148;) in a timely manner,
and will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan
under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code.</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 9:&#160;&#160; Undertakings</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;">Allstate and the
Plan hereby undertake:</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 90.0pt;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>To file, during any
period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to
this Registration Statement:</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 135.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To include any
prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;);</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 135.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>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 the volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered </p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 135.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent 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="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 135.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To include any material
information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the
Registration Statement;</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 90.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i)&nbsp;and (1)(ii)&nbsp;do not
apply if the Registration Statement is on Form&nbsp;S-8 and the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by Allstate or
the Plan pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act
that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 90.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>That, for the purpose of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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 <i>bona fide</i>
offering thereof.</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 90.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3) </font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Allstate and the
Plan hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of Allstate&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act and each filing of
the Plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act 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 <i>bona fide</i> offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of Allstate pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, Allstate has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by Allstate of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of Allstate 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, Allstate 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 align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">POWER OF
ATTORNEY</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each director
and/or officer of the Registrant whose signature appears below hereby appoints
Karen C. Gardner, Jennifer M. Hager, Danny L. Hale, Edward M. Liddy, Michael J.
McCabe, Mary J. McGinn, Samuel H. Pilch, Mario Rizzo, Steven C. Verney and
Thomas J. Wilson and each of them severally, as his or her attorney-in-fact in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities stated below, to
sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Commission. The Registrant also appoints Jennifer M. Hager, Danny L.
Hale, Edward M. Liddy, Michael J. McCabe, Mary J. McGinn, and Samuel H. Pilch,
and each of them severally, as its attorney-in-fact in its name, place and
stead to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Commission.</font></p>

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

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant</font></i><font style="font-style:normal;">.&#160; Pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Act, Allstate certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
this Registration Statement 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 Township of Northfield, County of Cook, State of Illinois,
on July 17, 2007. </font></p>

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  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:42.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Secretary and Deputy General Counsel</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,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.&#160; </font></p>

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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.68%;">
  <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="3%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Date </font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="36%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;THOMAS
  J. WILSON</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" colspan="3" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President, Chief
  Executive Officer and </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" colspan="3" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July
  17, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="36%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Thomas J. Wilson</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a Director (Principal Executive Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" 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="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="36%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;DANNY
  L. HALE</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" colspan="3" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice President and
  Chief Financial </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" colspan="3" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July
  17, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="36%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Danny L. Hale</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Officer (Principal Financial Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" 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="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="36%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;SAMUEL
  H. PILCH</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" colspan="3" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Controller (Principal
  Accounting </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" colspan="3" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July
  17, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="36%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Samuel H. Pilch</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" 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="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="36%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  EDWARD M. LIDDY</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July
  17, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="36%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Edward M. Liddy</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" 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="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="36%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;F.
  DUANE ACKERMAN</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" colspan="3" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" colspan="3" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July
  17, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="36%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">F. Duane
  Ackerman</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" 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="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <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:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">James G. Andress</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" 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="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert D. Beyer</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" 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="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;W.
  JAMES FARRELL</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July
  17, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">W. James Farrell</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" 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="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;JACK
  M. GREENBERG</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July
  17, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Jack M.
  Greenberg</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" 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="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;RONALD
  T. LEMAY</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July
  17, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ronald T. LeMay</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" 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="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">J. Christopher
  Reyes</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" 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="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;H.
  JOHN RILEY, JR.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July
  17, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">H. John Riley,
  Jr.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" 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="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;JOSHUA
  I. SMITH</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July
  17, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Joshua I. Smith</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" 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="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Judith A.
  Sprieser</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" 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="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  MARY ALICE TAYLOR</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July
  17, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mary Alice
  Taylor</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="35%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.32%;">
  <p align="right" 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="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

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

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

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Plan hereby
appoints Karen C. Gardner, Jennifer M. Hager, Danny L. Hale, Edward M. Liddy,
Michael J. McCabe, Mary J. McGinn, Samuel H. Pilch, Mario Rizzo, Steven C.
Verney and Thomas J. Wilson and each of them severally, as its attorney-in-fact
in its name, place and stead to sign any and all subsequent amendments to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.</font></p>


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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SIGNATURES<a name="Signatures_174049"></a></font></b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">The
Plan.&#160; </font></i>Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other persons who
administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the Township of Northfield, County of Cook, State of Illinois,
on July 17<font style="letter-spacing:-.15pt;">, 2007</font>.</p>

<h5 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 216.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">THE SAVINGS AND PROFIT SHARING</font></h5>

<h5 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 216.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">FUND OF ALLSTATE EMPLOYEES</font></h5>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:252.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:&#160; /s/ JOHN O&#146;MALLEY</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:252.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name:&#160;&#160; John O&#146;Malley</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:253.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title: Plan Administrator</font></p>

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


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<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;">EXHIBIT INDEX </font></b></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
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  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.56%;">
  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading -->Exhibit <br>
  Number </p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <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="88%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.48%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Description of Exhibit</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</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="88%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of The
  Allstate Corporation. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i) of The
  Allstate Corporation&#146;s current report on Form 8-K filed on May 18, 2007.
  (File No. 1-11840)</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.56%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.48%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and Restated
  Bylaws of The Allstate Corporation, effective February 20, 2007. Incorporated
  by reference to Exhibit 3(ii) of The Allstate Corporation annual report on
  Form 10-K filed on February 22, 2007. (File No. 1-11840)</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.56%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.48%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Undertaking Regarding
  Submission to Internal Revenue Service (included in Item 8)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.56%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">15</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.48%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Acknowledgment of
  Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP regarding unaudited interim financial information</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.56%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.48%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Independent
  Registered Public Accounting Firm</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.48%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of Attorney
  (included on signature page)</font></p>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 19, 2007
Registration Statement No. ___________
United
States Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington,
DC 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
THE
ALLSTATE CORPORATION
(Exact Name of
Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
DELAWARE
36-3871531
(State of
  Incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
2775
Sanders Road, Northbrook, Illinois 60062-6127
(Address and Zip
Code of Principal Executive Office)
THE
SAVINGS AND PROFIT SHARING FUND OF ALLSTATE EMPLOYEES
(Full title of the
Plan)
Mary J.
McGinn, Secretary and Deputy General Counsel, The Allstate Corporation
2775
Sanders Road, Suite A3, Northbrook, Illinois 60062-7119
(847)
402-5000
(Name, address,
and telephone number of agent for service)
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered(2)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per
Share
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Shares, par
  value
$0.01 per share (1)
10,000,000
  shares
$61.31(3)
$613,100,000(3)
$18,822.17(3)
(1)
In
addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be
offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.
(2)
The
provisions of Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933 apply to this
Registration Statement and the number of shares registered hereby shall
automatically increase or decrease as the result of stock splits, stock
dividends, reverse stock splits or similar transactions.
(3)
Calculated
pursuant to Rule 457(h) based on the average of the high and low prices of
Allstate common shares on July 12, 2007 as reported on the New York Stock
Exchange consolidated reporting system.
PART
II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
3:    Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents filed by The Allstate
Corporation ("Allstate") and The Savings and Profit Sharing Fund of Allstate
Employees (the "Plan") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
are incorporated in and made a part of this Registration Statement by
reference, as of their respective dates:
1.
Allstate's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006,
filed February 22, 2007, and the portions of our Proxy Statement, filed April
2, 2007, for our 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders incorporated by reference
into our Annual Report. (File No. 1-11840)
2.
The Plan's Annual
Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 2006. (File No. 1-11840)
3.
Allstate's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007
filed on May 2, 2007.
(File No. 1-11840)
4.
Allstate's Current
Reports on Form 8-K filed March 21, May 3, May 9, May 10, May 18 and June
27, 2007.
(File No. 1-11840)
5.
The description of
Allstate's common shares contained in Item 11 of Allstate's Form 10/A filed May
14, 2001, as amended and restated in Item 8.01 of Allstate's Current Report on
Form 8-K filed on May 18, 2007. (File No. 1-11840)
6.
From the date of
filing of such documents, all documents filed by Allstate and the Plan with the
Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), subsequent to
the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that
all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold.
All documents that Allstate and the Plan subsequently
file pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, other
than any information Allstate furnishes, rather than files, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission pursuant to certain items of Form 8-K, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement
and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.  Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference or deemed to be part of
the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of the Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference or deemed to be part of the Registration Statement
modifies or replaces such statement.  Any
statement contained in a document that is deemed to be incorporated by
reference or deemed to be part of the Registration Statement after the most
recent effective date may modify or replace existing statements contained in
the Registration Statement.  Any such
statement so modified shall not be deemed in its unmodified form to constitute
a part of the Registration Statement for purposes of the Securities Act of
1933.  Any statement so superseded shall
not be deemed to constitute a part of the Registration Statement for purposes
of the Securities Act of 1933.
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Item 6:   Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Article IV of the
by-laws of Allstate provides that Allstate will indemnify all of its directors,
former directors, officers and former officers, to the fullest extent permitted
under law, who were or are a party or are threatened to be made a party to any
proceeding by reason of the fact that such persons were or are directors or
officers of Allstate, against liabilities, expenses, judgments, fines, excise
taxes or penalties assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan or trust,
and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by them. The
indemnity shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which directors
or officers may be entitled by law or under any articles of incorporation,
by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise. In addition, the indemnity shall inure to the benefit of the legal
representatives of directors and officers or of their estates, whether such
representatives are court appointed or otherwise designated, and to the benefit
of the heirs of such directors and officers. The indemnity shall extend to and
include claims for such payments arising out of any proceeding commenced or
based on actions of such directors and officers taken prior to the effective
date of such Article IV; provided that payment of such claims had not been
agreed to or denied by Allstate before such date.
Article Eighth of
Allstate's Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director of
Allstate shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders
for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, to the
fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Under Section 145
of the Delaware General Corporation Law, a corporation may indemnify a person
who was made a party to a proceeding or threatened to be made a party to a
proceeding by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director or
officer of the corporation against liability actually and reasonably incurred
in connection with such proceeding 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, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was unlawful.  A corporation may not indemnify a director or
officer in connection with a proceeding where he is adjudged liable to the
corporation, unless the court in which the proceeding is brought determines
that such director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity.
Allstate has
provided liability insurance for each director and officer for certain losses arising
from claims or charges made against them while acting in their capacities as
directors or officers of Allstate.
Item 8:   Exhibits
The Exhibits to
this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit Index of this
Registration Statement, which index is incorporated herein by reference.
Allstate has submitted the Plan (As Amended and Restated Effective
January 1, 2006) to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in a timely manner,
and will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan
under Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Item 9:   Undertakings
Allstate and the
Plan hereby undertake:
(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 (the
"Securities Act");
(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 the volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered
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would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective registration statement;
(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 (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not
apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-8 and the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by Allstate or
the Plan pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act
that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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.
Allstate and the
Plan hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of Allstate's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act and each filing of
the Plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act 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.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of Allstate pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, Allstate has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by Allstate of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of Allstate 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, Allstate 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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POWER OF
ATTORNEY
Each director
and/or officer of the Registrant whose signature appears below hereby appoints
Karen C. Gardner, Jennifer M. Hager, Danny L. Hale, Edward M. Liddy, Michael J.
McCabe, Mary J. McGinn, Samuel H. Pilch, Mario Rizzo, Steven C. Verney and
Thomas J. Wilson and each of them severally, as his or her attorney-in-fact in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities stated below, to
sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Commission. The Registrant also appoints Jennifer M. Hager, Danny L.
Hale, Edward M. Liddy, Michael J. McCabe, Mary J. McGinn, and Samuel H. Pilch,
and each of them severally, as its attorney-in-fact in its name, place and
stead to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Commission.
SIGNATURES
The Registrant
.  Pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Act, Allstate certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in Township of Northfield, County of Cook, State of Illinois,
on July 17, 2007.
THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION
By:
/s/  MARY J.
  MCGINN
Name:
Mary J. McGinn
Title:
Secretary and Deputy General Counsel
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act,
this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ THOMAS
  J. WILSON
President, Chief
  Executive Officer and
July
  17, 2007
Thomas J. Wilson
a Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/  DANNY
  L. HALE
Vice President and
  Chief Financial
July
  17, 2007
Danny L. Hale
Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/  SAMUEL
  H. PILCH
Controller (Principal
  Accounting
July
  17, 2007
Samuel H. Pilch
Officer)
/s/
  EDWARD M. LIDDY
Director
July
  17, 2007
Edward M. Liddy
/s/  F.
  DUANE ACKERMAN
Director
July
  17, 2007
F. Duane
  Ackerman
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Director
James G. Andress
Director
Robert D. Beyer
/s/  W.
  JAMES FARRELL
Director
July
  17, 2007
W. James Farrell
/s/  JACK
  M. GREENBERG
Director
July
  17, 2007
Jack M.
  Greenberg
/s/  RONALD
  T. LEMAY
Director
July
  17, 2007
Ronald T. LeMay
Director
J. Christopher
  Reyes
/s/  H.
  JOHN RILEY, JR.
Director
July
  17, 2007
H. John Riley,
  Jr.
/s/  JOSHUA
  I. SMITH
Director
July
  17, 2007
Joshua I. Smith
Director
Judith A.
  Sprieser
/s/
  MARY ALICE TAYLOR
Director
July
  17, 2007
Mary Alice
  Taylor
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The Plan hereby
appoints Karen C. Gardner, Jennifer M. Hager, Danny L. Hale, Edward M. Liddy,
Michael J. McCabe, Mary J. McGinn, Samuel H. Pilch, Mario Rizzo, Steven C.
Verney and Thomas J. Wilson and each of them severally, as its attorney-in-fact
in its name, place and stead to sign any and all subsequent amendments to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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SIGNATURES
The
Plan.
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other persons who
administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the Township of Northfield, County of Cook, State of Illinois,
on July 17
, 2007
.
THE SAVINGS AND PROFIT SHARING
FUND OF ALLSTATE EMPLOYEES
By:  /s/ JOHN O'MALLEY
Name:   John O'Malley
Title: Plan Administrator
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of The
  Allstate Corporation. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i) of The
  Allstate Corporation's current report on Form 8-K filed on May 18, 2007.
  (File No. 1-11840)
4.2
Amended and Restated
  Bylaws of The Allstate Corporation, effective February 20, 2007. Incorporated
  by reference to Exhibit 3(ii) of The Allstate Corporation annual report on
  Form 10-K filed on February 22, 2007. (File No. 1-11840)
5
Undertaking Regarding
  Submission to Internal Revenue Service (included in Item 8)
15
Acknowledgment of
  Deloitte & Touche LLP regarding unaudited interim financial information
23.1
Consent of Independent
  Registered Public Accounting Firm
24
Power of Attorney
  (included on signature page)
8