<html>

<head>






</head>

<body lang="EN-US">

<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;">
 <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;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 November 1, 2006</font></b></a></p> <p align="right" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></b></p> <div style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 6.0pt;margin-left:0pt;margin-right:-7.2pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"> <p style="border:none;color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;padding:0pt;"></p> </div>

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

<p align="center" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 18.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED
STATES<br>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font><br>
Washington, D.C.&#160; 20549</b></p>

<p align="center" style="color:windowtext;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="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt 18.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION
STATEMENT<br>
UNDER<br>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 18.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">QWEST
COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC.<br>
</font></b>(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter)</p>

<div align="center">

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="51%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:51.3%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Delaware</font></b><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading --></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:10.02%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:38.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">84-1339282</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="51%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:51.3%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or other jurisdiction</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:10.02%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:38.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S. employer identification no.)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="51%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:51.3%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">of incorporation or organization)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:10.02%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:38.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="51%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:51.3%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:10.02%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:38.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="51%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:51.3%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:10.02%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:38.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="61%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:61.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1801
  California Street, Denver, Colorado</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:38.68%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;&nbsp;80202</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="61%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:61.32%;">
  <p align="right" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of principal executive offices)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:38.68%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Zip Code)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

</div>

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

<p align="center" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 18.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">QWEST COMMUNICATIONS
INTERNATIONAL INC. EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN<br>
</font></b>(Full title of the
plan)</p>

<p align="center" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 113.05pt 18.0pt 108.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Stephen
E. Brilz<br>
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel<br>
Qwest Communications International Inc.<br>
1801 California Street<br>
</font>Denver, Colorado 80202<br></font></b>&#160;(Name and address of agent for service)</p>

<p align="center" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 112.7pt 18.0pt 108.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(303)
992-1400<br>
</font></b>(Telephone number,
including area code of agent for service)</p>

<p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="37%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.44%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 2.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading -->Title&nbsp;of&nbsp;securities<br>
  to&nbsp;be&nbsp;registered</p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.6%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 2.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 2.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 2.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.22%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 2.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount&nbsp;to&nbsp;be<br>
  registered</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.6%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 2.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 2.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 2.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.22%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 2.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed<br>
  maximum&nbsp;offering<br>
  price&nbsp;per&nbsp;share(1)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.6%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 2.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 2.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 2.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.22%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 2.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed<br>
  maximum&nbsp;aggregate<br>
  offering&nbsp;price(1)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.6%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 2.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.4%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 2.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 2.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:14.22%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 2.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount&nbsp;of<br>
  registration&nbsp;fee</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 2.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="37%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.44%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Stock, par value
  $0.01 per share</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" 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:.6%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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="color:windowtext;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:.34%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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:14.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">100,000,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" 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:.6%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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="color:windowtext;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:.34%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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:14.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$8.68&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" 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:.6%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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="color:windowtext;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:.34%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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:14.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$868,000,000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" 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:.6%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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="color:windowtext;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:.34%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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:14.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$92,876&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt .2pt 6.0pt 0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><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;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.&#160; The price per share and aggregate offering
price are based on the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common
Stock of Qwest Communications International Inc. (&#147;Qwest&#148;) on October 27, 2006,
as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.</p>

<p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The Exhibit Index for this Registration Statement
is on page 5.</font></b></p>


 <div style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 6.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"> <p style="border:none;color:windowtext;margin:0pt 7.2pt .0001pt 0pt;padding:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p> </div>
</div><br><hr size="3" width="100%" noshade color="#010101" align="center">

<!-- SEQ.=1,FOLIO='',FILE='C:\JMS\jmaher\06-22258-1\task1440212\22258-1-ba.htm',USER='jmaher',CD='Oct 28 19:57 2006' -->



<br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always;">

<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;">
 <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt -7.2pt .0001pt 0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&#160;</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="color:black;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INCORPORATION OF EARLIER REGISTRATION STATEMENTS BY REFERENCE</font></b></p>

<p style="color:black;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;">Qwest hereby incorporates by
reference into this registration statement the contents of the registration
statements on Form S-8 filed on behalf of Qwest with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on June 23, 2000 (File No. 333-40050), August 18, 1998
(File No. 333-61725) and June 26, 1997 (File No. 333-30123).</font></p>

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

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading --><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit<br>
  Number</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&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:88.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Description</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.72%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.72%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Qwest Communications International Inc. Equity
  Incentive Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Qwest&#146;s Proxy
  Statement for the 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, File No. 001-15577)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.72%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.72%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Stephen E. Brilz, Esq.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.72%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.72%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of KPMG LLP</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.72%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.72%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Stephen E. Brilz, Esq. (included in
  Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.72%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">24.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.72%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

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


 <p style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font face="Times New Roman">2</font></p>
</div><br><hr size="3" width="100%" noshade color="#010101" align="center">

<!-- SEQ.=1,FOLIO='2',FILE='C:\JMS\lhouse\06-22258-1\task1419850\22258-1-ja.htm',USER='lhouse',CD='Oct 19 03:09 2006' -->



<br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always;">

<div>
 <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt -7.2pt .0001pt 0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&#160;</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="color:windowtext;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="color:windowtext;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 21.6pt 12.0pt 0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Denver, State of Colorado, on this 1</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">st</font>&#160;day of November, 2006.</p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Times New Roman;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.8%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading --></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.82%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.8%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.4%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:42.44%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.8%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.4%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:42.44%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.8%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.4%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:42.44%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  Stephen E. Brilz</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.8%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.4%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:42.44%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Stephen
  E. Brilz</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.8%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.4%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:42.44%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice President and Deputy General Counsel</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.8%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.4%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:42.44%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">(Duly Authorized Officer)</font></i></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 21.6pt 12.0pt 0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="color:windowtext;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="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and
appoints Richard C. Notebaert, Oren G. Shaffer and Stephen E. Brilz, or anyone
of them, as his or her attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments to this registration statement (including post-effective
amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting to said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and
perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he
might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or
substitutes, may or shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof.</font></p>

<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 21.6pt 6.0pt 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 indicated below, on May 24, 2006.</font></p>

<p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 21.6pt 6.0pt 0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Times New Roman;width:100.0%;">
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="18%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:18.88%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading --></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.94%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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;">Signature</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:18.88%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:22.6%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.12%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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;">Titles</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:22.6%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Richard C. Notebaert</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard C. Notebaert</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">(Principal Executive Officer)</font></i></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Oren G. Shaffer</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Oren G. Shaffer</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">(Principal Financial Officer)</font></i></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ John W. Richardson</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Controller
  and Senior Vice President</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John
  W. Richardson</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">(Principal Accounting Officer)</font></i></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Linda G. Alvarado</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Linda G. Alvarado</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Charles L. Biggs</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Charles L. Biggs</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ K. Dane Brooksher</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">K. Dane Brooksher</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Peter S. Hellman</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Peter S. Hellman</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

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


 <p style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font face="Times New Roman">3</font></p> <br><hr size="3" width="100%" noshade color="#010101" align="center">

<!-- SEQ.=1,FOLIO='3',FILE='C:\fc\301233032613_D10181_1440336\22258-1-jc.htm',USER='jmsproofassembler',CD='Oct 28 23:30 2006' -->
<br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always;">
 <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt -7.2pt .0001pt 0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&#160;</font></b></p>


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

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Times New Roman;width:100.0%;">
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="18%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:18.88%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading --></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.94%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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;">Signature</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="18%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:18.88%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:22.6%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.12%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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;">Titles</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:22.6%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ R. David Hoover</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">R. David Hoover</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Patrick J. Martin</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Patrick J. Martin</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Caroline Matthews</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Caroline Matthews</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Wayne W. Murdy</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Wayne W. Murdy</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Frank P. Popoff</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Frank P. Popoff</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ James A. Unruh</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;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="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="44%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:44.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">James A. Unruh</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="49%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.32%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

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


 <p style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font face="Times New Roman">4</font></p>
</div><br><hr size="3" width="100%" noshade color="#010101" align="center">

<!-- SEQ.=1,FOLIO='4',FILE='C:\fc\301233032613_D10181_1440336\22258-1-jc.htm',USER='jmsproofassembler',CD='Oct 28 23:30 2006' -->



<br clear="all" style="page-break-before:always;">

<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;">
 <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt -7.2pt .0001pt 0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&#160;</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="color:black;margin-left:0pt;margin-right:0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="color:windowtext;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%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading --><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit<br>
  Number</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&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:88.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Description</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.72%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.72%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Qwest Communications International Inc. Equity
  Incentive Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Qwest&#146;s Proxy
  Statement for the 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, File No. 001-15577)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.72%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.72%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Stephen E. Brilz, Esq.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.72%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.72%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of KPMG LLP</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.72%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.72%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Stephen E. Brilz, Esq. (included in
  Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.72%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.92%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">24.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:88.72%;">
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

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


 <p style="color:windowtext;font-size:10.0pt;margin:24.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font face="Times New Roman">5</font></p>
</div><br><hr size="3" width="100%" noshade color="#010101" align="center">

<!-- SEQ.=1,FOLIO='5',FILE='C:\JMS\lhouse\06-22258-1\task1419850\22258-1-ka.htm',USER='lhouse',CD='Oct 19 03:12 2006' -->


</body>

</html>
[{"type": "S-8", "sequence": "1", "filename": "a06-22258_1s8.htm", "description": "REG STMT FOR SECURITIES OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS AND SUBDIVISIONS THEREOF", "secsgml_size_bytes": 96089}]
{"company-data": {"conformed-name": "QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC", "cik": "0001037949", "assigned-sic": "4813", "irs-number": "841339282", "state-of-incorporation": "DE", "fiscal-year-end": "1231"}, "filing-values": {"form-type": "S-8", "act": "33", "file-number": "333-138364", "film-number": "061179660"}, "business-address": {"street1": "1801 CALIFORNIA ST", "city": "DENVER", "state": "CO", "zip": "80202", "phone": "3039921400"}, "mail-address": {"street1": "1801 CALIFORNIA ST", "city": "DENVER", "state": "CO", "zip": "80202"}, "former-company": {"former-conformed-name": "QUEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC", "date-changed": "19970416"}}
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 1, 2006
Registration No. 333-
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
QWEST
COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC.
(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
84-1339282
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. employer identification no.)
of incorporation or organization)
1801
  California Street, Denver, Colorado
80202
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS
INTERNATIONAL INC. EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the
plan)
Stephen
E. Brilz
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
Qwest Communications International Inc.
1801 California Street
Denver, Colorado 80202
(Name and address of agent for service)
(303)
992-1400
(Telephone number,
including area code of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount to be
registered
Proposed
maximum offering
price per share(1)
Proposed
maximum aggregate
offering price(1)
Amount of
registration fee
Common Stock, par value
  $0.01 per share
100,000,000
$8.68
$868,000,000
$92,876
(1)
Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  The price per share and aggregate offering
price are based on the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common
Stock of Qwest Communications International Inc. ("Qwest") on October 27, 2006,
as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.
The Exhibit Index for this Registration Statement
is on page 5.
INCORPORATION OF EARLIER REGISTRATION STATEMENTS BY REFERENCE
Qwest hereby incorporates by
reference into this registration statement the contents of the registration
statements on Form S-8 filed on behalf of Qwest with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on June 23, 2000 (File No. 333-40050), August 18, 1998
(File No. 333-61725) and June 26, 1997 (File No. 333-30123).
EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Qwest Communications International Inc. Equity
  Incentive Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Qwest's Proxy
  Statement for the 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, File No. 001-15577)
5.1
Opinion of Stephen E. Brilz, Esq.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent of Stephen E. Brilz, Esq. (included in
  Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
2
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Denver, State of Colorado, on this 1
st
day of November, 2006.
QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC.
By:
/s/
  Stephen E. Brilz
Stephen
  E. Brilz
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
(Duly Authorized Officer)
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and
appoints Richard C. Notebaert, Oren G. Shaffer and Stephen E. Brilz, or anyone
of them, as his or her attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments to this registration statement (including post-effective
amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting to said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and
perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he
might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or
substitutes, may or shall lawfully do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed
by the following persons, in the capacities indicated below, on May 24, 2006.
Signature
Titles
/s/ Richard C. Notebaert
Director, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Richard C. Notebaert
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Oren G. Shaffer
Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer
Oren G. Shaffer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ John W. Richardson
Controller
  and Senior Vice President
John
  W. Richardson
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Linda G. Alvarado
Director
Linda G. Alvarado
/s/ Charles L. Biggs
Director
Charles L. Biggs
/s/ K. Dane Brooksher
Director
K. Dane Brooksher
/s/ Peter S. Hellman
Director
Peter S. Hellman
3
Signature
Titles
/s/ R. David Hoover
Director
R. David Hoover
/s/ Patrick J. Martin
Director
Patrick J. Martin
/s/ Caroline Matthews
Director
Caroline Matthews
/s/ Wayne W. Murdy
Director
Wayne W. Murdy
/s/ Frank P. Popoff
Director
Frank P. Popoff
/s/ James A. Unruh
Director
James A. Unruh
4
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Qwest Communications International Inc. Equity
  Incentive Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference to Qwest's Proxy
  Statement for the 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, File No. 001-15577)
5.1
Opinion of Stephen E. Brilz, Esq.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent of Stephen E. Brilz, Esq. (included in
  Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
5