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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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 May&nbsp;19, 2009</font></b></p>

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Statement No.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">United States Securities and Exchange
Commission</font></b><b><br>
</b><b>Washington,
DC 20549</b></p>

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

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br>
UNDER<br>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION<br>
</font></b>(Exact Name of
Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</p>

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

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<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2009 EQUITY
INCENTIVE PLAN <br>
</font></b>(Full title of the
Plan)</p>

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<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Mary J.
McGinn, Secretary and Deputy General Counsel, The Allstate Corporation<br>
2775 Sanders Road, Suite&nbsp;A3, Northbrook, Illinois 60062-7119<br>
(847) 402-5000<br>
</font></b>(Name, address, and
telephone number of agent for service)</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a
large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a
smaller reporting company. See definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated
filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</font></p>

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  filer&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font face="Wingdings">o</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Smaller
  reporting company&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font face="Wingdings">o</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  to&nbsp;be&nbsp;Registered</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount&nbsp;to&nbsp;be<br>
  Registered(1)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed&nbsp;Maximum<br>
  Offering&nbsp;Price&nbsp;Per<br>
  Share</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed&nbsp;Maximum<br>
  Aggregate&nbsp;Offering<br>
  Price</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount&nbsp;of<br>
  Registration&nbsp;Fee</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">21,380,000 shares</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.67 </font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">527,444,600 </font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">29,431.41 </font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><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>The provisions of Rule&nbsp;416 under the
Securities Act of 1933 apply to this Registration Statement and the number of
shares registered hereby shall automatically increase or decrease as the result
of stock splits, stock dividends, reverse stock splits or similar transactions.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Calculated pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)&nbsp;based
on the average of the high and low prices of Allstate common shares on May&nbsp;13,
2009 as reported on the New York Stock Exchange consolidated reporting system.</p>

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

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 3:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation of Documents by
Reference</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
following documents filed by The Allstate Corporation (&#147;Allstate&#148;) with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) are incorporated in and
made a part of this Registration Statement by reference, as of their respective
dates:</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Allstate&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K
for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008, filed February&nbsp;26, 2009,
and the portions of our Proxy Statement, filed April&nbsp;1, 2009, for our 2009
Annual Meeting of Stockholders incorporated by reference into our Annual Report.
(File No.&nbsp;1-11840)</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Allstate&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2009 filed on May&nbsp;7, 2009. (File No.&nbsp;1-11840)</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Allstate&#146;s Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K
filed May&nbsp;13, 2009. (File No.&nbsp;1-11840)</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The description of Allstate&#146;s common shares
contained in Item 11 of Allstate&#146;s Form&nbsp;10/A filed May&nbsp;14, 2001, as
amended and restated in Item 8.01 of Allstate&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K
filed on May&nbsp;18, 2007. (File No.&nbsp;1-11840)</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>From the date of filing of such documents,
all documents filed by Allstate with the Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold.</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All
documents that Allstate subsequently files pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act, other than any information
Allstate furnishes, rather than files, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to certain items of Form&nbsp;8-K, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and to be part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.&#160; Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference or deemed to be part of
the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of the Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference or deemed to be part of the Registration Statement
modifies or replaces such statement.&#160; Any
statement contained in a document that is deemed to be incorporated by
reference or deemed to be part of the Registration Statement after the most
recent effective date may modify or replace existing statements contained in
the Registration Statement.&#160; Any such
statement so modified shall not be deemed in its unmodified form to constitute
a part of the Registration Statement for purposes of the Securities Act of
1933.&#160; Any statement so superseded shall
not be deemed to constitute a part of the Registration Statement for purposes
of the Securities Act of 1933.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5:&#160;&#160; Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mary J. McGinn,&nbsp;Esq.,
Allstate&#146;s Secretary and Deputy General Counsel, has passed upon the validity
of the common shares being registered. As of April&nbsp;30, 2009, Ms.&nbsp;McGinn
beneficially owns 20,799 Allstate common shares, options to purchase 221,503 shares,
and 18,093 restricted stock units. These shares, options, and units include
awards under Allstate&#146;s employee benefit plans, subject to forfeiture under
certain circumstances.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Article&nbsp;IV
of the by-laws of Allstate provides that Allstate will indemnify all of its
directors, former directors, officers and former officers, to the fullest
extent permitted under law, who were or are a party or are threatened to be
made a party to any proceeding by reason of the fact that such persons were or
are directors or officers of Allstate, against liabilities, expenses,
judgments, fines, excise taxes or penalties assessed with respect to an
employee benefit plan or trust, and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by them. The indemnity shall not be deemed exclusive of any
other rights to which directors or officers may be entitled by law or under any
articles of incorporation, by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise. In addition, the indemnity shall inure to
the benefit of the legal representatives of directors and officers or of their
estates, whether such representatives are court appointed or otherwise
designated, and to the benefit of the heirs of such directors and officers. The
indemnity shall extend to and include claims for such payments arising out of
any proceeding commenced or based on actions of such directors and officers
taken prior to the effective date of such Article&nbsp;IV; provided that
payment of such claims had not been agreed to or denied by Allstate before such
date.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Article&nbsp;Eighth
of Allstate&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director of
Allstate shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders
for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, to the
fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Under
Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, a corporation may
indemnify a person who was made a party to a proceeding or threatened to be
made a party to a proceeding by reason of the fact that the person is or was a
director or officer of the corporation against liability actually and
reasonably incurred in connection with such proceeding if the person acted in
good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any
criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person&#146;s conduct
was unlawful.&#160; A corporation may not
indemnify a director or officer in connection with a proceeding where he is
adjudged liable to the corporation, unless the court in which the proceeding is
brought determines that such director or officer is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Allstate has provided
liability insurance for each director and officer for certain losses arising
from claims or charges made against them while acting in their capacities as
directors or officers of Allstate.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Allstate
has entered into an indemnification agreement with each director, providing
that Allstate will indemnify such director (and such director&#146;s spouse), to the
fullest extent permitted under Delaware law, if he or she is or was made a
party, witness, or other participant in or is or was threatened to be made a
party, witness, or other participant in any proceeding by reason of the fact
that such person was or may be deemed a director of Allstate or was or may be
deemed serving at the request of Allstate as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, against liabilities, expenses (including those expenses incurred in
relation to a successful defense of claims), judgments, fines, excise taxes or
penalties assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan or trust, and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by them, provided
that such director acted in good faith and in a manner reasonable believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of Allstate.&#160; The indemnity shall not be deemed exclusive
of any other rights to which such director may be entitled by law or under any
articles of incorporation or by-law. The agreement requires Allstate to obtain
and maintain an insurance policy or policies providing general director
liability insurance.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8:&#160;&#160; Exhibits</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Exhibits to this
Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit&nbsp;Index of this
Registration Statement, which index is incorporated herein by reference.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9:&#160;&#160; Undertakings</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Allstate hereby undertakes:</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 138.95pt;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To
include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)&nbsp;of the Securities
Act of 1933 (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;);</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 138.95pt;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a
20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration
statement;</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 138.95pt;text-indent:-.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in the Registration Statement;</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Provided, however, that paragraphs
(1)(i)&nbsp;and (1)(ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form&nbsp;S-8
and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by Allstate pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of
the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <i>bona fide</i> offering
thereof.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Allstate hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of Allstate&#146;s annual report
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange
Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <i>bona fide</i> offering
thereof.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of Allstate pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, Allstate has been advised that in
the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by Allstate of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of Allstate in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, Allstate will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></p>

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

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each director and/or officer of the Registrant whose signature appears
below hereby appoints Don Civgin, Jennifer M. Hager, Michele C. Mayes, Mary J.
McGinn, Samuel H. Pilch, and Thomas J. Wilson and each of them severally, as
his or her attorney-in-fact in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities stated below, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Commission. The Registrant also appoints Don
Civgin, Jennifer M. Hager, Michele C. Mayes, Mary J. McGinn, and Samuel H.
Pilch, and each of them severally, as its attorney-in-fact in its name, place
and stead to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Commission.</font></p>

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

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">The Registrant</font></i>.&#160; Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act, Allstate certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing this Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in
Township of Northfield, County of Cook, State of Illinois, on May&nbsp;19,
2009.</p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:43.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;MARY
  J. MCGINN</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:43.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mary
  J. McGinn</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title:</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Secretary
  and Deputy General Counsel</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</font></p>

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

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Signature</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Title</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Date</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;THOMAS
  J. WILSON</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman of the Board,
  President, and Chief </font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:35.84%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Thomas
  J. Wilson</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Executive Officer </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;19,
  2009</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Principal Executive
  Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:35.84%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;DON
  CIVGIN</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice President and Chief
  Financial Officer</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:35.84%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Don
  Civgin</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Principal Financial
  Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;19,
  2009</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:35.84%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;SAMUEL
  H. PILCH</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Controller (Principal
  Accounting Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;19,
  2009</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:35.84%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Samuel
  H. Pilch</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  F. DUANE ACKERMAN</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;19,
  2009</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">F.
  Duane Ackerman</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  W. JAMES FARRELL</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;19,
  2009</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">W.
  James Farrell</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;19,
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  I. SMITH</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;19,
  2009</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:35.84%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Joshua
  I. Smith</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:35.84%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:35.84%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;JUDITH
  A. SPRIESER</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;19,
  2009</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:35.84%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Judith
  A. Sprieser</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:35.84%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:35.84%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;MARY
  ALICE TAYLOR</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;19,
  2009</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:35.84%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mary
  Alice Taylor</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT
INDEX</font></b></p>

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  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit<br>
  Number</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.14%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" 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:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.26%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Description of Exhibit</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Restated
  Certificate of Incorporation of The Allstate Corporation. Incorporated by
  reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3(i)&nbsp;of The Allstate Corporation&#146;s current
  report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on May&nbsp;18, 2007. (File No.&nbsp;1-11840)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended
  and Restated Bylaws of The Allstate Corporation, effective September&nbsp;15,
  2008. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3(ii)&nbsp;of The Allstate
  Corporation current report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on September&nbsp;19, 2008.
  (File No.&nbsp;1-11840)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2009
  Equity Incentive Plan. Incorporated by reference to Appendix C to The
  Allstate Corporation Notice of 2009 Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement dated
  April&nbsp;1, 2009 filed April&nbsp;1, 2009. (File No.&nbsp;1-11840)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion
  of Mary J. McGinn,&nbsp;Esq.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">15</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Acknowledgment
  of Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP regarding unaudited interim financial
  information</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent
  of Mary J. McGinn (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5)</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:88.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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 <tr>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent
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As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 19, 2009
Registration
Statement No.
United States Securities and Exchange
Commission
Washington,
DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION
(Exact Name of
Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
DELAWARE
36-3871531
(State of Incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification
No.)
2775 Sanders Road, Northbrook, Illinois 60062-6127
(Address and Zip Code of Principal Executive Office)
2009 EQUITY
INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the
Plan)
Mary J.
McGinn, Secretary and Deputy General Counsel, The Allstate Corporation
2775 Sanders Road, Suite A3, Northbrook, Illinois 60062-7119
(847) 402-5000
(Name, address, and
telephone number of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a
large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a
smaller reporting company. See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated
filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large
  accelerated filer
x
Accelerated
  filer
o
Non-accelerated
  filer
o
Smaller
  reporting company
o
(do
  not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered(1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per
Share
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share
21,380,000 shares
$
24.67
(2)
$
527,444,600
(2)
$
29,431.41
(2)
(1)
The provisions of Rule 416 under the
Securities Act of 1933 apply to this Registration Statement and the number of
shares registered hereby shall automatically increase or decrease as the result
of stock splits, stock dividends, reverse stock splits or similar transactions.
(2)
Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) based
on the average of the high and low prices of Allstate common shares on May 13,
2009 as reported on the New York Stock Exchange consolidated reporting system.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3:    Incorporation of Documents by
Reference
The
following documents filed by The Allstate Corporation ("Allstate") with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated in and
made a part of this Registration Statement by reference, as of their respective
dates:
1.
Allstate's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, filed February 26, 2009,
and the portions of our Proxy Statement, filed April 1, 2009, for our 2009
Annual Meeting of Stockholders incorporated by reference into our Annual Report.
(File No. 1-11840)
2.
Allstate's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 filed on May 7, 2009. (File No. 1-11840)
3.
Allstate's Current Reports on Form 8-K
filed May 13, 2009. (File No. 1-11840)
4.
The description of Allstate's common shares
contained in Item 11 of Allstate's Form 10/A filed May 14, 2001, as
amended and restated in Item 8.01 of Allstate's Current Report on Form 8-K
filed on May 18, 2007. (File No. 1-11840)
5.
From the date of filing of such documents,
all documents filed by Allstate with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold.
All
documents that Allstate subsequently files pursuant to Section 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, other than any information
Allstate furnishes, rather than files, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to certain items of Form 8-K, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and to be part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.  Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference or deemed to be part of
the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of the Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference or deemed to be part of the Registration Statement
modifies or replaces such statement.  Any
statement contained in a document that is deemed to be incorporated by
reference or deemed to be part of the Registration Statement after the most
recent effective date may modify or replace existing statements contained in
the Registration Statement.  Any such
statement so modified shall not be deemed in its unmodified form to constitute
a part of the Registration Statement for purposes of the Securities Act of
1933.  Any statement so superseded shall
not be deemed to constitute a part of the Registration Statement for purposes
of the Securities Act of 1933.
Item 5:   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Mary J. McGinn, Esq.,
Allstate's Secretary and Deputy General Counsel, has passed upon the validity
of the common shares being registered. As of April 30, 2009, Ms. McGinn
beneficially owns 20,799 Allstate common shares, options to purchase 221,503 shares,
and 18,093 restricted stock units. These shares, options, and units include
awards under Allstate's employee benefit plans, subject to forfeiture under
certain circumstances.
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Item 6:   Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Article IV
of the by-laws of Allstate provides that Allstate will indemnify all of its
directors, former directors, officers and former officers, to the fullest
extent permitted under law, who were or are a party or are threatened to be
made a party to any proceeding by reason of the fact that such persons were or
are directors or officers of Allstate, against liabilities, expenses,
judgments, fines, excise taxes or penalties assessed with respect to an
employee benefit plan or trust, and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by them. The indemnity shall not be deemed exclusive of any
other rights to which directors or officers may be entitled by law or under any
articles of incorporation, by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise. In addition, the indemnity shall inure to
the benefit of the legal representatives of directors and officers or of their
estates, whether such representatives are court appointed or otherwise
designated, and to the benefit of the heirs of such directors and officers. The
indemnity shall extend to and include claims for such payments arising out of
any proceeding commenced or based on actions of such directors and officers
taken prior to the effective date of such Article IV; provided that
payment of such claims had not been agreed to or denied by Allstate before such
date.
Article Eighth
of Allstate's Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director of
Allstate shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders
for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, to the
fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Under
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, a corporation may
indemnify a person who was made a party to a proceeding or threatened to be
made a party to a proceeding by reason of the fact that the person is or was a
director or officer of the corporation against liability actually and
reasonably incurred in connection with such proceeding if the person acted in
good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any
criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct
was unlawful.  A corporation may not
indemnify a director or officer in connection with a proceeding where he is
adjudged liable to the corporation, unless the court in which the proceeding is
brought determines that such director or officer is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity.
Allstate has provided
liability insurance for each director and officer for certain losses arising
from claims or charges made against them while acting in their capacities as
directors or officers of Allstate.
Allstate
has entered into an indemnification agreement with each director, providing
that Allstate will indemnify such director (and such director's spouse), to the
fullest extent permitted under Delaware law, if he or she is or was made a
party, witness, or other participant in or is or was threatened to be made a
party, witness, or other participant in any proceeding by reason of the fact
that such person was or may be deemed a director of Allstate or was or may be
deemed serving at the request of Allstate as a director, officer, employee or
agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, against liabilities, expenses (including those expenses incurred in
relation to a successful defense of claims), judgments, fines, excise taxes or
penalties assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan or trust, and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by them, provided
that such director acted in good faith and in a manner reasonable believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of Allstate.  The indemnity shall not be deemed exclusive
of any other rights to which such director may be entitled by law or under any
articles of incorporation or by-law. The agreement requires Allstate to obtain
and maintain an insurance policy or policies providing general director
liability insurance.
Item 8:   Exhibits
The Exhibits to this
Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit Index of this
Registration Statement, which index is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9:   Undertakings
Allstate hereby undertakes:
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(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act");
(ii)
To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a
20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
statement;
(iii)
To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in the Registration Statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs
(1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-8
and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by Allstate pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
Allstate hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of Allstate's annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of Allstate pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, Allstate has been advised that in
the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by Allstate of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of Allstate in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, Allstate will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each director and/or officer of the Registrant whose signature appears
below hereby appoints Don Civgin, Jennifer M. Hager, Michele C. Mayes, Mary J.
McGinn, Samuel H. Pilch, and Thomas J. Wilson and each of them severally, as
his or her attorney-in-fact in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities stated below, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Commission. The Registrant also appoints Don
Civgin, Jennifer M. Hager, Michele C. Mayes, Mary J. McGinn, and Samuel H.
Pilch, and each of them severally, as its attorney-in-fact in its name, place
and stead to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Commission.
SIGNATURES
The Registrant
.  Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act, Allstate certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in
Township of Northfield, County of Cook, State of Illinois, on May 19,
2009.
THE ALLSTATE CORPORATION
By:
/s/  MARY
  J. MCGINN
Name:
Mary
  J. McGinn
Title:
Secretary
  and Deputy General Counsel
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/  THOMAS
  J. WILSON
Chairman of the Board,
  President, and Chief
Thomas
  J. Wilson
Executive Officer
May 19,
  2009
(Principal Executive
  Officer)
/s/  DON
  CIVGIN
Vice President and Chief
  Financial Officer
Don
  Civgin
(Principal Financial
  Officer)
May 19,
  2009
/s/  SAMUEL
  H. PILCH
Controller (Principal
  Accounting Officer)
May 19,
  2009
Samuel
  H. Pilch
/s/
  F. DUANE ACKERMAN
Director
May 19,
  2009
F.
  Duane Ackerman
Director
May 19,
  2009
Robert
  D. Beyer
/s/
  W. JAMES FARRELL
Director
May 19,
  2009
W.
  James Farrell
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/s/  JACK
  M. GREENBERG
Director
May 19,
  2009
Jack
  M. Greenberg
Director
May 19,
  2009
Ronald
  T. LeMay
/s/
  H. JOHN RILEY, JR.
Director
May 19,
  2009
H.
  John Riley, Jr.
/s/  JOSHUA
  I. SMITH
Director
May 19,
  2009
Joshua
  I. Smith
/s/  JUDITH
  A. SPRIESER
Director
May 19,
  2009
Judith
  A. Sprieser
/s/  MARY
  ALICE TAYLOR
Director
May 19,
  2009
Mary
  Alice Taylor
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Restated
  Certificate of Incorporation of The Allstate Corporation. Incorporated by
  reference to Exhibit 3(i) of The Allstate Corporation's current
  report on Form 8-K filed on May 18, 2007. (File No. 1-11840)
4.2
Amended
  and Restated Bylaws of The Allstate Corporation, effective September 15,
  2008. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(ii) of The Allstate
  Corporation current report on Form 8-K filed on September 19, 2008.
  (File No. 1-11840)
4.3
2009
  Equity Incentive Plan. Incorporated by reference to Appendix C to The
  Allstate Corporation Notice of 2009 Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement dated
  April 1, 2009 filed April 1, 2009. (File No. 1-11840)
5
Opinion
  of Mary J. McGinn, Esq.
15
Acknowledgment
  of Deloitte & Touche LLP regarding unaudited interim financial
  information
23.1
Consent
  of Mary J. McGinn (included in Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent
  of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24
Power
  of Attorney (included on signature page)
7