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documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be
sent or given to participants in the Severn Bancorp, Inc. 2008 Equity Incentive
Plan, referred to as the Plan, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the
SEC under the Securities Act.</font></div>
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documents are not being filed with the SEC, but constitute (along with the
documents incorporated by reference into this registration statement pursuant to
Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section
10(a) of the Securities Act.</font></div>
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Bancorp, Inc., referred to as Severn, will furnish without charge to each
participant in the Plan, upon the written or oral request of such person, a copy
of any or all of the documents (i) incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part
II of this Registration Statement, which are incorporated by reference into the
prospectus for the Plan, and (ii) any other documents required to be delivered
pursuant to Rule 428(b) promulgated by the Commission under the Securities
Act.&#160;&#160;Requests should be directed to S. Scott Kirkley, Executive Vice
President and Secretary, Severn Bancorp, Inc., 200 Westgate Circle, Suite 200,
Annapolis, Maryland&#160;&#160;21401, telephone (410) 260-2000.</font></div>
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      Statement on Form 10 (File No. 000-49731), as filed with the Commission on
      June 7, 2002, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
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documents subsequently filed by Severn with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) (other than current reports furnished under items 2.02 or
7.01 of Form 8-K) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, after the date of this
registration statement, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold hereunder, shall be deemed
incorporated by reference into this registration statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of the filing of these documents.</font></div>
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Statement, any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document that is also deemed to be incorporated herein by
reference modifies or supersedes such statement in such document.&#160;&#160;Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</font></div>
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L. Lublin, a partner in the law firm of Blank Rome LLP which gave the opinion
attached hereto as Exhibit 5.1, owns 13,418 shares of Severn&#8217;s Common
Stock.</font></div>
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Bylaws, as amended, each provide that Severn shall, to the fullest extent
permitted under the Maryland General Corporation Law, indemnify its directors
and officers.&#160;&#160;Section 2-418 of the Maryland Annotated Code,
Corporations and Associations Article (1993) (&#8220;Maryland Code&#8221;) provides that a
corporation may indemnify directors and officers against liabilities they may
incur in such capacities unless it is established that: (a) the director&#8217;s act
or omission was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and (i) was
committed in bad faith or (ii) was the result of active and deliberate
dishonesty; or (b) the director actually received an improper benefit; or (c) in
the case of any criminal proceeding, the director had reasonable cause to
believe that the act or omission was unlawful.&#160;&#160;A corporation is
required to indemnify directors and officers against expenses they may incur in
defending actions against them in such capacities if they are successful on the
merits or otherwise in the defense of such actions.</font></div>
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including attorney's fees, actually incurred by the director in
connection&#160;&#160;with the proceeding. However, if the proceeding was a
proceeding by or in the right of Severn, indemnification may not be made in
respect of any proceeding in which the director shall have been adjudged liable
to Severn. In addition, no indemnity is permitted to a director with respect to
any proceeding charging improper personal benefit, whether or not involving
action in the director's official capacity, in which the director was adjudged
to be liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received.
Maryland law provides that a director who has been successful in the defense of
a proceeding shall be indemnified against reasonable expenses incurred in
connection with the proceeding. The provision also permits the advancement of
reasonable expenses if the director affirms in writing that in the director&#8217;s
good faith belief, the director has met the applicable standard of conduct
necessary for indemnification and undertakes to repay the amount if it is
ultimately determined that the director has not met the standard of conduct
necessary for indemnification. Officers, employees and agents of Severn may be
indemnified by Severn to the same extent as directors.</font></div>
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foregoing provisions shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which
a director or officer seeking indemnification may be entitled under, among other
things, any bylaw or charter provision, or resolution of stockholders or
directors, agreement, or otherwise.</font></div>
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Bylaws also provide that to the fullest extent permitted by Maryland law, no
director or officer of Severn shall be personally liable to Severn or its
shareholders for money damages.</font></div>
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part of this registration statement or, where so indicated have been previously
filed and are incorporated herein by reference:</font></div>
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5.1).</font></div>
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The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</font></div>
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To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement;</font></div>
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To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933:</font></div>
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To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement;</font></div>
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To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement;</font></div>
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(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form
S-3 or S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the
registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement.</font></div>
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That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.</font></div>
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To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.</font></div>
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The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's
annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></div>
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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.</font></div>
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to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that
it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Annapolis, State of Maryland, on July 30, 2008.</font></div>
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BANCORP, INC.</font></div>
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MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Alan J. Hyatt and Thomas G. Bevivino, and each of them
with the power to act alone, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments,
including pre-effective and post-effective amendments to this registration
statement, and any additional registration statements to be filed pursuant to
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documentation in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></div>
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to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
indicated.</font></div>
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svbi073008s8.htm
As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 30, 2008
Registration
No. 333-_____
UNITED
STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
__________________________________
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
__________________________________
SEVERN
BANCORP INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland
52-1726127
(State
      or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S.
      Employer
incorporation
      or organization)
Identification
      Number)
200
      Westgate Circle, Suite 200, Annapolis, MD
21401
(Address
      of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip
      Code)
2008
      Equity Incentive Plan
(Full
      title of the Plan)
Alan
      J. Hyatt
President
      and Chief Executive Officer
Severn
      Bancorp, Inc.
200
      Westgate Circle, Suite 200
Annapolis,
      MD 21401
(Name
      and address of agent for service)
(410)
      260-2000
(Telephone
      number, including area code, of agent for
  service)
Copy
to:
Edward
      L. Lublin, Esquire
Francis
      E. Dehel, Esquire
Blank
      Rome LLP
One
      Logan Square, 18
th
& Cherry Streets
Philadelphia,
      PA 19103
Telephone:  (215)
      569-5500
Facsimile:  (215)
      832-5532
_________________________________
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
      of securities to be registered
Amount
      to be registered (1)
Proposed
      maximum offering price per share (2)
Proposed
      maximum aggregate offering price (2)
Amount
      of registration fee
Common
      stock, par value $0.01 per share
621,000
$6.10
$3,788,100.00
$149.00
(1)
Pursuant
      to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
      registration statement also includes such indeterminate number of shares
      of Common Stock as may be issued pursuant to certain anti-dilution
      provisions contained in the Plan.
(2)
Estimated
      solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to
      Rule 457(h), based upon the average of the high and low sale prices of the
      Common Stock, reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market on July 28,
      2008.
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Part
I.   Information Required in the Section 10(a)
Prospectus
Item
1. Plan Information
The
documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be
sent or given to participants in the Severn Bancorp, Inc. 2008 Equity Incentive
Plan, referred to as the Plan, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the
SEC under the Securities Act.
These
documents are not being filed with the SEC, but constitute (along with the
documents incorporated by reference into this registration statement pursuant to
Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section
10(a) of the Securities Act.
Item
2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
Severn
Bancorp, Inc., referred to as Severn, will furnish without charge to each
participant in the Plan, upon the written or oral request of such person, a copy
of any or all of the documents (i) incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part
II of this Registration Statement, which are incorporated by reference into the
prospectus for the Plan, and (ii) any other documents required to be delivered
pursuant to Rule 428(b) promulgated by the Commission under the Securities
Act.  Requests should be directed to S. Scott Kirkley, Executive Vice
President and Secretary, Severn Bancorp, Inc., 200 Westgate Circle, Suite 200,
Annapolis, Maryland  21401, telephone (410) 260-2000.
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Part
II.  Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item
3.  Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.
Severn
hereby incorporates by reference in this registration statement the following
documents:
(a)
Severn's
      Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
      2007;
(b)
Severn's
      Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31,
      2008;
(c)
Severn's
      Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 30, 2008 (other than Item 7.01
      of the Form 8-K);
(d)
Severn's
      Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 30, 2008;
  and
(e)
The
      description of the common shares contained in Severn's Registration
      Statement on Form 10 (File No. 000-49731), as filed with the Commission on
      June 7, 2002, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
      updating such description.
All
documents subsequently filed by Severn with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) (other than current reports furnished under items 2.02 or
7.01 of Form 8-K) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, after the date of this
registration statement, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold hereunder, shall be deemed
incorporated by reference into this registration statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of the filing of these documents.
For purposes of this Registration
Statement, any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document that is also deemed to be incorporated herein by
reference modifies or supersedes such statement in such document.  Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item
4.  Description of Securities.
Not
Applicable.
Item
5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Edward
L. Lublin, a partner in the law firm of Blank Rome LLP which gave the opinion
attached hereto as Exhibit 5.1, owns 13,418 shares of Severn's Common
Stock.
Item
6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Severn's Articles of Incorporation and
Bylaws, as amended, each provide that Severn shall, to the fullest extent
permitted under the Maryland General Corporation Law, indemnify its directors
and officers.  Section 2-418 of the Maryland Annotated Code,
Corporations and Associations Article (1993) ("Maryland Code") provides that a
corporation may indemnify directors and officers against liabilities they may
incur in such capacities unless it is established that: (a) the director's act
or omission was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and (i) was
committed in bad faith or (ii) was the result of active and deliberate
dishonesty; or (b) the director actually received an improper benefit; or (c) in
the case of any criminal proceeding, the director had reasonable cause to
believe that the act or omission was unlawful.  A corporation is
required to indemnify directors and officers against expenses they may incur in
defending actions against them in such capacities if they are successful on the
merits or otherwise in the defense of such actions.
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Indemnification may
be against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses,
including attorney's fees, actually incurred by the director in
connection  with the proceeding. However, if the proceeding was a
proceeding by or in the right of Severn, indemnification may not be made in
respect of any proceeding in which the director shall have been adjudged liable
to Severn. In addition, no indemnity is permitted to a director with respect to
any proceeding charging improper personal benefit, whether or not involving
action in the director's official capacity, in which the director was adjudged
to be liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received.
Maryland law provides that a director who has been successful in the defense of
a proceeding shall be indemnified against reasonable expenses incurred in
connection with the proceeding. The provision also permits the advancement of
reasonable expenses if the director affirms in writing that in the director's
good faith belief, the director has met the applicable standard of conduct
necessary for indemnification and undertakes to repay the amount if it is
ultimately determined that the director has not met the standard of conduct
necessary for indemnification. Officers, employees and agents of Severn may be
indemnified by Severn to the same extent as directors.
The Maryland Code provides that the
foregoing provisions shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which
a director or officer seeking indemnification may be entitled under, among other
things, any bylaw or charter provision, or resolution of stockholders or
directors, agreement, or otherwise.
Severn's Articles of Incorporation and
Bylaws also provide that to the fullest extent permitted by Maryland law, no
director or officer of Severn shall be personally liable to Severn or its
shareholders for money damages.
Severn
currently maintains a $10.0 million director and officer insurance
policy.
Item
7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not
Applicable.
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Item
8.  Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed as
part of this registration statement or, where so indicated have been previously
filed and are incorporated herein by reference:
5.1
Opinion
      of Blank Rome LLP.
23.1
Consent
      of
Beard Miller Company
      LLP
.
23.2
Consent
      of Blank Rome LLP (included in Exhibit
5.1).
24.1
Power
      of Attorney (included on signature page of this registration
      statement).
Item
9. Undertakings
(a)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement;
(i)
To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933:
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement;
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form
S-3 or S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the
registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
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(b)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's
annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that
it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Annapolis, State of Maryland, on July 30, 2008.
SEVERN
BANCORP, INC.
By:
/s/
Alan J. Hyatt
Alan J. Hyatt
President and Chief Executive
Officer
KNOW ALL
MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Alan J. Hyatt and Thomas G. Bevivino, and each of them
with the power to act alone, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments,
including pre-effective and post-effective amendments to this registration
statement, and any additional registration statements to be filed pursuant to
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documentation in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
indicated.
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Signature
Title(s)
Date
­
/s/ Alan J.
      Hyatt
Alan
      J. Hyatt
Chairman
      of the Board of Directors,
President,
      Chief Executive Officer and Director
July
      30, 2008
/s/ S. Scott
      Kirkley
S.
      Scott Kirkley
Executive
      Vice President,
Secretary,
      Treasurer and Director
July
      30, 2008
/s/ Thomas G.
      Bevivino
Thomas
      G. Bevivino
Executive
      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
July
      30, 2008
/s/ Melvin E. Meekins,
      Jr.
Melvin
      E. Meekins, Jr.,
Vice
      Chairman of the Board of Directors
July
      30, 2008
/s/ Melvin
      Hyatt
Melvin
      Hyatt
Director
July
      30, 2008
/s/ Ronald P.
      Pennington
Ronald
      P. Pennington
Director
July
      30, 2008
/s/ T. Theodore
      Schultz
T.
      Theodore Schultz
Director
July
      30, 2008
/s/ Albert W.
      Shields
Albert
      W. Shields
Director
July
      30, 2008
/s/ Louis DiPasquale,
      Jr.
Louis
      DiPasquale, Jr.
Director
July
      30, 2008
/s/ Keith
      Stock
Keith
      Stock
Director
July
      30, 2008
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INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
      No.
Description of
      Exhibit
5.1
Opinion
      of Blank Rome LLP.
23.1
Consent
      of Beard Miller Company LLP.
23.3
Consent
      of Blank Rome LLP (included in Exhibit
5.1).
24.1
Power
      of Attorney (included on signature page of this registration
      statement).