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  <p class=MsoTitle style='margin-bottom:3.0pt' align="center"><b>As filed with the Securities
  and Exchange Commission on July __, 2012</b></p>
  <p class=MsoTitle align=right style='margin-bottom:3.0pt;text-align:right'>Registration No. 333</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>UNITED STATES <br>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION <br>
Washington, D.C.&nbsp; 20549</b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>_________________________________</p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>&nbsp;FORM S-8<br>
</b><b>REGISTRATION STATEMENT <br>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>_________________________________</p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>&nbsp;TOR MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.<br>
</b>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </b><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Delaware&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
74-2081929<br>
</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (State
or other jurisdiction of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (I.R.S.
Employer<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; incorporation or organization)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Identification
No.)</p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>722 Burleson Street<br>
Corpus Christi, Texas 78402<br>
</b>(Address of principal executive offices, including zip
code)</p>

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line-height:9.6pt'>_________________________________</p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:1.0pt;text-align:center;
line-height:9.6pt'>&nbsp;</p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:0;text-align:center;
margin-bottom:0'><b>2000 INCENTIVE PLAN FOR</b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:0;text-align:center;
margin-bottom:0'><b>TOR MINERALS INTERNATIONAL,
INC.</b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:0;text-align:center;
margin-bottom:0'>(Full title of the plan)</p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>__________________________________</p>



<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:4.5in;text-align:center;
text-indent:-4.5in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><b>L. Steven Leshin, Esq.</b></p>

<h3 align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>Hunton &amp;
Williams LLP</h3>

<h4 align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:normal; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'>1445 Ross Avenue,
Suite 3700</h4>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:4.5in;text-align:center;
text-indent:-4.5in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><b>Dallas, Texas&nbsp; 75202</b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:0;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:0;margin-left:4.0in;text-align:center;text-indent:-4.0in'>(Name and address of agent for service)</p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:center;
text-indent:-1.0in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0'><b>(214) 979-3000</b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:center;
text-indent:-1.0in'>(Telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)</p>



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  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'>Indicate
  by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
  filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.&nbsp; See definitions
  of &quot;large accelerated filer,&quot; &quot;accelerated filer&quot; and &quot;smaller reporting company&quot;
  in Rule 12b&#8209;2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal>Large accelerated filer <font face="Wingdings 2">&pound;</font></p>
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  <td width="25%" valign=bottom style='width:25.08%;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
  height:8.0pt'>

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  <td width="25%" valign=bottom style='width:25.06%;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
  height:8.0pt'>

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  <td width="25%" valign=bottom style='width:25.04%;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
  height:8.0pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal>Accelerated filer <font face="Wingdings 2">&pound;</font></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal>Non-accelerated filer <font face="Wingdings 2">&pound;</font></p>
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  padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal>(Do not check if a smaller reporting
  company)</p>
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  <td width="25%" valign=bottom style='width:25.04%;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal>Smaller reporting company <font face="Wingdings 2">R</font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:center;
line-height:10.2pt'><b>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION
FEE</b></p>

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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Title of securities
	<br>
	to be registered</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Amount to be registered (1)</p>
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  padding:0in 1.9pt 0in 1.9pt;height:29.2pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Proposed maximum offering price
	<br>
	per share (2)(3)</p>
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  <td width="19%" valign=bottom style='width:19.76%;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
  border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none;
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Proposed maximum aggregate offering
	<br>
	price (2)(3)</p>
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  <td width="19%" valign=bottom style='width:19.52%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
  border-bottom:none;padding:0in 1.9pt 0in 1.9pt;height:29.2pt'>

  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>Amount of <br>
	registration fee (3)</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal>Common Stock, par value <br>
	$.25
  per share</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>290,000</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>$14.545</p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign=bottom style='width:19.76%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
  border-right:none;padding:0in 1.9pt 0in 1.9pt;height:20.75pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>$4,218,050</p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign=bottom style='width:19.52%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
  padding:0in 1.9pt 0in 1.9pt;height:20.75pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'>$483.39</p>
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<p class=MsoBodyText2>(1)&nbsp; Represents
additional shares of common stock, par value $.25 per share (the &quot;Common Stock&quot;),
issuable pursuant to the 2000 Incentive Plan for TOR Minerals International, Inc.,
as amended (the &quot;Plan&quot;).&nbsp; Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933
(the &quot;Securities Act&quot;), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate
number of additional shares of Common Stock that may become issuable to prevent
dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.&nbsp;
</p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>(2)&nbsp;
Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee.&nbsp; </p>

<p class=MsoNormal>(3)&nbsp; Calculated pursuant to Rule
457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act. Accordingly, the amount of the registration
fee is calculated based upon 290,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance
under the Plan at a price of $14.545, which is the average of the high and low price
per share of Common Stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market on July 27, 2012.&nbsp; </p>



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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>EXPLANATORY STATEMENT</b></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;layout-grid-mode:
char'>This Registration Statement (this &quot;Registration
Statement&quot;) is being filed by TOR Minerals International, Inc. (the &quot;Corporation&quot;)
to register an additional 290,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.25 per share
(the &quot;Common Stock&quot;), for issuance under the 2000 Incentive Plan for TOR Minerals
International, Inc., as amended (the &quot;Plan&quot;).&nbsp; Pursuant to General Instruction E
to Form S-8, the contents of the earlier registration statement on Form S-8
(File No. 333-37878) concerning the Plan is incorporated herein by reference, except
to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein.</p>



<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>PART I</b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align="center"><b>&nbsp;INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b>&nbsp;Item 1.&nbsp;&nbsp; Plan Information
*</b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><b>&nbsp;Item 2.&nbsp;&nbsp; Registrant Information
and Employee Plan Annual Information </b>*</p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Information
required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from
this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.</p>



<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>PART II</b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>&nbsp;INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</b></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;text-indent:
-1.0in'><b>Item 3. &nbsp; Incorporation of Documents by
Reference</b></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
Corporation hereby incorporates by reference in this Registration Statement the
following documents previously filed by the Corporation pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &quot;Exchange Act&quot;) with the Commission:</p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the Corporation's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, filed with the
Commission on March 12, 2012;</p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the Corporation's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011, filed with the Commission
on May 3, 2012; </p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (3) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the Corporation's Current
Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission (other than information and exhibits
included in such Current Reports on Form 8-K that have been furnished and not filed
in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission) on February 3,
2012, March 5, 2012, March 5, 2012, April 19, 2012, May 4, 2012, May 14, 2012,
May 16, 2012, May 17, 2012, May 21, 2012 and May 21, 2012; and</p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the description of the Common
Stock set forth in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission
on December 14, 1988, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.</p>



<p class=MsoBodyText>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; All
documents filed by the Corporation with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date of this Registration
Statement, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part
hereof from the date of the filing of such documents until such time as there shall
have been filed a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities remaining unsold at the
time of such amendment.</p>



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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Any
statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.&nbsp; Any statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute
a part of this Registration Statement.</p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Any
documents or portions thereof, whether specifically listed above or filed in
the future, that are not deemed &quot;filed&quot; with the Commission, including without
limitation any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K
or certain exhibits furnished pursuant to Item 9.01 of Form 8-K, shall not be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;page-break-after:avoid'><a
name="OLE_LINK1"><b>Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp; Description of
Securities</b></a></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;page-break-after:avoid'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not applicable.</p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b>Item
5.&nbsp;&nbsp; Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</b></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not
applicable.</p>



<p class=MsoNormal><b>Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp; Indemnification of
Directors and Officers</b></p>



<p class=MsoBodyText>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Section
145(a) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &quot;DGCL&quot;) provides,
in general, that a corporation has the power to indemnify any person who was or
is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), because the person
is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent
of any other enterprise. Such indemnity may be against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by the person in connection with such action, suit or 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 if, with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, the person did not have reasonable cause to believe the person's
conduct was unlawful. </p>



<p class=MsoBodyText>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Section
145(b) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation has the power to indemnify
any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure
a judgment in its favor because the person is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation
as a director, officer, employee or agent of any other enterprise, against any expenses
(including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection
with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good
faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made
in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the
Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine
upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all
the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall
deem proper. </p>



<p class=MsoBodyText>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Section
145(g) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation has the power to purchase
and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of any other enterprise, against
any liability asserted against the person in any such capacity, or arising out of
the person's status as such, regardless of whether the corporation would have the
power to indemnify the person against such liability under the provisions of Section
145 of the DGCL. </p>



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<p class=MsoBodyText>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Article
III of the Corporation's bylaws provides for indemnification to the fullest extent
permissible under Delaware law for any person who is or was a director or officer
of the Corporation who is or was a party or threatened to be made a party in any
proceeding, whether formal or informal, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative,
by reason of the fact that such person is or was serving as a director or officer
of the Corporation.&nbsp; Pursuant to the Corporation's bylaws, the Corporation may maintain
a directors' and officers' insurance policy which insures the directors and officers
of the Corporation against liability asserted against such persons in such capacity.</p>



<p class=MsoBodyText>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
foregoing is only a general summary of certain aspects of the DGCL and the Corporation's
bylaws dealing with indemnification of directors and officers, and does not purport
to be complete. It is qualified in its entirety by reference to the detailed provisions
of Section 145 of the DGCL and Article III of the bylaws of the Corporation.</p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b>Item
7.&nbsp;&nbsp; Exemption from Registration Claimed</b></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not
applicable.</p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;page-break-after:avoid'><b>Item 8.&nbsp;  Exhibits</b></p>



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  <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;page-break-after:avoid'><b><u>Exhibit No.</u></b></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;page-break-after:avoid'><b><u>Description</u></b></p>
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  <p class=Normal163 style='text-align:justify;page-break-after:avoid'>4.1</p>
  </td>
  <td width=553 valign=top style='width:414.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=Normal163 style='text-align:justify;page-break-after:avoid'>Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as
  amended through February 28, 2010 (incorporated
  herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Corporation's Annual Report on Form
  10-K for the year&nbsp; ended December 31, 2009)</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width=85 valign=top style='width:63.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=Normal163 style='text-align:justify;page-break-after:avoid'>4.2</p>
  </td>
  <td width=553 valign=top style='width:414.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=Normal163 style='text-align:justify;page-break-after:avoid'>Bylaws of the Corporation, as amended through
  February 28, 2010 (incorporated herein by reference
  to Exhibit 3.1 to the Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
  quarter ended March 31, 2010)</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width=85 valign=top style='width:63.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=Normal163 style='text-align:justify'>4.3</p>
  </td>
  <td width=553 valign=top style='width:414.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=Normal163 style='text-align:justify'>Second
  Amendment to the 2000 Incentive Plan of the Corporation</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width=85 valign=top style='width:63.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=Normal163 style='text-align:justify'>4.4</p>
  </td>
  <td width=553 valign=top style='width:414.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=Normal163 style='text-align:justify'>Third
  Amendment to the 2000 Incentive Plan of the Corporation</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width=85 valign=top style='width:63.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=Normal163 style='text-align:justify'>5.1</p>
  </td>
  <td width=553 valign=top style='width:414.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=Normal163 style='text-align:justify'>Opinion
  of Hunton and Williams LLP</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width=85 valign=top style='width:63.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=Normal163 style='text-align:justify'>23.1</p>
  </td>
  <td width=553 valign=top style='width:414.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=Normal163 style='text-align:justify'>Consent
  of Hunton and Williams LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width=85 valign=top style='width:63.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=Normal163 style='text-align:justify'>23.2</p>
  </td>
  <td width=553 valign=top style='width:414.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=Normal163 style='text-align:justify'>Consent
  of UHY LLP</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width=85 valign=top style='width:63.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=Normal163 style='text-align:justify'>24.1</p>
  </td>
  <td width=553 valign=top style='width:414.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=Normal163 style='text-align:justify'>Power
  of Attorney (included with the signature page of this Registration Statement)</p>
  </td>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
Corporation hereby undertakes:</p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:</p>



<p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
0in;text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To include
any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</p>

<p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
0in;text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To reflect
in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this 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.&nbsp; 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
&quot;Calculation of Registration Fee&quot; table in the effective Registration
Statement; and </p>



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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information
in this Registration Statement.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p>



<p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
0in;text-align:justify'><i>provided, however, </i>that paragraphs (1)(a)(i) and
(1)(a)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included
in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed
with or furnished to the Commission by the Corporation pursuant to section 13 or
section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement;</p>

<p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
0in;text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That, for the purpose of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial <i>bona fide</i> offering thereof.</p>

<p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
0in;text-align:justify'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To remove from registration
by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</p>

<p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
0in;text-align:justify'>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Corporation hereby undertakes that,
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing
of the Corporation's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <i>bona
fide</i> offering thereof.</p>

<p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
0in;text-align:justify'>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the Corporation pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Corporation 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 Corporation of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
Corporation 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 Corporation 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. </p>



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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b>&nbsp;</b></p>



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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>SIGNATURES</b></p>



<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>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 Corpus Christi,
State of Texas, on July 30, 2012.</p>



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  </td>
  <td width=319 valign=top style='width:239.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b>TOR MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.</b></p>

  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width=319 valign=top style='width:239.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'>By:</p>
  </td>
  <td width=319 valign=top style='width:239.4pt;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
  padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>

  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width=319 valign=top style='width:239.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=319 valign=top style='width:239.4pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Barbara
  Russell, Chief Financial Officer</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>POWER OF ATTORNEY</b></p>



<p class=MsoBodyText align="justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below on
behalf of TOR Minerals International, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, hereby constitutes
and appoints <b>[Olaf Karasch]</b> and <b>[Barbara Russell]</b>, and each of them,<b>
</b>his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution
and resubstitution for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign any or all amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same
with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done
in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could
do in person hereby ratifying and confirming that said attorney-in-fact and agent
or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done the same or any of the foregoing
by virtue hereof.</p>



<p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid' align="justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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 dates indicated:</p>

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   <td width=234 valign=top style='width:175.5pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
   height:18.45pt'>
   <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:center;
   page-break-after:avoid'><b><u>Signature</u></b></p>
	<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:center;
   page-break-after:avoid'>&nbsp;</p>
   </td>
   <td width=24 valign=top style='width:.25in;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
   height:18.45pt'>

   </td>
   <td width=255 valign=top style='width:191.6pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
   height:18.45pt'>
   <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:center;
   page-break-after:avoid'><b><u>Capacity</u></b></p>
   </td>
   <td width=21 valign=top style='width:15.4pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
   height:18.45pt'>

   </td>
   <td width=114 valign=top style='width:85.5pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
   height:18.45pt'>
   <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center;
   page-break-after:avoid'><b><u>Date</u></b></p>

   </td>
  </tr>

 <tr style='page-break-inside:avoid;height:20.15pt'>
  <td width=258 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:193.5pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='page-break-after:avoid'><u>BERNARD A. PAULSON<br>
	</u>Bernard A. Paulson</p>
  </td>
  <td width=255 valign=top style='width:191.6pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'>Chairman of the Board and Director </p>
  </td>
  <td width=21 valign=top style='width:15.4pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=114 valign=top style='width:85.5pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;page-break-after:
  avoid'>July 30, 2012</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style='page-break-inside:avoid;height:20.15pt'>
  <td width=258 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:193.5pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='page-break-after:avoid'><u>OLAF KARASCH<br>
	</u>Olaf Karasch</p>
  </td>
  <td width=255 valign=top style='width:191.6pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid'>Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
  (Principal Executive Officer)</p>
  </td>
  <td width=21 valign=top style='width:15.4pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=114 valign=top style='width:85.5pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;page-break-after:
  avoid'>July 30, 2012</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style='page-break-inside:avoid;height:20.15pt'>
  <td width=258 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:193.5pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><u>BARBARA RUSSELL<br>
	</u>Barbara
  Russell</p>
	<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width=255 valign=top style='width:191.6pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'>Secretary,
  Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting
  Officer)</p>
  </td>
  <td width=21 valign=top style='width:15.4pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=114 valign=top style='width:85.5pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;page-break-after:
  avoid'>July 30, 2012</p>
  </td>
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 <tr style='page-break-inside:avoid;height:20.15pt'>
  <td width=258 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:193.5pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><u>CHIN YONG TAN<br>
	</u>Chin Yong Tan</p>
	<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width=255 valign=top style='width:191.6pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Director</p>
  </td>
  <td width=21 valign=top style='width:15.4pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=114 valign=top style='width:85.5pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;page-break-after:
  avoid'>July 30, 2012</p>
  </td>
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  <td width=258 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:193.5pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><u>STEVEN E. PAULSON<br>
	</u>Steven E. Paulson</p>
	<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width=255 valign=top style='width:191.6pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Director</p>
  </td>
  <td width=21 valign=top style='width:15.4pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=114 valign=top style='width:85.5pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;page-break-after:
  avoid'>July 30, 2012</p>
  </td>
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  <td width=258 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:193.5pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><u>THOMAS W. PAUKEN<br>
	</u>Thomas W. Pauken, Esq.</p>
	<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width=255 valign=top style='width:191.6pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Director</p>
  </td>
  <td width=21 valign=top style='width:15.4pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=114 valign=top style='width:85.5pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;page-break-after:
  avoid'>July 30, 2012</p>
  </td>
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  <td width=258 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:193.5pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><u>DOUGLAS M. HARTMAN<br>
	</u>Douglas M. Hartman</p>
	<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width=255 valign=top style='width:191.6pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Director</p>
  </td>
  <td width=21 valign=top style='width:15.4pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=114 valign=top style='width:85.5pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;page-break-after:
  avoid'>July 30, 2012</p>
  </td>
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  <td width=258 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:193.5pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><u>DAVID A. HARTMAN<br>
	</u>David A. Hartman</p>
	<p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>
  </td>
  <td width=255 valign=top style='width:191.6pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Director</p>
  </td>
  <td width=21 valign=top style='width:15.4pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=114 valign=top style='width:85.5pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;page-break-after:
  avoid'>July 30, 2012</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width=258 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:193.5pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><u>JULIE BUCKLEY<br>
	</u>Julie Buckley</p>

  </td>
  <td width=255 valign=top style='width:191.6pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'>Director</p>
  </td>
  <td width=21 valign=top style='width:15.4pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>

  </td>
  <td width=114 valign=top style='width:85.5pt;padding:0in .1in 0in .1in;
  height:20.15pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;page-break-after:
  avoid'>July 30, 2012</p>
  </td>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>EXHIBIT INDEX</b></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</b></p>

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  <p class=Normal163 style='text-align:justify;page-break-after:avoid'>4.1</p>
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  <p class=Normal163 style='text-align:justify;page-break-after:avoid'>Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as
  amended through February 28, 2010 (incorporated
  herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Corporation's Annual Report on Form
  10-K for the year&nbsp; ended December 31, 2009)</p>
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  <p class=Normal163 style='text-align:justify;page-break-after:avoid'>4.2</p>
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  <p class=Normal163 style='text-align:justify;page-break-after:avoid'>Bylaws of the Corporation, as amended through
  February 28, 2010 (incorporated herein by reference
  to Exhibit 3.1 to the Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
  quarter ended March 31, 2010)</p>
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  <p class=Normal163 style='text-align:justify'>4.3</p>
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  <td width=553 valign=top style='width:414.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=Normal163 style='text-align:justify'>Second
  Amendment to the 2000 Incentive Plan of the Corporation</p>
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  <p class=Normal163 style='text-align:justify'>Third
  Amendment to the 2000 Incentive Plan of the Corporation</p>
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  <td width=553 valign=top style='width:414.9pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
  <p class=Normal163 style='text-align:justify'>Opinion
  of Hunton and Williams LLP</p>
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  <p class=Normal163 style='text-align:justify'>Consent
  of Hunton and Williams LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</p>
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  of UHY LLP</p>
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  <p class=Normal163 style='text-align:justify'>Power
  of Attorney (included with the signature page of this Registration Statement)</p>
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As filed with the Securities
  and Exchange Commission on July __, 2012
Registration No. 333
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
_________________________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
_________________________________
TOR MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware                                                                                                                   
74-2081929
(State
or other jurisdiction of                                                                                            (I.R.S.
Employer
incorporation or organization)                                                                                          Identification
No.)
722 Burleson Street
Corpus Christi, Texas 78402
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip
code)
_________________________________
2000 INCENTIVE PLAN FOR
TOR MINERALS INTERNATIONAL,
INC.
(Full title of the plan)
__________________________________
L. Steven Leshin, Esq.
Hunton &
Williams LLP
1445 Ross Avenue,
Suite 3700
Dallas, Texas  75202
(Name and address of agent for service)
(214) 979-3000
(Telephone number, including
area code, 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. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
£
Accelerated filer
£
Non-accelerated filer
£
(Do not check if a smaller reporting
  company)
Smaller reporting company
R
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION
FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount to be registered (1)
Proposed maximum offering price
per share (2)(3)
Proposed maximum aggregate offering
price (2)(3)
Amount of
registration fee (3)
Common Stock, par value
$.25
  per share
290,000
$14.545
$4,218,050
$483.39
(1)  Represents
additional shares of common stock, par value $.25 per share (the "Common Stock"),
issuable pursuant to the 2000 Incentive Plan for TOR Minerals International, Inc.,
as amended (the "Plan").  Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933
(the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate
number of additional shares of Common Stock that may become issuable to prevent
dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2) 
Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee.
(3)  Calculated pursuant to Rule
457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act. Accordingly, the amount of the registration
fee is calculated based upon 290,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance
under the Plan at a price of $14.545, which is the average of the high and low price
per share of Common Stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market on July 27, 2012.
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
This Registration Statement (this "Registration
Statement") is being filed by TOR Minerals International, Inc. (the "Corporation")
to register an additional 290,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.25 per share
(the "Common Stock"), for issuance under the 2000 Incentive Plan for TOR Minerals
International, Inc., as amended (the "Plan").  Pursuant to General Instruction E
to Form S-8, the contents of the earlier registration statement on Form S-8
(File No. 333-37878) concerning the Plan is incorporated herein by reference, except
to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.   Plan Information
*
Item 2.   Registrant Information
and Employee Plan Annual Information
*
*              Information
required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from
this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by
Reference
The
Corporation hereby incorporates by reference in this Registration Statement the
following documents previously filed by the Corporation pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") with the Commission:
(1)           the Corporation's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, filed with the
Commission on March 12, 2012;
(2)           the Corporation's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011, filed with the Commission
on May 3, 2012;
(3)           the Corporation's Current
Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission (other than information and exhibits
included in such Current Reports on Form 8-K that have been furnished and not filed
in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission) on February 3,
2012, March 5, 2012, March 5, 2012, April 19, 2012, May 4, 2012, May 14, 2012,
May 16, 2012, May 17, 2012, May 21, 2012 and May 21, 2012; and
(4)           the description of the Common
Stock set forth in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission
on December 14, 1988, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.
All
documents filed by the Corporation with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date of this Registration
Statement, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part
hereof from the date of the filing of such documents until such time as there shall
have been filed a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or that deregisters all securities remaining unsold at the
time of such amendment.
Any
statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute
a part of this Registration Statement.
Any
documents or portions thereof, whether specifically listed above or filed in
the future, that are not deemed "filed" with the Commission, including without
limitation any information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K
or certain exhibits furnished pursuant to Item 9.01 of Form 8-K, shall not be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
Item 4.   Description of
Securities
Not applicable.
Item
5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not
applicable.
Item 6.   Indemnification of
Directors and Officers
Section
145(a) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL") provides,
in general, that a corporation has the power to indemnify any person who was or
is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), because the person
is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent
of any other enterprise. Such indemnity may be against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by the person in connection with such action, suit or 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 if, with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, the person did not have reasonable cause to believe the person's
conduct was unlawful.
Section
145(b) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation has the power to indemnify
any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure
a judgment in its favor because the person is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation
as a director, officer, employee or agent of any other enterprise, against any expenses
(including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection
with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good
faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made
in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the
Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine
upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all
the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall
deem proper.
Section
145(g) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation has the power to purchase
and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of any other enterprise, against
any liability asserted against the person in any such capacity, or arising out of
the person's status as such, regardless of whether the corporation would have the
power to indemnify the person against such liability under the provisions of Section
145 of the DGCL.
Article
III of the Corporation's bylaws provides for indemnification to the fullest extent
permissible under Delaware law for any person who is or was a director or officer
of the Corporation who is or was a party or threatened to be made a party in any
proceeding, whether formal or informal, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative,
by reason of the fact that such person is or was serving as a director or officer
of the Corporation.  Pursuant to the Corporation's bylaws, the Corporation may maintain
a directors' and officers' insurance policy which insures the directors and officers
of the Corporation against liability asserted against such persons in such capacity.
The
foregoing is only a general summary of certain aspects of the DGCL and the Corporation's
bylaws dealing with indemnification of directors and officers, and does not purport
to be complete. It is qualified in its entirety by reference to the detailed provisions
of Section 145 of the DGCL and Article III of the bylaws of the Corporation.
Item
7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not
applicable.
Item 8.   Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as
  amended through February 28, 2010 (incorporated
  herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Corporation's Annual Report on Form
  10-K for the year  ended December 31, 2009)
4.2
Bylaws of the Corporation, as amended through
  February 28, 2010 (incorporated herein by reference
  to Exhibit 3.1 to the Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
  quarter ended March 31, 2010)
4.3
Second
  Amendment to the 2000 Incentive Plan of the Corporation
4.4
Third
  Amendment to the 2000 Incentive Plan of the Corporation
5.1
Opinion
  of Hunton and Williams LLP
23.1
Consent
  of Hunton and Williams LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent
  of UHY LLP
24.1
Power
  of Attorney (included with the signature page of this Registration Statement)
Item 9.   Undertakings
1.             The
Corporation hereby undertakes:
(a)           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 this 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; and
(iii)          To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information
in this Registration Statement.
provided, however,
that paragraphs (1)(a)(i) and
(1)(a)(ii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included
in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed
with or furnished to the Commission by the Corporation pursuant to section 13 or
section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement;
(b)           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.
(c)           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.
2.             The Corporation hereby undertakes that,
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing
of the Corporation's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona
fide
offering thereof.
3.             Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the Corporation pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Corporation 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 Corporation of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
Corporation 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 Corporation 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.
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 Corpus Christi,
State of Texas, on July 30, 2012.
TOR MINERALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:
Barbara
  Russell, Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below on
behalf of TOR Minerals International, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, hereby constitutes
and appoints
[Olaf Karasch]
and
[Barbara Russell]
, and each of them,
his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution
and resubstitution for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign any or all amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same
with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done
in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could
do in person hereby ratifying and confirming that said attorney-in-fact and agent
or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done the same or any of the foregoing
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 dates indicated:
Signature
Capacity
Date
BERNARD A. PAULSON
Bernard A. Paulson
Chairman of the Board and Director
July 30, 2012
OLAF KARASCH
Olaf Karasch
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
  (Principal Executive Officer)
July 30, 2012
BARBARA RUSSELL
Barbara
  Russell
Secretary,
  Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting
  Officer)
July 30, 2012
CHIN YONG TAN
Chin Yong Tan
Director
July 30, 2012
STEVEN E. PAULSON
Steven E. Paulson
Director
July 30, 2012
THOMAS W. PAUKEN
Thomas W. Pauken, Esq.
Director
July 30, 2012
DOUGLAS M. HARTMAN
Douglas M. Hartman
Director
July 30, 2012
DAVID A. HARTMAN
David A. Hartman
Director
July 30, 2012
JULIE BUCKLEY
Julie Buckley
Director
July 30, 2012
EXHIBIT INDEX
TO
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation, as
  amended through February 28, 2010 (incorporated
  herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Corporation's Annual Report on Form
  10-K for the year  ended December 31, 2009)
4.2
Bylaws of the Corporation, as amended through
  February 28, 2010 (incorporated herein by reference
  to Exhibit 3.1 to the Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
  quarter ended March 31, 2010)
4.3
Second
  Amendment to the 2000 Incentive Plan of the Corporation
4.4
Third
  Amendment to the 2000 Incentive Plan of the Corporation
5.1
Opinion
  of Hunton and Williams LLP
23.1
Consent
  of Hunton and Williams LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent
  of UHY LLP
24.1
Power
  of Attorney (included with the signature page of this Registration Statement)