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<p><font size="2">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 27, 2004.<br>
Registration No. ____</font></p>

<div align="center"><font size="2"><b>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</b></font></div>

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<div align="center"><font size="2"><b>FORM S-8</b><br>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br>
UNDER<br>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div>

<p align="center"><font size="2"><b><u>Milacron Inc.</u></b><br>
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</font></p>

<p align="center"><font size="2"><b><u>Delaware</u></b><br>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)</font></p>

<p align="center"><font size="2"><b><u>31-1062125</u></b><br>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</font></p>

<p align="center"><font size="2"><b><u>2090 Florence Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45206</u></b><br>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</font></p>

<p align="center"><font size="2"><b><u>Milacron Inc. Retirement Savings Plan</u></b><br>
(Full Title of the Plan)</font></p>

<p align="center"><font size="2"><b>Hugh C. O'Donnell</b><br>
<b>Milacron Inc.</b><br>
<b>2090 Florence Avenue</b><br>
<b><u>Cincinnati, Ohio 45206</u></b><br>
(Name and address of Agent for service)</font></p>

<p align="center"><font size="2"><b><u>(513) 487-5000</u></b><br>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</font></p>

<p align="center"><font size="1"><b><u>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</u></b></font></p>

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<td align="center" valign="bottom" nowrap><font size="1">Title of Securities to be<br>
Registered</font></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom" nowrap><font size="1">Amount to be<br>
Registered 1/</font></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom" nowrap><font size="1">Proposed Maximum<br>
Offering Price Per Share 1/</font></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom" nowrap><font size="1">Proposed Maximum<br>
Aggregate Offering Price 1/</font></td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom" nowrap><font size="1">Amount of Registration<br>
Fee</font></td></tr>

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<td align="center" valign="top" nowrap><font size="1">Common Stock, Par<br>
Value $1.00 Per Share<br></font></td>
<td align="center" valign="top"><font size="1">5,000,000<br>
Shares</font></td>
<td align="center" valign="top"><font size="1"><br>$3.91</font></td>
<td align="center" valign="top"><font size="1"><br>$19,550,000</font></td>
<td align="center" valign="top"><font size="1"><br>$2,476.99</font></td>
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<p><font size="1">1/ Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, based on the average of the high and low prices for shares of Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May 25, 2004.</font></p>

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<p align="center"><font size="2"><b>PART II</b></font></p>

<p><font size="2"><b>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</b></font></p>

<p><font size="2"><b>Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference</b></font></p>

<p><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement registers additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a registration statement filed on this form relating to the same benefit plan is effective.  Consequently, pursuant to general Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the registration statement on Form S-8 filed by Milacron Inc., formerly known as Cincinnati Milacron Inc., with respect to the Cincinnati Milacron Retirement Savings Plan, registration statements no. 33-33623 and, 333-90705 and 333-74758, are incorporated herein by reference.</font></p>

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<p><font size="2"><b>Item 8.  Exhibits.</b></font></p>

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        <td colspan="3"><font size="2">Exhibit No.</font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">5</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="2">Opinion of Thompson Hine LLP, counsel for registrant, as to legality of the securities offered under the Plan</font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">23.1</font></td>
<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" colspan="2"><font size="2">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, independent auditors</font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">23.2</font></td>
<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" colspan="2"><font size="2">Consent of Thompson Hine LLP - See Exhibit 5</font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">24</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="2">Powers of Attorney</font></td>
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<td colspan="7" align="center"><font size="2"><b>SIGNATURES</b></font></td>
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<td colspan="7"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 Cincinnati, State of Ohio, on May 27, 2004.</font></td>
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<td width="233" colspan="3"><font size="2"></font></td>
<td width="54"><font size="2"></font></td>
<td width="253" colspan="3"><font size="2"><b>Milacron Inc.</b></font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2"></font></td>
<td><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="2"></font></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="2">By:</font></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td><font size="2">/s/Robert P. Lienesch</font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2"></font></td>
<td><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td valign="top"></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="2"></font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2"></font></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="2"></font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2"></font></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td><font size="2">Robert P. Lienesch<br>
Vice President - Finance<br>
and Chief Financial Officer</font></td>
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<td colspan="7"><p><font size="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on this 27<sup>th</sup> day of May, 2004.</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="3"><font size="2"><b>Signature</b></font></td>
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<td valign="top" colspan="3"><font size="2"><b>Title</b></font></td>
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<td colspan="3"><font size="2">/s/Ronald D. Brown</font></td>
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<td colspan="3"><font size="2"></font></td>
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<td valign="top" colspan="3"><font size="2">Chairman, President and Chief Executive</font></td>
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<td colspan="3" nowrap><font size="2">Ronald D. Brown<br>
</font></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td colspan="3"><font size="2">Officer and Director<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)</font></td>
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<td colspan="3" align="center"><font size="3"><sub>*</sub></font></td>
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<td colspan="3"><font size="2"></font></td>
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<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td valign="top" colspan="3"><font size="2">Director</font></td>
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<td colspan="3" nowrap><font size="2">Darryl F. Allen<br></font></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td colspan="3"><font size="2"></font></td>
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<td colspan="3" align="center"><font size="3"><sub>*</sub></font></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td colspan="3"><font size="2"></font></td>
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<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td valign="top" colspan="3"><font size="2">Director</font></td>
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<td colspan="3" nowrap><font size="2">David L. Burner<br>
</font></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td colspan="3"><font size="2"></font></td>
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<td height="20"></td>
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<td colspan="3" align="center"><font size="3"><sub>*</sub></font></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td colspan="3"><font size="2"></font></td>
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<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td valign="top" colspan="3"><font size="2">Director</font></td>
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<td colspan="3" nowrap><font size="2">Barbara Hackman Franklin<br>
</font></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td colspan="3"><font size="2"></font></td>
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<td colspan="3" align="center"><font size="3"><sub>*</sub></font></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td colspan="3"><font size="2"></font></td>
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<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td valign="top" colspan="3"><font size="2">Director</font></td>
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<td colspan="3" nowrap><font size="2">Harry A. Hammerly<br>
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<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td colspan="3"><font size="2"></font></td>
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<td colspan="3"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
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<td colspan="3"><font size="2"></font></td>
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<td valign="top" colspan="3"><font size="2">Director</font></td>
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<td colspan="3" nowrap><font size="2">Steven N. Isaacs<br>
</font></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td colspan="3"><font size="2"></font></td>
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<td colspan="3" align="center"><font size="3"><sub>*</sub></font></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td colspan="3"><font size="2"></font></td>
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<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td valign="top" colspan="3"><font size="2">Director</font></td>
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<td colspan="3" nowrap><font size="2">James E. Perrella<br></font></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td colspan="3"><font size="2"></font></td>
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<td colspan="3" align="center"><font size="3"><sub>*</sub></font></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td colspan="3"><font size="2"></font></td>
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<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td valign="top" colspan="3"><font size="2">Director</font></td>
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<td colspan="3" nowrap><font size="2">Joseph A. Pichler<br></font></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td colspan="3"><font size="2"></font></td>
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<td colspan="3" align="center"><font size="3"><sub>*</sub></font></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td colspan="3"><font size="2"></font></td>
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<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td valign="top" colspan="3"><font size="2">Director</font></td>
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<td colspan="3" nowrap><font size="2">Joseph A. Steger<br></font></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td colspan="3"><font size="2"></font></td>
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<td colspan="3"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td colspan="3"><font size="2"></font></td>
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<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td valign="top" colspan="3"><font size="2">Director</font></td>
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<td colspan="3" nowrap><font size="2">Charles F. C. Turner<br></font></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td colspan="3"><font size="2"></font></td>
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<td colspan="3"><font size="2">/s/Ross A. Anderson</font></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td colspan="3"><font size="2"></font></td>
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<td colspan="3"><hr size="2" noshade></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td valign="top" colspan="3"><font size="2">Controller (Chief Accounting</font></td>
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<td colspan="3" nowrap><font size="2">Ross A. Anderson<br></font></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td colspan="3"><font size="2">Officer)</font></td>
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<td colspan="3"><font size="2">/s/Robert P. Lienesch</font></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td colspan="3"><font size="2"></font></td>
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<td colspan="3"><hr size="2" noshade></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td valign="top" colspan="3"><font size="2">Vice President-Finance and </font></td>
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<td colspan="3" nowrap><font size="2">Robert P. Lienesch<br></font></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td colspan="3"><font size="2">Chief Financial Officer</font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2"></font></td>
<td><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="2"></font></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td colspan="3" valign="top"><font size="2">/s/Hugh C. O'Donnell</font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2"></font></td>
<td><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td valign="top"></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2"></font></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="2"></font></td>
<td><font size="2"></font></td>
<td colspan="3" valign="top"><font size="2">Hugh C. O'Donnell<br>
Attorney-In-Fact</font></td>
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<td height="20"></td>
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<td colspan="7"><p><font size="2">Original Powers of Attorney authorizing Daniel J. Meyer, Ronald D. Brown and Hugh C. O'Donnell, and each of them to sign this registration statement on behalf of the above named directors and officers of the registrant are filed as Exhibit 24 to this registration statement.</font></p></td>
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<p align="center"><font size="2"><b>EXHIBIT INDEX</b></font></p>

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<td valign="top"><font size="2">5</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
<td valign="top"colspan="3"><font size="2">Opinion of Thompson Hine LLP, counsel for registrant,<br>
as to legality of the securities offered under the Plan</font></td>

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<td height="10"></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">23.1</font></td>
<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" colspan="3"><font size="2">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP, independent auditors</font></td>
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<td height="10"></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">23.2</font></td>
<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" colspan="3"><font size="2">Consent of Thompson Hine LLP - See Exhibit 5</font></td>
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<td height="10"></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2">24</font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
<td valign="top" colspan="3"><font size="2">Powers of Attorney</font></td>
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<td valign="top"><font size="2"></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="2"></font></td>
<td valign="top"><font size="2">24.1</font></td>
<td valign="top" colspan="2"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 24 to Registration Statement No. 333-90705</font></td>
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Milacron Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 27, 2004.
Registration No. ____
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Milacron Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
31-1062125
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
2090 Florence Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45206
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Milacron Inc. Retirement Savings Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Hugh C. O'Donnell
Milacron Inc.
2090 Florence Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45206
(Name and address of Agent for service)
(513) 487-5000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be
Registered
Amount to be
Registered 1/
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per Share 1/
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price 1/
Amount of Registration
Fee
Common Stock, Par
Value $1.00 Per Share
5,000,000
Shares
$3.91
$19,550,000
$2,476.99
1/ Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, based on the average of the high and low prices for shares of Common Stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May 25, 2004.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference
This Registration Statement registers additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a registration statement filed on this form relating to the same benefit plan is effective.  Consequently, pursuant to general Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the registration statement on Form S-8 filed by Milacron Inc., formerly known as Cincinnati Milacron Inc., with respect to the Cincinnati Milacron Retirement Savings Plan, registration statements no. 33-33623 and, 333-90705 and 333-74758, are incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8.  Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
5
Opinion of Thompson Hine LLP, counsel for registrant, as to legality of the securities offered under the Plan
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors
23.2
Consent of Thompson Hine LLP - See Exhibit 5
24
Powers of Attorney
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 Cincinnati, State of Ohio, on May 27, 2004.
Milacron Inc.
By:
/s/Robert P. Lienesch
Robert P. Lienesch
Vice President - Finance
and Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on this 27
th
day of May, 2004.
Signature
Title
/s/Ronald D. Brown
Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Ronald D. Brown
Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
*
Director
Darryl F. Allen
*
Director
David L. Burner
*
Director
Barbara Hackman Franklin
*
Director
Harry A. Hammerly
Director
Steven N. Isaacs
*
Director
James E. Perrella
*
Director
Joseph A. Pichler
*
Director
Joseph A. Steger
Director
Charles F. C. Turner
/s/Ross A. Anderson
Controller (Chief Accounting
Ross A. Anderson
Officer)
/s/Robert P. Lienesch
Vice President-Finance and
Robert P. Lienesch
Chief Financial Officer
/s/Hugh C. O'Donnell
Hugh C. O'Donnell
Attorney-In-Fact
Original Powers of Attorney authorizing Daniel J. Meyer, Ronald D. Brown and Hugh C. O'Donnell, and each of them to sign this registration statement on behalf of the above named directors and officers of the registrant are filed as Exhibit 24 to this registration statement.
EXHIBIT INDEX
5
Opinion of Thompson Hine LLP, counsel for registrant,
as to legality of the securities offered under the Plan
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors
23.2
Consent of Thompson Hine LLP - See Exhibit 5
24
Powers of Attorney
24.1
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 24 to Registration Statement No. 333-90705