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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><B><FONT SIZE=2>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 28, 2000</B></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="RIGHT">Registration No. 333- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
</B>Washington, D.C. 20549</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">______________________</P>
<B><FONT SIZE=5><P ALIGN="CENTER">FORM S-8</P>
</FONT><P ALIGN="CENTER">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</P>
</B><P ALIGN="CENTER">______________________</P>
<B><FONT SIZE=5><P ALIGN="CENTER">ADVANCE PARADIGM, INC.</P>
</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</P></FONT>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><B><FONT SIZE=2>Delaware<BR>
</B>(State or other jurisdiction <BR>
of incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">75-2493381<BR>
</B>(I.R.S. Employer <BR>
Identification Number)</FONT></TD>
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<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">545 East John Carpenter Freeway<BR>
Suite 1570<BR>
Irving, Texas<BR>
</B>(Address of principal executive offices)</FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">75062<BR>
</B>(Zip Code)</FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=4><P ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">Advance Paradigm, Inc.<BR>
Amended and Restated Incentive Stock Option Plan<BR>
</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full title of the plan)</P>
<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">David D. Halbert<BR>
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
545 East John Carpenter Freeway, Suite 1570<BR>
Irving, Texas 75062<BR>
(972) 830-6199<BR>
</B>(Name and address, including zip code, and <BR>
telephone number of agent for service)</P>
<I><P ALIGN="CENTER">Copies to:<BR>
</I><B>J. Kenneth Menges, Jr., P.C.<BR>
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer &amp; Feld, L.L.P<BR>
1700 Pacific Avenue, Suite 4100<BR>
Dallas, Texas 75201-4675<BR>
(214) 969 -2800</P>
</B></FONT><P ALIGN="CENTER">______________________</P>
<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</P></B>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><B><FONT SIZE=1>Title of Securities <BR>
to be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Amount to be Registered (1)</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<B><FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share (2)</B></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (2)</B></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Amount of Registration Fee</B></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P>Common Stock, $0.01 par value<BR>
("Common Stock")</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">2,000,000</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">$17.50</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">$35,000,000</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="14%" VALIGN="BOTTOM">
<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">$9,240.00</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT SIZE=1>(1)</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Issuable upon exercise of options available for grant under the Plan. This Registration Statement also covers any additional shares that may hereafter become purchasable as a result of the adjustment provisions of the Plan.
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">(2)</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h). The calculation of the proposed maximum offering price is based upon the aggregate exercise price for shares of Common
Stock issuable upon the exercise of options already granted and is based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock of Advance Paradigm, Inc. on January 26, 2000, as reported by the Nasdaq National Market. </FONT></TD>
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<B><U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Incorporation of Documents by Reference</P>
</B></U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;5, 1997 and July 20, 1999, relating to the same employee benefit plan. Accordingly, pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-34999) and the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-83225), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 5, 1997 and July 20, 1999, respectively, are
incorporated herein by reference. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings assigned to them by the incorporated document.</P>
<B><U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Amendment to the Amended and Restated Incentive Stock Option Plan</P>
</B></U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Amended and Restated Incentive Stock Option Plan (the "Employee Plan") increases the number of shares available for grant under the plan by 1,000,000 shares.
Pursuant to section 4(g) of the Employee Plan, we are registering 2,000,000 shares of our common stock in this Form S-8 to reflect the two-for-one stock split of our common stock in the form of a stock dividend, which went effective on December 1, 1999.
Section 4(g) of the Employee Plan adjusts the number of shares of common stock for which options may be granted, the number of shares covered by persons participating in the Employee Plan and the exercise price per share for each option to be
proportionately adjusted for any increase in the number of shares of our common stock resulting from the payment of a stock dividend.</P>
<B><U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Exhibits</P>
</B></U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Index to Exhibits, attached hereto.</P>
<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">SIGNATURES</P>
</B><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company 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 Irving, State of Texas, on January 27, 2000.</P>
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<B><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">ADVANCE PARADIGM, INC.</B></TD>
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<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">By:</TD>
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<U><P>/s/ David D. Halbert&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;</U><BR>
David D. Halbert<BR>
Chairman of the Board, President and <BR>
Chief Executive Officer</TD>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on
January 27, 2000. </P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><U>Signature</U></TD>
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<U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Title</U></TD>
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<U><P>/s/ David D. Halbert&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
David D. Halbert</TD>
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<P>Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
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<U><P>/s/ Jon S. Halbert&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
Jon S. Halbert</TD>
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<P>Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President and Director</TD>
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<U><P>/s/ Danny Phillips&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
Danny Phillips</TD>
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<P>Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD>
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<U><P>/s/ David A. George&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
David A. George</TD>
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<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P>Executive Vice President and Director</TD>
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<U><P>/s/ Rogers K. Coleman&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
Rogers K. Coleman</TD>
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<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P>Director</TD>
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<U><P>/s/ Stephen L. Green&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
Stephen L. Green</TD>
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<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P>Director</TD>
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<U><P>/s/ Jeffrey R. Jay&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
Jeffrey R. Jay</TD>
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<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P>Director</TD>
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<U><P>/s/ Michael D. Ware&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
Michael D. Ware</TD>
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<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P>Director</TD>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</P></B>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><B>Exhibit <BR>
<U>Number</B></U></TD>
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<B><U><P>Description of Exhibits</B></U></TD>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">4.1*</TD>
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<P>Amended and Restated Incentive Stock Option Plan</TD>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">4.2**</TD>
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<P>Incentive Stock Option Plan</TD>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">4.3</TD>
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<P>Amended and Restated 1997 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan (filed herewith)</TD>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">5</TD>
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<P>Opinion of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer &amp; Feld, L.L.P. (filed herewith)</TD>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">23.1</TD>
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<P>Consent of Arthur Anderson LLP (filed herewith)</TD>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">23.2</TD>
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<P>Consent of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer &amp; Feld, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5 filed herewith)</TD>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">*Previously filed in connection with the Company's Proxy Statement filed October 22, 1999 (No. 000-21447)</P>
<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">**Previously filed in connection with the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed October 8, 1996 (No. 333-06931)</P>
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Form S-8; Registration of additional securities
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 28, 2000
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
______________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
______________________
ADVANCE PARADIGM, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
75-2493381
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
545 East John Carpenter Freeway
Suite 1570
Irving, Texas
(Address of principal executive offices)
75062
(Zip Code)
Advance Paradigm, Inc.
Amended and Restated Incentive Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the plan)
David D. Halbert
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
545 East John Carpenter Freeway, Suite 1570
Irving, Texas 75062
(972) 830-6199
(Name and address, including zip code, and
telephone number of agent for service)
Copies to:
J. Kenneth Menges, Jr., P.C.
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P
1700 Pacific Avenue, Suite 4100
Dallas, Texas 75201-4675
(214) 969 -2800
______________________
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, $0.01 par value
("Common Stock")
2,000,000
$17.50
$35,000,000
$9,240.00
(1)
Issuable upon exercise of options available for grant under the Plan. This Registration Statement also covers any additional shares that may hereafter become purchasable as a result of the adjustment provisions of the Plan.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h). The calculation of the proposed maximum offering price is based upon the aggregate exercise price for shares of Common
Stock issuable upon the exercise of options already granted and is based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock of Advance Paradigm, Inc. on January 26, 2000, as reported by the Nasdaq National Market.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 5, 1997 and July 20, 1999, relating to the same employee benefit plan. Accordingly, pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-34999) and the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-83225), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 5, 1997 and July 20, 1999, respectively, are
incorporated herein by reference. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings assigned to them by the incorporated document.
Amendment to the Amended and Restated Incentive Stock Option Plan
The Amended and Restated Incentive Stock Option Plan (the "Employee Plan") increases the number of shares available for grant under the plan by 1,000,000 shares.
Pursuant to section 4(g) of the Employee Plan, we are registering 2,000,000 shares of our common stock in this Form S-8 to reflect the two-for-one stock split of our common stock in the form of a stock dividend, which went effective on December 1, 1999.
Section 4(g) of the Employee Plan adjusts the number of shares of common stock for which options may be granted, the number of shares covered by persons participating in the Employee Plan and the exercise price per share for each option to be
proportionately adjusted for any increase in the number of shares of our common stock resulting from the payment of a stock dividend.
Exhibits
See Index to Exhibits, attached hereto.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company 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 Irving, State of Texas, on January 27, 2000.
ADVANCE PARADIGM, INC.
By:
/s/ David D. Halbert
David D. Halbert
Chairman of the Board, President and
Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on
January 27, 2000.
Signature
Title
/s/ David D. Halbert
David D. Halbert
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Jon S. Halbert
Jon S. Halbert
Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President and Director
/s/ Danny Phillips
Danny Phillips
Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ David A. George
David A. George
Executive Vice President and Director
/s/ Rogers K. Coleman
Rogers K. Coleman
Director
/s/ Stephen L. Green
Stephen L. Green
Director
/s/ Jeffrey R. Jay
Jeffrey R. Jay
Director
/s/ Michael D. Ware
Michael D. Ware
Director
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibits
4.1*
Amended and Restated Incentive Stock Option Plan
4.2**
Incentive Stock Option Plan
4.3
Amended and Restated 1997 Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan (filed herewith)
5
Opinion of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. (filed herewith)
23.1
Consent of Arthur Anderson LLP (filed herewith)
23.2
Consent of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5 filed herewith)
*Previously filed in connection with the Company's Proxy Statement filed October 22, 1999 (No. 000-21447)
**Previously filed in connection with the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed October 8, 1996 (No. 333-06931)