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    <td align="center"><b><font size=2 face="serif">As filed with the Securities
          and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2004 </font></b> </td>
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            333-_____</font></b> </font></td>
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      <td align="center"><font size="3"><b><font face="serif">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
              COMMISSION<br>
        </font></b></font><font size="2"><b><font face="serif">Washington, D.C.
        20549 </font></b> </font></td>
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      <td align="center"> <font size="2"><b><font size="3" face="serif">FORM S-8<br>
        </font></b></font><font size="2"><b><font face="serif">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br>
        UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></font></td>
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      <td align="center"><font size="2"><b><font size="3" face="serif">MCI, INC. <br>
        </font></b></font><font size="1"><b><font face="serif">(Exact Name of Registrant
        as specified in its charter) </font></b></font><font size="2">&nbsp; </font></td>
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      <TD width="50%"><font size="2"><B><FONT face="serif">Delaware</FONT></B></font></TD>
      <TD width="50%"><font size="2"><B><FONT face="serif">58-1521612</FONT></B></font></TD>
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      <TD width="50%"><font size="1"><FONT face="serif">(State or other jurisdiction
            of<br>
      incorporation or organization)</FONT>    </font></TD>
      <TD width="50%"><FONT size=1 face="serif">(I.R.S. Employer<br>
      Identification No.)    </FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="100%"><P align="center"><font size="2"><B><FONT face="serif">22001
                Loudoun County Parkway<br>
          </FONT></B><B><FONT face="serif">Ashburn, VA 20147<br>
          </FONT></B></font> <FONT size=1 face="serif">(Address including zip code
          of Principal Executive Offices) </FONT> </P></TD>
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      <TD><font size="2"><B><font size="2"><B><FONT face="serif">MCI,
                  INC. 2003 MANAGEMENT RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN</FONT></B></font><FONT face="serif"><br>
      </FONT></B></font><FONT size=1 face="serif">(Full title of the plan)</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><font size="2"><B><FONT face="serif">Anastasia D. Kelly,
              Esq.<br>
        </FONT></B></font><font size="2"><B><FONT face="serif">MCI, Inc.<br>
        </FONT></B></font><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><FONT face="serif">Executive
        Vice President and<br>
        General Counsel<br>
        22001 Loudoun County Parkway<br>
        Ashburn, VA 20147<br>
        703-886-5977 </FONT></B></font></TD>
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      <TD><FONT size=1 face="serif">(Name, address and telephone number,
          including area code, of agent for service) </FONT></TD>
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      <TD><font size="2"><B><I><FONT size="1" face="serif">Copy to:<br>
        </FONT></I></B></font><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><FONT face="serif">Barbara
        Nims, Esq.<br>
        Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell<br>
        450 Lexington Avenue<br>
        New York, New York 10017<br>
        212-450-4000 </FONT></B> </font></TD>
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    <TD colspan="5" align="center"><font size="1">&nbsp;</font><font size="1">&nbsp;</font><font size="2"><B></B></font><font size="1"> <font size="2"><B><FONT face="serif">CALCULATION
    OF REGISTRATION FEE</FONT></B> </font></font></TD>
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    <TD width="40%" align="center"><font size="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><FONT face="serif">Title
            of Securities to be Registered</FONT></B></font></TD>
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                to be</FONT></B></font><br>
                <FONT size="1" face="serif">Registered
            (1)</FONT></B></font></TD>
    <TD width="15%" align="center"><font size="2"><B><font size="2"><B><font size="1">Proposed<br>
        <FONT face="serif">Maximum Offering</FONT></font></B></font><font size="1"><br>
                <FONT face="serif">Price
            Per Share (2)</FONT></font></B></font></TD>
    <TD width="15%" align="center"><B><FONT size="1" face="serif">Proposed
Maximum<br>
Aggregate<br>
    Offering Price (2)</FONT></B></font></TD>
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                of<br>
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    <TD width="40%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Common stock (par value $0.01 per<br>
    share) (&#147;Common Stock&#148;) (3)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="15%" align="center"><FONT size=2 face="serif">10,921,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="15%" align="center"><FONT size=2 face="serif">$13.00</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="15%" align="center"><FONT size=2 face="serif">$141,973,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="15%" align="center"><FONT size=2 face="serif">$17,987.98</FONT></TD>
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    <td width="5%"><font size=2 face="serif">(1) </font></td>
    <td width="95%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Plus an indeterminate number
        of additional shares which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution
    resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions. </FONT> </td>
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    <td width="5%"><font size=2 face="serif">(2) </font></td>
    <td width="95%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Estimated pursuant to Rule
        457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;1933
        Act&#148;), solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee,
        based on the average of the high and low prices of the securities being
    registered hereby on the NASDAQ on May 4, 2004. </FONT> </td>
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    <td><font size=2 face="serif">(3) </font></td>
    <td> <FONT size=2 face="serif">This Registration Statement also pertains
        to a right to purchase from the company one share of Common Stock (&#147;Right&#148;)
        at a price of $75.00 per share, subject to certain adjustments. The description
        and terms of the Rights are set forth in a Rights Agreement, dated as
        of April 20, 2004 (the &#147;Rights Agreement&#148;), by and between
    the registrant and The Bank of New York, as Rights Agent.</FONT> </td>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">PART I </FONT></B>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </FONT></B>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">The information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) is omitted from this filing in accordance with the
provisions of Rule 428 under the 1933 Act and the introductory note to Part I of the Registration Statement. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the plan covered by this Registration
Statement as required by Rule 428(b)(1). </FONT>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">PART II </FONT></B>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </FONT></B>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE </FONT></B>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) by MCI, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the &#147;1934 Act&#148;), are incorporated herein by reference. </FONT>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif"></FONT>(1) The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003. </FONT>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif"></FONT>(2) All reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the 1934 Act since December 31, 2003. </FONT>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">(3) The descriptions of the Company&#146;s capital stock and the Rights, which are contained in the Company&#146;s registration statements on Form 8-A, filed on April 21, 2004, including any
amendments or supplements thereto.</FONT>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the 1934 Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. </FONT>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">Any statement contained 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 other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein), modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </FONT>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES </FONT></B>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif"></FONT>&nbsp;Not applicable </FONT>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">ITEM 5. INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL </FONT></B>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">Anastasia D. Kelly, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, has given her opinion about certain legal matters affecting the shares of the Company&#146;s common stock registered under this
Registration Statement. Ms. Kelly owns, or has the right to acquire, a number of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock which represents less than 1% of the total outstanding common stock of the Company. </FONT>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS </FONT></B>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">Reference is made to Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;), which enables a corporation in its certificate of incorporation to eliminate or limit the
personal liability of a director for violations of the director&#146;s fiduciary duty, except (i) for breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL (providing for liability of directors for unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions) or (iv) for any transaction from
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">an improper personal benefit, and provided that no such provision eliminates or limits the liability of a director for any act or omission occurring prior to the date when such provision becomes effective. The
Company&#146;s amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains a provision eliminating the personal liability of a director of the Company either to the Company or to any stockholder for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director to the full extent of Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL.</FONT>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">Reference is made to Section 145 of the DGCL, which provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and agents against expenses (including
attorney&#146;s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation
(a &#147;derivative action&#148;)) if they act in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe their conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that indemnification only extends to expenses (including attorney&#146;s fees) incurred in connection with defense or settlement of such
action, and the statute requires court approval before there can be indemnification that may be granted by a corporation&#146;s charter, by-laws, disinterested director vote, stockholder vote, agreement or otherwise. The Company&#146;s amended and
restated certificate of incorporation contains a provision providing that the Company shall indemnify any director of the Company, and may indemnify any officer or employee of the Company who is not a director, who was or is a party or is threatened
to be made a party to, or testifies in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer or employee of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the
Company as a director, officer or employee of another entity, to the full extent of Section 145 of the DGCL. Neither amendment nor repeal of this provision, nor the adoption of any provision that is inconsistent with this provision, shall eliminate
or reduce the effect of this provision in respect of any matter occurring prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision. </FONT>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">The Company&#146;s amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains a provision providing that the Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
director, officer or employee of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or employee of another entity against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such
capacity, or arising out of such person&#146;s status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of the Company&#146;s amended and restated certificate of
incorporation or otherwise. Neither amendment nor repeal of this provision, nor the adoption of any provision that is inconsistent with this provision, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this provision in respect of any matter occurring prior
to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision. </FONT>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">In addition, under the Company&#146;s employment agreements with certain of its executive officers, it has agreed to maintain officer&#146;s liability insurance coverage in reasonable amounts
during the terms of their respective employment agreements and to indemnify and hold them harmless to the fullest extent permitted under the Company&#146;s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, by-laws and applicable law in connection
with any claim, suit or other proceeding brought or threatened to be brought by a third party (including a governmental or regulatory agency or body) relating to such individual&#146;s employment with the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates.
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">The Company has taken out a directors and officers liability policy for the benefit of its directors and officers. Subject to its terms, conditions and exclusions, the policy insures the
directors and officers for claims made against them for wrongful acts committed by them in their capacities as directors and officers of the Company and its subsidiaries. </FONT>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED </FONT></B>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif"></FONT>&nbsp;Not applicable. </FONT>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">ITEM 8. EXHIBITS</FONT></B></P>
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    <td width="92%"><font size=2 face="serif">Amended and Restated Certificate
        of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
    the Form 8-A, Commission File No. 000-11258, filed on April 21, 2004). </font> </td>
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    <td width="92%"><font size=2 face="serif">By-Laws (incorporated herein
        by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Form 8-A, Commission File No. 000-11258,
    filed on April 21, 2004). </font> </td>
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    <td width="92%"><font size=2 face="serif">Rights Agreement (incorporated herein by
        reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Form 8-A, Commission File No. 000-11258,
    filed on April 21, 2004). </font></td>
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    <td width="92%"> <font size=2 face="serif">Opinion of Anastasia D. Kelly,
    Esq. </font> </td>
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    <td><font size=2 face="serif">23.1 </font></td>
    <td><font size=2 face="serif">Consent of KPMG LLP. </font></td>
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    <td width="5%"><font size=2 face="serif">23.2 </font></td>
    <td width="92%"><font size=2 face="serif">Consent of Anastasia D. Kelly, Esq. (included
    in Exhibit 5). </font></td>
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    <td width="5%"><font size=2 face="serif">24 </font></td>
    <td width="92%"><font size=2 face="serif">Powers of attorney (included on the signature
    pages hereof).</font></td>
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    <td width="5%"><font size=2 face="serif">99.1 </font></td>
    <td width="92%"><font size=2 face="serif"> MCI, Inc. 2003 Management Restricted
    Stock Plan. </font></td>
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<P><B><FONT size=2 face="serif">ITEM 9. REQUIRED UNDERTAKINGS </FONT></B></P>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif"></FONT>&nbsp;(a) The undersigned Company hereby undertakes: </FONT>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement 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. </FONT>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 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 </FONT><I><FONT size=2 face="serif">bona fide</FONT></I><FONT size=2 face="serif"> offering thereof. </FONT>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </FONT>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">(b) The undersigned Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Company&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act) that is incorporated by reference in this 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 </FONT><I><FONT size=2 face="serif">bona fide</FONT></I><FONT size=2 face="serif"> offering
thereof. </FONT>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the Company has been advised that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company 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 Company 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 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </FONT>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">SIGNATURES </FONT></B>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">Pursuant to the requirements
of the 1933 Act, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing this Registration Statement
and  has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Ashburn, State of
Virginia, on the 7th day of May, 2004. </FONT>
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      <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
    </TR>
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      <TD width="10%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">By:</FONT></TD>
      <TD width="90%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ Robert T. Blakely</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="90%"><HR align="left" width="60%" size=1 noshade></TD>
    </TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="10%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Name:</FONT></TD>
      <TD width="90%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Robert T. Blakely</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="10%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Title:</FONT></TD>
      <TD width="90%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD>
    </TR>
  </TABLE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below, constitutes and appoints, Anastasia D. Kelly his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and execute, in the name of the undersigned, any and all instruments which said attorney-in-fact and agent may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable MCI, Inc. to
comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;1933 Act&#148;), and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) in respect thereof, in connection with the filing with the Commission of this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the 1933 Act, including specifically but without limitation, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned to such Registration Statement, and any amendments to such Registration Statement
(including post-effective amendments), and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, to sign any and all applications, registration statements, notices or other documents necessary
or advisable to comply with applicable state securities laws, and to file the same, together with other documents in connection therewith with the appropriate state securities authorities, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power
and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </FONT>
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<P>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </FONT>
</P>
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  <TR>
    <TD width="35%" align="center"><font size="1"><B><FONT face="serif"><u>Signature</u></FONT></B></font></TD>
    <TD align="center" width="40%"><font size="2"><B><FONT size="1" face="serif"><u>Title</u></FONT></B></font></TD>
    <TD align="center" width="25%"><u><font size="2"><b><font size="1" face="serif">Date</font></b></font></u></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%" align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%" align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%" align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ Michael D. Capellas</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="40%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Director, President and Chief Executive
        Officer</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="25%" align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><hr align="left" width=95% size=1 noshade color="#000000">
    </TD>
    <TD width="40%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center" width="25%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">May 7,
        2004</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Michael D. Capellas</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%" align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ Robert T. Blakely</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="40%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Chief Financial Officer (Principal
        Financial</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="25%" align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><hr align="left" width=95% size=1 noshade color="#000000"></TD>
    <TD width="40%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center" width="25%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">May 7, 2004</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Robert T. Blakely</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%" align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><font size=2 face="serif">/s/ Eric Slusser</font></TD>
    <TD width="40%"><font size=2 face="serif">Senior Vice President, Controller</font></TD>
    <TD width="25%" align="center"><FONT size=2 face="serif">May 7, 2004</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><hr align="left" width=95% size=1 noshade color="#000000"></TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><font size=2 face="serif">Eric Slusser</font></TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%" align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ Nicholas deB. Katzenbach</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="40%"><font size=2 face="serif">Chairman of the Board</font></TD>
    <TD width="25%" align="center"><FONT size=2 face="serif">May 7, 2004</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><hr align="left" width=95% size=1 noshade color="#000000"></TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Nicholas deB. Katzenbach</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%" align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ Dennis R. Beresford</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size=2 face="serif">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center"><FONT size=2 face="serif">May 7, 2004</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><hr align="left" width=95% size=1 noshade color="#000000"></TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Dennis R. Beresford</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%" align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">4</FONT>
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    <TD align="center"><font size="1"><B><FONT face="serif"><u>Signature</u></FONT></B></font></TD>
    <TD align="center"><font size="2"><B><FONT size="1" face="serif"><u>Title</u></FONT></B></font></TD>
    <TD align="center"><u><font size="2"><b><font size="1" face="serif">Date</font></b></font></u></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ W. Grant Gregory</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size=2 face="serif">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center"><FONT size=2 face="serif">May 7, 2004</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><hr align="left" width=95% size=1 noshade color="#000000"></TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%" align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">W. Grant Gregory</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%" align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ Judith Haberkorn</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size=2 face="serif">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center"><FONT size=2 face="serif">May 7, 2004</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><hr align="left" width=95% size=1 noshade color="#000000"></TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%" align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Judith Haberkorn</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%" align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ Laurence E. Harris</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size=2 face="serif">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center"><FONT size=2 face="serif">May 7, 2004</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><hr align="left" width=95% size=1 noshade color="#000000"></TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%" align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Laurence E. Harris</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%" align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ Eric Holder</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size=2 face="serif">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center"><FONT size=2 face="serif">May 7, 2004</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><hr align="left" width=95% size=1 noshade color="#000000"></TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%" align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Eric Holder</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%" align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ Mark A. Neporent</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size=2 face="serif">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center"><FONT size=2 face="serif">May 7, 2004</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><hr align="left" width=95% size=1 noshade color="#000000"></TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%" align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Mark A. Neporent</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%" align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ C.B. Rogers, Jr.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size=2 face="serif">Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center"><FONT size=2 face="serif">May 7, 2004</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD width="35%"><hr align="left" width=95% size=1 noshade color="#000000"></TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%" align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
    <TD colspan=2 width="59%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">C.B. Rogers, Jr.</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="25%" align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">EXHIBIT INDEX </FONT></B>
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    <td width="5%"><font size=2 face="serif">4.1 </font></td>
    <td width="95%"><font size=2 face="serif">Amended and Restated Certificate
        of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
    the Form 8-A, Commission File No. 000-11258, filed on April 21, 2004). </font> </td>
  </tr>
  <tr align="left" valign="top">
    <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="95%">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr align="left" valign="top">
    <td><font size=2 face="serif">4.2 </font></td>
    <td> <font size=2 face="serif">By-Laws (incorporated herein by reference
        to Exhibit 3.2 to the Form 8-A, Commission File No. 000-11258, filed
    on April 21, 2004). </font> </td>
  </tr>
  <tr align="left" valign="top">
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr align="left" valign="top">
    <td><font size=2 face="serif">4.3 </font></td>
    <td> <font size=2 face="serif">Rights Agreement (incorporated herein
        by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Form 8-A, Commission File No. 000-11258,
    filed on April 21, 2004). </font> </td>
  </tr>
  <tr align="left" valign="top">
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
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    <td><font size=2 face="serif">5 </font></td>
    <td><font size=2 face="serif">Opinion of Anastasia D. Kelly, Esq.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr align="left" valign="top">
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td><font size=2 face="serif">23.1 </font></td>
    <td><font size=2 face="serif"> Consent of KPMG LLP. </font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr align="left" valign="top">
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td><font size=2 face="serif">23.2</font></td>
    <td> <font size=2 face="serif"> Consent of Anastasia D. Kelly, Esq. (included
    in Exhibit 5). </font> </td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td><font size=2 face="serif">24 </font></td>
    <td><font size=2 face="serif">Powers of attorney (included on the signature
    pages hereof). </font></td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
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    <td><font size=2 face="serif">99.1 </font></td>
    <td><font size=2 face="serif">MCI, Inc. 2003 Management Restricted Stock
    Plan. </font></td>
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may0504_s8-mgt
As filed with the Securities
          and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2004
Registration No.
            333-_____
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
              COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
        20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MCI, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant
        as specified in its charter)
Delaware
58-1521612
(State or other jurisdiction
            of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
22001
                Loudoun County Parkway
Ashburn, VA 20147
(Address including zip code
          of Principal Executive Offices)
MCI,
                  INC. 2003 MANAGEMENT RESTRICTED STOCK PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Anastasia D. Kelly,
              Esq.
MCI, Inc.
Executive
        Vice President and
General Counsel
22001 Loudoun County Parkway
Ashburn, VA 20147
703-886-5977
(Name, address and telephone number,
          including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Barbara
        Nims, Esq.
Davis Polk & Wardwell
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
212-450-4000
CALCULATION
    OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
            of Securities to be Registered
Amount
                to be
Registered
            (1)
Proposed
Maximum Offering
Price
            Per Share (2)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price (2)
Amount
                of
Registration
            Fee
Common stock (par value $0.01 per
share) ("Common Stock") (3)
10,921,000
$13.00
$141,973,000
$17,987.98
(1)
Plus an indeterminate number
        of additional shares which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution
    resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated pursuant to Rule
        457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933
        Act"), solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee,
        based on the average of the high and low prices of the securities being
    registered hereby on the NASDAQ on May 4, 2004.
(3)
This Registration Statement also pertains
        to a right to purchase from the company one share of Common Stock ("Right")
        at a price of $75.00 per share, subject to certain adjustments. The description
        and terms of the Rights are set forth in a Rights Agreement, dated as
        of April 20, 2004 (the "Rights Agreement"), by and between
    the registrant and The Bank of New York, as Rights Agent.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") is omitted from this filing in accordance with the
provisions of Rule 428 under the 1933 Act and the introductory note to Part I of the Registration Statement. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the plan covered by this Registration
Statement as required by Rule 428(b)(1).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by MCI, Inc. (the "Company") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the "1934 Act"), are incorporated herein by reference.
(1) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.
(2) All reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the 1934 Act since December 31, 2003.
(3) The descriptions of the Company's capital stock and the Rights, which are contained in the Company's registration statements on Form 8-A, filed on April 21, 2004, including any
amendments or supplements thereto.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the 1934 Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained 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 other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein), modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not applicable
ITEM 5. INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Anastasia D. Kelly, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, has given her opinion about certain legal matters affecting the shares of the Company's common stock registered under this
Registration Statement. Ms. Kelly owns, or has the right to acquire, a number of shares of the Company's common stock which represents less than 1% of the total outstanding common stock of the Company.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Reference is made to Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), which enables a corporation in its certificate of incorporation to eliminate or limit the
personal liability of a director for violations of the director's fiduciary duty, except (i) for breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL (providing for liability of directors for unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions) or (iv) for any transaction from
which a director derived
an improper personal benefit, and provided that no such provision eliminates or limits the liability of a director for any act or omission occurring prior to the date when such provision becomes effective. The
Company's amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains a provision eliminating the personal liability of a director of the Company either to the Company or to any stockholder for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director to the full extent of Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL.
Reference is made to Section 145 of the DGCL, which provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and agents against expenses (including
attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation
(a "derivative action")) if they act in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe their conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that indemnification only extends to expenses (including attorney's fees) incurred in connection with defense or settlement of such
action, and the statute requires court approval before there can be indemnification that may be granted by a corporation's charter, by-laws, disinterested director vote, stockholder vote, agreement or otherwise. The Company's amended and
restated certificate of incorporation contains a provision providing that the Company shall indemnify any director of the Company, and may indemnify any officer or employee of the Company who is not a director, who was or is a party or is threatened
to be made a party to, or testifies in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer or employee of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the
Company as a director, officer or employee of another entity, to the full extent of Section 145 of the DGCL. Neither amendment nor repeal of this provision, nor the adoption of any provision that is inconsistent with this provision, shall eliminate
or reduce the effect of this provision in respect of any matter occurring prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.
The Company's amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains a provision providing that the Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
director, officer or employee of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or employee of another entity against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such
capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of the Company's amended and restated certificate of
incorporation or otherwise. Neither amendment nor repeal of this provision, nor the adoption of any provision that is inconsistent with this provision, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this provision in respect of any matter occurring prior
to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.
In addition, under the Company's employment agreements with certain of its executive officers, it has agreed to maintain officer's liability insurance coverage in reasonable amounts
during the terms of their respective employment agreements and to indemnify and hold them harmless to the fullest extent permitted under the Company's amended and restated certificate of incorporation, by-laws and applicable law in connection
with any claim, suit or other proceeding brought or threatened to be brought by a third party (including a governmental or regulatory agency or body) relating to such individual's employment with the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates.
The Company has taken out a directors and officers liability policy for the benefit of its directors and officers. Subject to its terms, conditions and exclusions, the policy insures the
directors and officers for claims made against them for wrongful acts committed by them in their capacities as directors and officers of the Company and its subsidiaries.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate
        of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
    the Form 8-A, Commission File No. 000-11258, filed on April 21, 2004).
2
4.2
By-Laws (incorporated herein
        by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Form 8-A, Commission File No. 000-11258,
    filed on April 21, 2004).
4.3
Rights Agreement (incorporated herein by
        reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Form 8-A, Commission File No. 000-11258,
    filed on April 21, 2004).
5
Opinion of Anastasia D. Kelly,
    Esq.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2
Consent of Anastasia D. Kelly, Esq. (included
    in Exhibit 5).
24
Powers of attorney (included on the signature
    pages hereof).
99.1
MCI, Inc. 2003 Management Restricted
    Stock Plan.
ITEM 9. REQUIRED UNDERTAKINGS
(a) The undersigned Company hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement 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.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the Company has been advised that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company 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 Company 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 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements
of the 1933 Act, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing this Registration Statement
and  has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Ashburn, State of
Virginia, on the 7th day of May, 2004.
MCI , Inc.
By:
/s/ Robert T. Blakely
Name:
Robert T. Blakely
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below, constitutes and appoints, Anastasia D. Kelly his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and execute, in the name of the undersigned, any and all instruments which said attorney-in-fact and agent may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable MCI, Inc. to
comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in respect thereof, in connection with the filing with the Commission of this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the 1933 Act, including specifically but without limitation, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned to such Registration Statement, and any amendments to such Registration Statement
(including post-effective amendments), and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, to sign any and all applications, registration statements, notices or other documents necessary
or advisable to comply with applicable state securities laws, and to file the same, together with other documents in connection therewith with the appropriate state securities authorities, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power
and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Michael D. Capellas
Director, President and Chief Executive
        Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
May 7,
        2004
Michael D. Capellas
/s/ Robert T. Blakely
Chief Financial Officer (Principal
        Financial
Officer)
May 7, 2004
Robert T. Blakely
/s/ Eric Slusser
Senior Vice President, Controller
May 7, 2004
Eric Slusser
/s/ Nicholas deB. Katzenbach
Chairman of the Board
May 7, 2004
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach
/s/ Dennis R. Beresford
Director
May 7, 2004
Dennis R. Beresford
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ W. Grant Gregory
Director
May 7, 2004
W. Grant Gregory
/s/ Judith Haberkorn
Director
May 7, 2004
Judith Haberkorn
/s/ Laurence E. Harris
Director
May 7, 2004
Laurence E. Harris
/s/ Eric Holder
Director
May 7, 2004
Eric Holder
/s/ Mark A. Neporent
Director
May 7, 2004
Mark A. Neporent
/s/ C.B. Rogers, Jr.
Director
May 7, 2004
C.B. Rogers, Jr.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate
        of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
    the Form 8-A, Commission File No. 000-11258, filed on April 21, 2004).
4.2
By-Laws (incorporated herein by reference
        to Exhibit 3.2 to the Form 8-A, Commission File No. 000-11258, filed
    on April 21, 2004).
4.3
Rights Agreement (incorporated herein
        by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Form 8-A, Commission File No. 000-11258,
    filed on April 21, 2004).
5
Opinion of Anastasia D. Kelly, Esq.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2
Consent of Anastasia D. Kelly, Esq. (included
    in Exhibit 5).
24
Powers of attorney (included on the signature
    pages hereof).
99.1
MCI, Inc. 2003 Management Restricted Stock
    Plan.