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<p ALIGN="CENTER">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June
23, 2004</p>
<p ALIGN="right">Registration No. 333- </p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">FORM S-8<br>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br>
</font><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3"><i>UNDER<br>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">GREAT LAKES BANCORP, INC.<br>
</b></font><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="1">(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its charter)</p>
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                                    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Delaware</b></font></td>
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                                    <p ALIGN="CENTER">6036</b></font></td>
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                                    <p ALIGN="CENTER">16-4237490</b></font></td>
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                                    <p ALIGN="CENTER">(State or other
                                    jurisdiction of</font></td>
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                                    <p ALIGN="CENTER">(Primary Standard
                                    Industrial</font></td>
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                                    <p ALIGN="CENTER">(I.R.S. Employer</font></td>
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                                    <p ALIGN="CENTER">incorporation or
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                                    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Classification Code)</font></td>
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                                    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Identification Number)</font></td>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">2421 Main Street<br>
Buffalo, New York 14214<br>
(716) 961-1900<br>
</b></font><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="1">(Address, including zip code, and
telephone number, including<br>
area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">Great Lakes Bancorp, Inc. Stock Purchase Plan<br>
</b></font><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="1">(Full title of the plans)</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">Andrew W. Dorn, Jr.<br>
President and Chief Executive Officer<br>
2421 Main Street<br>
Buffalo, New York 14214<br>
(716) 961-1900<br>
</b></font><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="1">(Name, address, including zip code,
and telephone number, including<br>
area code, of agent for service)</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">Copy To:</p>
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                                    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Robert J. Olivieri, Esq.</b></font></td>
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                                    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Hodgson Russ LLP</b></font></td>
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                                    <p ALIGN="CENTER">Buffalo, New York
                                    14203-2391</b></font></td>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</p>
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                                    Title of Each Class of</p>
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                                    Securities to be Registered</b></font></td>
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                                    Amount</p>
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                                    to be</p>
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                                    Registered</b></font></td>
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                                    Proposed Maximum</p>
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                                    Offering Price</p>
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                                    per Share </b></font></td>
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                                    Proposed</p>
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                                    Maximum</p>
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                                    Aggregate</p>
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                                    Offering Price</b></font></td>
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                                    Amount of</p>
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                                    Registration Fee</b></font></td>
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                                    Common Stock ($.001 par value)</font></td>
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                                    200,000 shares <sup><b>(1)</b></sup></font></td>
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                                    $9.00</font></td>
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                                    $1,800,000</font></td>
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                                    $229</font></td>
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<p align="left">(1) This Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate
number of shares of Common Stock which may be issuable under such plans as a
result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">PART I</p>
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<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><b>Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus</p>
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The documents containing the
information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to
participants as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &quot;Securities Act&quot;). Such documents need not be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &quot;Commission&quot;) either as part of this</font><font SIZE="2">
Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of
Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus
that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the securities Act.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; If necessary for a prospectus to
be used for re-offers of the Registrant's common stock acquired pursuant to the
Plan, a prospectus prepared in accordance with the requirements of Form S-3 will
be filed as part of this Registration Statement by means of a post-effective
amendment hereto.</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">PART II</p>
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</font><b><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">Information Required in the Registration Statement</p>
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<p>Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</p>
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The following documents filed by
the Registrant with the Commission under the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the &quot;Exchange Act&quot;), are incorporated herein by reference:</p>
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                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">(a) </font></td>
                        <td width="585"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">The
                        description of the Registrant's common stock contained
                        in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated April
                        30, 2003 filed with the Commission under Section 12(g)
                        of the Exchange Act on April 30, 2003, including any
                        amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating
                        such description;</font></td>
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                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">(b) </font></td>
                        <td width="585"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">The
                        Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year
                        ended December 31, 20042, filed with the Commission on
                        March 29, 2004;</font></td>
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                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">(c) </font></td>
                        <td width="585"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">The
                        Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the
                        quarter ended March 31, 2004, filed with the Commission
                        on May 14, 2004;</font></td>
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                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">(d) </font></td>
                        <td width="585"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">The
                        Registrant's definitive proxy statement for its Annual
                        Meeting of Stockholders to be held on June 15, 2004,
                        filed with the Commission on May 11, 2004;</font></td>
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                        <td width="40" valign="top"><font size="2">(e)</font></td>
                        <td width="585"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">The
                        Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 14,
                        2004, filed with the Commission on May 17, 2004;</font></td>
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                        <td width="40" valign="top"><font size="2">(f)</font></td>
                        <td width="585"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">The
                        Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 1,
                        2004, filed with the Commission on June 1, 2004; and</font></td>
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                        <td width="40" valign="top"><font size="2">(g)</font></td>
                        <td width="585"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">The
                        Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 17,
                        2004, filed with the Commission on June 18, 2004.</font></td>
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In addition, all documents
subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities registered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be </p>
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<p>deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from
the date of filing of such documents.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Any statement contained herein or
in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document
which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.</p>
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Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Description of Securities.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </b>Not applicable.</p>
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Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interests of Named Persons and Counsel.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </b>Certain legal matters with
respect to the validity of the shares of Common stock offered pursuant to this
Registration Statement are being passed upon for the Registrant by Hodgson Russ
LLP, counsel to the Registrant.</p>
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Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</p>
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Under Section 145(a) of the
General Corporation Law of Delaware, the Registrant may indemnify any of its
officers or directors in any action other than actions by or in the right of our
company, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, if such
director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of our company, and, with respect
to any criminal action or proceedings if such director or officer has no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Under Section 145(b), the
Registrant may indemnify any of its officers or directors in any action by or in
the right of our company against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by
him in the defense or settlement of such action if such officer or director
acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the Registrant's best interest, except where such director or officer
shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the
performance of his duty to us, unless, on application, the Court of Chancery or
the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine that, despite
the adjudication of liability, such person in view of all the circumstances is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court shall
deem proper. Section 145(c) provides for mandatory indemnification of officers
or directors who have been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense
of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b).
Section 145(d) authorizes indemnification under subsections (a) and (b) in
specific cases if approved by the Registrant's board of directors or
stockholders upon a finding that the officer or director in question has met the
requisite statutory standards of conduct. Section 145(g) empowers the Registrant
to purchase insurance coverage for any director, officer, employee or agent
against any liability incurred by him in his capacity as such, whether or not
the Registrant would have the power to indemnify him under the provisions of the
Delaware General Corporation Law. The foregoing is only a summary of the
described sections of the Delaware General Corporation Law and is qualified in
its entirety by reference to such sections.</p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Registrant's bylaws provide
that it shall indemnify each of its officers and directors to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law. The Registrant's certificate of incorporation also
provides that, </p>
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<p>to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, its
directors shall not be liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.</p>
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Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exemption from Registration Claimed.</p>
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not applicable.</p>
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Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exhibits.</p>
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The following exhibits are filed
with this Registration Statement:</p>
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                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">4.1 </font></td>
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                        Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
                        (incorporated by reference to Annex C to the
                        Registrant's Registration Statement No. 333-103211 on
                        Form S-4 dated February 14, 2003).</font></td>
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                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">4.2 </font></td>
                        <td width="619"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">Bylaws
                        of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Annex D
                        to the Registrant's Registration Statement No.
                        333-103211 on Form S-4 dated February 14, 2003).</font></td>
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                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">4.3 </font></td>
                        <td width="619"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">Great
                        Lakes Bancorp, Inc. Stock Purchase Plan.</font></td>
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                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">5.1 </font></td>
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                        Opinion of Hodgson Russ LLP.</font></td>
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                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">23.1 </font></td>
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                        Consent of Freed Maxick &amp; Battaglia PC.</font></td>
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                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">23.2 </font></td>
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                        Consent of Hodgson Russ LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 to
                        this Registration Statement).</font></td>
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                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">24.1 </font></td>
                        <td width="619"><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">Power
                        of Attorney (contained in Part II of this Registration
                        Statement).</font></td>
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<p>Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Undertakings.</p>
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                        <td width="32"><font size="2">(a)</font></td>
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<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</font></td>
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<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">To file, during any period in which offers or
                        sales are being made, a post-effective </font>
                        </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td width="662" colspan="5">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">amendment to this Registration Statement:</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td width="61">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="32">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="32">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="28">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="509">&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td width="61">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="32">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="32">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="28"><font size="2">(i)</font></td>
                        <td width="509">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td width="61">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="32">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="32">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="28">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="509">&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td width="61">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="32">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="32">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="28" valign="top">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">(ii)</font></td>
                        <td width="509">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
                        events arising after the effective date of the</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td width="61">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="601" colspan="4">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;Registration Statement (or the most
                        recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
                        individually or in the aggregate, represent a
                        fundamental change in the information set forth in the
                        Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
                        any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
                        (if the total dollar value of securities offered would
                        not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
                        from the low or high and of the estimated maximum
                        offering range may be reflected in the form of
                        prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
                        424(b) if, in the aggregate, the change in volume and
                        price represents no more than 20% change in the maximum
                        aggregate offering price set forth in the &quot;Calculation
                        of Registration Fee&quot; table in the effective Registration
                        Statement;</font></td>
            </tr>
</table>
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
<p align="center">II-3</p>
</font>
<P style=PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE:always>
<table border="0" width="672" id="AutoNumber4" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
            <tr>
                        <td width="61">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="32">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="32">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="28" valign="top">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">(iii)</font></td>
                        <td width="509">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">To include any material information with
                        respect to the plan of distribution not</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td width="61">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="601" colspan="4">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;previously disclosed in the Registration
                        Statement or any material change to such information in
                        the Registration Statement;</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td width="61">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="32">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="32">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="28">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="509">&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td width="662" colspan="5">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if
the Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8, or Form F-3 and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td width="61">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="32">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="32">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="28">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="509">&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td width="61">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="32">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="32" valign="top">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">(2)</font></td>
                        <td width="537" colspan="2">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">That for the purpose of determining any
                        liability under the Securities Act, each such </font>
                        </font>
                        </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td width="662" colspan="5">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
                        a new registration statement relating to the securities
                        offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
                        that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
                        offering thereof.</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td width="61">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="32">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="32">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="28">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="509">&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td width="61">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="32">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="32" valign="top">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">(3) </font>
                        </td>
                        <td width="537" colspan="2">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">To remove from registration by means of a
                        post-effective amendment any of the </font>
                        </font>
                        </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td width="662" colspan="5">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">securities being registered which remain
                        unsold at the termination of the offering.</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td width="61">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="32">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="32">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="28">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="509">&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td width="61">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="32" valign="top">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">(b) </font>
                        </td>
                        <td width="569" colspan="3">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes
                        that, for purposes of determining any liability </font>
                        </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td width="662" colspan="5">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">under the Securities Act, each filing of the
                        Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
                        Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, (and, where
                        applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
                        annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange
                        Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
                        Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
                        registration statement relating to the securities
                        offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
                        that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
                        offering thereof.</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td width="61">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="32">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="32">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="28">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="509">&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td width="61">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="32" valign="top">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">(c) </font>
                        </td>
                        <td width="569" colspan="3">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
                        arising under the Securities Act may be </font>
                        </font>
                        </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td width="662" colspan="5">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">permitted to directors, officers and
                        controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
                        foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has
                        been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
                        indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
                        the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In
                        the event that a claim for indemnification against such
                        liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of
                        expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
                        controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
                        defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
                        by such director, officer or controlling person in
                        connection with the securities being registered, the
                        Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
                        the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
                        submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
                        question of whether such indemnification by it is
                        against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
                        and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
                        issue.</font></td>
            </tr>
</table>
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
<b>
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</b>
<p ALIGN="center">II-4</p>
</font>
<P style=PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE:always>
<p ALIGN="CENTER"></p>
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
<b>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">SIGNATURES</p>
</b>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly
caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Buffalo, State of New
York, on June 22, 2004.</p>
</font>
<b>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></p>
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            <tr>
                        <td width="301">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="321" colspan="2">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">GREAT LAKES BANCORP, INC.</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td width="301">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="321" colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td width="301">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="27">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">By: </font>
                        </td>
                        <td width="294" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">s/ Andrew w. Dorn, Jr. </font>
                        </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td width="301">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="27">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="294">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">Andrew W. Dorn, Jr.</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td width="301">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="27">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td width="294">
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">President and Chief Executive Officer</font></td>
            </tr>
</table>
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
<p ALIGN="CENTER">POWER OF ATTORNEY</p>
</font>
                                                                                                                                                                        </b>
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Andrew W. Dorn, Jr. and Louis Sidoni, or either
of them, as his attorney in fact, to sign any amendments to this registration
statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorney-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.</p>
<b>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.</p>
</b></font>
</font>
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            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2"><b><u>
                        <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Signature </u></b></font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2"><u><b>
                        <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Title</b></u></font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2"><u><b>
                        <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Date</b></u></font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
                        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Andrew W. Dorn,
                        Jr.&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                                    <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                                    <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">
                                    President, Chief Executive Officer, </p>
                        </font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                        <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">June 22, 2004</p>
                        </font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2"><b>Andrew W. Dorn, Jr.</b></font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center">
                                    <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                                    Treasurer and Director<br>
                                    <i>(Principal Executive Officer)</i></font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
                        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Kim S. Destro&nbsp;</font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                                    <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                                    <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">
                                    Vice President and&nbsp; </p>
                        </font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                        <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">June 22, 2004</p>
                        </font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2"><b>Kim S. Destro</b></font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center">
                                    <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                                    Chief Financial Officer<br>
                                    <i>(Principal Financial Officer and
                                    Principal Accounting Officer)</i></font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
                        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Louis Sidoni&nbsp;</font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                                    <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                                    <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">
                                    Executive Vice President, Secretary</p>
                        </font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                        <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">June 22, 2004</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2"><b>Louis Sidoni</b></font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center">
                                    <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                                    &nbsp;and Director</font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
                        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">
                        <font size="2">/s/ Barry M. Snyder</font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">Chairman of the Board
                        of Directors</font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                        <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">June 22, 2004</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2"><b>Barry M. Snyder</b></font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            </table>
<p align="center"><font size="2">II-5</font></p>
<P style=PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE:always>
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            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
                        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ <b>
                        &nbsp;</b>William A. Evans</font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                                    <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                                    <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">
                                    Vice Chairman of the </p>
                        </font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                        <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">June 22, 2004</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2"><b>William A. Evans</b></font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center">
                                    <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                                    Board of Directors</font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                                                <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
                        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Frederick A. Wolf</font><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3"><b>&nbsp;</b></font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">Assistant Secretary
                        and Director</font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                        <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">June 22, 2004</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2"><b>
                        Frederick A. Wolf</b></font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">/s/ Carolyn
                        B. Frank</p>
                        </font>
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3"><b>
                        <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"></p>
                        </b>
                        </font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">Director</font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                        <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">June 22, 2004</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2"><b>
                        Carolyn B. Frank</b></font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                        <p ALIGN="left" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">
                        /s/ Fred J. Hanania</p>
                        </font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">Director&nbsp;</font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                        <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">June 22, 2004</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2"><b>
                        Fred J. Hanania</b></font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">/s/ Luiz F.
                        Kahl</p>
                        </font>
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3"><b>
                        <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"></p>
                        </b>
                        </font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">Director</font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                        <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">June 22, 2004</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2"><b>
                        Luiz F. Kahl</b></font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">/s/ Gerard T.
                        Mazurkiewicz</font><font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3"><b>&nbsp;</b></font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">Director</font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                        <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">June 22, 2004</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2"><b>
                        Gerard T. Mazurkiewicz</b></font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                        <p ALIGN="left" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">
                        /s/ Acea M. Mosey-Pawlowski</p>
                        </font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">Director</font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                        <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">June 22, 2004</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2"><b>
                        Acea M. Mosey-Pawlowski</b></font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                        <p ALIGN="left" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">
                        /s/ Dennis M. Penman</p>
                        </font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">Director&nbsp;</font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                        <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">June 22, 2004</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2"><b>
                        Dennis M. Penman</b></font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">/s/ James A.
                        Smith</p>
                        </font>
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3"><b>
                        <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"></p>
                        </b>
                        </font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">Director</font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                        <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">June 22, 2004</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2"><b>
                        James A. Smith</b></font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">/s/ Louis J.
                        Thomas</p>
                        </font>
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3"><b>
                        <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"></p>
                        </b>
                        </font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">Director</font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                        <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">June 22, 2004</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2"><b>
                        Louis J. Thomas</b></font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            </table>
<p align="center"><font size="2">II-6</font></p>
<P style=PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE:always>
<table CELLSPACING="0" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="672" id="AutoNumber7">
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                        <p ALIGN="left" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">
                        /s/ David L. Ulrich</p>
                        </font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="bottom" align="center">
                        <p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">Director&nbsp;</font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="bottom">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
                        <p ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">June 22, 2004</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="36%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2"><b>
                        David L. Ulrich</b></font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="37%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        &nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
</table>
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">
<p ALIGN="center">II-7</p>
</font>
<font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="3">
<P style=PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE:always>
<p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&nbsp;</p>
</font>
<font SIZE="2">
<p ALIGN="CENTER"><b>EXHIBIT INDEX</b></p>
</font>
<table CELLSPACING="0" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="631">
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2"><u><b>
                        <p ALIGN="CENTER">Exhibit Number</b></u></font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="81%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2"><u><b>
                        <p ALIGN="CENTER">Exhibit</b></u></font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="81%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center">
                        <font SIZE="2">4.1</font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="81%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">Certificate
                        of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by
                        reference to Annex C to the Registrant's Registration
                        Statement No. 333-103211 on Form S-4 dated February 14,
                        2003).</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="81%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        &nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center">
                        <font SIZE="2">4.2</font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="81%" VALIGN="TOP">
                        <font FACE="Times Roman" SIZE="2">Bylaws of the
                        Registrant (incorporated by reference to Annex D to the
                        Registrant's Registration Statement No. 333-103211 on
                        Form S-4 dated February 14, 2003).</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="81%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center">
                        <font SIZE="2">4.3</font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="81%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">Great Lakes
                        Bancorp, Inc. Stock Purchase Plan.</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="81%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center">
                        <font SIZE="2">5.1</font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="81%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
                        <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Opinion of Hodgson Russ LLP</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="81%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center">
                        <font SIZE="2">23.1</font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="81%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
                        <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Consent of Freed Maxick &amp; Battaglia
                        PC.</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="81%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center">
                        <font SIZE="2">23.2</font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="81%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
                        <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Consent of Hodgson Russ LLP (Included
                        in Exhibit 5.1)</font></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center">&nbsp;</td>
                        <td WIDTH="81%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                        <td WIDTH="19%" VALIGN="TOP" align="center">
                        <font SIZE="2">24.1</font></td>
                        <td WIDTH="81%" VALIGN="TOP"><font SIZE="2">
                        <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Power of Attorney (See page II-5 of
                        this Registration Statement)</font></td>
            </tr>
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<p ALIGN="center">II-8</p>
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June
23, 2004
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
GREAT LAKES BANCORP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its charter)
Delaware
6036
16-4237490
(State or other
                                    jurisdiction of
(Primary Standard
                                    Industrial
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or
                                    organization)
Classification Code)
Identification Number)
2421 Main Street
Buffalo, New York 14214
(716) 961-1900
(Address, including zip code, and
telephone number, including
area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
Great Lakes Bancorp, Inc. Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Andrew W. Dorn, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
2421 Main Street
Buffalo, New York 14214
(716) 961-1900
(Name, address, including zip code,
and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
Copy To:
Robert J. Olivieri, Esq.
Hodgson Russ LLP
One M&T Plaza, Suite 2000
Buffalo, New York
                                    14203-2391
(716) 856-4000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of
Securities to be Registered
Amount
to be
Registered
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
per Share
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock ($.001 par value)
200,000 shares
(1)
$9.00
$1,800,000
$229
(1) This Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate
number of shares of Common Stock which may be issuable under such plans as a
result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
PART I
Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus
The documents containing the
information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to
participants as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"). Such documents need not be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this
Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of
Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus
that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the securities Act.
If necessary for a prospectus to
be used for re-offers of the Registrant's common stock acquired pursuant to the
Plan, a prospectus prepared in accordance with the requirements of Form S-3 will
be filed as part of this Registration Statement by means of a post-effective
amendment hereto.
PART II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3.     Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by
the Registrant with the Commission under the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
The
                        description of the Registrant's common stock contained
                        in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated April
                        30, 2003 filed with the Commission under Section 12(g)
                        of the Exchange Act on April 30, 2003, including any
                        amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating
                        such description;
(b)
The
                        Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year
                        ended December 31, 20042, filed with the Commission on
                        March 29, 2004;
(c)
The
                        Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-QSB for the
                        quarter ended March 31, 2004, filed with the Commission
                        on May 14, 2004;
(d)
The
                        Registrant's definitive proxy statement for its Annual
                        Meeting of Stockholders to be held on June 15, 2004,
                        filed with the Commission on May 11, 2004;
(e)
The
                        Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 14,
                        2004, filed with the Commission on May 17, 2004;
(f)
The
                        Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 1,
                        2004, filed with the Commission on June 1, 2004; and
(g)
The
                        Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 17,
                        2004, filed with the Commission on June 18, 2004.
In addition, all documents
subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities registered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
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deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from
the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained herein or
in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document
which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.
Item 4.     Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.     Interests of Named Persons and Counsel.
Certain legal matters with
respect to the validity of the shares of Common stock offered pursuant to this
Registration Statement are being passed upon for the Registrant by Hodgson Russ
LLP, counsel to the Registrant.
Item 6.     Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Under Section 145(a) of the
General Corporation Law of Delaware, the Registrant may indemnify any of its
officers or directors in any action other than actions by or in the right of our
company, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, if such
director or officer acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of our company, and, with respect
to any criminal action or proceedings if such director or officer has no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Under Section 145(b), the
Registrant may indemnify any of its officers or directors in any action by or in
the right of our company against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by
him in the defense or settlement of such action if such officer or director
acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the Registrant's best interest, except where such director or officer
shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the
performance of his duty to us, unless, on application, the Court of Chancery or
the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine that, despite
the adjudication of liability, such person in view of all the circumstances is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court shall
deem proper. Section 145(c) provides for mandatory indemnification of officers
or directors who have been successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense
of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b).
Section 145(d) authorizes indemnification under subsections (a) and (b) in
specific cases if approved by the Registrant's board of directors or
stockholders upon a finding that the officer or director in question has met the
requisite statutory standards of conduct. Section 145(g) empowers the Registrant
to purchase insurance coverage for any director, officer, employee or agent
against any liability incurred by him in his capacity as such, whether or not
the Registrant would have the power to indemnify him under the provisions of the
Delaware General Corporation Law. The foregoing is only a summary of the
described sections of the Delaware General Corporation Law and is qualified in
its entirety by reference to such sections.
The Registrant's bylaws provide
that it shall indemnify each of its officers and directors to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law. The Registrant's certificate of incorporation also
provides that,
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to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, its
directors shall not be liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.
Item 7.     Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.     Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed
with this Registration Statement:
4.1
Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
                        (incorporated by reference to Annex C to the
                        Registrant's Registration Statement No. 333-103211 on
                        Form S-4 dated February 14, 2003).
4.2
Bylaws
                        of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Annex D
                        to the Registrant's Registration Statement No.
                        333-103211 on Form S-4 dated February 14, 2003).
4.3
Great
                        Lakes Bancorp, Inc. Stock Purchase Plan.
5.1
Opinion of Hodgson Russ LLP.
23.1
Consent of Freed Maxick & Battaglia PC.
23.2
Consent of Hodgson Russ LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 to
                        this Registration Statement).
24.1
Power
                        of Attorney (contained in Part II of this Registration
                        Statement).
Item 9.     Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or
                        sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
                        events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most
                        recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
                        individually or in the aggregate, represent a
                        fundamental change in the information set forth in the
                        Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
                        any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
                        (if the total dollar value of securities offered would
                        not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
                        from the low or high and of the estimated maximum
                        offering range may be reflected in the form of
                        prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule
                        424(b) if, in the aggregate, the change in volume and
                        price represents no more than 20% change in the maximum
                        aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation
                        of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration
                        Statement;
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(iii)
To include any material information with
                        respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration
                        Statement or any material change to such information in
                        the Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if
the Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8, or Form F-3 and the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2)
That for the purpose of determining any
                        liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
                        a new registration statement relating to the securities
                        offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
                        that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
                        offering thereof.
(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 Registrant hereby undertakes
                        that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the
                        Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
                        Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, (and, where
                        applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
                        annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange
                        Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
                        Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
                        registration statement relating to the securities
                        offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
                        that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
                        offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
                        arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and
                        controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
                        foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has
                        been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
                        indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
                        the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In
                        the event that a claim for indemnification against such
                        liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of
                        expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
                        controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
                        defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
                        by such director, officer or controlling person in
                        connection with the securities being registered, the
                        Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
                        the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
                        submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
                        question of whether such indemnification by it is
                        against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
                        and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
                        issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly
caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Buffalo, State of New
York, on June 22, 2004.
GREAT LAKES BANCORP, INC.
By:
s/ Andrew w. Dorn, Jr.
Andrew W. Dorn, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Andrew W. Dorn, Jr. and Louis Sidoni, or either
of them, as his attorney in fact, to sign any amendments to this registration
statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorney-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Andrew W. Dorn,
                        Jr.
President, Chief Executive Officer,
June 22, 2004
Andrew W. Dorn, Jr.
Treasurer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Kim S. Destro
Vice President and
June 22, 2004
Kim S. Destro
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and
                                    Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Louis Sidoni
Executive Vice President, Secretary
June 22, 2004
Louis Sidoni
and Director
/s/ Barry M. Snyder
Chairman of the Board
                        of Directors
June 22, 2004
Barry M. Snyder
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/s/
William A. Evans
Vice Chairman of the
June 22, 2004
William A. Evans
Board of Directors
/s/ Frederick A. Wolf
Assistant Secretary
                        and Director
June 22, 2004
Frederick A. Wolf
/s/ Carolyn
                        B. Frank
Director
June 22, 2004
Carolyn B. Frank
/s/ Fred J. Hanania
Director
June 22, 2004
Fred J. Hanania
/s/ Luiz F.
                        Kahl
Director
June 22, 2004
Luiz F. Kahl
/s/ Gerard T.
                        Mazurkiewicz
Director
June 22, 2004
Gerard T. Mazurkiewicz
/s/ Acea M. Mosey-Pawlowski
Director
June 22, 2004
Acea M. Mosey-Pawlowski
/s/ Dennis M. Penman
Director
June 22, 2004
Dennis M. Penman
/s/ James A.
                        Smith
Director
June 22, 2004
James A. Smith
/s/ Louis J.
                        Thomas
Director
June 22, 2004
Louis J. Thomas
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/s/ David L. Ulrich
Director
June 22, 2004
David L. Ulrich
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Exhibit
4.1
Certificate
                        of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by
                        reference to Annex C to the Registrant's Registration
                        Statement No. 333-103211 on Form S-4 dated February 14,
                        2003).
4.2
Bylaws of the
                        Registrant (incorporated by reference to Annex D to the
                        Registrant's Registration Statement No. 333-103211 on
                        Form S-4 dated February 14, 2003).
4.3
Great Lakes
                        Bancorp, Inc. Stock Purchase Plan.
5.1
Opinion of Hodgson Russ LLP
23.1
Consent of Freed Maxick & Battaglia
                        PC.
23.2
Consent of Hodgson Russ LLP (Included
                        in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (See page II-5 of
                        this Registration Statement)
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