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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 3, 2008
Registration
No. 333-_____
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CHURCH & DWIGHT CO.,
INC.
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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13-4996950
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification
Number)
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469
North Harrison Street, Princeton, NJ
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08543-5297
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Church
& Dwight Co., Inc. Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan
(Full
title of the plan)
Susan
E. Goldy
Executive
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Church
& Dwight Co., Inc.
469
North Harrison Street
Princeton,
NJ 08543-5297
(609)
683-5900
(Name,
address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for
service)
with a
copy to:
Alan
Singer
Morgan,
Lewis & Bockius LLP
1701
Market Street
Philadelphia,
PA 19103-2921
Indicate
by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,”
“accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
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Large
accelerated filer
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ý
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Accelerated
filer
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Non-accelerated
filer
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Smaller
reporting company
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CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
of securities to be registered
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Amount
to be registered
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Proposed
maximum offering price per share (1)
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Proposed
maximum aggregate offering price
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Amount
of registration fee
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Common
Stock, par value $1.00 per share (2)
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4,000,000
shares (3)
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$56.16
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$224,640,000
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$8,828.35
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(1)
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Calculated
pursuant to Rule 457(h), based upon the average of the high and low sales
prices of the Common Stock of the Registrant reported on the New York
Stock Exchange on July 1,
2008.
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(2)
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Associated
with each share of common stock is a right to purchase the Registrant’s
junior participating preferred stock. Prior to the occurrence
of certain events, the rights will not be exercisable or evidenced
separately from the common stock. Preferred stock purchase
rights do not carry a separate price and, therefore, no additional filing
fee is required.
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(3)
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Pursuant
to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement also covers such additional shares as may hereinafter be offered
to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends,
recapitalizations or similar capital
adjustments.
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PART
II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The
following documents, filed by Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (the "Registrant”)
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), are hereby
incorporated by reference:
(a) Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, as
amended;
(b) Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 28,
2008;
(c) Current
Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 4, 2008, March 12, 2008,
April 1, 2008, May 6, 2008 and June 9, 2008;
(d) The
description of the Registrant’s Common Stock set forth in a Current Report on
Form 8-K, filed on July 3, 2008; and
(e) The
description of the Registrant’s Preferred Stock Purchase Rights set forth in its
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed on August 31,
1999.
All
documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after the date of this registration
statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to the
registration statement that indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement 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 or deemed to be part of this registration statement shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the
extent that a statement contained in this registration statement or in any other
subsequently filed document that also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated by
reference in this registration statement modifies or replaces such
statement. Any statement contained in a document that is deemed to be
incorporated by reference or deemed to be part of this registration statement
after the most recent effective date may modify or replace existing statements
contained in this registration statement. Any such statement so modified or
replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified or replaced, to constitute a
part of this registration statement.
Experts
The
consolidated financial statements and the related financial statement schedule,
incorporated in this Prospectus by reference to the Registrant’s Annual Report
on Form 10-K and the effectiveness of the Registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting have been audited by Deloitte & Touche
LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their
reports, which are incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial
statements and financial statement schedule have been so incorporated in
reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as experts in
accounting and auditing.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not
Applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not
Applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The
Registrant is organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. The
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended (the "GCL"),
provides that a Delaware corporation has the power to indemnify any person who
was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending
or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative
or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by
reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation
in such capacity in another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines
and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good
faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action
or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was
unlawful. In the case of an action or suit brought by or in the right
of the corporation, indemnification of any director, officer, employee or agent
of the corporation (or person serving at the request of the corporation in such
capacity in another enterprise) against expenses actually and reasonably
incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such
action or suit is permitted if such person acted in good faith and in a manner
the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the corporation; however, no indemnification is permitted in respect of any
claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court
of Chancery, or the court in which such action or suit was brought, shall
determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in
view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Delaware Court of Chancery or
such other court shall deem proper. Article Seventh of the
Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation generally provides for the
indemnification of directors, officers, employees and agents of the Registrant
to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation
Law.
Under the
GCL, a Delaware corporation has the power to purchase and maintain insurance on
behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or other agent
of the corporation or, is or was serving in such capacity at the request of the
corporation for another enterprise, 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 corporation has the power to
indemnify such person against such liability under the GCL. Article
Seventh of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the
purchase of such insurance, and the Registrant has purchased directors and
officers liability insurance.
A
Delaware corporation also may set forth in its certificate of incorporation a
provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the
corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary
duty as a director, provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit
the liability of a director (1) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty
to the Registrant or its stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good
faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law (3)
under Section 174 of the GCL (relating to unlawful payment of dividends or
unlawful stock purchases or redemptions), or (4) for any transaction from which
the director derived an improper personal benefit. Article Seventh of
the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation includes such a
provision.
Item 7.
Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not
Applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
The file
number for each of the Registrant’s filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission referenced below is 1-10585.
Exhibit
No.
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Description
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4.1
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Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended - incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the
fiscal quarter ended April 1, 2005.
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4.2
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By-laws
- incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's current
report on Form 8-K dated November 5, 2007.
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4.3
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Rights
Agreement, dated as of August 20,1999, between the Registrant and
ChaseMellon Shareholder Services L.L.C. – incorporated by reference to the
amendment to the Registrant’s registration statement on Form 8-A, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 12,
1999.
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5.1
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Opinion
of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
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23.1
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Consent
of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
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23.2
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Consent
of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (included in
Exhibit 5.1).
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24.1
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Power
of Attorney (included on signature page).
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Item 9.
Undertakings.
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
of 1933;
(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; and
(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 1(i) and 1(ii) do not apply if the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
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.
The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 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.
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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 Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 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 whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that
it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
Township of Princeton, State of New Jersey on the 3rd day of July,
2008.
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CHURCH
& DWIGHT CO., INC.
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By:
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/s/
James R. Craigie
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James
R. Craigie
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Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
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POWER
OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL
MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints each of James R. Craigie,
Matthew T. Farrell and Susan E. Goldy, the undersigned's
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution
and revocation, for and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
thereof.
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.
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Capacity
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Date
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/s/
T. Rosie Albright
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Director
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July
3, 2008
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T.
Rosie Albright
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/s/
James R. Craigie
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Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive
Officer)
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July
3, 2008
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James
R. Craigie
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(Signatures
continued on next page)
(Signatures
continued from previous page)
/s/
Robert A. Davies, III
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Director
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July
3, 2008
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Robert
A. Davies, III
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/s/
Rosina B. Dixon
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Director
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July
3, 2008
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Rosina
B. Dixon
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/s/
Bradley C. Irwin
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Director
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July
3, 2008
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Bradley
C. Irwin
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/s/
J. Richard Leaman, Jr.
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Director
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July
3, 2008
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J.
Richard Leaman, Jr.
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/s/
Robert D. LeBlanc
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Director
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July
3, 2008
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Robert
D. LeBlanc
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/s/
Robert A. McCabe
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Director
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July
3, 2008
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Robert
A. McCabe
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/s/
Ravi K. Saligram
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Director
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July
3, 2008
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Ravi
K. Saligram
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/s/
Robert K. Shearer
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Director
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July
3, 2008
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Robert
K. Shearer
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/s/
John O. Whitney
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Director
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July
3, 2008
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John
O. Whitney
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Director |
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July
3, 2008 |
Art
Winkleblack |
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(Signatures
continued on next page)
(Signatures
continued from previous page)
/s/
Matthew T. Farrell
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Executive
Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial
Officer)
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July
3, 2008
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Matthew
T. Farrell
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/s/
Steven J. Katz
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Vice
President Finance and Controller (Principal Accounting
Officer)
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July
3, 2008
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Steven
J. Katz
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
No.
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Description
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4.1
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Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended - incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the
fiscal quarter ended April 1, 2005.
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4.2
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By-laws
- incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's current
report on Form 8-K dated November 5, 2007.
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4.3
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Rights
Agreement, dated as of August 20,1999, between the Registrant and
ChaseMellon Shareholder Services L.L.C. – incorporated by reference to the
amendment to the Registrant’s registration statement on Form 8-A, filed
with the Commission on October 12, 1999.
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5.1
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Opinion
of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP.
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23.1
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Consent
of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
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23.2
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Consent
of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (included in
Exhibit 5.1).
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24.1
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Power
of Attorney (included on signature page).
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