DURAMED PHARMACEUTICALS INC
S-3/A, 1998-02-12
PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS
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   As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 12, 1998.
    

                                                    Registration No. 333-45803

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

   
                               Amendment No. 1 to
    

                                    FORM S-3
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT

                                      under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                          DURAMED PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

<TABLE>
<S>                                                                             <C>
                         DELAWARE                                                           11-2590026
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)                  (IRS Employer Identification No.)
</TABLE>

                              7155 EAST KEMPER ROAD
                             CINCINNATI, OHIO 45249

                                 (513) 731-9900
               (Address, including zip code, and telephone number,

        including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

                               E. THOMAS ARINGTON
                          DURAMED PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

                              7155 EAST KEMPER ROAD
                             CINCINNATI, OHIO 45249

                                 (513) 731-9900

            (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                   including area code, of agent for service)

                                    COPY TO:

                                TIMOTHY E. HOBERG
                        TAFT, STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER, LLP

                              1800 STAR BANK CENTER
                                425 WALNUT STREET

                             CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202

         Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to public: From time
to time after this Registration Statement shall become effective.

         If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
box. [ ]
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         If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be
offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the
Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with
dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.

[X]

         If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ]

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         If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule
462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities
Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration
statement for the same offering. [ ] __________

         If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule
434, please check the following box. [ ]

   
    

         THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE
OR DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT
SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A),
MAY DETERMINE.
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PROSPECTUS

                                4,130,252 SHARES

                          DURAMED PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

                                  COMMON STOCK

         This Prospectus relates to up to 4,130,252 shares of the common stock,
$.01 par value (the "Common Stock"), of Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (the
"Company").

         On February __, 1998, the closing price of the Common Stock as reported
on the Nasdaq National Market was $______ per share.

          THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE
           SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR HAS THE COMMISSION
            PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS.
           ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

         All of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby (the "Shares") are
being sold for the accounts of and by the persons named under the caption
"Selling Shareholders." The Selling Shareholders have advised the Company that
these Shares may be sold from time to time on The Nasdaq Stock Market, in the
over-the-counter market or in negotiated transactions, in each case at prices
satisfactory to the seller. See "Plan of Distribution." The Company will not
receive any proceeds from the sale of the Shares.

                The date of this Prospectus is February __, 1998.
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                              AVAILABLE INFORMATION

         The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in
accordance therewith files reports, proxy statements and other information with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). Such reports, proxy
statements and other information can be inspected and copied at the public
reference facilities of the Commission at Room 1024, Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 and may be available at the Commission's
Regional Offices at Suite 1400, Citicorp Center, 500 West Madison Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60661 and Suite 1300, 7 World Trade Center, New York, New York
10048. Copies of such materials may be obtained from the Public Reference
Section, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington,
D.C. 20549 at prescribed rates. The Commission also maintains an Internet web
site at http://www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy statements and other
information filed electronically by the Company. This Prospectus does not
contain all the information set forth in the Registration Statement filed by the
Company with respect to the offering made hereby. Copies of the Registration
Statement are available from the Commission.

         The Company's Common Stock is quoted on the Nasdaq National Market and
reports and other information concerning the Company also may be inspected and
copied at the offices of The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., 9513 Key West Avenue,
Rockville, Maryland 20850.

         No person has been authorized to give any information or to make on
behalf of the Company or the Selling Shareholders any representations, other
than those contained in this Prospectus, in connection with the offer made
hereby, and, if given or made, any such other information or representation must
not be relied upon as having been authorized by the Company or the Selling
Shareholders. This Prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell, or a
solicitation of an offer to buy, any security other than the securities offered
hereby, or an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy such securities
in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is not qualified or to
any person to whom such offer or solicitation would be unlawful. Neither the
delivery of this Prospectus nor any sale made hereunder shall under any
circumstances create any implication that there has been no change in the
affairs of the Company since the date hereof.

                INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

         The following documents are incorporated by reference herein:

         1.       The Company's annual report on Form 10-K/A (Amendment No. 2)
                  for the year ended December 31, 1996;

         2.       The Company's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q/A (Amendment No.
                  1) for the quarter ended March 31, 1997 and on Forms 10-Q for
                  the quarters ended June 30, 1997 and September 30, 1997; and
                  its report on Form 8-K for February 5, 1998; and

         3.       The descriptions of the Company's Common Stock and related
                  Preferred Stock Purchase Rights contained in the Company's
                  Forms 8-A dated December 11, 1986 and January 11, 1989,
                  including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of
                  updating such descriptions.

         All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the date of
this Prospectus and prior to the termination of the offering made hereunder
shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by

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reference and made a part hereof from the date of filing of such material. Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of this Prospectus.

         The Company will provide without charge to each person, including any
beneficial owner, to whom this Prospectus is delivered, upon written or oral
request of such person, a copy of any and all of the information incorporated by
reference herein (not including exhibits unless such exhibits are specifically
incorporated by reference into the information that this Prospectus
incorporates). Any request for delivery of such information should be directed
to Mr. Timothy J. Holt, Senior Vice President-Finance and Administration,
Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 7155 East Kemper Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45249;
telephone (513) 731-9900.

                                   THE COMPANY

         Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. currently manufactures and sells a line
of prescription generic drug products in tablet, capsule and liquid forms to
customers throughout the United States. Products sold by the Company include
those of its own manufacture and those which it markets under certain
arrangements with other drug manufacturers. The Company sells its products to
drug wholesalers, private label distributors, drug store chains, health
maintenance organizations, hospitals, nursing homes, retiree organizations, mail
order distributors, other drug manufacturers, mass merchandisers and
governmental agencies.

         Duramed is a Delaware corporation formed in 1982. The address of the
principal executive offices of the Company is 7155 East Kemper Road, Cincinnati,
Ohio 45249 and its telephone number is (513) 731-9900.

                                 USE OF PROCEEDS

         The Company will receive none of the proceeds from the sale of the
Shares by the Selling Shareholders.

                              SELLING SHAREHOLDERS

         The following information, regarding the number of shares of Common
Stock beneficially owned by the persons listed below as the Selling Shareholders
(the "Selling Shareholders") and the number of shares of the Common Stock being
offered for the account of each Selling Shareholder pursuant to this Prospectus,
has been provided to the Company by the Selling Shareholders.


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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                                                                Shares of
                                                                                 Shares of                    Common Stock
                                                Shares of Common               Common Stock                    to Be Owned
Name of Selling                                Stock Beneficially                  to Be                   After Completion of
  Shareholder                                         Owned                   Offered Hereby                  This Offering
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<S>                                            <C>                            <C>                          <C>
Shepherd Investments                               2,165,628                     2,040,126                       125,502*
International Ltd. (1)
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Stark International (1)                            2,165,628                     2,040,126                       125,502*
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Harlan Kleiman (2)                                    14,800                        33,500                        14,800*
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Robert Schacter(2)                                    14,200                        10,000                         4,200*
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Steve Lamar (2)                                        6,100                         5,000                         1,100*
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Thomas J. Griesol(2)                                   1,900                         1,500                           400*

</TABLE>
    
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*Less than 1 percent.

(1)      The number of shares shown in the column captioned "Shares of Common
         Stock to Be Offered Hereby" for each holder identified by this note (1)
         represents the holder's pro rata portion of (a) up to 3,580,252 shares
         of Common Stock which may be acquired upon conversion of 120,000 shares
         of the Company's 5% Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, Series F
         (the "Series F Shares") and (b) up to 500,000 shares of Common Stock
         which may be acquired upon exercise of Common Stock Purchase Warrants.
         Series F Shares are convertible to shares of Common Stock, at the
         option of a holder, at various conversion prices until February 4,
         2000. One-half of the Series F Shares are convertible immediately with
         the remaining half convertible after August 4, 1998. The conversion
         price for the first half of the Series F Shares will be $7.30 per share
         for at least the first six months. Thereafter, with respect to the
         second half of the Series F Shares and any unconverted portion of the
         first half, the conversion price will vary depending on the timing of
         conversions and the market price of the Common Stock. The conversion
         price will range from a premium to the market price, to a discount from
         the market price of the Common Stock. Shares of Common Stock generally
         will be issued upon conversion on a ratable basis. Depending upon the
         timing of any holder's conversion, and the holder's applicable
         Conversion Price, however, the number of shares of Common Stock
         acquired and offered by that holder could be less or more than the
         number indicated. The Common Stock Purchase Warrants, upon certain
         circumstances, allow their holders to purchase shares of Common Stock
         for a period of four years at a price of $5.74 per share.

(2)      Shoreline Pacific, Institutional Finance Division of Financial West
         Group ("Shoreline Pacific"), acted as placement agent for the Series F
         Shares and, in that connection, received a commission as well as
         warrants to purchase 50,000 shares of Common Stock (the "Shoreline
         Warrants") at a price of $5.22 per share of Common Stock. Shoreline
         Pacific subsequently assigned the Shoreline Warrants to these holders.
         The number of shares shown in the column captioned "Shares of Common
         Stock to Be Offered Hereby" for each holder represents shares issuable
         upon exercise of the Shoreline Warrants. During 1995, 1996 and 1997,
         Shoreline Pacific also acted as placement agent for the Company's
         Series C, Series D and Series E Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock.

         Except as described above, none of the Selling Shareholders has, or in
the past has had, any position, office or relationship with the Company (other
than as a security holder) or any of its affiliates.


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                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

          The Shares may be sold from time to time by the Selling Shareholders
or their pledgees or donees. Such sales may be made on The Nasdaq Stock Market,
in the over-the-counter market or in negotiated transactions, at prices and on
terms then prevailing or at prices related to the then current market price or
at negotiated prices. The Shares may be sold by means of (a) purchases by a
broker or dealer as principal and resale by such broker or dealer for its
account pursuant to this Prospectus and/or (b) ordinary brokerage transactions
and transactions in which the broker solicits purchasers. In effecting sales,
brokers or dealers engaged by the Selling Shareholders may arrange for other
brokers or dealers to participate. Brokers or dealers will receive commissions
or discounts from the Selling Shareholders in amounts to be negotiated
immediately prior to the sale, which amounts will not be greater than that
normally paid in connection with ordinary trading transactions.

                                  LEGAL MATTERS

          The validity of the Common Stock offered hereby has been passed upon
for the Company by Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP, 1800 Star Bank Center,
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202. Timothy E. Hoberg, a partner of Taft, Stettinius &
Hollister LLP, is Assistant Secretary of the Company. Partners and associates of
that firm beneficially own approximately 26,000 shares of the Company's Common
Stock.

                                     EXPERTS

          The consolidated financial statements and schedule of Duramed
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. appearing in Duramed's Annual Report, as amended (Form
10-K/A(Amendment No. 2)) for the year ended December 31, 1996 have been audited
by Ernst & Young LLP, independent auditors, as set forth in their report thereon
included therein and incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated
financial statements and schedule are incorporated herein by reference in
reliance upon such report given upon the authority of such firm as experts in
accounting and auditing.


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                                     PART II

                   INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS

ITEM 14.  OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.

         The following table sets forth the estimated expenses to be incurred in
connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered
hereby:

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<CAPTION>
<S>                                                                   <C>
         SEC registration fee................................         $ 6,397
         Nasdaq National Market listing fee..................          17,500
         Accounting fees and expenses........................           2,500
         Legal fees and expenses.............................           7,500
         Printing expenses...................................             500
         Miscellaneous.......................................           1,000
                                                                      -------

                   TOTAL.....................................         $35,397
                                                                      =======
</TABLE>

         All of the above expenses other than the SEC registration fee and the
Nasdaq listing fee are estimates. The Company has agreed to pay all of these
expenses.

ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

         Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
allows indemnification by the Registrant to any person made or threatened to be
made a party to any proceedings, other than a proceeding by or in the right of
the Registrant, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the Registrant, or is or was serving at the
request of the Registrant in a similar capacity with another corporation or
other entity, against expenses, including judgments and fines, if that person
acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the Registrant and, with respect to criminal actions,
in which that person has no reasonable cause to believe that such person's
conduct was unlawful. Similar provisions apply to actions brought by or in the
right of the Registrant, except that no indemnification shall be made in such
cases when the person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Registrant
unless determined otherwise by the court in which the action was brought.
Indemnifications are to be made by a majority vote of directors who are not
parties to the action or the written opinion of independent counsel or by the
stockholders or by the court. Section 145 also authorizes the Registrant to
purchase insurance against such liabilities.

         The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation provides that the
Registrant shall provide indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.


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ITEM 16.  EXHIBITS.

         The following Exhibits are filed as part of this Registration
Statement.

   
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
         Exhibit No.
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<S>                        <C>
         4.1               Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of
                           Series A Preferred Stock*

         4.2               Certificate of Designation, Preferences and Rights of
                           Series F Preferred Stock**

         5                 Opinion of Counsel**

         23.1              Consent of Independent Auditors**

         23.2              Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5)**

         24                Power of Attorney**
</TABLE>
    

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         *        Filed as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form
                  10-K for the year ended December 31, 1988 and incorporated
                  herein by reference.

   
         **       Previously filed.
    

ITEM 17.  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 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. 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 end 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 changes in volume and price
                  represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate
                  offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
                  Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement;

                  (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 information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.


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                  (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.

         *(b) 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.

         *(h) 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.

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*        Paragraph references correspond to those of Item 512 of Regulation S-K.


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                                   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-3 AND HAS DULY CAUSED THIS AMENDMENT
TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED, 
THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED, IN CINCINNATI, OHIO, AS OF THE 12TH DAY OF 
FEBRUARY, 1998
    

                                             DURAMED PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.

                                             BY: /s/ E. Thomas Arington
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                 E. Thomas Arington
                                                 Chairman of the Board,
                                                   President and Chief
                                                 Executive Officer

   
         PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS
AMENDMENT TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS 
IN THE CAPACITIES INDICATED AS OF THE 12TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1998.
    

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<CAPTION>
SIGNATURE                                            TITLE
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<S>                                                  <C>
/s/ E. Thomas Arington                               Chairman of the Board, President and
- ---------------------------                          Chief Executive Officer
E. Thomas Arington                                   (principal executive officer)

/s/ Timothy J. Holt                                  Senior Vice President, Finance and
- ---------------------------
Timothy J. Holt                                      Administration and Treasurer
                                                     (principal financial and accounting officer)

- ---------------------------                          Director
George W. Baughman

/s/ Derek G. Layton*                                 President, Duramed Europe, Ltd. and Director
- ---------------------------
Derek G. Layton

/s/ Stanley L. Morgan*                               Director
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Stanley L. Morgan

/s/ S. Sundararaman*                                 Director and Secretary
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S. Sundararaman

*Pursuant to Power of Attorney

/s/ Timothy J. Holt
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Timothy J. Holt
Attorney-in-Fact
</TABLE>

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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.                      Description
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     4.1                         Certificate of Designation, Preferences and
                                 Rights of Series A Preferred Stock*

   
     4.2                         Certificate of Designation, Preferences and
                                 Rights of Series F Preferred Stock**

     5                           Opinion of Counsel**

    23.1                         Consent of Independent Auditors**

    23.2                         Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5)**

    24                           Power of Attorney**
    

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*        Filed as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
         year ended December 31, 1988 and incorporated herein by reference.

   
**       Previously filed.
    


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