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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950152-04-005097
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8 POS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20040629
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20040629

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AXSYS TECHNOLOGIES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000206030
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS & LENSES [3827]
		IRS NUMBER:				111962029
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1228

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8 POS
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-39574
		FILM NUMBER:		04889477

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		175 CAPITAL BLVD SUITE 103
		CITY:			ROCKY HILL
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06067
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2018711500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		175 CAPITAL BLVD SUITE 103
		CITY:			ROCKY HILL
		STATE:			CT
		ZIP:			06067

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	VERNITRON CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;29, 2004.</B>


<div align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No. 333-39574</div>



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<Div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</DIV>


<Div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><P></DIV>


<Div align="center" style="font-size: 16pt">POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1</DIV>
<Div align="center" style="font-size: 16pt">TO FORM S-8</DIV>
<Div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</DIV>
<Div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Under The Securities Act of 1933</DIV>
<Div align="center" style="font-size: 16pt">AXSYS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</DIV>
<Div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Delaware<BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction<BR>
of Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">11-1962029<BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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<Div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">175 Capital Boulevard, Suite&nbsp;103<BR>
Rocky Hill, Connecticut 06067<BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices Including Zip Code)</DIV>


<Div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><P></DIV>


<Div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Axsys Technologies, Inc. Amended and Restated Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>


<Div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><P></DIV>


<Div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">David A. Almeida<BR>
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer<BR>
Axsys Technologies, Inc.<BR>
175 Capital Boulevard, Suite&nbsp;103<BR>
Rocky Hill, Connecticut 06067<BR>
(860)&nbsp;257-0200<BR>
(Name , Address and Telephone Number of Agent For Service)</DIV>


<Div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><P></DIV>


<Div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>Copies To:</I><BR>
Lisa K. Kunkle, Esq.<BR>
Jones Day<BR>
North Point<BR>
901 Lakeside Avenue<BR>
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1190<BR>
(216)&nbsp;586-3939</DIV>


<Div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><P></DIV>


<Div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">This Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 is being filed solely to adjust the number of shares<BR>
covered by the Registration Statements (as defined below) pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(b)<BR>
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).</DIV>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 relates to the Registration Statement
on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-09559) filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) by Axsys Technologies, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) on August&nbsp;5, 1996, the Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-43389) filed with the Commission on
December&nbsp;29, 1997 and the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File
No.&nbsp;333-39574) filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;29, 2000 (all such
Registration Statements, the &#147;Registration Statements&#148;). The contents of the
Registration Statements are incorporated by reference into this Post-Effective
Amendment No.&nbsp;1.


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On June&nbsp;1, 2004, the Board of Directors of the Registrant declared a
three-for-two stock split of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock in the form of a
stock dividend. The stock dividend will become payable on June&nbsp;30, 2004.
Pursuant to Rule 416(b) of the Securities Act, the Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statements, relating to the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Long-Term Stock
Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;), are hereby amended to increase the total number of
shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan pursuant to the Registration
Statements from an aggregate of 610,600 shares to 915,900 shares (an increase
of 305,300 shares).


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), the Registration Statements are further amended
to reflect that the number of shares registered includes an indeterminate
number of additional shares that may be issued to adjust the number of shares
issued pursuant to such Plan as a result of any future stock split, stock
dividend or similar adjustment of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding Common Stock.


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><U>Exhibit&nbsp;Number</U>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><U>Description</U></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Auditors.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>&#091;Signatures on following page&#093;</B>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Post-Effective
Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the city of Rocky Hill, State of Connecticut, on June 28, 2004.


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<TR>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3"><B>AXSYS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ David A. Almeida&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">David A. Almeida&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary<BR>
and Treasurer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Date: June 28, 2004</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Stephen W. Bershad<BR>
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive<BR>
Officer (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Date: June 28, 2004</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ David A. Almeida</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">David A. Almeida<BR>
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary<BR>
and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and<BR>
Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Date: June 28, 2004
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Anthony J. Fiorelli, Jr.<BR>
Director<BR></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Date: June 28, 2004
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Eliot M. Fried<BR>
Director<BR></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Date: June 28, 2004
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Richard F. Hamm, Jr.<BR>
Director<BR></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Date: June 28, 2004
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; *</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Robert G. Stevens<BR>
Director<BR></TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">*This Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 has been signed on behalf of the above
officers and directors by David A. Almeida, as attorney-in-fact pursuant to a
power of attorney filed as Exhibit&nbsp;24 to this Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1.


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<TR>
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    <TD colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>DATED: June 28, 2004&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;/s/ David A. Almeida</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">David A. Almeida&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Attorney-in-Fact&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><U>Exhibit&nbsp;Number</U>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><U>Description</U></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Auditors.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</B>

<P>&nbsp;

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement
dated June&nbsp;29, 2004 pertaining to the Axsys Technologies, Inc. Amended and
Restated Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan of our report dated February&nbsp;16, 2004,
except for Note 4, as to which the date was March&nbsp;1, 2004, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements and schedule of Axsys Technologies, Inc.
included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Hartford, Connecticut
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Ernst &#038; Young LLP</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">June&nbsp;29, 2004</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Hartford, Connecticut<BR>
June&nbsp;29, 2004



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<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;24</B>





<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">AXSYS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8<BR>
POWER OF ATTORNEY


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned officer and/or director of Axsys Technologies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), does hereby make, constitute and
appoint each of Stephen W. Bershad and David A. Almeida, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, as attorney of the undersigned, to execute and
file (i)&nbsp;Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 (the &#147;Post-Effective Amendment&#148;) to the
Registration Statements on Form S-8 dated August&nbsp;5, 1996, December&nbsp;29, 1997 and
June&nbsp;29, 2000 (the &#147;Original Registration Statements&#148;) with respect to the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;1933 Act&#148;), of
shares of Common Stock of the Registrant issuable in connection with the Axsys
Technologies, Inc. Amended and Restated Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (the
&#147;Stock Plan&#148;), (ii)&nbsp;a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#147;Form&nbsp;S-8
Registration Statement&#148;) with respect to the registration under the 1933 Act of
shares of Common Stock of the Registrant issuable in connection with the Stock
Plan, in addition to those registered pursuant to the Original Registration
Statements, (iii)&nbsp;any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments,
and exhibits to the Original Registration Statements, the Post-Effective
Amendment and the Form S-8 Registration Statement and (iv)&nbsp;any and all
applications or other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority
with respect to the securities covered by the Original Registration Statements,
the Post-Effective Amendment and the Form S-8 Registration Statement, with full
power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever
necessary, appropriate or desirable to be done in the premises, or in the name,
place and stead of the said director and/or officer, hereby ratifying and
approving the acts of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitute.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have subscribed these presents as of
the 28th day of June, 2004.

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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Stephen W. Bershad<BR>
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Stephen W. Bershad</TD>
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Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive<BR>Officer</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ David A. Almeida<BR>
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David A. Almeida</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,<BR>
Secretary and Treasurer</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Anthony J. Fiorelli, Jr.<BR>
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Anthony J. Fiorelli, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Director</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Eliot M. Fried<BR>
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Eliot M. Fried</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Director</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Richard F. Hamm, Jr.<BR>
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Richard F. Hamm, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Director</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Robert G. Stevens<BR>
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Robert G. Stevens</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Director</TD>
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