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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;26, 2007
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  <DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-___
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SkillSoft Public Limited Company</B>
  </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"><B>Republic of Ireland</B><BR>
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Not Applicable</B><BR>
  (I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">or Organization)
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">Identification No.)</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>107 Northeastern Boulevard</B>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Nashua, New Hampshire</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>03062</B></TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>2004 Employee Share Purchase Plan</B><BR>
  (Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Charles E. Moran<BR>
  President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
  SkillSoft Public Limited Company<BR>
  107 Northeastern Boulevard<BR>
  Nashua, New Hampshire 03062</B><BR>
  (Name and Address of Agent For Service)<BR>
  <B>(603)&nbsp;324-3000</B><BR>
  (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)</DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>
  
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      <TD nowrap align="center">Title of Securities to be</TD>
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                      <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Ordinary Shares issuable
  under the 2004 Employee
  Share Purchase Plan (1)</DIV></TD>
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      <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">1,000,000 shares</TD>
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      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">8.38</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$8,380,000</TD>
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      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">258</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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      <TD>Each Ordinary Share is represented by one of the
  Registrant&#146;s American Depositary Shares.</TD>
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      <TD>In accordance with Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
  Act&#148;), this registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may
  from time to time be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock
  dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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      <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c)
  and 457(h) of the Securities Act and based upon the average of the high and low prices of the
  Registrant&#146;s American Depositary Shares as reported on the
  Nasdaq Global Market on November&nbsp;21, 2007.</TD>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE</B>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This registration statement on Form S-8 is filed to register the offer and sale of an
  additional 1,000,000 of the Registrant&#146;s ordinary shares, Euro 0.11 par value per share, to
  be issued under the Registrant&#146;s 2004 Employee Share Purchase Plan. Each ordinary share is
  represented by one of the Registrant&#146;s American Depositary Shares. This registration statement
  incorporates by reference the registration statement on Form S-8, File No.&nbsp;333-118864 (filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;8, 2004).
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Maples and Calder, Solicitors has opined as to the legality of the securities being offered by
  this registration statement. Jennifer Caldwell, a partner of Maples and Calder, Solicitors, serves
  as Secretary to the Registrant.
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Exhibit&nbsp;Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 City of Nashua, State of New Hampshire, on this 26<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP>
  day of November&nbsp;2007.
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      <TD colspan="3" align="left">SKILLSOFT PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY<BR>
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      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Charles E. Moran
  &nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD colspan="2" align="left">Charles E. Moran&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES</B>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of SkillSoft Public Limited Company, hereby
  severally constitute and appoint Charles E. Moran, Thomas J. McDonald and Patrick J. Rondeau, and
  each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them
  singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration
  statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said registration
  statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as
  officers and directors to enable SkillSoft Public Limited Company to comply with the provisions of
  the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange
  Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said
  attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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.
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      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Charles E. Moran
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Charles E. Moran
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive
  Officer and <BR>Director
  (Principal executive officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;26, 2007</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas J. McDonald
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Thomas J. McDonald
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer<BR>
  (Principal financial officer)
  </TD>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;26, 2007</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Anthony P. Amato
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Anthony P. Amato
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President, Finance and
  Chief <BR>
  Accounting Officer
  <BR>
  (Principal accounting officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;26, 2007</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ P. Howard Edelstein
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  P. Howard Edelstein
  </DIV></TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Stewart K.P. Gross
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Stewart K.P. Gross
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James S. Krzywicki
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  James S. Krzywicki
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William F. Meagher, Jr.
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  William F. Meagher, Jr.
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;26, 2007</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ferdinand von Prondzynski
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Ferdinand von Prondzynski
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;26, 2007</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Memorandum of Association of the Registrant as amended on March&nbsp;24, 1992, March
  31, 1995, April&nbsp;28, 1998, January&nbsp;26, 2000, July&nbsp;10, 2001, September&nbsp;6, 2002 and
  November&nbsp;19, 2002 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s
  Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended October&nbsp;31, 2002, as
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;21, 2003 (File No.
  000-25674)).</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Articles of Association of the Company as amended on July&nbsp;6, 1995, and April&nbsp;28,
  1998, January&nbsp;26, 2000, July&nbsp;10, 2001, September&nbsp;6, 2002 and November&nbsp;19, 2002
  (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on
  Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended October&nbsp;31, 2002, as filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;21, 2003 (File No.&nbsp;000-25674)).</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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  Table of Contents
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 26, 2007
  Registration No. 333-___
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  SkillSoft Public Limited Company
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  Republic of Ireland
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation
  Not Applicable
  (I.R.S. Employer
  or Organization)
  Identification No.)
  107 Northeastern Boulevard
  Nashua, New Hampshire
  03062
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip Code)
  2004 Employee Share Purchase Plan
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  Charles E. Moran
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  SkillSoft Public Limited Company
  107 Northeastern Boulevard
  Nashua, New Hampshire 03062
  (Name and Address of Agent For Service)
  (603) 324-3000
  (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed
  Maximum
  Proposed Maximum
  Amount of
  Title of Securities to be
  Amount to be
  Offering Price
  Aggregate Offering
  Registration
  Registered
  Registered (2)
  Per Share (3)
  Price (3)
  Fee
  Ordinary Shares issuable
  under the 2004 Employee
  Share Purchase Plan (1)
  1,000,000 shares
  $
  8.38
  $8,380,000
  $
  258
  (1)
  Each Ordinary Share is represented by one of the
  Registrant's American Depositary Shares.
  (2)
  In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
  Act"), this registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities that may
  from time to time be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock
  dividends or similar transactions.
  (3)
  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c)
  and 457(h) of the Securities Act and based upon the average of the high and low prices of the
  Registrant's American Depositary Shares as reported on the
  Nasdaq Global Market on November 21, 2007.
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  PART II
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
  Item 8. Exhibits
  SIGNATURES
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  EX-5.1 Opinion of Maples and Calder, Solicitors, counsel to the Registrant
  EX-23.2 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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  STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
  This registration statement on Form S-8 is filed to register the offer and sale of an
  additional 1,000,000 of the Registrant's ordinary shares, Euro 0.11 par value per share, to
  be issued under the Registrant's 2004 Employee Share Purchase Plan. Each ordinary share is
  represented by one of the Registrant's American Depositary Shares. This registration statement
  incorporates by reference the registration statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-118864 (filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 8, 2004).
  PART II
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  Maples and Calder, Solicitors has opined as to the legality of the securities being offered by
  this registration statement. Jennifer Caldwell, a partner of Maples and Calder, Solicitors, serves
  as Secretary to the Registrant.
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.
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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-8 and
  has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
  thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Nashua, State of New Hampshire, on this 26
  th
  day of November 2007.
  SKILLSOFT PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
  By:
  /s/ Charles E. Moran
  Charles E. Moran
  President and Chief Executive Officer
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  POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
  We, the undersigned officers and directors of SkillSoft Public Limited Company, hereby
  severally constitute and appoint Charles E. Moran, Thomas J. McDonald and Patrick J. Rondeau, and
  each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them
  singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration
  statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all subsequent amendments to said registration
  statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as
  officers and directors to enable SkillSoft Public Limited Company to comply with the provisions of
  the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange
  Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said
  attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.
  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/ Charles E. Moran
  Charles E. Moran
  President, Chief Executive
  Officer and
  Director
  (Principal executive officer)
  November 26, 2007
  /s/ Thomas J. McDonald
  Thomas J. McDonald
  Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal financial officer)
  November 26, 2007
  /s/ Anthony P. Amato
  Anthony P. Amato
  Vice President, Finance and
  Chief
  Accounting Officer
  (Principal accounting officer)
  November 26, 2007
  /s/ P. Howard Edelstein
  P. Howard Edelstein
  Director
  November 26, 2007
  /s/ Stewart K.P. Gross
  Stewart K.P. Gross
  Director
  November 26, 2007
  /s/ James S. Krzywicki
  James S. Krzywicki
  Director
  November 26, 2007
  /s/ William F. Meagher, Jr.
  William F. Meagher, Jr.
  Director
  November 26, 2007
  /s/ Ferdinand von Prondzynski
  Ferdinand von Prondzynski
  Director
  November 26, 2007
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  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Number
  Description
  4.1
  Memorandum of Association of the Registrant as amended on March 24, 1992, March
  31, 1995, April 28, 1998, January 26, 2000, July 10, 2001, September 6, 2002 and
  November 19, 2002 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's
  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2002, as
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 21, 2003 (File No.
  000-25674)).
  4.2
  Articles of Association of the Company as amended on July 6, 1995, and April 28,
  1998, January 26, 2000, July 10, 2001, September 6, 2002 and November 19, 2002
  (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on
  Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 31, 2002, as filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission on January 21, 2003 (File No. 000-25674)).
  5.1
  Opinion of Maples and Calder, Solicitors, counsel to the Registrant
  23.1
  Consent of Maples and Calder, Solicitors (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  23.2
  Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
  24
  Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this registration statement)