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  <P align="center"><FONT size="2">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;17, 2003
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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  <DIV align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="5"><B>FORM S-8
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="3">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="6"><B>IONA TECHNOLOGIES PLC
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  <DIV align="center"><FONT size="2">(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Ireland</B><br>
  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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  <B>04-3363877</B><br>
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>The IONA Building<BR>
  Shelbourne Road, Ballsbridge<BR>
  Dublin 4, Ireland<BR>
  (011)&nbsp;353-1-637-2000</B><BR>
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>1999 EMPLOYEE SHARE PURCHASE PLAN</B><BR>
  (Full title of the plan)
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Christopher M. Mirabile, Esq.<BR>
  c/o IONA Technologies, Inc.<BR>
  200 West Street<BR>
  Waltham, Massachusetts 02451</B><BR>
  (Name and Address of Agent for Service)
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>(781)&nbsp;902-8000</B><BR>
  (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="2">John A. Meltaus, Esq.<BR>
  Mark T. Bettencourt, Esq.<BR>
  TESTA, HURWITZ &#038; THIBEAULT, LLP<BR>
  125 High Street<BR>
  Boston, Massachusetts 02110<BR>
  (617)&nbsp;248-7000
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      <TD align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>1999 Employee Share Purchase Plan</B><br>Ordinary Shares (par value &#128;0.0025 per share)</FONT></TD>
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      <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,000,000</FONT></TD>
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">(1)The price of $2.96 per share, which is the average of the high and low
  prices for the American Depositary Receipts evidencing American Depositary
  Shares representing the Registrant&#146;s Ordinary Shares, as reported on the Nasdaq
  National Market on September&nbsp;15, 2003, is set forth solely for purposes of
  calculating the filing fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c) and (h).
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">This Registration Statement registers additional securities of the same class
  as other securities for which a Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (No.
  333-06850), relating to the 1997 Director Share Option Scheme (the &#147;Director
  Scheme&#148;), a Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (No.&nbsp;333-11384), relating to the
  1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#147;Purchase Plan&#148;), and a Registration
  Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (No.&nbsp;333-105348), relating to the Director Scheme and the
  Purchase Plan, as filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;29,
  1997, January&nbsp;21, 2000 and May&nbsp;16, 2003, respectively, are effective. Pursuant
  to General Instruction E on Form&nbsp;S-8, the contents of the above listed
  Registration Statements are hereby incorporated by reference herein.
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  Specimen Certificate representing Ordinary Shares (filed as
  Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
  F-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-6396) and incorporated herein by reference)</FONT></TD>
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  Restated Articles of Association, as amended, of the
  Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to the Registrant&#146;s
  Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-11384) and
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  Memorandum of Association, as amended, of the Registrant
  (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration
  Statement on Form&nbsp;F-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-6396) and incorporated
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  1999 Employee Share Purchase Plan, as amended (filed as
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  S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-11384) and incorporated herein by reference)</FONT></TD>
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  Opinion of William Fry</FONT></TD>
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  Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page of
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&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&nbsp;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 Dublin, Country of Ireland, on this 17th day of
  September, 2003.
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      <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><FONT size="2">IONA TECHNOLOGIES PLC</FONT></TD>
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  By:
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      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Christopher J. Horn<br>
  Chief Executive Officer and<br>
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of IONA Technologies PLC,
  hereby severally constitute and appoint Christopher J. Horn and Daniel Demmer,
  and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them
  and each of them singly, to sign for us in our names in the capacities
  indicated below, any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8
  (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits
  thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission, and generally to do all things in our names and on our
  behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable IONA Technologies
  PLC to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
  hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our
  said attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement and all
  amendments thereto.
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&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 date indicated.
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      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Christopher J. Horn
  <HR size="1" noshade>
  Christopher J. Horn</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Chief Executive Officer and Director<br>
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">September&nbsp;17, 2003</FONT></TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Daniel Demmer
  <HR size="1" noshade>
  Daniel Demmer</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Chief Financial Officer<br>
  (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
  </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">September&nbsp;17, 2003</FONT></TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Kevin Melia
  <HR size="1" noshade>
  Kevin Melia</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Director
  </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">September&nbsp;17, 2003</FONT></TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Sean Baker
  <HR size="1" noshade>
  Sean Baker</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Director
  </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">September&nbsp;17, 2003</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ William Burgess
  <HR size="1" noshade>
  William Burgess</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Director
  </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">September&nbsp;17, 2003</FONT></TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ John Conroy
  <HR size="1" noshade>
  John Conroy</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Director
  </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">September&nbsp;17, 2003</FONT></TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Ivor Kenny
  <HR size="1" noshade>
  Ivor Kenny</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Director
  </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">September&nbsp;17, 2003</FONT></TD>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ James D. Maikranz
  <HR size="1" noshade>
  James D. Maikranz</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Director
  </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">September&nbsp;17, 2003</FONT></TD>
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  Francesco Violante</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Director</FONT></TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.1</FONT></TD>
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  Specimen Certificate representing Ordinary Shares (filed as
  Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
  F-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-6396) and incorporated herein by reference)</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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  Restated Articles of Association, as amended, of the
  Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to the Registrant&#146;s
  Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-11384) and
  incorporated herein by reference)</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Memorandum of Association, as amended, of the Registrant
  (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration
  Statement on Form&nbsp;F-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-6396) and incorporated
  herein by reference)</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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  1999 Employee Share Purchase Plan, as amended (filed as
  Exhibit&nbsp;4.5 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
  S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-11384) and incorporated herein by reference)</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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  Opinion of William Fry</FONT></TD>
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  Consent of William Fry (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</FONT></TD>
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  Consent of Ernst &#038; Young</FONT></TD>
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  Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page of
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text: IONA TECHNOLOGIES PLC
  Table of Contents
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 17, 2003
  Registration No. 333-_____
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  IONA TECHNOLOGIES PLC
  (Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
  Ireland
  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
  04-3363877
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  The IONA Building
  Shelbourne Road, Ballsbridge
  Dublin 4, Ireland
  (011) 353-1-637-2000
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  1999 EMPLOYEE SHARE PURCHASE PLAN
  (Full title of the plan)
  Christopher M. Mirabile, Esq.
  c/o IONA Technologies, Inc.
  200 West Street
  Waltham, Massachusetts 02451
  (Name and Address of Agent for Service)
  (781) 902-8000
  (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
  Copy to:
  John A. Meltaus, Esq.
  Mark T. Bettencourt, Esq.
  TESTA, HURWITZ & THIBEAULT, LLP
  125 High Street
  Boston, Massachusetts 02110
  (617) 248-7000
  Table of Contents
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed
  Proposed
  Maximum
  Title of Securities
  Amount to be
  Maximum Offering
  Aggregate
  Amount of
  to be Registered
  Registered
  Price Per Share
  Offering Price
  Registration Fee
  1999 Employee Share Purchase Plan
  Ordinary Shares (par value €0.0025 per share)
  1,000,000
  $
  2.96
  (1)
  $
  2,960,000
  $
  239.47
  TOTAL:
  1,000,000
  $
  2,960,000
  $
  239.47
  (1)The price of $2.96 per share, which is the average of the high and low
  prices for the American Depositary Receipts evidencing American Depositary
  Shares representing the Registrant's Ordinary Shares, as reported on the Nasdaq
  National Market on September 15, 2003, is set forth solely for purposes of
  calculating the filing fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h).
  This Registration Statement registers additional securities of the same class
  as other securities for which a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No.
  333-06850), relating to the 1997 Director Share Option Scheme (the "Director
  Scheme"), a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-11384), relating to the
  1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Purchase Plan"), and a Registration
  Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-105348), relating to the Director Scheme and the
  Purchase Plan, as filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on April 29,
  1997, January 21, 2000 and May 16, 2003, respectively, are effective. Pursuant
  to General Instruction E on Form S-8, the contents of the above listed
  Registration Statements are hereby incorporated by reference herein.
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  SIGNATURES
  POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  EX-5.1 OPINION OF WILLIAM FRY
  EX-23.2 CONSENT OF ERNST AND YOUNG
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  Item 8. Exhibits.
  Exhibit No.
  Description of Exhibit
  4.1
  Specimen Certificate representing Ordinary Shares (filed as
  Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
  F-1 (File No. 333-6396) and incorporated herein by reference)
  4.2
  Restated Articles of Association, as amended, of the
  Registrant (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant's
  Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-11384) and
  incorporated herein by reference)
  4.3
  Memorandum of Association, as amended, of the Registrant
  (filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant's Registration
  Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-6396) and incorporated
  herein by reference)
  4.4
  1999 Employee Share Purchase Plan, as amended (filed as
  Exhibit 4.5 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
  S-8 (File No. 333-11384) and incorporated herein by reference)
  5.1
  Opinion of William Fry
  23.1
  Consent of William Fry (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  23.2
  Consent of Ernst & Young
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page of
  this Registration Statement)
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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 Dublin, Country of Ireland, on this 17th day of
  September, 2003.
  IONA TECHNOLOGIES PLC
  By:
  /s/ Christopher J. Horn
  Christopher J. Horn
  Chief Executive Officer and
  Director
  POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
  We, the undersigned officers and directors of IONA Technologies PLC,
  hereby severally constitute and appoint Christopher J. Horn and Daniel Demmer,
  and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them
  and each of them singly, to sign for us in our names in the capacities
  indicated below, any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8
  (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits
  thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission, and generally to do all things in our names and on our
  behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable IONA Technologies
  PLC to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
  hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our
  said attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement 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 date indicated.
  SIGNATURE
  TITLE
  DATE
  /s/ Christopher J. Horn
  Christopher J. Horn
  Chief Executive Officer and Director
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  September 17, 2003
  /s/ Daniel Demmer
  Daniel Demmer
  Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
  September 17, 2003
  /s/ Kevin Melia
  Kevin Melia
  Director
  September 17, 2003
  /s/ Sean Baker
  Sean Baker
  Director
  September 17, 2003
  /s/ William Burgess
  William Burgess
  Director
  September 17, 2003
  /s/ John Conroy
  John Conroy
  Director
  September 17, 2003
  /s/ Ivor Kenny
  Ivor Kenny
  Director
  September 17, 2003
  /s/ James D. Maikranz
  James D. Maikranz
  Director
  September 17, 2003
  Francesco Violante
  Director
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  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Exhibit No.
  Description of Exhibit
  4.1
  Specimen Certificate representing Ordinary Shares (filed as
  Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
  F-1 (File No. 333-6396) and incorporated herein by reference)
  4.2
  Restated Articles of Association, as amended, of the
  Registrant (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant's
  Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-11384) and
  incorporated herein by reference)
  4.3
  Memorandum of Association, as amended, of the Registrant
  (filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant's Registration
  Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-6396) and incorporated
  herein by reference)
  4.4
  1999 Employee Share Purchase Plan, as amended (filed as
  Exhibit 4.5 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
  S-8 (File No. 333-11384) and incorporated herein by reference)
  5.1
  Opinion of William Fry
  23.1
  Consent of William Fry (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  23.2
  Consent of Ernst & Young
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page of
  this Registration Statement)