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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;13, 2009</DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 3pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-______
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 4pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 4pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 4pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
  UNDER<BR>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>iROBOT CORPORATION</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Delaware</B></DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)</DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>77-0259 335</B><BR>
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>iRobot Corporation<BR>
  8 Crosby Drive<BR>
  Bedford, Massachusetts 01730</B><BR>
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</DIV>
  
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>2005 Stock Option and Incentive Plan</B><BR>
  (Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 8pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Colin M. Angle<BR>
  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
  iRobot Corporation<BR>
  8 Crosby Drive<BR>
  Bedford, Massachusetts 01730</B><BR>
  (Name and Address of Agent for Service)<BR>
  <B>(781)&nbsp;430-3000</B><BR>
  (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)</DIV>
  
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Copies to:</DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Mark T. Bettencourt, Esq.<BR>
  Goodwin Procter LLP<BR>
  Exchange Place<BR>
  Boston, Massachusetts 02109<BR>
  (617)&nbsp;570-1000</B></DIV>
  
  <DIV style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
   accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions
   of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting
   company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
   Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>
  
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">Accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">Non-accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" valign="top">Smaller reporting company <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>
  
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      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000">Registered<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center">Share<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center">Offering Price</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000">Fee<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></TD>
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  <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" nowrap><B>2005 Stock Option and Incentive Plan</B><BR>
  Common Stock, par value $0.01 per <BR>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;share (including rights to acquire <BR>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Series&nbsp;A junior participating <BR>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;preferred stock pursuant to our <BR>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;rights plan)
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      <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,116,483
  </TD>
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      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  
  <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$7.76
  </TD>
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      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  
  <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$8,663,908.08
  </TD>
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      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  
  <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$340.50<br></TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
  Registration Statement also covers such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common
  Stock as is necessary to eliminate any dilutive effect of any future stock split, stock
  dividend or similar transaction.</TD>
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      <TD>The price of $7.76 per share, which is the average of the high and low price of the Common
  Stock of the Registrant as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on
  February 11, 2009, is set
  forth solely for purposes of calculating the filing fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;of
  the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has been used as these shares are without a fixed
  price.</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Calculated pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</TD>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>This Registration Statement registers additional securities of the same class as other
  securities for which registration statement filed on </B><B>Form S-8</B><B> (SEC File No.&nbsp;333-129576) of the
  Registrant is effective. The information contained in the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on
  Form&nbsp;S-8 (SEC File No.&nbsp;333-129576) is hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General
  Instruction E.</B>
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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 Bedford, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on February&nbsp;13,
  2009.
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      <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">iROBOT CORPORATION</TD>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
  </TD>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>/s/ Colin M. Angle
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Colin M. Angle<br>
  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
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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 iRobot Corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;),
  hereby severally constitute and appoint Colin M. Angle, John J. Leahy and Alison Dean, and each of
  them singly, our true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them, and to each of them singly, to
  sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, any and all amendments to this
  Registration Statement, and all other documents in connection therewith to be filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission, and generally to do all things in our names and on our behalf
  in such capacities to enable the Company to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of
  1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  </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 indicated on February&nbsp;13, 2009:
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Colin M. Angle
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Colin M. Angle
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer<br>&nbsp;(Principal
  Executive Officer)</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John J. Leahy
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  John J. Leahy
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer<br>&nbsp;(Principal
  Financial Officer)</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Alison Dean
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Alison Dean
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President, Financial Controls &#038; Analysis<br>&nbsp;(Principal
  Accounting Officer)</TD>
  </TR>
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      <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">/s/ Rodney A. Brooks
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Rodney A. Brooks
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ronald Chwang
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Ronald Chwang
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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      <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">/s/ Jacques S. Gansler
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Jacques S. Gansler
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
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      <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">/s/ Andrea Geisser
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Andrea Geisser
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</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">/s/ Helen Greiner
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Helen Greiner
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <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">/s/ Paul J. Kern
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Paul J. Kern
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <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">/s/ George C. McNamee
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  George C. McNamee
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Peter Meekin
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Peter Meekin
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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  Table of Contents
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 2009
  Registration No. 333-______
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON, DC 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  iROBOT CORPORATION
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  Delaware
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
  77-0259 335
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  iRobot Corporation
  8 Crosby Drive
  Bedford, Massachusetts 01730
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
  2005 Stock Option and Incentive Plan
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  Colin M. Angle
  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
  iRobot Corporation
  8 Crosby Drive
  Bedford, Massachusetts 01730
  (Name and Address of Agent for Service)
  (781) 430-3000
  (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
  Copies to:
  Mark T. Bettencourt, Esq.
  Goodwin Procter LLP
  Exchange Place
  Boston, Massachusetts 02109
  (617) 570-1000
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
   accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions
   of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting
   company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
   Exchange Act. (Check one):
  Large accelerated filer
  o
  Accelerated filer
  þ
  Non-accelerated filer
  o
  Smaller reporting company
  o
  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed
  Proposed
  Amount
  Maximum
  Maximum
  Amount of
  Title of Securities
  To Be
  Offering Price Per
  Aggregate
  Registration
  To Be Registered
  Registered
  (1)
  Share
  (2)
  Offering Price
  Fee
  (3)
  2005 Stock Option and Incentive Plan
  Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
  share (including rights to acquire
  Series A junior participating
  preferred stock pursuant to our
  rights plan)
  1,116,483
  $7.76
  $8,663,908.08
  $340.50
  (1)
  In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
  Registration Statement also covers such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common
  Stock as is necessary to eliminate any dilutive effect of any future stock split, stock
  dividend or similar transaction.
  (2)
  The price of $7.76 per share, which is the average of the high and low price of the Common
  Stock of the Registrant as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market on
  February 11, 2009, is set
  forth solely for purposes of calculating the filing fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) of
  the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has been used as these shares are without a fixed
  price.
  (3)
  Calculated pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  PART II
  Item 8.
  Exhibits
  SIGNATURES
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Ex-5.1 Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP
  Ex-23.2 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  Table of Contents
  This Registration Statement registers additional securities of the same class as other
  securities for which registration statement filed on
  Form S-8
  (SEC File No. 333-129576) of the
  Registrant is effective. The information contained in the Registrant's registration statement on
  Form S-8 (SEC File No. 333-129576) is hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General
  Instruction E.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 8.
  Exhibits
  .
  Exhibit No.
  Description of Exhibit
  5.1
  Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP
  23.1
  Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  23.2
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  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 Bedford, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on February 13,
  2009.
  iROBOT CORPORATION
  By:
  /s/ Colin M. Angle
  Colin M. Angle
  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
  We, the undersigned officers and directors of iRobot Corporation (the "
  Company
  "),
  hereby severally constitute and appoint Colin M. Angle, John J. Leahy and Alison Dean, and each of
  them singly, our true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them, and to each of them singly, to
  sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, any and all amendments to this
  Registration Statement, and all other documents in connection therewith to be filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission, and generally to do all things in our names and on our behalf
  in such capacities to enable the Company to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of
  1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
  been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on February 13, 2009:
  Signature
  Title(s)
  /s/ Colin M. Angle
  Colin M. Angle
  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal
  Executive Officer)
  /s/ John J. Leahy
  John J. Leahy
  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  (Principal
  Financial Officer)
  /s/ Alison Dean
  Alison Dean
  Vice President, Financial Controls & Analysis
  (Principal
  Accounting Officer)
  /s/ Rodney A. Brooks
  Rodney A. Brooks
  Director
  /s/ Ronald Chwang
  Ronald Chwang
  Director
  /s/ Jacques S. Gansler
  Jacques S. Gansler
  Director
  /s/ Andrea Geisser
  Andrea Geisser
  Director
  /s/ Helen Greiner
  Helen Greiner
  Director
  /s/ Paul J. Kern
  Paul J. Kern
  Director
  /s/ George C. McNamee
  George C. McNamee
  Director
  /s/ Peter Meekin
  Peter Meekin
  Director
  Table of Contents
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Exhibit No.
  Description of Exhibit
  5.1
  Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP
  23.1
  Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  23.2
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page of
  this Registration Statement)