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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;11, 2007</DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>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<BR>
  UNDER<BR>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>BROOKS AUTOMATION, INC.</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: 12pt">Delaware</DIV>
  
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  <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: 12pt">04-3040660</DIV>
  
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)</DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">15 Elizabeth Drive, Chelmsford, MA 01824</DIV>
  
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Brooks Automation, Inc. Amended and Restated 2000 Equity Incentive Plan<BR>
  Brooks Automation, Inc. 1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</DIV>
  
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Thomas S. Grilk<BR>
  Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
  Brooks Automation, Inc.<BR>
  15 Elizabeth Drive<BR>
  Chelmsford, MA 01824</DIV>
  
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(978)&nbsp;262-2400</DIV>
  
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                      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Brooks Automation, Inc.
  Amended and Restated
  2000 Equity Incentive
  Plan</DIV></TD>
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      <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
  value $.01 per
  share, and related
  Preferred Stock
  Purchase Rights</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">3,000,000</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">$</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">17.475</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">$</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">52,425,000</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">$</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">1,609.45</TD>
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      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Brooks Automation, Inc.
  1995 Employee Stock
  Purchase Plan</DIV></TD>
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      <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
  value $.01 per
  share, and related
  Preferred Stock
  Purchase Rights</DIV></TD>
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      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">750,000</TD>
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      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">$</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">17.475</TD>
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      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">$</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">13,106,250</TD>
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      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">$</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">402.36</TD>
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      <TD>This Registration Statement covers an aggregate of 3,750,000 shares of the Registrant&#146;s
  common stock, par value $.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), that may be issued pursuant to (i)
  awards granted under the Amended and Restated 2000 Equity Incentive Plan or (ii)&nbsp;the 1995
  Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended. Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of
  1933, this registration statement also covers such additional shares of Common Stock as may be
  issued in the event of a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar
  transaction. In addition, this registration statement covers related rights to purchase Series
  A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, registered on a Form 8-A filed
  with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;7, 1997 (the &#147;Preferred Stock Purchase
  Rights&#148;). No separate consideration will be received for the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights,
  which will initially trade together with the Common Stock.</TD>
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      <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
  on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq
  National Market on May&nbsp;9, 2007.</TD>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Registrant hereby increases the number of shares of its common stock registered for
  issuance under its (i)&nbsp;Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Option Plan by 3,000,000 shares and (ii)
  1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan by 750,000 shares. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form
  S-8, the Registrant incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following
  Registration Statements on Form S-8: (i)&nbsp;Registration No.&nbsp;333-88158 and Registration No.&nbsp;333-40842,
  relating to an aggregate of 6,000,000 shares issuable under the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated
  2000 Equity Incentive Plan, and (ii)&nbsp;Registration No.&nbsp;333-117029, Registration No.&nbsp;333-40848,
  Registration No.&nbsp;333-66457, Registration No.&nbsp;333-66429, Registration No.&nbsp;333-07315, and
  Registration No.&nbsp;333-88160, relating to an aggregate of 2,250,000 shares issuable under the
  Registrant&#146;s 1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Following the registration of the additional
  3,750,000 shares under this Registration Statement, a total of 9,000,000 shares will be registered
  under the Amended and Restated 2000 Equity Incentive Plan, and a total of 3,000,000 shares will be
  registered under the 1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended.
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  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
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  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#004"> SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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  <DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
  
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The legality of the shares of Common Stock being registered pursuant to this Registration
  Statement will be passed upon for the Registrant by Thomas S. Grilk, Esq., General Counsel of the
  Registrant. Mr.&nbsp;Grilk owns shares of Common Stock and options to purchase Common Stock.
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  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section&nbsp;102 of the
  General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) provides that a Delaware corporation
  may eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or its
  stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the
  director breached his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional
  misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock
  repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who
  were, are or are threatened to be made parties to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit
  or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or
  in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer,
  director, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such
  corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The
  indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
  settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or
  proceeding, provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to
  be in or not opposed to the corporation&#146;s best interests and, with respect to any criminal action
  or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was illegal.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of
  any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was
  serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
  corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any
  such capacity, arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would otherwise
  have the power to indemnify him under Section&nbsp;145.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s certificate of incorporation provides that its directors shall not be liable
  to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
  director, except that directors will be liable to the extent permitted by applicable law for breach
  of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the stockholders, actions or omissions not taken in good faith
  or that involve intentional misconduct, pursuant to Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL or for any transaction
  from which the director derived an improper benefit. The Registrant&#146;s certificate of incorporation
  provides that the Registrant may indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent permitted
  by the laws of the State of Delaware. In addition, the Registrant&#146;s bylaws provide that the
  Registrant may indemnify its officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
  law.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All of the Registrant&#146;s directors and officers are covered by insurance policies maintained by
  the Registrant against specified liabilities for actions taken in their capacities as such,
  including liabilities under the Securities Act, as amended. In addition, the Registrant has entered
  into or offered to enter into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and
  </DIV>
  
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  </DIV>
  
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  <DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
  
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">executive officers that provide for indemnification and expense advancement to the fullest extent
  permitted under the DGCL.
  </DIV>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are filed as part of or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
  <TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
  
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">4.1</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Amended and Restated 2000 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to
  Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to Brooks Automation, Inc.&#146;s (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) current report on Form 8-K
  filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;7, 2006).</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR style="font-size: 6pt">
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD></TD>
  <TD></TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">4.2</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 to
  the Registrant&#146;s current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;7, 2006).</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR style="font-size: 6pt">
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD></TD>
  <TD></TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">5.1</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Opinion of Thomas S. Grilk, Esq., General Counsel of the Registrant, as to the
  legality of the securities being registered.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR style="font-size: 6pt">
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD></TD>
  <TD></TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">23.1</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting
  Firm.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR style="font-size: 6pt">
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD></TD>
  <TD></TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">23.2</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Consent of Thomas S. Grilk, Esq., General Counsel to the Registrant (contained
  in the opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Registration Statement).</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR style="font-size: 6pt">
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD></TD>
  <TD></TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">24.1</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Power of Attorney (included on signature pages of this Registration Statement).</TD>
  </TR>
  
  </TABLE>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->2<!-- /Folio -->
  </DIV>
  
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  <!-- link1 " SIGNATURES " -->
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  <DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
  
  </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, 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 on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Chelmsford, Massachusetts on May&nbsp;9, 2007.
  </DIV>
  
  <TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
  <TR>
      <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
      <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>BROOKS AUTOMATION, INC.</B><BR>
  &nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Edward C. Grady
  &nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" align="left">Edward C. Grady     &nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Executive Officer and Director&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  </TABLE>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of Brooks Automation, Inc., hereby severally
  constitute and appoint Thomas S. Grilk, Robert W. Woodbury, Jr. and Edward C. Grady, and each of
  them singly, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power to them in any and all
  capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including
  any post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in
  connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming
  all that each of said attorneys-in-fact may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  </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 as of May&nbsp;9, 2007.
  </DIV>
  <DIV align="center">
  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
  <!-- Begin Table Head -->
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signatures</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <!-- End Table Head -->
  <!-- Begin Table Body -->
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:75px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:75px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ EDWARD C. GRADY
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer and Director</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
  
  <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></div></td>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:75px; text-indent:-0px">
  EDWARD C. GRADY
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;(Principal
  Executive Officer)</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:75px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:75px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ ROBERT W. WOODBURY, JR.&nbsp;
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
  
  <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></div></td>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:75px; text-indent:-0px">
  ROBERT W. WOODBURY, JR.
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;(Principal
  Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:75px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:75px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ A. CLINTON ALLEN&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
  
  <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></div></td>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:75px; text-indent:-0px">
  A. CLINTON ALLEN
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:75px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:75px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ ROBERT J. LEPOFSKY&nbsp;
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
  
  <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></div></td>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:75px; text-indent:-0px">
  ROBERT J. LEPOFSKY
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:75px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:75px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ JOSEPH R. MARTIN&nbsp;
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
  
  <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></div></td>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:75px; text-indent:-0px">
  JOSEPH R. MARTIN
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:75px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:75px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ JOHN K. MCGILLICUDDY&nbsp;
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
  
  <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></div></td>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:75px; text-indent:-0px">
  JOHN K. MCGILLICUDDY
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <!-- End Table Body -->
  </TABLE>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->&nbsp;<!-- /Folio -->
  </DIV>
  
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  <DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
  
  <DIV align="center">
  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
  <!-- Begin Table Head -->
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signatures</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <!-- End Table Head -->
  <!-- Begin Table Body -->
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD align="center" 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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ KRISHNA G. PALEPU&nbsp;
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
  <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></div></td>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:75px; text-indent:-0px">
  KRISHNA G. PALEPU
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD align="center" 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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ ALFRED WOOLLACOTT, III&nbsp;
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
  <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></div></td>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:75px; text-indent:-0px">
  ALFRED WOOLLACOTT, III
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD align="center" 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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ MARK S. WRIGHTON&nbsp;
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
  <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></div></td>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:75px; text-indent:-0px">
  MARK S. WRIGHTON
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <!-- End Table Body -->
  </TABLE>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->&nbsp;<!-- /Folio -->
  </DIV>
  
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U>EXHIBIT INDEX</U>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
  <TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
  
  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">4.1</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Amended and Restated 2000 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to
  Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March
  7, 2006).</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">4.2</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 to
  the Registrant&#146;s current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;7, 2006).</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">5.1</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Opinion of Thomas S. Grilk, Esq., General Counsel of the Registrant, as to the
  legality of the securities being registered.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">23.1</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting
  Firm.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">23.2</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Consent of Thomas S. Grilk, Esq., General Counsel to the Registrant (contained
  in the opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Registration Statement).</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">24.1</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Power of Attorney (included on signature pages of this Registration Statement).</TD>
  </TR>
  
  </TABLE>
  </DIV>
  
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  Table of Contents
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 2007
  Registration No. 333-
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  BROOKS AUTOMATION, INC.
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  Delaware
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
  04-3040660
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
  15 Elizabeth Drive, Chelmsford, MA 01824
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  Brooks Automation, Inc. Amended and Restated 2000 Equity Incentive Plan
  Brooks Automation, Inc. 1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  (Full Title of the Plans)
  Thomas S. Grilk
  Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
  Brooks Automation, Inc.
  15 Elizabeth Drive
  Chelmsford, MA 01824
  (Name and Address of Agent for Service)
  (978) 262-2400
  (Telephone Number, Including Area Code for Agent for Service)
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed Maximum
  Proposed
  Amount of
  Title of Securities to be
  Amount to be
  Offering Price Per
  Maximum Aggregate
  Registration
  Registered
  Registered (1)
  Share (2)
  Offering Price (2)
  Fee (2)
  Brooks Automation, Inc.
  Amended and Restated
  2000 Equity Incentive
  Plan
  Common Stock, par
  value $.01 per
  share, and related
  Preferred Stock
  Purchase Rights
  3,000,000
  $
  17.475
  $
  52,425,000
  $
  1,609.45
  Brooks Automation, Inc.
  1995 Employee Stock
  Purchase Plan
  Common Stock, par
  value $.01 per
  share, and related
  Preferred Stock
  Purchase Rights
  750,000
  $
  17.475
  $
  13,106,250
  $
  402.36
  (1)
  This Registration Statement covers an aggregate of 3,750,000 shares of the Registrant's
  common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), that may be issued pursuant to (i)
  awards granted under the Amended and Restated 2000 Equity Incentive Plan or (ii) the 1995
  Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended. Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of
  1933, this registration statement also covers such additional shares of Common Stock as may be
  issued in the event of a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar
  transaction. In addition, this registration statement covers related rights to purchase Series
  A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, registered on a Form 8-A filed
  with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 7, 1997 (the "Preferred Stock Purchase
  Rights"). No separate consideration will be received for the Preferred Stock Purchase Rights,
  which will initially trade together with the Common Stock.
  (2)
  Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
  on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq
  National Market on May 9, 2007.
  The Registrant hereby increases the number of shares of its common stock registered for
  issuance under its (i) Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Option Plan by 3,000,000 shares and (ii)
  1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan by 750,000 shares. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form
  S-8, the Registrant incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following
  Registration Statements on Form S-8: (i) Registration No. 333-88158 and Registration No. 333-40842,
  relating to an aggregate of 6,000,000 shares issuable under the Registrant's Amended and Restated
  2000 Equity Incentive Plan, and (ii) Registration No. 333-117029, Registration No. 333-40848,
  Registration No. 333-66457, Registration No. 333-66429, Registration No. 333-07315, and
  Registration No. 333-88160, relating to an aggregate of 2,250,000 shares issuable under the
  Registrant's 1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Following the registration of the additional
  3,750,000 shares under this Registration Statement, a total of 9,000,000 shares will be registered
  under the Amended and Restated 2000 Equity Incentive Plan, and a total of 3,000,000 shares will be
  registered under the 1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended.
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  PART II
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  SIGNATURES
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  EX-5.1 Opinion of Thomas S. Grilk, Esq. General Counsel of the Registrant
  EX-23.1 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  The legality of the shares of Common Stock being registered pursuant to this Registration
  Statement will be passed upon for the Registrant by Thomas S. Grilk, Esq., General Counsel of the
  Registrant. Mr. Grilk owns shares of Common Stock and options to purchase Common Stock.
  Item 6.
  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  The Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 102 of the
  General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL") provides that a Delaware corporation
  may eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or its
  stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the
  director breached his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional
  misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock
  repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit.
  Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify any persons who
  were, are or are threatened to be made parties to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit
  or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or
  in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was an officer,
  director, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such
  corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The
  indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
  settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or
  proceeding, provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to
  be in or not opposed to the corporation's best interests and, with respect to any criminal action
  or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was illegal.
  Section 145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of
  any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was
  serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
  corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any
  such capacity, arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would otherwise
  have the power to indemnify him under Section 145.
  The Registrant's certificate of incorporation provides that its directors shall not be liable
  to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
  director, except that directors will be liable to the extent permitted by applicable law for breach
  of the director's duty of loyalty to the stockholders, actions or omissions not taken in good faith
  or that involve intentional misconduct, pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL or for any transaction
  from which the director derived an improper benefit. The Registrant's certificate of incorporation
  provides that the Registrant may indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent permitted
  by the laws of the State of Delaware. In addition, the Registrant's bylaws provide that the
  Registrant may indemnify its officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
  law.
  All of the Registrant's directors and officers are covered by insurance policies maintained by
  the Registrant against specified liabilities for actions taken in their capacities as such,
  including liabilities under the Securities Act, as amended. In addition, the Registrant has entered
  into or offered to enter into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and
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  executive officers that provide for indemnification and expense advancement to the fullest extent
  permitted under the DGCL.
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  The following exhibits are filed as part of or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
  4.1
  Amended and Restated 2000 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to
  Exhibit 10.1 to Brooks Automation, Inc.'s (the "Registrant") current report on Form 8-K
  filed with the SEC on March 7, 2006).
  4.2
  1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to
  the Registrant's current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 7, 2006).
  5.1
  Opinion of Thomas S. Grilk, Esq., General Counsel of the Registrant, as to the
  legality of the securities being registered.
  23.1
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting
  Firm.
  23.2
  Consent of Thomas S. Grilk, Esq., General Counsel to the Registrant (contained
  in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included on signature pages 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 on Form S-8 to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Chelmsford, Massachusetts on May 9, 2007.
  BROOKS AUTOMATION, INC.
  By:
  /s/ Edward C. Grady
  Edward C. Grady
  Chief Executive Officer and Director
  We, the undersigned officers and directors of Brooks Automation, Inc., hereby severally
  constitute and appoint Thomas S. Grilk, Robert W. Woodbury, Jr. and Edward C. Grady, and each of
  them singly, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power to them in any and all
  capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including
  any post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in
  connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming
  all that each of said attorneys-in-fact may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
  been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of May 9, 2007.
  Signatures
  Title
  /s/ EDWARD C. GRADY
  Chief Executive Officer and Director
  EDWARD C. GRADY
  (Principal
  Executive Officer)
  /s/ ROBERT W. WOODBURY, JR.
  Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  ROBERT W. WOODBURY, JR.
  (Principal
  Financial and Accounting Officer)
  /s/ A. CLINTON ALLEN
  Director
  A. CLINTON ALLEN
  /s/ ROBERT J. LEPOFSKY
  Director
  ROBERT J. LEPOFSKY
  /s/ JOSEPH R. MARTIN
  Director
  JOSEPH R. MARTIN
  /s/ JOHN K. MCGILLICUDDY
  Director
  JOHN K. MCGILLICUDDY
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  Signatures
  Title
  /s/ KRISHNA G. PALEPU
  Director
  KRISHNA G. PALEPU
  /s/ ALFRED WOOLLACOTT, III
  Director
  ALFRED WOOLLACOTT, III
  /s/ MARK S. WRIGHTON
  Director
  MARK S. WRIGHTON
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  EXHIBIT INDEX
  4.1
  Amended and Restated 2000 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to
  Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March
  7, 2006).
  4.2
  1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to
  the Registrant's current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 7, 2006).
  5.1
  Opinion of Thomas S. Grilk, Esq., General Counsel of the Registrant, as to the
  legality of the securities being registered.
  23.1
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting
  Firm.
  23.2
  Consent of Thomas S. Grilk, Esq., General Counsel to the Registrant (contained
  in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included on signature pages of this Registration Statement).