As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 30, 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
180 CONNECT INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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000-51456
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20-2650200
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(Commission File No.)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.)
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6501 E. Belleview Avenue
Englewood, Colorado 80111
(303) 395-6000
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code and Telephone Number)
180 Connect Inc. 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan
Individual Awards Granted by 180 Connect Inc. of Stock Appreciation Rights
(Full Title of the Plan)
Steven Westberg
Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
6501 E. Belleview Avenue
Englewood, Colorado 80111
(303) 395-6000
(Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies To:
Mark Selinger, Esq.
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
340 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10173
(212) 547-5400
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Maximum
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Proposed Maximum
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Title of Securities
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Amount to be
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Offering Price Per
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Aggregate Offering
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Amount of
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to be Registered
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Registered
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Share (1)
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Price (1)
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Registration Fee
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Common Stock,
par value $0.0001
per share
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2,167,997
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$
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1.80
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$
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3,902,394.60
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$
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119.80
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(1)
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Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with
Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the average
of the high and low prices of the securities being registered hereby on the OTCBB on November
27, 2007.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
180 Connect Inc. (the Registrant or the Company) hereby files this Registration Statement
on Form S-8 relating to its common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the Common Stock), which
have been reserved for issuance and are issuable pursuant to (i) the Companys 2007 Long-Term
Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the LTIP Plan) and (ii) the individual awards of
stock appreciation rights awarded to certain of the Companys employees, officers and directors
(the SAR Awards and together with the LTIP Plan, the Plans).
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information specified in Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (the Registration Statement) is omitted from this filing in accordance with the
provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and the
introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in
Part I will be delivered to the participants in the Companys Plans as required by Rule 428(b)(1).
Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant
to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that
meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents of 180 Connect Inc. (the Registrant or the Company), each as filed
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), are incorporated as of their
respective dates in this Registration Statement by reference:
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(a)
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Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 (File No.
000-51456) filed with the SEC on June 8, 2007, as amended by Amendment No. 1 on Form
10-K/A filed with the SEC on July 27, 2007;
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(b)
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Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2007
(File No. 001-33670) filed with the SEC on November 14, 2007;
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(c)
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The Companys Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on July 9, 2007, August 9,
2007, August 24, 2007, August 30, 2007, September 11, 2007, September 10, 2007, October
10, 2007, November 13, 2007 and November 15, 2007;
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(d)
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All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), since March 31, 2007; and
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(e)
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The description of the Companys Common Stock contained in the Registration
Statement on Form 8-A of the Company filed with the SEC on August 22, 2007, as amended
on Form 8-A/A on August
24, 2007, including any other amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating
such description.
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All reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the respective date of
filing of each of those reports or documents until the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement which indicates either that all securities offered by this Registration
Statement have been sold or which deregisters all of the securities under this Registration
Statement then remaining unsold.
Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or in a document incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in
this Registration Statement or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes that
statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the Delaware Law)
permits a Delaware corporation to indemnify any persons who were or are, or are threatened to be
made, parties to any threatened, pending or completed legal 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 was an officer or director 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 officer or director acted in good faith and in a manner he/she reasonably believed to be
in, or not opposed to, the corporations best interests, and, for criminal proceedings, had no
reasonable cause to believe his/her conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify
officers and directors in an action by or in the right of the corporation under the same
conditions, except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer or
director is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful
on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must
indemnify him/her against the expenses which such officer or director actually and reasonably
incurred.
In accordance with the Delaware Law, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
the Company contains a provision to limit the personal liability of the directors for violations of
their fiduciary duty. This provision eliminates each directors liability to the Company or its
respective stockholders for monetary damages except (i) for any breach of the directors duty of
loyalty to the Company or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which
involve intentional misconduct or knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware
Law or any amendment thereto or successor provision thereto, or (iv) for any transaction from which
a director derived an improper personal benefit. The effect of this provision is to eliminate the
personal liability of directors for monetary damages for actions involving a breach of their
fiduciary duty of care, including any such actions involving gross negligence.
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The Companys Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the By-Laws provide for
indemnification to its directors, officers and such of its employees and agents as the Board of
Directors may determine, from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the
Delaware Law.
The Company has obtained directors and officers liability insurance coverage. The policy
insures directors and officers of the Company against losses arising from claims made against such
directors or officers by reason of certain wrongful acts, such as errors, misstatements, misleading
statements, acts, omissions, negligence or breaches of duty, but does not insure such persons
against losses arising from claims made against such directors or officers for the return of
certain unauthorized remunerations, for violations of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act and for
violations of similar laws and certain other matters.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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4.1
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Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of 180
Connect Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Companys Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-33670)
filed on August 30, 2007.
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4.2
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By-laws of 180 Connect Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 to the Companys Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (File No. 333-124141) filed on April 18, 2005.
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4.3
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Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as
of August 24, 2007, by and among the Company and each of the
undersigned parties listed under Insiders on the signature
page thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the
Companys Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-33670)
filed on August 30, 2007.
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5.1
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Opinion (including consent) of McDermott Will & Emery LLP as
to the legality of the securities being offered.
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23.1
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Consent of McDermott Will & Emery LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
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23.2
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Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
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23.3
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Consent of Eisner LLP
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24.1
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Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
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Item 9. Undertakings.
The Company hereby undertakes:
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(a)
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to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
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(1)
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to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;
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(2)
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to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which,
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individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total
dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering
range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the Calculation of Registration Fee table in the effective registration
statement.
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(3)
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to include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
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provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) do not apply if the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Company pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange
Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
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(b)
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that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offer thereof.
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(c)
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to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
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The Company hereby undertakes that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the Companys annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plans annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions,
or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities, other than the payment by the
Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in
the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding, is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Englewood, State of Colorado, on the 30th day of
November, 2007.
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180 CONNECT INC.
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By:
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/s/ Steven Westberg
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Steven Westberg
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Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below,
constitutes and appoints Steven Westberg and Peter Giacalone, and each of them, as his or her true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to do
any and all acts and things and execute, in the name of the undersigned, any and all instruments
which said attorney-in-fact and agent may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable the
Company to comply with the Securities Act and any requirements of the SEC in respect thereof, in
connection with the filing with the SEC of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the
Securities Act, including specifically but without limitation, power and authority to sign the name
of the undersigned to such Registration Statement, and any amendments to such Registration
Statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, to sign any and all applications,
registration statements, notices or other documents necessary or advisable to comply with
applicable state securities laws, and to file the same, together with other documents in connection
therewith with the appropriate state securities authorities, granting unto said attorney-in-fact
and agent, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing requisite or
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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SIGNATURE
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TITLE
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DATE
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/s/ Peter Giacalone
Peter Giacalone
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Chief Executive
Officer and
Director
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November 30, 2007
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/s/ M. Brian McCarthy
M. Brian McCarthy
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Director
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November 30, 2007
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/s/ Byron Osing
Byron Osing
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Director
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November 30, 2007
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/s/ David Hallmen
David Hallmen
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Director
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November 30, 2007
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/s/ Jiri Modry
Jiri Modry
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Director
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November 30, 2007
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/s/ Howard S. Balter
Howard S. Balter
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Director
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November 30, 2007
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/s/ Ilan Slasky
Ilan Slasky
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Director
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November 30, 2007
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/s/ Lawrence Askowitz
Lawrence Askowitz
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Director
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November 30, 2007
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/s/
Thomas Calo
Thomas Calo
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Director
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November 30, 2007
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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4.1
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Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of 180
Connect Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Companys Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-33670)
filed on August 30, 2007.
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4.2
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By-laws of 180 Connect Inc. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 to the Companys Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (File No. 333-124141) filed on April 18, 2005.
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4.3
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Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as
of August 24, 2007, by and among the Company and each of the
undersigned parties listed under Insiders on the signature
page thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the
Companys Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-33670)
filed on August 30, 2007.
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5.1
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Opinion (including consent) of McDermott Will & Emery LLP as
to the legality of the securities being offered.
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23.1
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Consent of McDermott Will & Emery LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
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23.2
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Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
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23.3
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Consent of Eisner LLP
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24.1
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Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
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