AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 8, 2006
Registration No. 333-
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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CELGENE CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
DELAWARE 22-2711928
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
86 MORRIS AVENUE
SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY 07901
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
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CELGENE CORPORATION 1998 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
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Sol J. Barer COPIES TO:
Celgene Corporation Robert A. Cantone, Esq.
86 Morris Avenue Proskauer Rose LLP
Summit, New Jersey 07901 1585 Broadway
(Name and Address of Agent for Service) New York, New York 10036-8299
(908) 673-9000 (212) 969-3000
(Telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF
TITLE OF SECURITIES AMOUNT TO BE OFFERING PRICE AGGREGATE OFFERING REGISTRATION
TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED PER SHARE PRICE FEE (1)
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Common Stock, par
value $.01 per share 22,000,000 (2) $50.65 (3) $1,114,300,000 (3) $119,230.10
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(1) Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, a filing fee is only being
paid with respect to the registration of additional securities for the Celgene
Corporation 1998 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). A Registration Statement on
Form S-8 has been filed previously on each of January 4, 1999 (Registration No.
333-70083), June 20, 2000 and March 20, 2001 (Registration No. 333-39716), July
26, 2001 (Registration No. 333-65908), August 14, 2003 (Registration No.
333-107980) and June 30, 2005 (Registration No. 333-126296) for the existing
securities under the Plan.
(2) Represents the additional number of shares of common stock, par value $.01
per share ("Common Stock"), which may be granted under the Plan.
(3) Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rules 457(c) and
457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the average of the high and
low selling prices per share of the Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ
National Market on November 2, 2006.
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Explanatory Note
This Registration Statement is filed pursuant to General Instruction E
to Form S-8. The contents of each of the Registration Statements on Form S-8
(Registration Nos. 333-70083, 333-39716, 333-65908, 333-107980 and 333-126296)
are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof.
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER THE PLAN. The
aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be subject to awards under
the Plan is increased from 62,000,000 (as adjusted to reflect all adjustments to
the Common Stock on or before February 17, 2006) to 84,000,000 and the limit on
the number of shares that may be subject to awards of restricted stock and
performance-based awards denominated in shares of Common Stock under the Plan is
removed.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The contents of each of the Registration Statements on Form S-8 previously
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on January
4, 1999 (Registration No. 333-70083), June 20, 2000 (Registration No.
333-39716), March 20, 2001, Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 with a Reoffer
Prospectus (Registration No. 333-39716), July 26, 2001 (Registration No.
333-65908), August 14, 2003 (Registration No. 333-107980) and June 30, 2005
(Registration No. 333-126296) by Celgene Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the "Corporation" or the "Registrant"), are incorporated herein by reference.
In addition, the following new documents filed with the Commission by the
Corporation are incorporated herein by reference:
(1) the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2005, filed with the Commission on March 15, 2006 (as
updated by our Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 3, 2006);
(2) the Corporation's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the
fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2006, June 30, 2006 and September 30, 2006,
filed with the Commission on May 10, 2006, August 9, 2006 and November 8, 2006,
respectively;
(3) the Corporation's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on January 3, 2006, January 20, 2006, February 21, 2006, April 20,
2006, May 3, 2006, May 26, 2006, June 23, 2006, June 30, 2006, November 3, 2006
and November 6, 2006;
(4) the description of the Corporation's Common Stock contained
in the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, File No. 0-16132; and
(5) all documents subsequently filed by the Corporation pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing such
documents.
Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or replaces such
statement. Any statement contained in a document that is deemed to be
incorporated by reference or deemed to be part of this Registration Statement
after the most recent effective date may modify or replace existing statements
contained in this Registration 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.
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ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
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5.1 Opinion of Proskauer Rose LLP (filed herewith).
10.1 Amendment No. 2 to Celgene Corporation 1998 Stock Incentive
Plan, as amended and restated as of April 23, 2003
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the
Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended June 30, 2006 filed with the Commission on
August 9, 2006).
23.1 Consent of KPMG LLP (filed herewith).
23.2 Consent of Proskauer Rose LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1 Power of Attorney (included in signature pages).
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
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 Summit, State of New Jersey, on November 7,
2006.
CELGENE CORPORATION
By: /s/ SOL J. BARER
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Sol J. Barer
Chief Executive Officer
SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Sol J. Barer and Robert J. Hugin, and each of
them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and re-substitution, to act, without the other, for him or her
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to this
registration statement on Form S-8, under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as full to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them, their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed on November 7, 2006 below by the
following persons in the capacities indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE
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/s/ SOL J. BARER Chief Executive Officer, Director
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Sol J. Barer
/s/ ROBERT J. HUGIN President, Chief Operating Officer,
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Robert J. Hugin (Principal Accounting and Financial
Officer)
/s/ JOHN W. JACKSON Executive Chairman of the Board
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John W. Jackson
/s/ JACK L. BOWMAN Director
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Jack L. Bowman
/s/ MICHAEL D. CASEY Director
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Michael D. Casey
/s/ RODMAN L. DRAKE Director
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Rodman L. Drake
/s/ ARTHUR HULL HAYES, JR. Director
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Arthur Hull Hayes, Jr.
/s/ GILLA KAPLAN Director
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Gilla Kaplan
/s/ RICHARD C.E. MORGAN Director
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Richard C.E. Morgan
/s/ WALTER L. ROBB Director
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Walter L. Robb
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
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5.1 Opinion of Proskauer Rose LLP (filed herewith).
10.1 Amendment No. 2 to Celgene Corporation 1998 Stock Incentive
Plan, as amended and restated as of April 23, 2003
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the
Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended June 30, 2006 filed with the Commission on
August 9, 2006).
23.1 Consent of KPMG LLP (filed herewith).
23.2 Consent of Proskauer Rose LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1 Power of Attorney (included in signature pages).