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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;26, 2005
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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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 UNDER THE<BR>
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ALTANA Aktiengesellschaft</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Federal Republic of Germany</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>None</B></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or Other Jurisdiction of
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(IRS Employer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Identification Number)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Am Pilgerrain 15<BR>
D-61352 Bad Homburg v.d. H&#246;he<BR>
Federal Republic of Germany<BR>
Tel.: &#043;49 (0)&nbsp;6172-1712-0</B><BR>
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including<BR>
area code, of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">ALTANA Aktiengesellschaft &#151; Stock Option Plan 2005 (the &#147;SOP 2005&#148;)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">ALTANA Investment Plan 2005 (the &#147;AIP 2005&#148;)<BR>
(Full Title of the Plans)</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">ALTANA, Inc.<BR>
60 Baylis Road<BR>
Melville, N.Y. 11747<BR>
U.S.A.<BR>
Tel.: (631)&nbsp;454-7677<BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,<BR>
including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</DIV>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>to be</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>aggregate</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>registration</B></TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of securities to be registered(1)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>registered(2)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>per unit</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>fee</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">SOP 2005, ordinary
registered shares,
with no par value</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">99,400</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">U.S.$57.35</TD>
    <TD nowrap>(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">U.S.$5,700,590</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">U.S.$671.00</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">AIP 2005, ordinary
registered shares,
with no par value(4)</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">50,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">U.S.$51.13</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">U.S.$2,556,500</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">U.S.$301.00</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"><HR size="1" noshade>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Total</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">149,400</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center">&#151;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">U.S.$8,257,090</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">U.S.$972.00</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>American Depositary Receipts evidencing American Depositary Shares issuable on
deposit of the ordinary shares have been registered pursuant to a separate Registration
Statement on Form F-6 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-88400).</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>(2)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>The amount of ordinary shares being registered with respect to each of the employee
benefit plans identified in the table represents the estimated maximum aggregate amount
issuable to the registrant&#146;s employees in the United States pursuant to such plan.</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>(3)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Calculated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule
457 (h)&nbsp;based upon the price at which the options may be
exercised, <FONT face="'Times New Roman',times,serif">&#128;</FONT>47.49 per
share, converted to U.S. dollars at the noon buying rate on September&nbsp;23, 2005.</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>(4)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Together with every share purchased under the AIP 2005, plan participants will receive
one free warrant with respect to the registrant&#146;s shares. No separate consideration will
be payable for these free warrants.</B></TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">POWER OF ATTORNEY</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="f01059exv23w1.htm">Exhibit 23.1</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. </B><U><B>Plan Information</B></U>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All information required by Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a)
prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the
Securities Act of 1933 and the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. </B><U><B>Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</B></U>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All information required by Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a)
prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the
Securities Act of 1933 and the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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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: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. </B><U><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents are incorporated herein by reference:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a) Our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2004 (File No.&nbsp;333-99485)
(the &#147;Annual Report&#148;). Our consolidated financial statements as of December&nbsp;31, 2002, 2003 and
2004 and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December&nbsp;31, 2004 appearing in the
Annual Report have been included in such Annual Report and are incorporated herein by reference.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b) The description of our ordinary shares without par value and a notional value of <FONT face="'Times New Roman',times,serif">&#128;</FONT> 1.00 per
share contained in our Registration Statement on Form 20-F (File No.&nbsp;1-31325), including any
amendment thereto or report filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the purpose of
updating such description.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;c) Our Reports on Form 6-K, dated April&nbsp;29, 2005, July&nbsp;1, 2005, August&nbsp;3, 2005, and September
1, 2005.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by us pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13, 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 after the date of this Registration Statement and 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, including all annual reports on Form 20-F, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from
the date of filing of such documents. Also, to the extent designated therein, any reports on Form
6-K furnished by us during such period are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement from the date of furnishing such reports. To the extent that any certified public
accountant auditing and reporting on our consolidated financial statements included in any
documents filed or furnished by us during such period consents to the use of its reports thereon,
such consolidated financial statements shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement in reliance upon such firm&#146;s report and authority as experts. Any statement
contained 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 subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Experts</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2002
incorporated herein by reference to the Annual Report have been so incorporated in reliance on the
reports of KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft Wirtschaftspr&#252;fungsgesellschaft,
independent auditors, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December&nbsp;31, 2003 and 2004
incorporated herein by reference to the Annual Report have been so incorporated in reliance on the
report of PricewaterhouseCoopers Aktiengesellschaft Wirtschaftspr&#252;fungsgesellschaft (formerly
operating under the legal name of PwC Deutsche Revision Aktiengesellschaft
Wirtschaftspr&#252;fungsgesellschaft), an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the
authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. </B><U><B>Description of Securities</B></U>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. </B><U><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</B></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. </B><U><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The laws of Germany make no provision for the indemnification of officers and directors.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We have provided insurance for the indemnification of our directors and officers against any
general civil liability they may incur in connection with their activities on our behalf, subject
to certain limitations. We will continue to provide insurance for the indemnification of our
officers and directors against such liability, as well as against liabilities under the Securities
Act of 1933.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. </B><U><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed</B></U>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. </B><U><B>Exhibits</B></U>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">English translation of Articles of Association of ALTANA
Aktiengesellschaft, as in effect on June&nbsp;28, 2005 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 of the Registrant&#146;s Report on Form&nbsp;6-K dated September&nbsp;1, 2005
(File No.&nbsp;333-99485))

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    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft
Aktiengesellschaft Wirschaftspr&#252;fungsgesellschaft</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers Aktiengesellschaft
Wirtschaftspr&#252;fungsgesellschaft</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included on signature pages)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. </B><U><B>Undertakings</B></U>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to 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="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment hereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
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 Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective 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="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in this Registration Statement;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%"><I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) 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 Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, 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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 3%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering
thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant 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 Registrant 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 of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">SIGNATURES
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies
that is 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,
thereunder duly authorized, in Bad Homburg v.d. H&#246;he, Germany, on the date of September&nbsp;26, 2005.
</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">ALTANA Aktiengesellschaft<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/ Dr. h.c. Nikolaus Schweickart
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Dr. h.c. Nikolaus Schweickart&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Chairman of the Management Board and<BR>
Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<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">&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/ Dr. Hermann K&#252;llmer
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Dr. Hermann K&#252;llmer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Member of the Management Board and<BR>
Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Dr.&nbsp;Hermann K&#252;llmer, Dr.
Rudolf Pietzke and Klaus Malkomes, or any one or more of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, with power of substitution, in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to
this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to cause the same to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, hereby granting to said attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite or desirable to be done in and about the
premises as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorney-in-fact, or his substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
</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 or
amendment has been signed by or on behalf of the following persons in the capacities indicated as
of September&nbsp;26, 2005:
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="60%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Dr. h.c. Nikolaus Schweickart
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Name: Dr. h.c. Nikolaus Schweickart
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Chairman of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Dr.&nbsp;Hermann K&#252;llmer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Name: Dr.&nbsp;Hermann K&#252;llmer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Member of the Management Board and Chief Financial Officer</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Dr.&nbsp;Hans-Joachim Lohrisch
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Name: Dr.&nbsp;Hans-Joachim Lohrisch
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Member of the Management Board</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="60%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Dr.&nbsp;Matthias Wolfgruber
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Name: Dr.&nbsp;Matthias Wolfgruber
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Member of the Management Board</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Klaus Malkomes
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Name: Klaus Malkomes
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Principal Accounting Officer</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Art Dulik
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Name: Art Dulik
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Authorized U.S. Representative</DIV></TD>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">English translation of Articles of Association of ALTANA
Aktiengesellschaft, as in effect on June&nbsp;28, 2005
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 of the
Registrant&#146;s Report on Form&nbsp;6-K dated September&nbsp;1, 2005
(File No.&nbsp;333-99485))</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft
Aktiengesellschaft Wirtschaftspr&#252;fungsgesellschaft</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers Aktiengesellschaft
Wirtschaftspr&#252;fungsgesellschaft</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included on signature pages)</DIV></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 26, 2005
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ALTANA Aktiengesellschaft
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Federal Republic of Germany
None
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
(IRS Employer
Incorporation or Organization)
Identification Number)
Am Pilgerrain 15
D-61352 Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe
Federal Republic of Germany
Tel.: +49 (0) 6172-1712-0
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
ALTANA Aktiengesellschaft — Stock Option Plan 2005 (the "SOP 2005")
ALTANA Investment Plan 2005 (the "AIP 2005")
(Full Title of the Plans)
ALTANA, Inc.
60 Baylis Road
Melville, N.Y. 11747
U.S.A.
Tel.: (631) 454-7677
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Amount
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
to be
offering price
aggregate
registration
Title of securities to be registered(1)
registered(2)
per unit
offering price
fee
SOP 2005, ordinary
registered shares,
with no par value
99,400
U.S.$57.35
(3)
U.S.$5,700,590
U.S.$671.00
AIP 2005, ordinary
registered shares,
with no par value(4)
50,000
U.S.$51.13
U.S.$2,556,500
U.S.$301.00
Total
149,400
—
U.S.$8,257,090
U.S.$972.00
(1)
American Depositary Receipts evidencing American Depositary Shares issuable on
deposit of the ordinary shares have been registered pursuant to a separate Registration
Statement on Form F-6 (Registration No. 333-88400).
(2)
The amount of ordinary shares being registered with respect to each of the employee
benefit plans identified in the table represents the estimated maximum aggregate amount
issuable to the registrant's employees in the United States pursuant to such plan.
(3)
Calculated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule
457 (h) based upon the price at which the options may be
exercised,
€
47.49 per
share, converted to U.S. dollars at the noon buying rate on September 23, 2005.
(4)
Together with every share purchased under the AIP 2005, plan participants will receive
one free warrant with respect to the registrant's shares. No separate consideration will
be payable for these free warrants.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
PART II
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit 23.1
Exhibit 23.2
Table of Contents
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS
Item 1.
Plan Information
All information required by Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a)
prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the
Securities Act of 1933 and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
Item 2.
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
All information required by Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a)
prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the
Securities Act of 1933 and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents are incorporated herein by reference:
a) Our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2004 (File No. 333-99485)
(the "Annual Report"). Our consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2002, 2003 and
2004 and for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2004 appearing in the
Annual Report have been included in such Annual Report and are incorporated herein by reference.
b) The description of our ordinary shares without par value and a notional value of
€
1.00 per
share contained in our Registration Statement on Form 20-F (File No. 1-31325), including any
amendment thereto or report filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the purpose of
updating such description.
c) Our Reports on Form 6-K, dated April 29, 2005, July 1, 2005, August 3, 2005, and September
1, 2005.
All documents subsequently filed by us pursuant to Sections 13, 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 after the date of this Registration Statement and 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, including all annual reports on Form 20-F, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from
the date of filing of such documents. Also, to the extent designated therein, any reports on Form
6-K furnished by us during such period are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement from the date of furnishing such reports. To the extent that any certified public
accountant auditing and reporting on our consolidated financial statements included in any
documents filed or furnished by us during such period consents to the use of its reports thereon,
such consolidated financial statements shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement in reliance upon such firm's report and authority as experts. Any statement
contained 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 subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such 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.
Experts
The consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2002
incorporated herein by reference to the Annual Report have been so incorporated in reliance on the
reports of KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft,
independent auditors, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
The consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2004
incorporated herein by reference to the Annual Report have been so incorporated in reliance on the
report of PricewaterhouseCoopers Aktiengesellschaft Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft (formerly
operating under the legal name of PwC Deutsche Revision Aktiengesellschaft
Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft), an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the
authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
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None.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The laws of Germany make no provision for the indemnification of officers and directors.
We have provided insurance for the indemnification of our directors and officers against any
general civil liability they may incur in connection with their activities on our behalf, subject
to certain limitations. We will continue to provide insurance for the indemnification of our
officers and directors against such liability, as well as against liabilities under the Securities
Act of 1933.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
4.1
English translation of Articles of Association of ALTANA
Aktiengesellschaft, as in effect on June 28, 2005 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 99.1 of the Registrant's Report on Form 6-K dated September 1, 2005
(File No. 333-99485))
23.1
Consent of KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft
Aktiengesellschaft Wirschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers Aktiengesellschaft
Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature pages)
Item 9.
Undertakings
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment hereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
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 Commission 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;
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) 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 Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement.
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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, 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
offering thereof.
(3) 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.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant 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 Registrant 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 of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies
that is 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,
thereunder duly authorized, in Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe, Germany, on the date of September 26, 2005.
ALTANA Aktiengesellschaft
By:
/s/ Dr. h.c. Nikolaus Schweickart
Name:
Dr. h.c. Nikolaus Schweickart
Title:
Chairman of the Management Board and
Chief Executive Officer
By:
/s/ Dr. Hermann Küllmer
Name:
Dr. Hermann Küllmer
Title:
Member of the Management Board and
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Dr. Hermann Küllmer, Dr.
Rudolf Pietzke and Klaus Malkomes, or any one or more of them, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, with power of substitution, in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to
this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and to cause the same to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, hereby granting to said attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite or desirable to be done in and about the
premises as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things that said attorney-in-fact, or his substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of these presents.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement or
amendment has been signed by or on behalf of the following persons in the capacities indicated as
of September 26, 2005:
Signature
Title
/s/ Dr. h.c. Nikolaus Schweickart
Name: Dr. h.c. Nikolaus Schweickart
Chairman of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Dr. Hermann Küllmer
Name: Dr. Hermann Küllmer
Member of the Management Board and Chief Financial Officer
/s/ Dr. Hans-Joachim Lohrisch
Name: Dr. Hans-Joachim Lohrisch
Member of the Management Board
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Signature
Title
/s/ Dr. Matthias Wolfgruber
Name: Dr. Matthias Wolfgruber
Member of the Management Board
/s/ Klaus Malkomes
Name: Klaus Malkomes
Principal Accounting Officer
/s/ Art Dulik
Name: Art Dulik
Authorized U.S. Representative
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
English translation of Articles of Association of ALTANA
Aktiengesellschaft, as in effect on June 28, 2005
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of the
Registrant's Report on Form 6-K dated September 1, 2005
(File No. 333-99485))
23.1
Consent of KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft
Aktiengesellschaft Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers Aktiengesellschaft
Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature pages)
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