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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;13, 2005



<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">REGISTRATION NO. 333 -&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>under the</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>ALTEON INC.</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(<I>Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</I></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>13-3304550</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(<I>State or Other Jurisdiction</I>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(<I>I.R.S. Employer</I></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>of Incorporation or Organization</I>)
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>6 Campus Drive<BR>
Parsippany, New Jersey 07054</B><BR>
(<I>Address, Including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices</I>)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ALTEON INC. 2005 STOCK PLAN</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Full Title of the Plan)</I></DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>KENNETH I. MOCH<BR>
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER<BR>
ALTEON INC.<BR>
6 CAMPUS DRIVE<BR>
PARSIPPANY, NEW JERSEY 07054<BR>
(201)&nbsp;934-5000</B><BR>
(<I>Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including<BR>
Area Code, of Agent For Service</I>)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">with a copy to:



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>WILLIAM T. WHELAN, ESQ.<BR>
MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRIS, GLOVSKY AND POPEO, P.C.<BR>
ONE FINANCIAL CENTER<BR>
BOSTON, MA 02111<BR>
(617)&nbsp;542-2241</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Proposed</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Title of</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Amount to be</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Securities to be Registered</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Registered<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Per Share<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"> (2)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Offering Price<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"> (2)</SUP></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $.01 par value</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" nowrap>143,000
shares<br>4,857,000
shares<br><hr size="1" width="98%" align="center" noshade>5,000,000
shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$<br>$<br><br><br></TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">.20<br>.23<br><br><br></TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$<Br>$<br><br><br></TD>

<TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">28,600<br>1,117,110<br><br><br></TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$<br>$<br><br>$</TD>

<TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">3.37<br>131.48<br><hr size="1" width="100%" align="center" noshade>134.85</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Rights to purchase Series&nbsp;F
Preferred Stock</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(3</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">)</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(3</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(3</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">)</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">None</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">The number of shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), stated
above consists of the aggregate number of shares which may be sold upon the exercise of
options which have been granted or upon the exercise of options or issuance of stock awards
which may hereafter be granted under the Alteon Inc. 2005 Stock Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The
maximum number of shares which may be sold upon the exercise of such options or issuance of
stock awards granted under the Plan are subject to adjustment in accordance with certain
anti-dilution and other provisions of the Plan. Accordingly, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement covers,
in addition to the number of shares stated above, an indeterminate number of shares which may
be subject to grant or otherwise issuable after the operation of any such anti-dilution and
other provisions.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">This calculation is made solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant
to the provisions of Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act as follows: (i)&nbsp;in the case
of shares of Common Stock which may be purchased upon exercise of outstanding options, the fee
is calculated on the basis of the price at which the options may be exercised; and (ii)&nbsp;in the
case of shares of Common Stock for which options and stock awards have not yet been granted
and the option price of which is therefore unknown, the fee is calculated on the basis of the
average of the high and low sale prices per share of the Common Stock on the American Stock
Exchange as of a date (July&nbsp;7, 2005) within five business days prior to filing this
Registration Statement.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">No separate consideration will be received for the Rights.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><U>EXPLANATORY NOTE</U>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In accordance with the instructional Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 as promulgated by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, the information specified by Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 has been
omitted from this Registration Statement on Form S-8 for offers of Common Stock pursuant to the
Plan.



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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="w10442exv5.htm">OPINION OF MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRIS, GLOVSKY AND POPEO, P.C.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="w10442exv23w2.htm">CONSENT OF J.H. COHN LLP</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="w10442exv23w3.htm">CONSENT OF KPMG LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><U>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference</U>.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated herein by
reference:


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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2004,
filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;15, 2005.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2004, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;22, 2005.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2005, filed
with the Commission on May&nbsp;10, 2005.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;11, 2005.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(5)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;19, 2005.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(6)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;25, 2005.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(7)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;5, 2005.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(8)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The portions of the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, that are deemed &#147;filed&#148; with the
Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), on May
10, 2005.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(9)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;10, 2005.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(10)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;27, 2005.</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(11)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with
the Commission on July&nbsp;6, 2005.</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(12)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The portions of the Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A that are deemed
&#147;filed&#148; with the Commission under the Exchange Act on May&nbsp;2, 2005.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(13)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock included in the Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed under the Exchange Act, with the Commission on November&nbsp;1, 1991,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(14)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Rights under the Registrant&#146;s Rights Agreement (which are currently
transferred with the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock) contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form 8-A (File No.&nbsp;000-19529), filed under the Exchange Act, with the Commission
on August&nbsp;4, 1995, including any amendment or report filed for the purposes of updating such
description.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant after the date hereof pursuant to
Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date
of filing of such reports and documents.</DIV>


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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><U>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U>.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the issuance of the shares of Common Stock registered under this Registration
Statement has been passed upon for the Registrant by Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo,
P.C.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><U>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U>.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporated by reference from Part&nbsp;II, Item&nbsp;15 of the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on
Form S-3, File No.&nbsp;333-106048.

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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><U>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</U>.



<P>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(4.1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Report on Form 10-Q filed on November&nbsp;10, 1999,
SEC File Number 000-19529.)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(4.2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Alteon Inc., dated June
6, 2001. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.8 to the Registrant&#146;s Report on Form 10-Q
filed on August&nbsp;14, 2001, SEC File Number 001-16043.)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>

</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(4.3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Alteon Inc., dated
September&nbsp;17, 2004. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Report on
Form 10-Q filed on November&nbsp;9, 2004, SEC File Number 001-16043.)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(4.4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>By-laws, as amended. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.10 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2002, SEC File Number 001-16043.)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(4.5)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Stockholders&#146; Rights Agreement between Alteon Inc. and Registrar and Transfer Company, as
Rights Agent, dated as of July&nbsp;27, 1995. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2000, SEC File Number
001-16043.)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(4.6)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Amendment to Stockholders&#146; Rights Agreement between Alteon Inc. and Registrar and Transfer
Company, as Rights Agent, dated as of April&nbsp;24, 1997. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.4 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May&nbsp;9, 1997, SEC File Number
000-19529.)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(4.7)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Amendment to Stockholders&#146; Rights Agreement between Alteon Inc. and Registrar and Transfer
Company, as Rights Agent, dated as of December&nbsp;1, 1997. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December&nbsp;10, 1997, SEC File Number
000-19529.)</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(4.8)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Notice of Appointment of The American Stock Transfer &#038; Trust Company as successor Rights
Agent, dated August&nbsp;29, 2002, pursuant to Stockholders&#146; Rights Agreement dated as of July&nbsp;27,
1995. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 of the Registrant&#146;s Report on Form 10-Q filed
on November&nbsp;13, 2002, SEC File Number 001-16043.)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(5)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. as to the legality of shares
being registered.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(23.1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (included in opinion of
counsel filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(23.2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of J.H. Cohn LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(23.3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of KPMG LLP.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(24)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Power of Attorney to file future amendments (set forth on the signature page of this
Registration Statement).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(99.1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Alteon Inc. 2005 Stock Plan (filed with the Commission as an Exhibit to, and incorporated
herein by reference from, the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K for the June&nbsp;29, 2005
event, as filed on July&nbsp;6, 2005).</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><U>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</U>.



<P>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) 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, individually or in the aggregate, represents 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 Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) 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;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to
be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or


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<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">(2)&nbsp;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.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">(3)&nbsp;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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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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 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 therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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 Act 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in Parsippany, New Jersey on July&nbsp;13, 2005.


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<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"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>ALTEON INC.</B></FONT><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/   Kenneth I. Moch
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Kenneth I. Moch&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">POWER OF ATTORNEY




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each
person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Kenneth
I. Moch and Mary&nbsp;T. Phelan, and each of them singly, his/her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution in each of them singly, for him/her and in his/her name,
place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Alteon Inc., and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to the attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to
be done in or about the premises, as full to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of each of
them or their substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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 and on the dates indicated.

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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/    Kenneth I. Moch
<DIV style="width:100%; margin-top: 1px; font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kenneth I. Moch</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
President and Chief
Executive Officer
(principal executive officer
and principal financial officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;13, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/   Mary&nbsp;T. Phelan
<DIV style="width:100%; margin-top: 1px; font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Mary&nbsp;T. Phelan</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director of Finance and
Financial Reporting
(principal accounting officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;13, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/  Edwin D. Bransome, Jr., M.D.
<DIV style="width:100%; margin-top: 1px; font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Edwin D. Bransome, Jr., M.D.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;13, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/    Marilyn G. Breslow
<DIV style="width:100%; margin-top: 1px; font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Marilyn G. Breslow</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;13, 2005</TD>
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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/   Alan J. Dalby
<DIV style="width:100%; margin-top: 1px; font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Alan J. Dalby</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;13, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/  David K. McCurdy
<DIV style="width:100%; margin-top: 1px; font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David K. McCurdy</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;13, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/   Thomas A. Moore
<DIV style="width:100%; margin-top: 1px; font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas A. Moore</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;13, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/  George M. Naimark, Ph.D.
<DIV style="width:100%; margin-top: 1px; font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
George M. Naimark, Ph.D.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;13, 2005</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/   Mark Novitch, M.D.
<DIV style="width:100%; margin-top: 1px; font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Mark Novitch, M.D.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;13, 2005</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(4.1)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Report
on Form&nbsp;10-Q filed on November&nbsp;10, 1999, SEC File Number 000-19529.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(4.2)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
Alteon Inc., dated June&nbsp;6, 2001. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.8 to the Registrant&#146;s Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q filed on August
14, 2001, SEC File Number 001-16043.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(4.3)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
Alteon Inc., dated September&nbsp;17, 2004. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q filed on
November&nbsp;9, 2004, SEC File Number 001-16043.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(4.4)&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By-laws, as amended. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.10 to
the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2002, SEC File Number 001-16043.)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(4.5)&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Stockholders&#146; Rights Agreement between Alteon Inc. and Registrar and
Transfer Company, as Rights Agent, dated as of July&nbsp;27, 1995.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual
Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2000, SEC File
Number 001-16043.)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(4.6)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to Stockholders&#146; Rights Agreement between Alteon Inc. and
Registrar and Transfer Company, as Rights Agent, dated as of April
24, 1997. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 to the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on May&nbsp;9, 1997, SEC
File Number 000-19529.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(4.7)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to Stockholders&#146; Rights Agreement between Alteon Inc. and
Registrar and Transfer Company, as Rights Agent, dated as of
December&nbsp;1, 1997. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on December&nbsp;10, 1997,
SEC File Number 000-19529.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(4.8)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Notice of Appointment of The American Stock Transfer &#038; Trust Company
as successor Rights Agent, dated August&nbsp;29, 2002, pursuant to
Stockholders&#146; Rights Agreement dated as of July&nbsp;27, 1995.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 of the</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Registrant&#146;s Report
on Form&nbsp;10-Q filed on November&nbsp;13, 2002, SEC File Number 001-16043.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(5)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. as to
the legality of shares being registered.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(23.1)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
(included in opinion of counsel filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(23.2)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of J.H. Cohn LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(23.3)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(24)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney to file future amendments (set forth on the
signature page of this Registration Statement.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(99.1)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Alteon Inc. 2005 Stock Plan (filed with the Commission as an
Exhibit to, and incorporated herein by reference from, the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K for the June&nbsp;29, 2005
event, as filed on July&nbsp;6, 2005).</TD>
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As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on July 13, 2005
REGISTRATION NO. 333 -
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
under the
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ALTEON INC.
(
Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
13-3304550
(
State or Other Jurisdiction
(
I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation or Organization
)
Identification No.
)
6 Campus Drive
Parsippany, New Jersey 07054
(
Address, Including Zip Code, of Principal Executive Offices
)
ALTEON INC. 2005 STOCK PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
KENNETH I. MOCH
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
ALTEON INC.
6 CAMPUS DRIVE
PARSIPPANY, NEW JERSEY 07054
(201) 934-5000
(
Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including
Area Code, of Agent For Service
)
with a copy to:
WILLIAM T. WHELAN, ESQ.
MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRIS, GLOVSKY AND POPEO, P.C.
ONE FINANCIAL CENTER
BOSTON, MA 02111
(617) 542-2241
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Title of
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
Securities to be Registered
Registered
(1)
Per Share
(2)
Offering Price
(2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $.01 par value
143,000
shares
4,857,000
shares
5,000,000
shares
$
$
.20
.23
$
$
28,600
1,117,110
$
$
$
3.37
131.48
134.85
Rights to purchase Series F
Preferred Stock
(3
)
(3
)
(3
)
None
(1)
The number of shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share ("Common Stock"), stated
above consists of the aggregate number of shares which may be sold upon the exercise of
options which have been granted or upon the exercise of options or issuance of stock awards
which may hereafter be granted under the Alteon Inc. 2005 Stock Plan (the "Plan"). The
maximum number of shares which may be sold upon the exercise of such options or issuance of
stock awards granted under the Plan are subject to adjustment in accordance with certain
anti-dilution and other provisions of the Plan. Accordingly, pursuant to Rule 416 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement covers,
in addition to the number of shares stated above, an indeterminate number of shares which may
be subject to grant or otherwise issuable after the operation of any such anti-dilution and
other provisions.
(2)
This calculation is made solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant
to the provisions of Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act as follows: (i) in the case
of shares of Common Stock which may be purchased upon exercise of outstanding options, the fee
is calculated on the basis of the price at which the options may be exercised; and (ii) in the
case of shares of Common Stock for which options and stock awards have not yet been granted
and the option price of which is therefore unknown, the fee is calculated on the basis of the
average of the high and low sale prices per share of the Common Stock on the American Stock
Exchange as of a date (July 7, 2005) within five business days prior to filing this
Registration Statement.
(3)
No separate consideration will be received for the Rights.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
In accordance with the instructional Note to Part I of Form S-8 as promulgated by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, the information specified by Part I of Form S-8 has been
omitted from this Registration Statement on Form S-8 for offers of Common Stock pursuant to the
Plan.
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PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
OPINION OF MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRIS, GLOVSKY AND POPEO, P.C.
CONSENT OF J.H. COHN LLP
CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated herein by
reference:
(1)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004,
filed with the Commission on March 15, 2005.
(2)
Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2004, filed with the Commission on April 22, 2005.
(3)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005, filed
with the Commission on May 10, 2005.
(4)
The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 11, 2005.
(5)
The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on January 19, 2005.
(6)
The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on February 25, 2005.
(7)
The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 5, 2005.
(8)
The portions of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, that are deemed "filed" with the
Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), on May
10, 2005.
(9)
The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on June 10, 2005.
(10)
The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on June 27, 2005.
(11)
The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with
the Commission on July 6, 2005.
(12)
The portions of the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A that are deemed
"filed" with the Commission under the Exchange Act on May 2, 2005.
(13)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock included in the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed under the Exchange Act, with the Commission on November 1, 1991,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
(14)
The description of the Rights under the Registrant's Rights Agreement (which are currently
transferred with the Registrant's Common Stock) contained in the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 000-19529), filed under the Exchange Act, with the Commission
on August 4, 1995, including any amendment or report filed for the purposes of updating such
description.
All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant after the date hereof pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining
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unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from the date
of filing of such reports and documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities
.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
The validity of the issuance of the shares of Common Stock registered under this Registration
Statement has been passed upon for the Registrant by Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo,
P.C.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
Incorporated by reference from Part II, Item 15 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-3, File No. 333-106048.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
.
(4.1)
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 10, 1999,
SEC File Number 000-19529.)
(4.2)
Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Alteon Inc., dated June
6, 2001. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.8 to the Registrant's Report on Form 10-Q
filed on August 14, 2001, SEC File Number 001-16043.)
(4.3)
Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Alteon Inc., dated
September 17, 2004. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Report on
Form 10-Q filed on November 9, 2004, SEC File Number 001-16043.)
(4.4)
By-laws, as amended. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.10 to the Registrant's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002, SEC File Number 001-16043.)
(4.5)
Stockholders' Rights Agreement between Alteon Inc. and Registrar and Transfer Company, as
Rights Agent, dated as of July 27, 1995. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000, SEC File Number
001-16043.)
(4.6)
Amendment to Stockholders' Rights Agreement between Alteon Inc. and Registrar and Transfer
Company, as Rights Agent, dated as of April 24, 1997. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.4 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 9, 1997, SEC File Number
000-19529.)
(4.7)
Amendment to Stockholders' Rights Agreement between Alteon Inc. and Registrar and Transfer
Company, as Rights Agent, dated as of December 1, 1997. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 10, 1997, SEC File Number
000-19529.)
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(4.8)
Notice of Appointment of The American Stock Transfer & Trust Company as successor Rights
Agent, dated August 29, 2002, pursuant to Stockholders' Rights Agreement dated as of July 27,
1995. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 of the Registrant's Report on Form 10-Q filed
on November 13, 2002, SEC File Number 001-16043.)
(5)
Opinion of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. as to the legality of shares
being registered.
(23.1)
Consent of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (included in opinion of
counsel filed as Exhibit 5).
(23.2)
Consent of J.H. Cohn LLP.
(23.3)
Consent of KPMG LLP.
(24)
Power of Attorney to file future amendments (set forth on the signature page of this
Registration Statement).
(99.1)
Alteon Inc. 2005 Stock Plan (filed with the Commission as an Exhibit to, and incorporated
herein by reference from, the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K for the June 29, 2005
event, as filed on July 6, 2005).
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 the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represents 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 Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than a 20% 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 the Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in the Registration Statement;
Provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to
be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or
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furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.
(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 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 therein, 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 Act 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 Act 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, 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 Parsippany, New Jersey on July 13, 2005.
ALTEON INC.
By:
/s/   Kenneth I. Moch
Kenneth I. Moch
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each
person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Kenneth
I. Moch and Mary T. Phelan, and each of them singly, his/her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution in each of them singly, for him/her and in his/her name,
place and stead, and in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Alteon Inc., and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to the attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to
be done in or about the premises, as full to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of each of
them or their substitute may lawfully 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 and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/    Kenneth I. Moch
Kenneth I. Moch
President and Chief
Executive Officer
(principal executive officer
and principal financial officer)
July 13, 2005
/s/   Mary T. Phelan
Mary T. Phelan
Director of Finance and
Financial Reporting
(principal accounting officer)
July 13, 2005
/s/  Edwin D. Bransome, Jr., M.D.
Edwin D. Bransome, Jr., M.D.
Director
July 13, 2005
/s/    Marilyn G. Breslow
Marilyn G. Breslow
Director
July 13, 2005
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/   Alan J. Dalby
Alan J. Dalby
Director
July 13, 2005
/s/  David K. McCurdy
David K. McCurdy
Director
July 13, 2005
/s/   Thomas A. Moore
Thomas A. Moore
Director
July 13, 2005
/s/  George M. Naimark, Ph.D.
George M. Naimark, Ph.D.
Director
July 13, 2005
/s/   Mark Novitch, M.D.
Mark Novitch, M.D.
Director
July 13, 2005
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ALTEON INC.
INDEX TO EXHIBITS FILED WITH
FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Exhibit
Number
Description
(4.1)
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Report
on Form 10-Q filed on November 10, 1999, SEC File Number 000-19529.)
(4.2)
Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
Alteon Inc., dated June 6, 2001. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.8 to the Registrant's Report on Form 10-Q filed on August
14, 2001, SEC File Number 001-16043.)
(4.3)
Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
Alteon Inc., dated September 17, 2004. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Report on Form 10-Q filed on
November 9, 2004, SEC File Number 001-16043.)
(4.4)
By-laws, as amended. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.10 to
the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2002, SEC File Number 001-16043.)
(4.5)
Stockholders' Rights Agreement between Alteon Inc. and Registrar and
Transfer Company, as Rights Agent, dated as of July 27, 1995.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000, SEC File
Number 001-16043.)
(4.6)
Amendment to Stockholders' Rights Agreement between Alteon Inc. and
Registrar and Transfer Company, as Rights Agent, dated as of April
24, 1997. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 9, 1997, SEC
File Number 000-19529.)
(4.7)
Amendment to Stockholders' Rights Agreement between Alteon Inc. and
Registrar and Transfer Company, as Rights Agent, dated as of
December 1, 1997. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 10, 1997,
SEC File Number 000-19529.)
(4.8)
Notice of Appointment of The American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
as successor Rights Agent, dated August 29, 2002, pursuant to
Stockholders' Rights Agreement dated as of July 27, 1995.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 of the
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Exhibit
Number
Description
Registrant's Report
on Form 10-Q filed on November 13, 2002, SEC File Number 001-16043.)
(5)
Opinion of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. as to
the legality of shares being registered.
(23.1)
Consent of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
(included in opinion of counsel filed as Exhibit 5).
(23.2)
Consent of J.H. Cohn LLP.
(23.3)
Consent of KPMG LLP.
(24)
Power of Attorney to file future amendments (set forth on the
signature page of this Registration Statement.)
(99.1)
Alteon Inc. 2005 Stock Plan (filed with the Commission as an
Exhibit to, and incorporated herein by reference from, the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K for the June 29, 2005
event, as filed on July 6, 2005).
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