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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Form&nbsp;S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>AGERE SYSTEMS INC.</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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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>1110 American Parkway NE<BR>
Allentown, Pennsylvania 18109</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Agere Systems Inc. 2001 Long Term Incentive Plan<BR>
Agere Systems Inc. Non-Employee Director Stock Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plans)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Jean F. Rankin<BR>
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
Agere Systems Inc.<BR>
1110 American Parkway NE<BR>
Allentown, Pennsylvania 18109<BR>
(610)&nbsp;712-1000</B><BR>
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for<BR>
service)</DIV>

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

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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>class of Securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><B>to be registered</B></TD>
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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common stock (2)
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">5,700,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(3)</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">14.645</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(1)</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="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>

<TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">83,476,500</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(1)</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>

<TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">8,931.99</TD>
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</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>
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">300,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(4)</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>

<TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">14.645</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(1)</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="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>

<TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">4,393,500</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(1)</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="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>

<TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">470.10</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">6,000,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>

<TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">87,870,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">9,402.09</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(1)&nbsp;Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and, pursuant to Rule
457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, based on the average of the high and low sale price of the
common stock of Agere Systems Inc. on the New York Stock Exchange on
March&nbsp;29, 2006.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(2)&nbsp;Includes associated rights to purchase Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating Preferred Stock. No
separate consideration will be received for the rights, which initially will trade together with
the common stock.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(3)&nbsp;Represents securities to be registered for sale under the Agere Systems Inc. 2001 Long Term
Incentive Plan.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(4)&nbsp;Represents securities to be registered for sale under the Agere Systems Inc. Non-Employee
Director Stock Plan.
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated
herein by reference (File No.&nbsp;1-16397):
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September&nbsp;30, 2005, filed on
December&nbsp;12, 2005.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;All other reports filed by us pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 since September&nbsp;30, 2005.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;The description of our common stock contained in our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on
June&nbsp;1, 2005, including any amendment or reports filed for the purpose of updating that
description.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after the filing of this registration
statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof from their respective
dates of filing; <I>provided, however, </I>that the documents enumerated above or subsequently filed by
Agere pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in
each year during which the offering made hereby is in effect prior to the filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission of Agere&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K covering such year shall
not be incorporated by reference herein or be a part hereof from and after the filing of such
Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
any other subsequently filed document that is incorporated by reference modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part hereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our certificate of incorporation provides that a director will not be personally liable to
Agere or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except,
if required by the Delaware General Corporation Law as amended from time to time, for liability (i)
for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to Agere or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,
(iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which concerns unlawful payments
of dividends, stock purchases or redemptions, or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director
derived an improper personal benefit. Neither the amendment nor repeal of such provision will
eliminate or reduce the effect of such provision in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause
of action, suit or claim that, but for such provision, would accrue or arise, prior to such
amendment or repeal.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;While the certificate of incorporation provides directors with protection from awards for
monetary damages for breach of their duty of care, it does not eliminate such duty. Accordingly,
our certificate of incorporation will have no effect on the availability of equitable remedies
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">such
as an injunction or rescission based on a director&#146;s breach of his or her duty of care.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our certificate of incorporation provides that each person who was or is made a party to or is
threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person, or a person of
whom such person is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of Agere or is or was
serving at our request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee
benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a
director, officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer,
employee or agent, will be indemnified and held harmless by Agere to the fullest extent authorized
by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in
the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits Agere to provide
broader indemnification rights than said law permitted Agere to provide prior to such amendment),
against all expense, liability and loss reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in
connection therewith. Such right to indemnification includes the right to have Agere pay the
expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition, subject to
the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law. Such rights are not exclusive of any other
right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the
certificate of incorporation, bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise. No repeal or modification of such provision will in any way diminish or adversely
affect the rights of any director, officer, employee or agent of Agere thereunder in respect of any
occurrence or matter arising prior to any such repeal or modification.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The certificate of incorporation also specifically authorizes Agere to maintain insurance and
to grant similar indemnification rights to employees or agents of Agere. The directors and
officers of Agere are covered by insurance policies indemnifying against certain liabilities,
including certain liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, which might be incurred by
them in such capacities.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Exhibit&nbsp;Index.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment
to this registration statement:
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(ii)&nbsp;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, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the 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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(iii)&nbsp;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;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>Provided, however</I>, That:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(A)&nbsp;Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the registration statement
is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or 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 the registration statement; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(B)&nbsp;Paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form F-3 and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or 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 the registration statement, or is contained in a form
of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(C) <I>Provided further, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is for an offering of asset-backed securities on Form S-1 or Form S-3, and
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment is provided pursuant to Item
1100(c) of Regulation&nbsp;AB.
</DIV>

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

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

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(4)&nbsp;If the registrant is a foreign private issuer, to file a post-effective amendment to the
registration statement to include any financial statements required by Item&nbsp;8.A. of Form 20-F at
the start of any delayed offering or throughout a continuous offering. Financial statements and
information otherwise required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Act need not be furnished, <I>provided </I>that
the registrant includes in the prospectus, by means of a post-effective amendment, financial
statements required pursuant to this paragraph (a)(4) and other information necessary to ensure
that all other information in the prospectus is at least as current as the date of those financial
statements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to registration statements on Form F-3, a
post-effective amendment need not be filed to include financial statements and information required
by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Act or Rule&nbsp;3-19 of Regulation&nbsp;S-X if such financial statements and
information are contained in periodic reports filed with or 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 the Form F-3.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(5)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any
purchaser:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(i)&nbsp;If the registrant is relying on Rule&nbsp;430B:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(A)&nbsp;Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part
of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included
in the registration statement; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(B)&nbsp;Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a
registration statement in reliance on Rule&nbsp;430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule
415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x)&nbsp;for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a)
of the
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration
statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness
or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the
prospectus. As provided in Rule&nbsp;430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is
at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the
registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that
prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof. <I>Provided, however, </I>that no statement made in a registration
statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document
incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that
is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior
to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration
statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document
immediately prior to such effective date; or
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(ii)&nbsp;If the registrant is subject to Rule&nbsp;430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as
part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements
relying on Rule&nbsp;430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule&nbsp;430A, shall be deemed to
be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after
effectiveness. <I>Provided, however, </I>that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus
that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed
incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the
registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first
use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus
that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such
date of first use.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(6)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of
1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned
registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to
sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by
means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the
purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(i)&nbsp;Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering
required to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(ii)&nbsp;Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the
undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(iii)&nbsp;The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material
information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the
undersigned registrant; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(iv)&nbsp;Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to
the purchaser.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(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 Section 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 the 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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(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 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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<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, as amended, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement or amendment thereto to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on
the 4<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of April, 2006.
</DIV>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">AGERE SYSTEMS INC.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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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>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Peter Kelly</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</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">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Name:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Peter Kelly</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">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Title:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<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, as amended, this registration
statement or amendment thereto has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the date indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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">Richard L. Clemmer
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief
Executive Officer and
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Richard L. Clemmer</TD>
</TR>
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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>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">Principal Financial Officer:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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">Peter Kelly
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial</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">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Peter Kelly</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">Principal Accounting Officer:</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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>
    <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">Gary J. Wojtaszek
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and
Corporate Controller
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Gary J. Wojtaszek</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Directors:

</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 3%; margin-top: 6pt">Richard S. Hill*<BR>
Arun Netravali*<BR>
Thomas P. Salice*<BR>
Rae F. Sedel*<BR>
Harold A. Wagner*<BR>
Kari-Pekka Wilska*
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Peter Kelly
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&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">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Peter Kelly&nbsp;attorney-in-fact)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Date: April&nbsp;4, 2006
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Exhibit&nbsp;3.1.4 to Form&nbsp;8-K filed June&nbsp;1, 2005).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement between the registrant and Computershare Investor
Services, LLC, as rights agent, originally dated as of March&nbsp;26,
2001 and amended and restated as of May&nbsp;27, 2005 (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 to Form&nbsp;8-K filed June&nbsp;1, 2005).</TD>
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S-8
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AGERE SYSTEMS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
22-3746606
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation or organization)
1110 American Parkway NE
Allentown, Pennsylvania 18109
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Agere Systems Inc. 2001 Long Term Incentive Plan
Agere Systems Inc. Non-Employee Director Stock Plan
(Full Title of the Plans)
Jean F. Rankin
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Agere Systems Inc.
1110 American Parkway NE
Allentown, Pennsylvania 18109
(610) 712-1000
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for
service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each
Amount
Proposed
Proposed maximum
Amount of
class of Securities
to be
maximum
aggregate
registration
to be registered
registered
offering price
offering
fee
per
price
share
Common stock (2)
5,700,000
(3)
$
14.645
(1)
$
83,476,500
(1)
$
8,931.99
Common stock (2)
300,000
(4)
$
14.645
(1)
$
4,393,500
(1)
$
470.10
Total
6,000,000
$
87,870,000
$
9,402.09
(1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and, pursuant to Rule
457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, based on the average of the high and low sale price of the
common stock of Agere Systems Inc. on the New York Stock Exchange on
March 29, 2006.
(2) Includes associated rights to purchase Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock. No
separate consideration will be received for the rights, which initially will trade together with
the common stock.
(3) Represents securities to be registered for sale under the Agere Systems Inc. 2001 Long Term
Incentive Plan.
(4) Represents securities to be registered for sale under the Agere Systems Inc. Non-Employee
Director Stock Plan.
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PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of 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
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1: OPINION OF GENERAL COUNSEL
EX-23.1: CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
EX-24: POWER OF ATTORNEY
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated
herein by reference (File No. 1-16397):
(1) Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2005, filed on
December 12, 2005.
(2) All other reports filed by us pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 since September 30, 2005.
(3) The description of our common stock contained in our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on
June 1, 2005, including any amendment or reports filed for the purpose of updating that
description.
All documents we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 after the filing of this registration
statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and made a part hereof from their respective
dates of filing;
provided, however,
that the documents enumerated above or subsequently filed by
Agere pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in
each year during which the offering made hereby is in effect prior to the filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission of Agere's Annual Report on Form 10-K covering such year shall
not be incorporated by reference herein or be a part hereof from and after the filing of such
Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
any other subsequently filed document that is incorporated by reference modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part hereof.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not Applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Our certificate of incorporation provides that a director will not be personally liable to
Agere or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except,
if required by the Delaware General Corporation Law as amended from time to time, for liability (i)
for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to Agere or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,
(iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which concerns unlawful payments
of dividends, stock purchases or redemptions, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director
derived an improper personal benefit. Neither the amendment nor repeal of such provision will
eliminate or reduce the effect of such provision in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause
of action, suit or claim that, but for such provision, would accrue or arise, prior to such
amendment or repeal.
While the certificate of incorporation provides directors with protection from awards for
monetary damages for breach of their duty of care, it does not eliminate such duty. Accordingly,
our certificate of incorporation will have no effect on the availability of equitable remedies
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such
as an injunction or rescission based on a director's breach of his or her duty of care.
Our certificate of incorporation provides that each person who was or is made a party to or is
threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person, or a person of
whom such person is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of Agere or is or was
serving at our request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee
benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a
director, officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer,
employee or agent, will be indemnified and held harmless by Agere to the fullest extent authorized
by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in
the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits Agere to provide
broader indemnification rights than said law permitted Agere to provide prior to such amendment),
against all expense, liability and loss reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in
connection therewith. Such right to indemnification includes the right to have Agere pay the
expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition, subject to
the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law. Such rights are not exclusive of any other
right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the
certificate of incorporation, bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise. No repeal or modification of such provision will in any way diminish or adversely
affect the rights of any director, officer, employee or agent of Agere thereunder in respect of any
occurrence or matter arising prior to any such repeal or modification.
The certificate of incorporation also specifically authorizes Agere to maintain insurance and
to grant similar indemnification rights to employees or agents of Agere. The directors and
officers of Agere are covered by insurance policies indemnifying against certain liabilities,
including certain liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, which might be incurred by
them in such capacities.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index.
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, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the 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.
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(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:
(A) Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the registration statement
is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or 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 the registration statement; and
(B) Paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form F-3 and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or 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 the registration statement, or is contained in a form
of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
(C)
Provided further, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is for an offering of asset-backed securities on Form S-1 or Form S-3, and
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment is provided pursuant to Item
1100(c) of Regulation AB.
(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.
(4) If the registrant is a foreign private issuer, to file a post-effective amendment to the
registration statement to include any financial statements required by Item 8.A. of Form 20-F at
the start of any delayed offering or throughout a continuous offering. Financial statements and
information otherwise required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Act need not be furnished,
provided
that
the registrant includes in the prospectus, by means of a post-effective amendment, financial
statements required pursuant to this paragraph (a)(4) and other information necessary to ensure
that all other information in the prospectus is at least as current as the date of those financial
statements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to registration statements on Form F-3, a
post-effective amendment need not be filed to include financial statements and information required
by Section 10(a)(3) of the Act or Rule 3-19 of Regulation S-X if such financial statements and
information are contained in periodic reports filed with or 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 the Form F-3.
(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any
purchaser:
(i) If the registrant is relying on Rule 430B:
(A) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part
of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included
in the registration statement; and
(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of a
registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule
415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a)
of the
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Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration
statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness
or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the
prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is
at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the
registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that
prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
Provided, however,
that no statement made in a registration
statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document
incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that
is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior
to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration
statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document
immediately prior to such effective date; or
(ii) If the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as
part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements
relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to
be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after
effectiveness.
Provided, however,
that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus
that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed
incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the
registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first
use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus
that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such
date of first use.
(6) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of
1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:
The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned
registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to
sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by
means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the
purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering
required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the
undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material
information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the
undersigned registrant; and
(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to
the purchaser.
(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 (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 the 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.
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(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, as amended, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement or amendment thereto to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on
the 4
th
day of April, 2006.
AGERE SYSTEMS INC.
By:
/s/ Peter Kelly
Name:
Peter Kelly
Title:
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement or amendment thereto has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the date indicated.
Principal Executive Officer:
Richard L. Clemmer
President, Chief
Executive Officer and
Director
/s/ Richard L. Clemmer
Principal Financial Officer:
Peter Kelly
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial
Officer
/s/ Peter Kelly
Principal Accounting Officer:
Gary J. Wojtaszek
Vice President and
Corporate Controller
/s/ Gary J. Wojtaszek
Directors:
Richard S. Hill*
Arun Netravali*
Thomas P. Salice*
Rae F. Sedel*
Harold A. Wagner*
Kari-Pekka Wilska*
*By:
/s/ Peter Kelly
(Peter Kelly attorney-in-fact)
Date: April 4, 2006
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
4.1
Certificate of Incorporation. (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1.4 to Form 8-K filed June 1, 2005).
4.2
Rights Agreement between the registrant and Computershare Investor
Services, LLC, as rights agent, originally dated as of March 26,
2001 and amended and restated as of May 27, 2005 (Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Form 8-K filed June 1, 2005).
5.1
Opinion of Jean F. Rankin, General Counsel of the registrant, as
to the legality of the securities to be issued.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2
Consent of Jean F. Rankin is contained in the opinion of counsel
filed as Exhibit 5.1.
24
Power of Attorney executed by directors who signed this
registration statement.