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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;16, 2009
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>DENDREON CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>22-3203193</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>3005 First Avenue</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Seattle, Washington</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>98121</B><BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Dendreon Corporation 2009 Equity Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Richard F. Hamm, Jr.<BR>
Senior Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
Dendreon Corporation<BR>
3005 First Avenue<BR>
Seattle, Washington 98121</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(206)&nbsp;256-4545</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><I>Copy to:</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Christopher M. Kelly<BR>
Jones Day<BR>
901 Lakeside Avenue<BR>
Cleveland, Ohio 44114<BR>
Tel: (216)&nbsp;586-3939</B></DIV>

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>



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    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
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<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" colspan="3"><B>Registered<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Per Share<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></B></TD>
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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, $.001 par value, including
related rights to
purchase Series&nbsp;A
Junior Participating
Preferred Stock
</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">13,200,000</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" colspan=3>$23.26</TD>

    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">307,032,000</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" colspan=3>$17,132.39</TD>

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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Together with an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be
necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the
Dendreon Corporation 2009 Equity Incentive Plan as the result of any future
stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the registrant&#146;s
outstanding Common Stock, and including related rights to purchase Series&nbsp;A
Junior Participating Preferred Stock.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and (c)&nbsp;of the Securities Act of 1933.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We will send or give the documents containing the information required by Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8
to participants in the Dendreon Corporation 2009 Equity Incentive Plan pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;) are
incorporated by reference into this registration statement as of their respective dates of filing:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>The description of our common stock set forth in our Registration Statement on
Form S-1, which was filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;8, 2000 (File No.&nbsp;333-31920);</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>The description of our Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating Preferred Stock set forth
in our Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on September&nbsp;25, 2002
(File No.&nbsp;000-30681), and in Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 thereto;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008, as
filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;3, 2009 (File No.&nbsp;000-30681), including certain
information incorporated by reference from our Definitive Proxy Statement on
Schedule&nbsp;14A for our 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was filed with the
SEC on April&nbsp;30, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March&nbsp;31, 2009, as
filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;6, 2009 (File No.&nbsp;000-30681); and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>Our Current Reports on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;11, 2009,
April&nbsp;14, 2009, April&nbsp;22, 2009, May&nbsp;1, 2009, May&nbsp;5, 2009, May&nbsp;11, 2009, May&nbsp;13,
2009, June&nbsp;16, 2009 and June&nbsp;22, 2009, respectively (File No.&nbsp;000-30681).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;These filings are available, at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at the following
address:
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 2.5%; margin-top: 6pt">Dendreon Corporation<BR>
3005 First Avenue<BR>
Seattle, Washington 98121<BR>
(206)&nbsp;256-4545<BR>
Attention: Investor Relations
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents that we file after the date of this registration statement pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;),
before the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto which indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters any securities then remaining unsold, also shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from
their respective dates of filing.
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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 or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to
the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed document that also
is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement contained in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to
the extent that a statement contained in a subsequently filed
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">document which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
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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;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court to award, or a
corporation&#146;s board of directors to grant, indemnification to directors and officers in terms
sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities
(including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act. The registrant&#146;s
bylaws provide for mandatory indemnification of its directors and officers and permissible
indemnification of employees and other agents to the maximum extent not prohibited by the Delaware
General Corporation Law. The registrant&#146;s certificate of incorporation provides that, pursuant to
Delaware law, its directors shall not be liable for monetary damages for breach of the directors&#146;
fiduciary duty as directors to the registrant and its stockholders. This provision in the
certificate of incorporation does not eliminate the directors&#146; fiduciary duty, and in appropriate
circumstances equitable remedies such as injunctive or other forms of non-monetary relief will
remain available under Delaware law. In addition, each director will continue to be subject to
liability for breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the registrant for acts or omissions not
in good faith or involving intentional misconduct, for knowing violations of law, for actions
leading to improper personal benefit to the director and for payment of dividends or approval of
stock repurchases or redemptions that are unlawful under Delaware law. The provision also does not
affect a director&#146;s responsibilities under any other law, such as the federal securities laws or
state or federal environmental laws. The registrant has entered into indemnification agreements
with its officers and directors. The indemnification agreements provide its officers and directors
with further indemnification to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation
Law. The registrant maintains liability insurance for its directors and officers.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<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;(a)&nbsp;See Exhibit&nbsp;Index following the signature page hereof.
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    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description of Exhibits</B></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant.<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant.<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant.<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(4)</SUP></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.5</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Specimen Common Stock certificate.<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(5)</SUP></DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.6</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Designation of Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating Preferred Stock.<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(6)</SUP></DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.7</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Rights Agreement between the Registrant and Mellon Investor Services, LLC, as Rights
Agent, dated September&nbsp;18, 2002.<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(7)</SUP></DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description of Exhibits</B></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.8</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Right Certificate.<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(8)</SUP></DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Jones Day.*</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.*</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included in the signature page hereto).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">99.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Dendreon Corporation 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.*</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><DIV align="left"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 13pt; width: 18%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed herewith.</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three
months ended March&nbsp;31, 2002 (File No.&nbsp;000-30681) and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on
June&nbsp;13, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;000-30681) and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on
June&nbsp;16, 2009 (File No.&nbsp;000-30681) and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on
December&nbsp;8, 2008 (File No.&nbsp;000-30681) and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(5)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on
Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-31920) and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(6)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on
September&nbsp;25, 2002 (File No.&nbsp;000-30681) and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(7)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;99.2 to the registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC
on September&nbsp;25, 2002 (File No.&nbsp;000-30681) and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(8)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;99.3 to the registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC
on September&nbsp;25, 2002 (File No.&nbsp;000-30681) and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;i. To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&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, 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 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement;
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&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;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><I>Provided however</I>, that 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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2. That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3. To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to section 13(a) or 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the 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>


<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, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized in the City of Seattle, State of Washington
on this 16th day of
July&nbsp;2009.
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    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Dendreon Corporation:<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/
Mitchell H. Gold, M.D.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Mitchell H. Gold, M.D.&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>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Mitchell H. Gold, M.D. and Richard F. Hamm, Jr., and each or either of them, his or her true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him
or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be
done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them,
or their or his or her substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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<td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <TD valign="top">
<DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Mitchell H. Gold,
M.D.<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Mitchell
H. Gold, M.D.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and&nbsp;Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 16, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Gregory T. Schiffman<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gregory
T. Schiffman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;and
Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 16, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Gregory R. Cox<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gregory R. Cox
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Principal Accounting Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 16, 2009</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard B. Brewer
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 16, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Susan B. Bayh<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Susan B. Bayh
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 16, 2009</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Gerardo Canet<DIV style="font-size: 1px; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gerardo Canet
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 16, 2009</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Bogdan Dziurzynski, D.P.A.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 16, 2009</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
David L. Urdal, Ph.D.<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David L. Urdal, Ph.D.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 16, 2009</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Douglas G. Watson<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Douglas G. Watson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 16, 2009</TD>
</TR>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>EXHIBITS</B>

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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description of Exhibits</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant.<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant.<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant.<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(4)</SUP></DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.5</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Specimen Common Stock certificate.<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(5)</SUP></DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.6</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Designation of Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating Preferred Stock.<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(6)</SUP></DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.7</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Rights Agreement between the Registrant and Mellon Investor Services, LLC, as Rights
Agent, dated September&nbsp;18, 2002.<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(7)</SUP></DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.8</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Right Certificate.<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(8)</SUP></DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Jones Day.*</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.*</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included in the signature page hereto).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">99.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Dendreon Corporation 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.*</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed herewith.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three
months ended March&nbsp;31, 2002 (File No.&nbsp;000-30681) and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on
June&nbsp;13, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;000-30681) and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on
June&nbsp;16, 2009 (File No.&nbsp;000-30681) and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on
December&nbsp;8, 2008 (File No.&nbsp;000-30681) and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(5)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on
Form S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-31920) and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(6)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on
September&nbsp;25, 2002 (File No.&nbsp;000-30681) and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(7)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;99.2 to the registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC
on September&nbsp;25, 2002 (File No.&nbsp;000-30681) and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(8)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;99.3 to the registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC
on September&nbsp;25, 2002 (File No.&nbsp;000-30681) and incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 16, 2009
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
DENDREON CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
22-3203193
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
3005 First Avenue
Seattle, Washington
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
98121
(Zip Code)
Dendreon Corporation 2009 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Richard F. Hamm, Jr.
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Dendreon Corporation
3005 First Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98121
(Name and address of agent for service)
(206) 256-4545
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Christopher M. Kelly
Jones Day
901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Tel: (216) 586-3939
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Amount of
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Registration
to be Registered
Registered
(1)
Per Share
(2)
Offering Price
(2)
Fee
Common Stock, $.001 par value, including
related rights to
purchase Series A
Junior Participating
Preferred Stock
13,200,000
$23.26
$
307,032,000
$17,132.39
(1)
Together with an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be
necessary to adjust the number of shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the
Dendreon Corporation 2009 Equity Incentive Plan as the result of any future
stock split, stock dividend or similar adjustment of the registrant's
outstanding Common Stock, and including related rights to purchase Series A
Junior Participating Preferred Stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) and (c) of the Securities Act of 1933.
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PART I
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
EX-23.1
EX-99.1
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
We will send or give the documents containing the information required by Part I of Form S-8
to participants in the Dendreon Corporation 2009 Equity Incentive Plan pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") are
incorporated by reference into this registration statement as of their respective dates of filing:
•
The description of our common stock set forth in our Registration Statement on
Form S-1, which was filed with the SEC on March 8, 2000 (File No. 333-31920);
•
The description of our Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock set forth
in our Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on September 25, 2002
(File No. 000-30681), and in Exhibit 4.1 thereto;
•
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, as
filed with the SEC on March 3, 2009 (File No. 000-30681), including certain
information incorporated by reference from our Definitive Proxy Statement on
Schedule 14A for our 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which was filed with the
SEC on April 30, 2009;
•
Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2009, as
filed with the SEC on May 6, 2009 (File No. 000-30681); and
•
Our Current Reports on Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on February 11, 2009,
April 14, 2009, April 22, 2009, May 1, 2009, May 5, 2009, May 11, 2009, May 13,
2009, June 16, 2009 and June 22, 2009, respectively (File No. 000-30681).
These filings are available, at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at the following
address:
Dendreon Corporation
3005 First Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98121
(206) 256-4545
Attention: Investor Relations
All documents that we file after the date of this registration statement pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
before the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto which indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters any securities then remaining unsold, also shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from
their respective dates of filing.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to
the extent that a statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed document that also
is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement contained in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to
the extent that a statement contained in a subsequently filed
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document which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court to award, or a
corporation's board of directors to grant, indemnification to directors and officers in terms
sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities
(including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act. The registrant's
bylaws provide for mandatory indemnification of its directors and officers and permissible
indemnification of employees and other agents to the maximum extent not prohibited by the Delaware
General Corporation Law. The registrant's certificate of incorporation provides that, pursuant to
Delaware law, its directors shall not be liable for monetary damages for breach of the directors'
fiduciary duty as directors to the registrant and its stockholders. This provision in the
certificate of incorporation does not eliminate the directors' fiduciary duty, and in appropriate
circumstances equitable remedies such as injunctive or other forms of non-monetary relief will
remain available under Delaware law. In addition, each director will continue to be subject to
liability for breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the registrant for acts or omissions not
in good faith or involving intentional misconduct, for knowing violations of law, for actions
leading to improper personal benefit to the director and for payment of dividends or approval of
stock repurchases or redemptions that are unlawful under Delaware law. The provision also does not
affect a director's responsibilities under any other law, such as the federal securities laws or
state or federal environmental laws. The registrant has entered into indemnification agreements
with its officers and directors. The indemnification agreements provide its officers and directors
with further indemnification to the maximum extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation
Law. The registrant maintains liability insurance for its directors and officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
(a) See Exhibit Index following the signature page hereof.
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibits
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.
(1)
4.2
Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant.
(2)
4.3
Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant.
(3)
4.4
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant.
(4)
4.5
Specimen Common Stock certificate.
(5)
4.6
Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock.
(6)
4.7
Rights Agreement between the Registrant and Mellon Investor Services, LLC, as Rights
Agent, dated September 18, 2002.
(7)
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Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibits
4.8
Form of Right Certificate.
(8)
5.1
Opinion of Jones Day.*
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.*
23.2
Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page hereto).
99.1
Dendreon Corporation 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.*
*
Filed herewith.
(1)
Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three
months ended March 31, 2002 (File No. 000-30681) and incorporated herein by reference.
(2)
Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on
June 13, 2005 (File No. 000-30681) and incorporated herein by reference.
(3)
Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on
June 16, 2009 (File No. 000-30681) and incorporated herein by reference.
(4)
Filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on
December 8, 2008 (File No. 000-30681) and incorporated herein by reference.
(5)
Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 1 to the registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-1 (File No. 333-31920) and incorporated herein by reference.
(6)
Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on
September 25, 2002 (File No. 000-30681) and incorporated herein by reference.
(7)
Filed as Exhibit 99.2 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC
on September 25, 2002 (File No. 000-30681) and incorporated herein by reference.
(8)
Filed as Exhibit 99.3 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC
on September 25, 2002 (File No. 000-30681) and incorporated herein by reference.
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 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 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.
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 (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.
(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 the City of Seattle, State of Washington
on this 16th day of
July 2009.
Dendreon Corporation:
By:
/s/
Mitchell H. Gold, M.D.
Mitchell H. Gold, M.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Mitchell H. Gold, M.D. and Richard F. Hamm, Jr., and each or either of them, his or her true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him
or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be
done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them,
or their or his or her substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Mitchell H. Gold,
M.D.
Mitchell
H. Gold, M.D.
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
July 16, 2009
/s/
Gregory T. Schiffman
Gregory
T. Schiffman
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
July 16, 2009
/s/
Gregory R. Cox
Gregory R. Cox
Principal Accounting Officer
July 16, 2009
Richard B. Brewer
Director
July 16, 2009
/s/
Susan B. Bayh
Susan B. Bayh
Director
July 16, 2009
/s/
Gerardo Canet
Gerardo Canet
Director
July 16, 2009
Bogdan Dziurzynski, D.P.A.
Director
July 16, 2009
/s/
David L. Urdal, Ph.D.
David L. Urdal, Ph.D.
Director
July 16, 2009
/s/
Douglas G. Watson
Douglas G. Watson
Director
July 16, 2009
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibits
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.
(1)
4.2
Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant.
(2)
4.3
Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant.
(3)
4.4
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant.
(4)
4.5
Specimen Common Stock certificate.
(5)
4.6
Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock.
(6)
4.7
Rights Agreement between the Registrant and Mellon Investor Services, LLC, as Rights
Agent, dated September 18, 2002.
(7)
4.8
Form of Right Certificate.
(8)
5.1
Opinion of Jones Day.*
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.*
23.2
Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page hereto).
99.1
Dendreon Corporation 2009 Equity Incentive Plan.*
*
Filed herewith.
(1)
Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three
months ended March 31, 2002 (File No. 000-30681) and incorporated herein by reference.
(2)
Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on
June 13, 2005 (File No. 000-30681) and incorporated herein by reference.
(3)
Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on
June 16, 2009 (File No. 000-30681) and incorporated herein by reference.
(4)
Filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on
December 8, 2008 (File No. 000-30681) and incorporated herein by reference.
(5)
Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 1 to the registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-1 (File No. 333-31920) and incorporated herein by reference.
(6)
Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on
September 25, 2002 (File No. 000-30681) and incorporated herein by reference.
(7)
Filed as Exhibit 99.2 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC
on September 25, 2002 (File No. 000-30681) and incorporated herein by reference.
(8)
Filed as Exhibit 99.3 to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC
on September 25, 2002 (File No. 000-30681) and incorporated herein by reference.