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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;8, 2011</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;</B>
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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</B>
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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: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><i>REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</i></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ERESEARCHTECHNOLOGY, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</I></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>22-3264604</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(State or other jurisdiction of</I>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)</I></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>incorporation or organization)</I></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1818 Market Street</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Philadelphia, PA 19103</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>19103</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</I>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>eResearchTechnology, Inc. Amended and Restated 2003 Equity Incentive Plan</B><BR>
<I>(Full title of plan)</I></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>Keith D. Schneck<BR>
Executive Vice President and<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
eResearchTechnology, Inc.<BR>
1818 Market Street<BR>
Philadelphia, PA 19103</B><BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><I>(Name and address of agent for service)</I></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(215)&nbsp;972-0420</B><BR>
<I>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
an non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definition of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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<TR valign="top"><TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
<TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="center">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
<TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Each Class of</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common stock, par value $0.01 per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" nowrap>3,500,000 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">5.38</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</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 align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">18,830,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,187.00</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This registration statement registers an additional 3,500,000 shares to be offered and sold under the
eResearchTechnology, Inc. Amended and Restated 2003 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). This
registration statement also registers such additional shares as may be required to be issued under the
Plan in the event of any future stock dividend, reverse stock split, split-up, reclassification and/or
other similar event.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to paragraph (h)&nbsp;of Rule&nbsp;457, the proposed maximum offering price per share; the proposed
maximum aggregate offering price and the registration fee have been computed on the basis of $5.38 per
share, the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock of the Company on the Nasdaq
National Market System on August&nbsp;2, 2011, which is a day on which the Common Stock traded that is
within five business days prior to the date of filing.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Introductory statement pursuant to general instruction E to form s-8</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The shares being registered hereunder constitute an additional 3,500,000 shares of Common
Stock of eResearchTechnology, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) for issuance under the Company&#146;s Amended and
Restated 2003 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). On July&nbsp;23, 2003, the Company registered
1,700,000 shares of Common Stock for offer and sale under the Plan under the Securities Act of 1933
on Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-107272 on Form S-8, which registration statement also registered
additional shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan in the event of any future stock
dividend, reverse stock split, split-up, declassification and/or other similar event, such that, as
a result of stock dividends subsequently declared and paid by the Company, such registration
statement registered a total of 3,818,625 shares as of the date hereof. On May&nbsp;3, 2006, the Company
registered 3,500,000 shares of Common Stock for offer and sale under the Plan under the Securities
Act of 1933 on Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-133775 on Form S-8. Pursuant to General Instruction
E to Form S-8, with respect to the registration of additional securities hereunder for issuance
under the Plan, the contents of the Company&#146;s Registration Statement Nos. 333-107272 and 333-133775
are incorporated herein by reference.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following material is incorporated herein by reference:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31,
2010 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on March&nbsp;3,
2011.</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Periodic Reports on Form 10-Q of the Company for the Fiscal Quarter Ended March&nbsp;31, 2011
as filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;6, 2011 and for the Fiscal Quarter Ended June&nbsp;30, 2011 as
filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;5, 2011.</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;1,
2011, April&nbsp;22, 2011, May&nbsp;2, 2011 and August&nbsp;1, 2011.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock set forth in the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission, File No.&nbsp;333-17001, declared
effective by the Commission on February&nbsp;3, 1997.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All reports or other documents filed pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement, in each case
filed by the Company prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and
to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such reports and documents. Any statement contained
in a document
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for the purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document, which also is or is deemed
to be incorporated herein by reference, 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: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">eResearchTechnology, Inc. Amended and Restated 2003 Equity Incentive
Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.31 to the Company&#146;s Form
10-Q Report for the Fiscal Quarter Ended June&nbsp;30, 2011, as filed on
August&nbsp;5, 2011).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Duane Morris LLP.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Duane Morris LLP (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages hereto).</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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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, 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 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August&nbsp;8, 2011.
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    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">eResearchTechnology, Inc.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Jeffrey S. Litwin
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Jeffrey S. Litwin&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>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Know all men by these presents, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Jeffrey S. Litwin and Keith D. Schneck, and each of them, as such person&#146;s true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for such person, and in such
person&#146;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any or all amendments or
post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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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 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jeffrey S. Litwin
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jeffrey S. Litwin, M.D.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director<br>
(Principal executive officer)
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Elam M. Hitchner
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Elam M. Hitchner
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Keith D. Schneck
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Keith D. Schneck
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Secretary<br>
(Principal financial and accounting
officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Klaus P. Besier
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Gerald A. Faich
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gerald A. Faich, M.D., M.P.H.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Joel Morganroth
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Joel Morganroth, M.D.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Stephen S. Phillips
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Stephen S. Phillips
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Stephen M. Scheppmann
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;8, 2011</TD>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>(Pursuant to Item&nbsp;601 of Regulation&nbsp;S-K)</B>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2011
Registration No. 333-________
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ERESEARCHTECHNOLOGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
22-3264604
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
incorporation or organization)
1818 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
19103
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
eResearchTechnology, Inc. Amended and Restated 2003 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of plan)
Keith D. Schneck
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
eResearchTechnology, Inc.
1818 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(Name and address of agent for service)
(215) 972-0420
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
an non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definition of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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
Title of Each Class of
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
of
Securities to be Registered
Registered(1)
Per Unit (2)
Offering Price(2)
Registration Fee(2)
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
3,500,000 shares
$
5.38
$
18,830,000
$
2,187.00
(1)
This registration statement registers an additional 3,500,000 shares to be offered and sold under the
eResearchTechnology, Inc. Amended and Restated 2003 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). This
registration statement also registers such additional shares as may be required to be issued under the
Plan in the event of any future stock dividend, reverse stock split, split-up, reclassification and/or
other similar event.
(2)
Pursuant to paragraph (h) of Rule 457, the proposed maximum offering price per share; the proposed
maximum aggregate offering price and the registration fee have been computed on the basis of $5.38 per
share, the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock of the Company on the Nasdaq
National Market System on August 2, 2011, which is a day on which the Common Stock traded that is
within five business days prior to the date of filing.
Introductory statement pursuant to general instruction E to form s-8
The shares being registered hereunder constitute an additional 3,500,000 shares of Common
Stock of eResearchTechnology, Inc. (the "Company") for issuance under the Company's Amended and
Restated 2003 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). On July 23, 2003, the Company registered
1,700,000 shares of Common Stock for offer and sale under the Plan under the Securities Act of 1933
on Registration Statement No. 333-107272 on Form S-8, which registration statement also registered
additional shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan in the event of any future stock
dividend, reverse stock split, split-up, declassification and/or other similar event, such that, as
a result of stock dividends subsequently declared and paid by the Company, such registration
statement registered a total of 3,818,625 shares as of the date hereof. On May 3, 2006, the Company
registered 3,500,000 shares of Common Stock for offer and sale under the Plan under the Securities
Act of 1933 on Registration Statement No. 333-133775 on Form S-8. Pursuant to General Instruction
E to Form S-8, with respect to the registration of additional securities hereunder for issuance
under the Plan, the contents of the Company's Registration Statement Nos. 333-107272 and 333-133775
are incorporated herein by reference.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following material is incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
The Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2010 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on March 3,
2011.
(b)
The Periodic Reports on Form 10-Q of the Company for the Fiscal Quarter Ended March 31, 2011
as filed with the Commission on May 6, 2011 and for the Fiscal Quarter Ended June 30, 2011 as
filed with the Commission on August 5, 2011.
(c)
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on March 1,
2011, April 22, 2011, May 2, 2011 and August 1, 2011.
(d)
The description of the Company's Common Stock set forth in the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Commission, File No. 333-17001, declared
effective by the Commission on February 3, 1997.
All reports or other documents filed pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement, in each case
filed by the Company prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and
to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such reports and documents. Any statement contained
in a document
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incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for the purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document, which also is or is deemed
to be incorporated herein by reference, 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 8. Exhibits.
4
eResearchTechnology, Inc. Amended and Restated 2003 Equity Incentive
Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 to the Company's Form
10-Q Report for the Fiscal Quarter Ended June 30, 2011, as filed on
August 5, 2011).
5
Opinion of Duane Morris LLP.
23.1
Consent of Duane Morris LLP (included in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5).
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP.
24
Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages hereto).
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 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on August 8, 2011.
eResearchTechnology, Inc.
By:
/s/ Jeffrey S. Litwin
Jeffrey S. Litwin
President and Chief Executive Officer
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Know all men by these presents, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Jeffrey S. Litwin and Keith D. Schneck, and each of them, as such person's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for such person, and in such
person's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any or all amendments or
post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Jeffrey S. Litwin
Jeffrey S. Litwin, M.D.
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(Principal executive officer)
August 8, 2011
/s/ Elam M. Hitchner
Elam M. Hitchner
Chairman of the Board
August 8, 2011
/s/ Keith D. Schneck
Keith D. Schneck
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Secretary
(Principal financial and accounting
officer)
August 8, 2011
Klaus P. Besier
Director
/s/ Gerald A. Faich
Gerald A. Faich, M.D., M.P.H.
Director
August 8, 2011
/s/ Joel Morganroth
Joel Morganroth, M.D.
Director
August 8, 2011
/s/ Stephen S. Phillips
Stephen S. Phillips
Director
August 8, 2011
/s/ Stephen M. Scheppmann
Stephen M. Scheppmann
Director
August 8, 2011
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EXHIBIT INDEX
(Pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K)
Exhibit No.
Exhibit
5
Opinion of Duane Morris LLP
23.1
Consent of Duane Morris LLP (included in its opinion filed
as Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP
24
Power of Attorney (see page 4 of this Registration Statement)
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