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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;26, 2010
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ALERE 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">Delaware<BR>
<I>(State of Incorporation)</I>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">51 Sawyer Road, Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453<BR>
(781)&nbsp;647-3900<BR>
<I>(Address of Registrant&#146;s Principal Executive Offices)</I>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">04-3565120<BR>
<I>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</I></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ALERE INC. 2010 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Full Title of the Plan)</I></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Ron Zwanziger</B><BR>
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Alere Inc.<BR>
51 Sawyer Road, Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453<BR>
(781)&nbsp;647-3900<BR>
<I>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for
service)</I><BR><BR style="font-size: 12pt">
<B>With copy to:<BR>
Jay McNamara, Esq.</B><BR>
Senior Counsel, Corporate &#038; Finance<BR>
Alere Inc.<BR>
51 Sawyer Road, Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453<BR>
(781)&nbsp;647-3900</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, 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&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check
one):
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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">Title of Securities</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $.001 per
share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,653,663 shares</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$30.54</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$50,502,868</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$3,601</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This registration statement also relates to such indeterminate number of additional shares of the registrant&#146;s Common Stock as may be required pursuant
to the Alere Inc. 2010 Stock Option and Incentive Plan in the event of a stock dividend, stock split, split-up, recapitalization, forfeiture of stock under
the plan or other similar event.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
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    <TD>This estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for the purposes of determining the amount
of the registration fee. The registration fee is based on the average of the high and low prices for the registrant&#146;s common stock as reported on the New
York Stock Exchange on November&nbsp;22, 2010.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
</DIV>


<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: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.*</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 3pt"><DIV style="margin-left:22px; text-indent:-22px">*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 have been or will
be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the Introductory Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. 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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;) are
incorporated in this registration statement by reference:
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s annual report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009,
filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;16, 2010;</TD>
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<TR>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March&nbsp;31,
2010, filed with the SEC on May&nbsp;7, 2010;</TD>
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<TR>
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</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s quarterly report on Form 10-Q/A for the quarterly period ended June&nbsp;30,
2010, filed with the SEC on August&nbsp;24, 2010;</TD>
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<TR>
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</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September&nbsp;30,
2010, filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;8, 2010;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s current report on Form 8-K dated February&nbsp;13, 2010, filed with the SEC on
February&nbsp;19, 2010;</TD>
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<TR>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s current report on Form 8-K dated March&nbsp;4, 2010, filed with the SEC on
March&nbsp;4, 2010;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s current report on Form 8-K dated March&nbsp;22, 2010, filed with the SEC on
March&nbsp;22, 2010, as amended on May&nbsp;28, 2010;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s current report on Form 8-K dated May&nbsp;18, 2010, filed with the SEC on May
18, 2010;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s current report on Form 8-K dated May&nbsp;25, 2010, filed with the SEC on May
25, 2010;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s current report on Form 8-K dated June&nbsp;7, 2010, filed with the SEC on June
7, 2010;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s current report on Form 8-K dated June&nbsp;18, 2010, filed with the SEC on June
24, 2010;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s current report on Form 8-K dated July&nbsp;14, 2010, filed with the SEC on July
15, 2010;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s current report on Form 8-K dated July&nbsp;16, 2010, filed with the SEC on July
16, 2010;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s current report on Form 8-K dated July&nbsp;14, 2010, filed with the SEC on July
20, 2010;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s current report on Form 8-K dated September&nbsp;13, 2010, filed with the SEC on
September&nbsp;14, 2010;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s current report on Form 8-K dated September&nbsp;15, 2010, filed with the SEC on
September&nbsp;17, 2010;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s current report on Form 8-K dated September&nbsp;15, 2010, filed with the SEC on
September&nbsp;21, 2010;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;4, 2010; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s common stock contained in the Registration Statement on
Form 8-A, which was filed on January&nbsp;5, 2009, and all amendments and reports updating such
description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents filed with the SEC by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after the date hereof and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, are deemed to be
incorporated by reference into, and to be a part of, this registration statement.
</DIV>


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

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not Applicable.
</DIV>


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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the securities the Company is offering is being passed upon by Jay McNamara,
Esq., Senior Counsel, Corporate &#038; Finance, of the Company. Mr.&nbsp;McNamara owns an aggregate of
approximately 3,909 shares of common stock of the Company, as well as options to purchase an
additional 23,899 shares of common stock of the Company.
</DIV>


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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify
any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative,
other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that the person
is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the
corporation&#146;s request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees,
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in
connection with the action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner
the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had
no reasonable cause to believe the person&#146;s conduct was unlawful. The power to indemnify applies to
actions brought by or in the right of the corporation as well, but only to the extent of expenses,
including attorneys&#146; fees but excluding judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually
and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of the action or
suit. And with the further limitation that in these actions, no indemnification shall be made in
the event of any adjudication of negligence or misconduct in the performance of the person&#146;s duties
to the corporation, unless a court believes that in light of all the circumstances indemnification
should apply.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;V of the Company&#146;s by-laws provides that the Company shall, to the extent legally
permitted, indemnify each person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that such person
is or was, or has agreed to become, a director or officer of the Company, or is or was serving, or
has agreed to serve, at the request of the Company, as a director, officer, trustee, partner,
employee or agent of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise. The indemnification provided for in
Article&nbsp;V is expressly not exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may
be entitled under any law, agreement or vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such
persons.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(g) of the Delaware General Corporation Law and Article&nbsp;V of the Company by-laws
provide that the Company shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of its
officers, directors, employees and agents, against any liability asserted against and incurred by
such persons in any such capacity.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has obtained insurance covering its directors and officers against losses and
insuring the Company against certain of its obligations to indemnify its directors and officers.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may
eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such provisions shall
not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of
loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or
which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;under section 174 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law regarding the unlawful payment of dividends, or (iv)&nbsp;for any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No such provision shall
eliminate or limit the liability of a director for any act or omission occurring prior to the date
when such provision becomes effective.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law, Article&nbsp;VII of the Company&#146;s certificate of
incorporation eliminates a director&#146;s personal liability for monetary damages to the Company and
its stockholders for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except in circumstances involving a
breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders, acts or omissions not
in good faith, intentional misconduct, knowing violations of the law, self-dealing or the unlawful
payment of dividends or repurchase of stock.
</DIV>


<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;Not Applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>

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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1
to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q, for the period
ended June&nbsp;30, 2010)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on
Form&nbsp;10-K, as amended, for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2001)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Alere Inc. 2010 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report
on Form&nbsp;10-Q, for the period ended June&nbsp;30, 2010)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Jay McNamara, Esq, Senior Counsel, Corporate &#038;
Finance, of Alere Inc.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of BDO USA, LLP</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Samil
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Jay McNamara, Esq., Senior Counsel, Corporate &#038;
Finance, of Alere Inc. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (contained in signature page)</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
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    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96%"></TD>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed herewith.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</B>
</DIV>


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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
registration statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement; <I>provided, however</I>, that Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs
is contained in 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>


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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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 <I>bona fide </I>offering
thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</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 Waltham, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on November
24, 2010.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>ALERE INC.</B><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/ Ron Zwanziger
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Ron Zwanziger&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairman, 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">POWER OF ATTORNEY
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints each of Ron Zwanziger and David Teitel as such person&#146;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person in such person&#146;s
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement (or any registration statement for the
same offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act
of 1933), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact
and agent 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 any said attorney-in-fact and
agent, or any substitute or substitutes of any of them, 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, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="32%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="32%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="32%">&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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ron Zwanziger
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ron Zwanziger
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman, Chief
Executive Officer
and President
(Principal
Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;24, 2010</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David Teitel
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David Teitel
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial
Officer (Principal
Financial Officer
and Principal
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;24, 2010</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="left" 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/ Carol R. Goldberg
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Carol R. Goldberg
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;24, 2010</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert P. Khederian
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert P. Khederian
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;24, 2010</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John F. Levy
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John F. Levy
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;24, 2010</TD>
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Jerry McAleer, Ph.D.
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John A. Quelch
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David Scott, Ph.D.
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Peter Townsend
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James Roosevelt, Jr.
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Eli Y. Adashi, MD
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1
to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q, for the period
ended June&nbsp;30, 2010)</TD>
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reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on
Form&nbsp;10-K, as amended, for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2001)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Alere Inc. 2010 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report
on Form&nbsp;10-Q, for the period ended June&nbsp;30, 2010)</TD>
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Finance, of Alere Inc.</TD>
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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</TD>
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Finance, of Alere Inc. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 26, 2010
Registration Statement No. 333-______
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ALERE INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State of Incorporation)
51 Sawyer Road, Suite 200
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453
(781) 647-3900
(Address of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
04-3565120
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
ALERE INC. 2010 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Ron Zwanziger
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Alere Inc.
51 Sawyer Road, Suite 200
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453
(781) 647-3900
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for
service)
With copy to:
Jay McNamara, Esq.
Senior Counsel, Corporate & Finance
Alere Inc.
51 Sawyer Road, Suite 200
Waltham, Massachusetts 02453
(781) 647-3900
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
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amounts to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Being Registered
Registered (1)
Share (2)
Price (2)
Registration Fee (2)
Common Stock, par
value $.001 per
share
1,653,663 shares
$30.54
$50,502,868
$3,601
(1)
This registration statement also relates to such indeterminate number of additional shares of the registrant's Common Stock as may be required pursuant
to the Alere Inc. 2010 Stock Option and Incentive Plan in the event of a stock dividend, stock split, split-up, recapitalization, forfeiture of stock under
the plan or other similar event.
(2)
This estimate is made pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for the purposes of determining the amount
of the registration fee. The registration fee is based on the average of the high and low prices for the registrant's common stock as reported on the New
York Stock Exchange on November 22, 2010.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
*    The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 have been or will
be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the Introductory Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") are
incorporated in this registration statement by reference:
•
The Company's annual report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009,
filed with the SEC on April 16, 2010;
•
The Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31,
2010, filed with the SEC on May 7, 2010;
•
The Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q/A for the quarterly period ended June 30,
2010, filed with the SEC on August 24, 2010;
•
The Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30,
2010, filed with the SEC on November 8, 2010;
•
The Company's current report on Form 8-K dated February 13, 2010, filed with the SEC on
February 19, 2010;
•
The Company's current report on Form 8-K dated March 4, 2010, filed with the SEC on
March 4, 2010;
•
The Company's current report on Form 8-K dated March 22, 2010, filed with the SEC on
March 22, 2010, as amended on May 28, 2010;
•
The Company's current report on Form 8-K dated May 18, 2010, filed with the SEC on May
18, 2010;
•
The Company's current report on Form 8-K dated May 25, 2010, filed with the SEC on May
25, 2010;
•
The Company's current report on Form 8-K dated June 7, 2010, filed with the SEC on June
7, 2010;
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•
The Company's current report on Form 8-K dated June 18, 2010, filed with the SEC on June
24, 2010;
•
The Company's current report on Form 8-K dated July 14, 2010, filed with the SEC on July
15, 2010;
•
The Company's current report on Form 8-K dated July 16, 2010, filed with the SEC on July
16, 2010;
•
The Company's current report on Form 8-K dated July 14, 2010, filed with the SEC on July
20, 2010;
•
The Company's current report on Form 8-K dated September 13, 2010, filed with the SEC on
September 14, 2010;
•
The Company's current report on Form 8-K dated September 15, 2010, filed with the SEC on
September 17, 2010;
•
The Company's current report on Form 8-K dated September 15, 2010, filed with the SEC on
September 21, 2010;
•
The Company's definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on June 4, 2010; and
•
The description of the Company's common stock contained in the Registration Statement on
Form 8-A, which was filed on January 5, 2009, and all amendments and reports updating such
description.
In addition, all documents filed with the SEC by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after the date hereof and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereto which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, are deemed to be
incorporated by reference into, and to be a part of, this registration statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The validity of the securities the Company is offering is being passed upon by Jay McNamara,
Esq., Senior Counsel, Corporate & Finance, of the Company. Mr. McNamara owns an aggregate of
approximately 3,909 shares of common stock of the Company, as well as options to purchase an
additional 23,899 shares of common stock of the Company.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify
any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative,
other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that the person
is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the
corporation's request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys' fees,
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in
connection with the action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner
the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
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best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had
no reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was unlawful. The power to indemnify applies to
actions brought by or in the right of the corporation as well, but only to the extent of expenses,
including attorneys' fees but excluding judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually
and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of the action or
suit. And with the further limitation that in these actions, no indemnification shall be made in
the event of any adjudication of negligence or misconduct in the performance of the person's duties
to the corporation, unless a court believes that in light of all the circumstances indemnification
should apply.
Article V of the Company's by-laws provides that the Company shall, to the extent legally
permitted, indemnify each person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that such person
is or was, or has agreed to become, a director or officer of the Company, or is or was serving, or
has agreed to serve, at the request of the Company, as a director, officer, trustee, partner,
employee or agent of, or in a similar capacity with, another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise. The indemnification provided for in
Article V is expressly not exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may
be entitled under any law, agreement or vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such
persons.
Section 145(g) of the Delaware General Corporation Law and Article V of the Company by-laws
provide that the Company shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of its
officers, directors, employees and agents, against any liability asserted against and incurred by
such persons in any such capacity.
The Company has obtained insurance covering its directors and officers against losses and
insuring the Company against certain of its obligations to indemnify its directors and officers.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may
eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such provisions shall
not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director's duty of
loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or
which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under section 174 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law regarding the unlawful payment of dividends, or (iv) for any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No such provision shall
eliminate or limit the liability of a director for any act or omission occurring prior to the date
when such provision becomes effective.
Pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law, Article VII of the Company's certificate of
incorporation eliminates a director's personal liability for monetary damages to the Company and
its stockholders for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except in circumstances involving a
breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders, acts or omissions not
in good faith, intentional misconduct, knowing violations of the law, self-dealing or the unlawful
payment of dividends or repurchase of stock.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
3.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1
to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, for the period
ended June 30, 2010)
3.2
Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2001)
4.1
Alere Inc. 2010 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q, for the period ended June 30, 2010)
*5.1
Opinion of Jay McNamara, Esq, Senior Counsel, Corporate &
Finance, of Alere Inc.
*23.1
Consent of BDO USA, LLP
*23.2
Consent of Samil
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.3
Consent of Jay McNamara, Esq., Senior Counsel, Corporate &
Finance, of Alere Inc. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (contained in signature page)
*
Filed herewith.
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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 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;
provided, however
, that Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not
apply if the 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.
6
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 Waltham, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on November
24, 2010.
ALERE INC.
By:
/s/ Ron Zwanziger
Ron Zwanziger
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints each of Ron Zwanziger and David Teitel as such person's true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person in such person's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement (or any registration statement for the
same offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act
of 1933), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact
and agent 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 any said attorney-in-fact and
agent, or any substitute or substitutes of any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Ron Zwanziger
Ron Zwanziger
Chairman, Chief
Executive Officer
and President
(Principal
Executive Officer)
November 24, 2010
/s/ David Teitel
David Teitel
Chief Financial
Officer (Principal
Financial Officer
and Principal
Accounting Officer)
November 24, 2010
/s/ Carol R. Goldberg
Carol R. Goldberg
Director
November 24, 2010
/s/ Robert P. Khederian
Robert P. Khederian
Director
November 24, 2010
/s/ John F. Levy
John F. Levy
Director
November 24, 2010
Signature
Title
Date
Jerry McAleer, Ph.D.
Director
/s/ John A. Quelch
John A. Quelch
Director
November 24, 2010
David Scott, Ph.D.
Director
/s/ Peter Townsend
Peter Townsend
Director
November 24, 2010
/s/ James Roosevelt
James Roosevelt, Jr.
Director
November 24, 2010
/s/ Eli Y. Adashi
Eli Y. Adashi, MD
Director
November 24, 2010
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
3.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Company, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1
to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, for the period
ended June 30, 2010)
3.2
Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K, as amended, for the year ended December 31, 2001)
4.1
Alere Inc. 2010 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q, for the period ended June 30, 2010)
*5.1
Opinion of Jay McNamara, Esq., Senior Counsel, Corporate &
Finance, of Alere Inc.
*23.1
Consent of BDO USA, LLP
*23.2
Consent of Samil
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.3
Consent of Jay McNamara, Esq., Senior Counsel, Corporate &
Finance, of Alere Inc. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (contained in signature page)
*
Filed herewith.