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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;9, 2009</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>GENOMIC HEALTH, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>77-0552594</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>301 Penobscot Drive <BR>
Redwood City, CA</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><B>94063</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>2005 Stock Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)<BR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Kimberly J. Popovits</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B><I>Copy to</I></B><B>:</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Chief Executive Officer <BR>
Genomic Health, Inc. <BR>
301 Penobscot Drive <BR>
Redwood City, CA 94063<BR>
(650)&nbsp;556-9300</B><BR>
(Name, address and telephone number, <BR>
including area code, of agent for service)
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<B>Stanton D. Wong, Esq.</B><BR>
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP<BR>
P.O. Box 7880<BR>
San Francisco, CA 94120<BR>
(415)&nbsp;983-1000</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;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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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Accelerated Filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" NOWRAP>Non-Accelerated Filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><br>
(Do not check if smaller reporting company)
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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"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>maximum offering</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>aggregate</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of securities to be registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>registered(1)</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff"><B>price per share(2)</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>offering price</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, par value $0.0001 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 align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">3,980,000 shares
</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="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$19.02
</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="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$75,699,600
</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="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$4,225.00</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Calculated pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated pursuant to Rules 457(h) and 457(c) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based on the average of the
high and low sales prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on
The Nasdaq Global Market on November
3, 2009.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule&nbsp;462 under the
Securities Act.
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3: Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;8: Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U>INFORMATION REQUIRED PURSUANT</U>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U>TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8</U>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>General Instruction E Information</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;We are filing this Registration Statement for the purpose of increasing the number of
securities of the same class as other securities for which a Registration Statement that we filed
on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plan is effective.
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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 contents of our previously filed Form S-8 Registration Statement filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) on October&nbsp;4, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;333-128805), excluding reports
that we filed with the SEC that we incorporated into this Form S-8 Registration Statement in order
to maintain current information about us, are hereby incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E 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, which have been previously filed by the Registrant with the SEC, are
hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31,
2008.</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="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March&nbsp;31,
2009.</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarterly period ended September&nbsp;30,
2009.</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January&nbsp;9, 2009,
February&nbsp;3, 2009 (as to Item&nbsp;8.01 only), April&nbsp;14, 2009, May&nbsp;5, 2009 (report dated April
29, 2009 reporting under Item&nbsp;5.02) and June&nbsp;10, 2009.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(5)</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s capital stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed on September&nbsp;26, 2005.</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 subsequently filed by Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 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 documents. The
Registrant is not, however, incorporating, in each case, any documents or information that the
Registrant is deemed to furnish and not file in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission
rules.
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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 align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Redwood City, State of California on
this 9th day of November, 2009.
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">GENOMIC HEALTH, INC.<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/ Kimberly J. Popovits
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Kimberly J. Popovits&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
<BR>(Principal Executive Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Kimberly J. Popovits, G. Bradley Cole and Randal W. Scott and each of them, as his or
her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement
on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as
he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-facts and agents, or either of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, 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, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Kimberly J. Popovits<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kimberly J. Popovits
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and&nbsp;Director <BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ G. Bradley Cole<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
G. Bradley Cole
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial&nbsp;Officer <BR>
(Principal Financial and Accounting<BR>
Officer)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Randal W. Scott, Ph.D.<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Randal W. Scott, Ph.D.
</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors&nbsp;
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Julian C. Baker
<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Julian C. Baker
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Brook H. Byers<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Brook H. Byers
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Fred E. Cohen, M.D., D.Phil.<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Fred E. Cohen, M.D., D.Phil.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;9, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Samuel D. Colella<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Samuel D. Colella
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;9, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Ginger L. Graham<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ginger L. Graham
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;9, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Randall S. Livingston<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Randall S. Livingston
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;9, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Woodrow A. Myers, Jr., M.D.<DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>
Woodrow A. Myers, Jr., M.D.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;9, 2009</TD>
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2009
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
GENOMIC HEALTH, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
77-0552594
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
301 Penobscot Drive
Redwood City, CA
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
94063
(Zip Code)
2005 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Kimberly J. Popovits
Copy to
:
Chief Executive Officer
Genomic Health, Inc.
301 Penobscot Drive
Redwood City, CA 94063
(650) 556-9300
(Name, address and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Stanton D. Wong, Esq.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
P.O. Box 7880
San Francisco, CA 94120
(415) 983-1000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large Accelerated Filer
o
Accelerated Filer
þ
Non-Accelerated Filer
o
(Do not check if smaller reporting company)
Smaller Reporting Company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
maximum
Amount to be
maximum offering
aggregate
Amount of
Title of securities to be registered
registered(1)
price per share(2)
offering price
registration fee
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share
3,980,000 shares
$19.02
$75,699,600
$4,225.00
(1)
Calculated pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8.
(2)
Estimated pursuant to Rules 457(h) and 457(c) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities
Act") solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based on the average of the
high and low sales prices of the Registrant's Common Stock on
The Nasdaq Global Market on November
3, 2009.
The Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462 under the
Securities Act.
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PART II
Item 3: Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 8: Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1
EX-23.1
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INFORMATION REQUIRED PURSUANT
TO GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8
General Instruction E Information
We are filing this Registration Statement for the purpose of increasing the number of
securities of the same class as other securities for which a Registration Statement that we filed
on Form S-8 relating to the same employee benefit plan is effective.
The contents of our previously filed Form S-8 Registration Statement filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on October 4, 2005 (File No. 333-128805), excluding reports
that we filed with the SEC that we incorporated into this Form S-8 Registration Statement in order
to maintain current information about us, are hereby incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3: Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been previously filed by the Registrant with the SEC, are
hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(1)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2008.
(2)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31,
2009.
(3)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarterly period ended September 30,
2009.
(4)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 9, 2009,
February 3, 2009 (as to Item 8.01 only), April 14, 2009, May 5, 2009 (report dated April
29, 2009 reporting under Item 5.02) and June 10, 2009.
(5)
The description of the Registrant's capital stock contained in the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed on September 26, 2005.
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 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 documents. The
Registrant is not, however, incorporating, in each case, any documents or information that the
Registrant is deemed to furnish and not file in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission
rules.
Item 8: Exhibits.
Exhibit Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Redwood City, State of California on
this 9th day of November, 2009.
GENOMIC HEALTH, INC.
By:
/s/ Kimberly J. Popovits
Kimberly J. Popovits
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Kimberly J. Popovits, G. Bradley Cole and Randal W. Scott and each of them, as his or
her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement
on Form S-8, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as
he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-facts and agents, or either of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name
Title
Date
/s/ Kimberly J. Popovits
Kimberly J. Popovits
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
November 9, 2009
/s/ G. Bradley Cole
G. Bradley Cole
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
November 9, 2009
/s/ Randal W. Scott, Ph.D.
Randal W. Scott, Ph.D.
Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors
November 9, 2009
/s/ Julian C. Baker
Julian C. Baker
Director
November 9, 2009
/s/ Brook H. Byers
Brook H. Byers
Director
November 9, 2009
/s/ Fred E. Cohen, M.D., D.Phil.
Fred E. Cohen, M.D., D.Phil.
Director
November 9, 2009
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Name
Title
Date
/s/ Samuel D. Colella
Samuel D. Colella
Director
November 9, 2009
/s/ Ginger L. Graham
Ginger L. Graham
Director
November 9, 2009
/s/ Randall S. Livingston
Randall S. Livingston
Director
November 9, 2009
/s/ Woodrow A. Myers, Jr., M.D.
Woodrow A. Myers, Jr., M.D.
Director
November 9, 2009
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).