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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;29, 2002.  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>Washington, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>FORM S-8<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>SICOR&nbsp;INC.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>33-0176647</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>19 Hughes<BR>
Irvine, California</B></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><BR><FONT SIZE=2><B>92618</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of Principal Executive offices)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>AMENDED AND RESTATED SICOR&nbsp;INC. 1997 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><BR>
(Full title of the plan) </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>WESLEY N. FACH</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>THOMAS E. SPARKS, JR.</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Vice President, Senior Legal</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Pillsbury Winthrop LLP</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Counsel and Secretary</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>P.O. Box 7880</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>SICOR Inc.</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>San Francisco, CA 94120</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>19 Hughes</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(415) 983-1000</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Irvine, California 92618</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(949) 455-4700</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>(Name, address and telephone</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>of agent for service)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE  </B></FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="19%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount To Be Registered(1)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share(2)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(2)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="33%"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock, $.01 par value, including related Series I Participating Preferred Stock Purchase Rights</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="19%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>3,500,000&nbsp;shares</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$16.90</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="17%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$59,150,000.00</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="14%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$5,441.80</FONT></TD>
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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Pursuant
to Rule&nbsp;416(a) under the Securities Act, this registration statement also includes an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be offered and issued in
connection with any stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457, upon the average of the high and low prices as reported on the Nasdaq National Market
on March&nbsp;27, 2002.   </FONT></DD></DL>
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SIZE=2><B>The Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule&nbsp;462 under the Securities Act of 1933.  </B></FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART I<BR>  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Plan Information.*  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*  </B></FONT></P>

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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>*</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Information
required by Part&nbsp;I to be contained in the Section&nbsp;10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the
Securities act of 1933 and the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART II<BR>  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.  </B></FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
following documents filed by Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File Nos. 0-18549) are incorporated by reference in this registration statement: </FONT></P>

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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Registrant's
Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2001;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
description of Registrant's Common Stock contained in Registrant's registration statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, filed April&nbsp;27, 1990; and
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(3)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
description of Registrant's Preferred Stock Purchase Rights for Series&nbsp;I Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, contained in Registrant's registration
statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, filed March&nbsp;23, 1992, as amended by a Form&nbsp;8-A/A, filed July&nbsp;25, 2001. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In
addition, all documents subsequently filed by Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which 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. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Description of Securities.  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Certain legal matters with respect to the validity of the securities offered hereby has been passed upon by Pillsbury Winthrop LLP. A member of the law firm of
Pillsbury Winthrop LLP owns 40,000 shares of common stock, and has an option to acquire an additional 25,000 shares of common stock. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification of Directors and Officers.  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Delaware GCL, permits our board of directors to indemnify any person against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding in which
such person is made a party by reason of his being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent of ours, in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances
for liabilities (including reimbursement for </FONT></P>

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expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Act. The Delaware GCL provides that indemnification pursuant to its provisions is not exclusive of other rights of
indemnification to which a person may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. Article&nbsp;IX of our Restated Certificate
of Incorporation, as amended, provides for indemnification of our directors, officers, employees and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by law. In addition, we have entered into separate
indemnification agreements with our directors and officers that will require us, among other things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service
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<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exemption from Registration Claimed.  </B></FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Exhibits.  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Index to Exhibits. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Undertakings.  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: </FONT></P>

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<DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(i)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>To
include any prospectus required by section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(ii)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>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;
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT style='margin-bottom:-11pt;'><FONT SIZE=2>(iii)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>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)&nbsp;and (a)(1)(ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the registration statement is on
Form&nbsp;S-3 or Form&nbsp;S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed by the Registrant pursuant to section&nbsp;13 or section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;&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. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned Registrant hereby further 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&nbsp;13(a) or section&nbsp;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. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&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
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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&nbsp;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 Irvine,
State of California, on March&nbsp;29, 2002. </FONT></P>

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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>MARVIN SAMSON</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Marvin Samson<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2><I>President and Chief Executive Officer</I></FONT></TD>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Marvin Samson or Wesley N. Fach, and each of them, his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 date indicated: </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="47%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>MARVIN SAMSON</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Marvin Samson</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="28%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>DAVID C. DREYER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> David C. Dreyer</FONT></TD>
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Vice President, Corporate Controller David C. Dreyer and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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March 11, 2002</FONT></TD>
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March 29, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>CARLO SALVI</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Carlo Salvi</FONT></TD>
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Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>FRANK C. BECKER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Frank C. Becker</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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March 8, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>LEE BURG</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Lee Burg</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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March 9, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>MICHAEL D. CANNON</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Michael D. Cannon</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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March 29, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>GIANPAOLO COLLA</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Gianpaolo Colla</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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March 29, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>HERBERT J. CONRAD</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Herbert J. Conrad</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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March 29, 2002</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>CARLO RUGGERI</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Carlo Ruggeri</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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March 29, 2002</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="88%"><FONT SIZE=2>Specimen Common Stock Certificate.</FONT></TD>
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5.1</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Pillsbury Winthrop LLP regarding legality of securities to be offered.</FONT></TD>
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10.1</FONT></TD>
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23.1</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP, Independent Auditors.</FONT></TD>
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24.1</FONT></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2002.
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SICOR INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
33-0176647
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
19 Hughes
Irvine, California
92618
(Address of Principal Executive offices)
(Zip Code)
AMENDED AND RESTATED SICOR INC. 1997 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Copy to:
WESLEY N. FACH
THOMAS E. SPARKS, JR.
Vice President, Senior Legal
Pillsbury Winthrop LLP
Counsel and Secretary
P.O. Box 7880
SICOR Inc.
San Francisco, CA 94120
19 Hughes
(415) 983-1000
Irvine, California 92618
(949) 455-4700
(Name, address and telephone
number, including area code,
of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of Securities To Be Registered
Amount To Be Registered(1)
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share(2)
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(2)
Amount of Registration Fee
Common Stock, $.01 par value, including related Series I Participating Preferred Stock Purchase Rights
3,500,000 shares
$16.90
$59,150,000.00
$5,441.80
(1)
Pursuant
to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, this registration statement also includes an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be offered and issued in
connection with any stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated
solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457, upon the average of the high and low prices as reported on the Nasdaq National Market
on March 27, 2002.
The Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.    Plan Information.*
Item 2.    Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
*
Information
required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the
Securities act of 1933 and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.    Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.
The
following documents filed by Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File Nos. 0-18549) are incorporated by reference in this registration statement:
(1)
Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001;
(2)
The
description of Registrant's Common Stock contained in Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A, filed April 27, 1990; and
(3)
The
description of Registrant's Preferred Stock Purchase Rights for Series I Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, contained in Registrant's registration
statement on Form 8-A, filed March 23, 1992, as amended by a Form 8-A/A, filed July 25, 2001.
In
addition, all documents subsequently filed by Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which 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.
Item 4.    Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.    Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Certain legal matters with respect to the validity of the securities offered hereby has been passed upon by Pillsbury Winthrop LLP. A member of the law firm of
Pillsbury Winthrop LLP owns 40,000 shares of common stock, and has an option to acquire an additional 25,000 shares of common stock.
Item 6.    Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Delaware GCL, permits our board of directors to indemnify any person against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding in which
such person is made a party by reason of his being or having been a director, officer, employee or agent of ours, in terms sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances
for liabilities (including reimbursement for
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expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Act. The Delaware GCL provides that indemnification pursuant to its provisions is not exclusive of other rights of
indemnification to which a person may be entitled under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise. Article IX of our Restated Certificate
of Incorporation, as amended, provides for indemnification of our directors, officers, employees and other agents to the maximum extent permitted by law. In addition, we have entered into separate
indemnification agreements with our directors and officers that will require us, among other things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service
as directors or officers to the fullest extent not prohibited by law.
Item 7.    Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.    Exhibits.
See Index to Exhibits.
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;
(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 registration statement is on
Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed 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 further 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 that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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(c)  Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Irvine,
State of California, on March 29, 2002.
SICOR INC.
By:
/s/
MARVIN SAMSON
Marvin Samson
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Marvin Samson or Wesley N. Fach, and each of them, his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may 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 date indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
MARVIN SAMSON
Marvin Samson
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
March 29, 2002
/s/
DAVID C. DREYER
David C. Dreyer
Vice President, Corporate Controller David C. Dreyer and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
March 11, 2002
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/s/
DONALD E. PANOZ
Donald E. Panoz
Chairman of the Board of Directors
March 29, 2002
/s/
CARLO SALVI
Carlo Salvi
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
March 29, 2002
/s/
FRANK C. BECKER
Frank C. Becker
Director
March 8, 2002
/s/
LEE BURG
Lee Burg
Director
March 9, 2002
/s/
MICHAEL D. CANNON
Michael D. Cannon
Director
March 29, 2002
/s/
GIANPAOLO COLLA
Gianpaolo Colla
Director
March 29, 2002
/s/
HERBERT J. CONRAD
Herbert J. Conrad
Director
March 29, 2002
/s/
CARLO RUGGERI
Carlo Ruggeri
Director
March 29, 2002
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
4.1*
Specimen Common Stock Certificate.
5.1
Opinion of Pillsbury Winthrop LLP regarding legality of securities to be offered.
10.1
Amended and Restated SICOR Inc. 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors.
23.3
Consent of Pillsbury Winthrop LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (see page 5).
*
Incorporated
by reference to Item 2 contained in Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A, filed April 27, 1990.
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