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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 7, 2006</font></p>

<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registration No.
333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM
S-8</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION
STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Under</font></i></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">The Securities Act of 1933</font></i></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SYMYX
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its
charter)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Delaware</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">77-0397908</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or other jurisdiction of</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">incorporation or organization)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.82%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">3100 Central Expressway </font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Santa Clara, CA</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">95051</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(408) 764-2000</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.82%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address, including zip code, and telephone
  number, including area code, of Registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1997 STOCK PLAN</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Full title of the Plans)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Steven D. Goldby</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Chief Executive Officer</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Symyx Technologies, Inc.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">3100 Central Expressway</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Santa Clara, CA 95051</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(408) 764-2000</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:12.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:12.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Copies to:</font></i></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">William Sherman</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Morrison &amp; Foerster LLP</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">755 Page Mill Road</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Palo
Alto, CA 94303</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </font></b></p>

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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount<br>
  to be<br>
  Registered (1)</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed Maximum<br>
  Offering Price<br>
  Per Share</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed Maximum<br>
  Aggregate<br>
  Offering Price</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.16%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount of<br>
  Registration Fee</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="11%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="11%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.08%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common
  Stock, $0.001 par value, to be issued under the 1997 Stock Plan (2)</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" height="32" valign="bottom" style="height:23.65pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,327,765 shares</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" height="32" valign="bottom" style="height:23.65pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" height="32" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;height:23.65pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
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  <td width="10%" height="32" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;height:23.65pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.24%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">28.46</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" height="32" valign="bottom" style="height:23.65pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" height="32" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;height:23.65pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" height="32" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;height:23.65pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">37,788,192</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" height="32" valign="bottom" style="height:23.65pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" height="32" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;height:23.65pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" height="32" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;height:23.65pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.54%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4,043.34</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" height="32" valign="bottom" style="height:23.65pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="40%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.66%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Stock, $0.001 par value, to be issued under the 1999 Employee
  Stock Purchase Plan (3)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.86%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:12.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">331,941
  shares</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.16%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.24%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:12.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.19</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.16%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:12.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8,029,653</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.16%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.54%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:12.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">859.18</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.94%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.66%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Total Registration Fees:</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:6.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.86%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:6.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:6.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.78%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:6.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:6.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:11.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:6.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.16%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:6.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.54%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">$</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:9.54%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:6.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">4,902.52</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.94%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:12.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 42.75pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-22.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to
Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common
Stock which become issuable under the Company&#146;s 1997 Stock Plan and 1999
Employee Stock Purchase Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other similar transaction effected, without the receipt by
Registrant of consideration, which results in an increase in the number of
outstanding shares of Registrant&#146;s Common Stock.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 42.75pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-22.3pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 42.75pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-22.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2) </font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Proposed
Maximum Offering Price Per Share has been estimated in accordance with Rule
457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the purpose of calculating
the registration fee of shares reserved for future issuance under the
Registrant&#146;s 1997 Stock Plan. The computation is based on the average of the
high and low price of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq
National Market on March 6, 2006, because the price at which the options to be
granted in the future may be exercised is not currently determinable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 42.75pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-22.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 42.75pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-22.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3) &#160;&#160;&#160; The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per
Share has been estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities
Act of 1933 solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee of
shares reserved for future issuance under the Registrant&#146;s 1999 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan. The computation is based upon 85% (see explanation in following
sentence) of the average of the high and low price of the Common Stock as
reported on the Nasdaq National Market on March 6, 2006, because the price at
which the shares may be sold is not currently determinable.&#160; Pursuant to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan,
which plan is incorporated by reference herein, the Purchase Price of a share
of Common Stock shall mean an amount equal to 85% of the Fair Market Value of a
share of Common Stock on the Enrollment Date or the Exercise Date, whichever is
lower.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:12.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E &#151; REGISTRATION OF
ADDITIONAL SECURITIES</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Registration
Statement registers additional 1,327,765 and 331,941 shares of the Registrant&#146;s
Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Registrant&#146;s 1997 Stock Plan and the
1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, respectively. Accordingly, the contents of
the previous Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed by the Registrant with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;) on (i) March 15, 2000 (File No.
333-32574), (ii) February 13, 2001 (File No. 333-55450), (iii) February 5, 2002
(File No. 333-82168), (iv) February 27, 2003 (File No. 333-103493), (v) March
4, 2004 (File No. 333-113275), and (vi) March 9, 2005 (File No. 333-123211)
(collectively, the &#147;Previous Form S-8s&#148;), including periodic reports that the
Registrant filed after the Previous Form S-8s to maintain current information
about the Registrant, are incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8.&#160; The reports the Registrant has most recently
filed with the SEC are listed below:</font></p>

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 <tr>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.94%;"><a name="TableHead"></a>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Proxy Statement filed as of April 8, 2005 in
  connection with the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 26, 2005.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed pursuant to
  Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act on March 6, 2006.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c) </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">filed with the Commission on January 12, 2006 and
  February 2, 2006.</font></p>
  </td>
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</table>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:37.4pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All
reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed pursuant to
Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this
Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
de-registers all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed
document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies
or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this Registration Statement.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:12.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8.
Exhibits.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Exhibits listed on the
accompanying Index to Exhibits are filed as part hereof, or incorporated by
reference into, this Registration Statement (See Exhibit Index below).</font></p>

<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.
Undertakings.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p>

<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</font></p>

<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in 12.0pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)&#160; to include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</font></p>

<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in 12.0pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)&#160; 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; and</font></p>

<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in 12.0pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(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;</font></p>

<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">provided, however</font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">, 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 Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
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><font style="font-style:italic;">bona fide</font></i> offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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.</font></p>

<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4)&#160;&#160; That, for the purpose of determining
liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:</font></p>

<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in 12.0pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i) If the Registrant is
relying on Rule 430B under the Securities Act:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(A) Each prospectus filed by
the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act shall be
deemed to be part of this Registration Statement as of the date the filed
prospectus was deemed part of and included in this Registration Statement; and</font></p>

<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(B) Each prospectus required
to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) under the Securities
Act as part of this Registration Statement in reliance on Rule 430B under the
Securities Act relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i),
(vii), or (x) under the Securities Act for the purpose of providing the
information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to
be part of and included in this Registration Statement as of the earlier of the
date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of
the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the
prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B under the Securities Act, for liability
purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such
date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of this Registration Statement,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial <i><font style="font-style:italic;">bona fide</font></i> offering
thereof. <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Provided, however</font></i>, that no
statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of this
Registration Statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement or prospectus that
is part of this Registration Statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of
contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any
statement that was made in this Registration Statement or prospectus that was
part of this Registration Statement or made in any such document immediately
prior to such effective date; or</font></p>

<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in 12.0pt .6in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.9in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii) If the Registrant is
subject to Rule 430C under the Securities Act, each prospectus filed pursuant
to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act as part of a registration statement
relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule
430B under the Securities Act or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on
Rule 430A under the Securities Act, shall be deemed to be part of and included
in this Registration Statement as of the date it is first used after
effectiveness. <i><font style="font-style:italic;">Provided, however</font></i>,
that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part
of this Registration Statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement or prospectus that
is part of this Registration Statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of
contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement
that was made in this Registration Statement or prospectus that was part of
this Registration Statement or made in any such document immediately prior to
such effective date;</font></p>

<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5)&#160;&#160; That, for the purpose of determining
liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the
initial distribution of the securities:</font></p>

<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of
the Registrant pursuant to this Registration Statement, regardless of the
underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the
securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the
following communications, the Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and
will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:</font></p>

<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in 12.0pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i) Any preliminary
prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering
required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act;</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:12.0pt 0in;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4</font></p>

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<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii) Any free writing
prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned
Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;</font></p>

<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in 12.0pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii) The portion of any
other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material
information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on
behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and</font></p>

<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in 12.0pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv) Any other communication
that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the
purchaser.</font></p>

<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">b)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is
incorporated by reference in this 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><font style="font-style:italic;">bona fide</font></i> offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act 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 Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable.&#160; In the event that a claim
for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of the 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 Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:12.0pt 0in;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:12.0pt 0in;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Santa
Clara, State of California on March 7, 2006.</font></p>

<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in .0001pt 3.5in;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SYMYX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.</font></b></p>

<p style="color:black;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
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  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:91.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;/s/ Steven D. Goldby</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:91.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Steven
  D. Goldby, Chief Executive Officer</font></p>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">KNOW
ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Steven D. Goldby and Jeryl L. Hilleman, jointly and
severally, his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him
in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration
Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, or his
substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">TITLE</font></b></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:4.16%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:19.94%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">DATE</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Steven D. Goldby</font></p>
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  <td width="43%" colspan="3" rowspan="2" valign="top" style="height:16.9pt;padding:0in .7pt 0.375pt .7pt;width:43.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Executive Officer and <br>
  Chairman of the Board (Principal <br>
  Executive Officer)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March 7, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Steven D. Goldby</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Jeryl L. Hilleman</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 20.0pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Executive Vice President and <br>
  Chief Financial Officer (Principal<br>
  Financial and Accounting Officer)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March 7, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Thomas R. Baruch</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March 7, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Thomas R. Baruch</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Samuel D. Colella</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:19.94%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March 7, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Samuel D. Colella</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Martin Gerstel</font></p>
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  <td width="43%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0.375pt .7pt;width:43.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:19.94%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March 7, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Martin Gerstel</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Edwin F. Gambrell</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="43%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:43.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:19.94%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March 7, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Edwin F. Gambrell</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Kenneth J. Nussbacher</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March 7, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Kenneth J. Nussbacher</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Mario M. Rosati</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March 7, 2006</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Peter G. Schultz</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March 7, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit
  Number</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Morrison &amp; Foerster LLP as to the
  legality of securities being registered (Counsel to the Registrant)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Plan</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting
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<p style="margin:12.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1) Incorporated by reference to the same number exhibit filed with
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-87453), as
amended.</font></p>

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filed with Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2005.</font></p>

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As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 7, 2006
Registration No.
333-
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
SYMYX
TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its
charter)
Delaware
77-0397908
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
incorporation or organization)
3100 Central Expressway
Santa Clara, CA
95051
(408) 764-2000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone
  number, including area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
1997 STOCK PLAN
1999 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the Plans)
Steven D. Goldby
Chief Executive Officer
Symyx Technologies, Inc.
3100 Central Expressway
Santa Clara, CA 95051
(408) 764-2000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
William Sherman
Morrison & Foerster LLP
755 Page Mill Road
Palo
Alto, CA 94303
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered
Amount
to be
Registered (1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common
  Stock, $0.001 par value, to be issued under the 1997 Stock Plan (2)
1,327,765 shares
$
28.46
$
37,788,192
$
4,043.34
Common Stock, $0.001 par value, to be issued under the 1999 Employee
  Stock Purchase Plan (3)
331,941
  shares
$
24.19
$
8,029,653
$
859.18
Total Registration Fees:
$
4,902.52
(1)
Pursuant to
Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common
Stock which become issuable under the Company's 1997 Stock Plan and 1999
Employee Stock Purchase Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other similar transaction effected, without the receipt by
Registrant of consideration, which results in an increase in the number of
outstanding shares of Registrant's Common Stock.
(2)
The Proposed
Maximum Offering Price Per Share has been estimated in accordance with Rule
457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the purpose of calculating
the registration fee of shares reserved for future issuance under the
Registrant's 1997 Stock Plan. The computation is based on the average of the
high and low price of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq
National Market on March 6, 2006, because the price at which the options to be
granted in the future may be exercised is not currently determinable.
(3)     The Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per
Share has been estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) under the Securities
Act of 1933 solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee of
shares reserved for future issuance under the Registrant's 1999 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan. The computation is based upon 85% (see explanation in following
sentence) of the average of the high and low price of the Common Stock as
reported on the Nasdaq National Market on March 6, 2006, because the price at
which the shares may be sold is not currently determinable.  Pursuant to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan,
which plan is incorporated by reference herein, the Purchase Price of a share
of Common Stock shall mean an amount equal to 85% of the Fair Market Value of a
share of Common Stock on the Enrollment Date or the Exercise Date, whichever is
lower.
STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E — REGISTRATION OF
ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
This Registration
Statement registers additional 1,327,765 and 331,941 shares of the Registrant's
Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Registrant's 1997 Stock Plan and the
1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, respectively. Accordingly, the contents of
the previous Registration Statements on Form S-8 filed by the Registrant with
the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on (i) March 15, 2000 (File No.
333-32574), (ii) February 13, 2001 (File No. 333-55450), (iii) February 5, 2002
(File No. 333-82168), (iv) February 27, 2003 (File No. 333-103493), (v) March
4, 2004 (File No. 333-113275), and (vi) March 9, 2005 (File No. 333-123211)
(collectively, the "Previous Form S-8s"), including periodic reports that the
Registrant filed after the Previous Form S-8s to maintain current information
about the Registrant, are incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8.  The reports the Registrant has most recently
filed with the SEC are listed below:
(a)
Proxy Statement filed as of April 8, 2005 in
  connection with the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 26, 2005.
(b)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed pursuant to
  Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act on March 6, 2006.
(c)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K
filed with the Commission on January 12, 2006 and
  February 2, 2006.
All
reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed pursuant to
Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this
Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
de-registers all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed
document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies
or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this Registration Statement.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8.
Exhibits.
The Exhibits listed on the
accompanying Index to Exhibits are filed as part hereof, or incorporated by
reference into, this Registration Statement (See Exhibit Index below).
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;
(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; 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 Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.
2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
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.
4)   That, for the purpose of determining
liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:
(i) If the Registrant is
relying on Rule 430B under the Securities Act:
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(A) Each prospectus filed by
the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act shall be
deemed to be part of this Registration Statement as of the date the filed
prospectus was deemed part of and included in this Registration Statement; and
(B) Each prospectus required
to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) under the Securities
Act as part of this Registration Statement in reliance on Rule 430B under the
Securities Act relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i),
(vii), or (x) under the Securities Act for the purpose of providing the
information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to
be part of and included in this Registration Statement as of the earlier of the
date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of
the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the
prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B under the Securities Act, for liability
purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such
date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of this Registration Statement,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
Provided, however
, that no
statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of this
Registration Statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement or prospectus that
is part of this Registration Statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of
contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any
statement that was made in this Registration Statement or prospectus that was
part of this Registration Statement or made in any such document immediately
prior to such effective date; or
(ii) If the Registrant is
subject to Rule 430C under the Securities Act, each prospectus filed pursuant
to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act as part of a registration statement
relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule
430B under the Securities Act or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on
Rule 430A under the Securities Act, shall be deemed to be part of and included
in this Registration Statement as of the date it is first used after
effectiveness.
Provided, however
,
that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part
of this Registration Statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement or prospectus that
is part of this Registration Statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of
contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement
that was made in this Registration Statement or prospectus that was part of
this Registration Statement or made in any such document immediately prior to
such effective date;
5)   That, for the purpose of determining
liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the
initial distribution of the securities:
The
undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of
the Registrant pursuant to this Registration Statement, regardless of the
underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the
securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the
following communications, the Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and
will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary
prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering
required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act;
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(ii) Any free writing
prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned
Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;
(iii) The portion of any
other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material
information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on
behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and
(iv) Any other communication
that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the
purchaser.
b)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is
incorporated by reference in this 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 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 Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable.  In the event that a claim
for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of the 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 Securities
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, as amended, 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 Santa
Clara, State of California on March 7, 2006.
SYMYX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:
/s/ Steven D. Goldby
Steven
  D. Goldby, Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW
ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Steven D. Goldby and Jeryl L. Hilleman, jointly and
severally, his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of substitution, for him
in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this Registration
Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact, 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, as amended, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ Steven D. Goldby
Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board (Principal
Executive Officer)
March 7, 2006
Steven D. Goldby
/s/ Jeryl L. Hilleman
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
March 7, 2006
Jeryl L. Hilleman
/s/ Thomas R. Baruch
Director
March 7, 2006
Thomas R. Baruch
/s/ Samuel D. Colella
Director
March 7, 2006
Samuel D. Colella
/s/ Martin Gerstel
Director
March 7, 2006
Martin Gerstel
/s/ Edwin F. Gambrell
Director
March 7, 2006
Edwin F. Gambrell
/s/ Kenneth J. Nussbacher
Director
March 7, 2006
Kenneth J. Nussbacher
/s/ Mario M. Rosati
Director
March 7, 2006
Mario M. Rosati
/s/ Peter G. Schultz
Director
March 7, 2006
Peter G. Schultz
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
  Number
Exhibit
  Document
4.1 (1)
Common Stock Certificate
5.1
Opinion of Morrison & Foerster LLP as to the
  legality of securities being registered (Counsel to the Registrant)
10.3 (2)
Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Plan
10.4 (1)
1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting
  Firm
23.2
Consent of Morrison & Foerster LLP (contained in
  Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
24.1
Power of Attorney (see signature page)
(1) Incorporated by reference to the same number exhibit filed with
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-87453), as
amended.
(2)
Incorporated by reference to the same number exhibit
filed with Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2005.
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