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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">CEPHALON, INC.</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">41 Moores
Road<br>
Frazer, Pennsylvania 19355<br>
</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of
principal executive offices)</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Cephalon,&nbsp;Inc.<br>
Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan<br>
</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Full title of
the plan)</font></p>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">John E. Osborn<br>
Executive Vice President,<br>
General Counsel&nbsp;&amp; Secretary<br>
Cephalon,&nbsp;Inc.<br>
41 Moores Road<br>
Frazer, PA 19355<br>
(610) 344-0200<br>
</font></b>(Name, address and telephone number,<br>
Including area code, of agent for service)</p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Copy to:</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Pran Jha<br>
Sidley Austin LLP<br>
One South Dearborn<br>
Chicago, IL 60603<br>
(312) 853-7000</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$50,000,000 (1)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$50,000,000 (1)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$5,350.00</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><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;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured obligations of Cephalon,&nbsp;Inc.
to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the
Cephalon,&nbsp;Inc. Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan.</p>


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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PART&nbsp;II</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 3. <u>Incorporation
of Certain Documents by Reference</u></font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following documents heretofore filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) by Cephalon,&nbsp;Inc.
(the &#147;Company&#148;) are incorporated herein by reference:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 36.0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K
for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2005.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 36.0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2006.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 36.0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K
filed with the SEC on January&nbsp;12, 2006, January&nbsp;24, 2006, January&nbsp;26,
2006, February&nbsp;2, 2006, February&nbsp;15, 2006, March&nbsp;28, 2006, April&nbsp;14,
2006, April&nbsp;25, 2006, May&nbsp;3, 2006 and May&nbsp;17, 2006 and the
Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K/A filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;10, 2006
and May&nbsp;12, 2006.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All documents filed by the Company pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act after the date of
this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters 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 respective dates of
filing of such documents (such documents, and the documents enumerated above,
being hereinafter referred to as &#147;Incorporated Documents&#148;) it being understood
that any documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Item
2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form&nbsp;8-K shall not be deemed to be incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document
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 other
subsequently filed Incorporated Document 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>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 4. <u>Description
of Securities</u></font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
$50 million of deferred compensation obligations (the &#147;Obligations&#148;) being
registered under this Registration Statement may be offered to certain eligible
employees of the Company and its subsidiaries pursuant to the Cephalon,&nbsp;Inc.
Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Obligations are general unsecured obligations of the Company to pay deferred
compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Plan from the
general assets of the Company and rank pari passu with other unsecured and
unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company from time to time outstanding. The
Company has established a trust to hold assets contributed under the Plan. However,
these assets remain general assets of the Company and rank pari passu with
other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company from time to
time outstanding.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
amount of compensation deferred by each participant is determined in accordance
with each participant&#146;s deferral election and the provisions of the Plan. The
Plan provides for the investment of each participant&#146;s deferral account in such
investments as the Stock Option and Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Company (the &#147;Committee&#148;) may elect. Each participant&#146;s
separate deferred bonus account will be increased annually at the rate of ten
percent (10%) per annum or at any other rate prospectively specified by a</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">separate Committee
resolution. Participants cannot sell, assign, hypothecate, alienate, encumber
or in any way transfer or convey in advance of receipt any Obligations. All
deferral accounts together with earnings thereon will be payable upon the
termination of the deferral period, retirement, death, disability or separation
of service in a single lump sum or in installments in accordance with the terms
of the Plan. The Committee may also make a distribution from deferred accounts
upon an unforeseeable emergency with respect to a participant.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Company reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any time, except
that no amendment or termination may adversely affect the rights of any
participant with respect to amounts to which the participant is entitled prior
to the date of amendment or termination.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Obligations are not convertible into any other security of the Company. The
Obligations will not have the benefit of a negative pledge or any other
affirmative or negative covenant of the Company.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5. <u>Interests
of Named Experts and Counsel</u></font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not
applicable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 6. <u>Indemnification of Directors and
Officers</u></font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;145
of the Delaware General Corporation Law (&#147;Section&nbsp;145&#148;) permits
indemnification of directors, officers, agents and controlling persons of a
corporation under certain conditions and subject to certain limitations. Article&nbsp;9
of the Company&#146;s By-Laws provides for the indemnification of directors,
officers, employees and agents of the Company to the maximum extent permitted
by the Delaware General Corporation Law. Section&nbsp;145 empowers a
corporation to indemnify any person who was or is party or is threatened to be
made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason
of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer or agent of the
corporation or another enterprise if serving at the request of the corporation.
Depending on the character of the proceeding, a corporation may indemnify
against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action,
suit or proceeding if the person indemnified acted in good faith and in respect
to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such
person&#146;s conduct was unlawful. In the case of an action by or in the right of
the corporation, no indemnification may be made with respect to any claim,
issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable
to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or
the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine that despite
the adjudication of liability such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper. Section&nbsp;145
further provides that to the extent a director, officer, employee or agent of a
corporation has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or
proceeding referred to above or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter
therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys&#146;
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
The Company&#146;s By-laws permit it to purchase insurance on behalf of such person
against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person
in any such capacity, or arising out of such person&#146;s status as such, whether
or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such
liability under the foregoing provision of the By-laws.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 7. <u>Exemption
from Registration Claimed</u></font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not
applicable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8. <u>Exhibits</u></font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Exhibits accompanying this Registration Statement
are listed on the accompanying Exhibit&nbsp;Index.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9. <u>Undertakings</u></font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&nbsp;
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0pt 36.0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&nbsp; 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:0pt 36.0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)&nbsp; To include any
prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)&nbsp;of the Securities Act of
1933;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 36.0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)&nbsp; To reflect in
the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this
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 this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high and of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;if, in the aggregate, the changes
in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148;
table in the effective Registration Statement; and</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 36.0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)&nbsp; To include
any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in this Registration Statement;</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">provided</font></u>, <u>however</u>, that
paragraphs (a)(1)(i)&nbsp;and (a)(1)(ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 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 <u>bona</u>  <u>fide</u> offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 36.0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 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:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 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 <u>bona</u>  <u>fide</u> offering
thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 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 Securities Act of
1933 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 Securities
Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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 Frazer, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on this 25</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">th</font>&#160;day of May&nbsp;2006.</p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CEPHALON, INC.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Frank Baldino,&nbsp;Jr.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Frank Baldino,&nbsp;Jr., Ph.D.</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><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:6.0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">KNOW ALL BY THESE
PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Frank Baldino,&nbsp;Jr. and John E. Osborn, and each of them, his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, including any filings under Rule&nbsp;462 promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on this 25th
day of May&nbsp;2006.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;25, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Frank Baldino,&nbsp;Jr., Ph.D.</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ J. Kevin Buchi </font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">J. Kevin Buchi</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Principal Accounting Officer)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;25, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">William P. Egan</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;25, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Martyn D. Greenacre</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Vaughn M. Kailian </font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Vaughn M. Kailian</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Kevin E. Moley</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Charles A. Sanders, M.D.</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:43.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Gail R. Wilensky </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:43.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;25, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Gail R. Wilensky, Ph.D.</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:43.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:43.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Dennis L. Winger</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:43.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;25, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Dennis L. Winger</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:43.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="21%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:21.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

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REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM&nbsp;S-8</font></b></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.48%;">
  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;">Exhibit</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.14%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.48%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Number</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.32%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;">Description of Exhibit</p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="73%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:73.82%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Restated Certificate of
  Incorporation, as amended (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Cephalon&#146;s Annual Report
  on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 1996 and
  incorporated herein by reference).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certificate of
  Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation as filed with the
  Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May&nbsp;16, 2002 (filed as
  Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Cephalon&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for
  the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2002 and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Bylaws, as amended and
  restated (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to Cephalon&#146;s Current Report on
  Form&nbsp;8-K filed October&nbsp;21, 2005 and incorporated herein by
  reference).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;4.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Specimen copy of stock
  certificate for shares of Common Stock (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to
  Cephalon&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended
  December&nbsp;31, 1993 and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;4.5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Second Amended and
  Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of October&nbsp;27, 2003, between
  Cephalon,&nbsp;Inc. and StockTrans,&nbsp;Inc. as Rights Agent. (filed as
  Exhibit&nbsp;1 to Cephalon&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-A12G/A filed on
  October&nbsp;27, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;4.6</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cephalon,&nbsp;Inc.
  Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to
  Cephalon&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on December&nbsp;7,
  2005 and incorporated herein by reference).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Sidley Austin
  LLP.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of
  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Philadelphia, PA.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of
  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, London, England.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*23.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Sidley
  Austin LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*24.1</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:90.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Powers of Attorney
  (contained in the Signatures page&nbsp;to this Registration Statement).</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*99.1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form&nbsp;of Election Form&nbsp;for
  Cephalon,&nbsp;Inc. Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan.</font></p>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 25, 2006
Registration No. 333-_____
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CEPHALON, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
23-2484489
(State or other
  jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
incorporation or
  organization)
41 Moores
Road
Frazer, Pennsylvania 19355
(Address of
principal executive offices)
Cephalon, Inc.
Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan
(Full title of
the plan)
John E. Osborn
Executive Vice President,
General Counsel & Secretary
Cephalon, Inc.
41 Moores Road
Frazer, PA 19355
(610) 344-0200
(Name, address and telephone number,
Including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Pran Jha
Sidley Austin LLP
One South Dearborn
Chicago, IL 60603
(312) 853-7000
CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to
be registered
Amount to be
registered
Proposed maximum offering price per unit
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering price
Amount of registration fee
Deferred Compensation Obligations
$50,000,000 (1)
N/A (1)
$50,000,000 (1)
$5,350.00
(1)
The
Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured obligations of Cephalon, Inc.
to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the
Cephalon, Inc. Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation
of Certain Documents by Reference
The following documents heretofore filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by Cephalon, Inc.
(the "Company") are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)           The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2005.
(b)           The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2006.
(c)           The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K
filed with the SEC on January 12, 2006, January 24, 2006, January 26,
2006, February 2, 2006, February 15, 2006, March 28, 2006, April 14,
2006, April 25, 2006, May 3, 2006 and May 17, 2006 and the
Current Reports on Form 8-K/A filed with the SEC on March 10, 2006
and May 12, 2006.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of
this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters 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 respective dates of
filing of such documents (such documents, and the documents enumerated above,
being hereinafter referred to as "Incorporated Documents") it being understood
that any documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Item
2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement.
Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document
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 other
subsequently filed Incorporated Document 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
Item 4.
Description
of Securities
The
$50 million of deferred compensation obligations (the "Obligations") being
registered under this Registration Statement may be offered to certain eligible
employees of the Company and its subsidiaries pursuant to the Cephalon, Inc.
Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan").
The
Obligations are general unsecured obligations of the Company to pay deferred
compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Plan from the
general assets of the Company and rank pari passu with other unsecured and
unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company from time to time outstanding. The
Company has established a trust to hold assets contributed under the Plan. However,
these assets remain general assets of the Company and rank pari passu with
other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company from time to
time outstanding.
The
amount of compensation deferred by each participant is determined in accordance
with each participant's deferral election and the provisions of the Plan. The
Plan provides for the investment of each participant's deferral account in such
investments as the Stock Option and Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Company (the "Committee") may elect. Each participant's
separate deferred bonus account will be increased annually at the rate of ten
percent (10%) per annum or at any other rate prospectively specified by a
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separate Committee
resolution. Participants cannot sell, assign, hypothecate, alienate, encumber
or in any way transfer or convey in advance of receipt any Obligations. All
deferral accounts together with earnings thereon will be payable upon the
termination of the deferral period, retirement, death, disability or separation
of service in a single lump sum or in installments in accordance with the terms
of the Plan. The Committee may also make a distribution from deferred accounts
upon an unforeseeable emergency with respect to a participant.
The
Company reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan at any time, except
that no amendment or termination may adversely affect the rights of any
participant with respect to amounts to which the participant is entitled prior
to the date of amendment or termination.
The
Obligations are not convertible into any other security of the Company. The
Obligations will not have the benefit of a negative pledge or any other
affirmative or negative covenant of the Company.
Item 5.
Interests
of Named Experts and Counsel
Not
applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and
Officers
Section 145
of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("Section 145") permits
indemnification of directors, officers, agents and controlling persons of a
corporation under certain conditions and subject to certain limitations. Article 9
of the Company's By-Laws provides for the indemnification of directors,
officers, employees and agents of the Company to the maximum extent permitted
by the Delaware General Corporation Law. Section 145 empowers a
corporation to indemnify any person who was or is party or is threatened to be
made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason
of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer or agent of the
corporation or another enterprise if serving at the request of the corporation.
Depending on the character of the proceeding, a corporation may indemnify
against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action,
suit or proceeding if the person indemnified acted in good faith and in respect
to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such
person's conduct was unlawful. In the case of an action by or in the right of
the corporation, no indemnification may be made with respect to any claim,
issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable
to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or
the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine that despite
the adjudication of liability such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper. Section 145
further provides that to the extent a director, officer, employee or agent of a
corporation has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or
proceeding referred to above or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter
therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys'
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
The Company's By-laws permit it to purchase insurance on behalf of such person
against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person
in any such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether
or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such
liability under the foregoing provision of the By-laws.
Item 7.
Exemption
from Registration Claimed
Not
applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
The Exhibits accompanying this Registration Statement
are listed on the accompanying Exhibit Index.
Item 9.
Undertakings
(a) 
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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(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 this
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 this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high and of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes
in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee"
table in the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii)  To include
any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in this 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 periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement.
(2)           That, for the purpose of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial
bona
fide
offering thereof.
(3)           To remove from registration by means
of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)           The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 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 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 Securities Act of
1933 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 Securities
Act of 1933 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 Frazer, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on this 25
th
day of May 2006.
CEPHALON, INC.
By:
/s/ Frank Baldino, Jr.
Frank Baldino, Jr., Ph.D.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE
PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Frank Baldino, Jr. and John E. Osborn, and each of them, his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, including any filings under Rule 462 promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on this 25th
day of May 2006.
/s/ Frank Baldino, Jr.
Chairman, President and Chief Executive
May 25, 2006
Frank Baldino, Jr., Ph.D.
Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ J. Kevin Buchi
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
May 25, 2006
J. Kevin Buchi
Officer (Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ William P. Egan
Director
May 25, 2006
William P. Egan
/s/ Martyn D. Greenacre
Director
May 25, 2006
Martyn D. Greenacre
/s/ Vaughn M. Kailian
Director
May 25, 2006
Vaughn M. Kailian
/s/ Kevin E. Moley
Director
May 25, 2006
Kevin E. Moley
/s/ Charles A. Sanders
Director
May 25, 2006
Charles A. Sanders, M.D.
/s/ Gail R. Wilensky
Director
May 25, 2006
Gail R. Wilensky, Ph.D.
/s/ Dennis L. Winger
Director
May 25, 2006
Dennis L. Winger
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS TO
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Restated Certificate of
  Incorporation, as amended (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Cephalon's Annual Report
  on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996 and
  incorporated herein by reference).
4.2
Certificate of
  Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation as filed with the
  Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 16, 2002 (filed as
  Exhibit 3.1 to Cephalon's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
  the quarter ended June 30, 2002 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.3
Bylaws, as amended and
  restated (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Cephalon's Current Report on
  Form 8-K filed October 21, 2005 and incorporated herein by
  reference).
4.4
Specimen copy of stock
  certificate for shares of Common Stock (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to
  Cephalon's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
  December 31, 1993 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.5
Second Amended and
  Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of October 27, 2003, between
  Cephalon, Inc. and StockTrans, Inc. as Rights Agent. (filed as
  Exhibit 1 to Cephalon's Form 8-A12G/A filed on
  October 27, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.6
Cephalon, Inc.
  Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to
  Cephalon's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 7,
  2005 and incorporated herein by reference).
*5.1
Opinion of Sidley Austin
  LLP.
*23.1
Consent of
  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Philadelphia, PA.
*23.2
Consent of
  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, London, England.
*23.3
Consent of Sidley
  Austin LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
*24.1
Powers of Attorney
  (contained in the Signatures page to this Registration Statement).
*99.1
Form of Election Form for
  Cephalon, Inc. Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan.
*  Filed herewith.