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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

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STATEMENT</font></b></p>

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ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</font></p>

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  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>
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<p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">65 Hayden Avenue, Lexington, MA
02421</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">AMENDED AND RESTATED 1997 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(Full Title of the Plan)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Michael W. Bonney</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">President and Chief Executive Officer</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">65 Hayden Avenue</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Lexington, Massachusetts 02421</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(Name and Address of Agent For Service)</font></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">(781) 860-8660</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service</font></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Copies to:</font></b></p>

<p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Julio E. Vega,&nbsp;Esq.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Matthew J. Cushing,&nbsp;Esq.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP</font></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">One Federal Street</font></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Boston, MA 02110-1726</font></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(617) 951-8000</font></p>

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<p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Indicate
by a check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company.&nbsp;See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer&#148;, &#147;accelerated
filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act
(Check one):</font></p>

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  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Large
  accelerated filer&nbsp;</font><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">x</font></p>
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  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Accelerated filer&nbsp;</font><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">o</font></p>
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  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Non-accelerated
  filer&nbsp;</font><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">o</font></p>
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  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;</font><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">o</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(Do
  not check if a smaller<br>
  reporting company)</font></p>
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  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  Securities To Be Registered</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Amount<br>
  To Be<br>
  Registered</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Proposed<br>
  Maximum<br>
  Offering Price<br>
  Per Share</font></b></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.14%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Proposed<br>
  Maximum<br>
  Aggregate<br>
  Offering Price (1)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.72%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Amount Of<br>
  Registration<br>
  Fee</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.06%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.88%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Common Stock, $0.001 par value</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.74%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">500,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.72%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:11.62%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">$17.12(1)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.14%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">$8,560,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.72%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">$477.65</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.06%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(1)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The proposed maximum offering price has been estimated
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)&nbsp;solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee.&#160; It is not known how
many of these shares will be purchased or at what price.&#160; The estimate of the proposed maximum
aggregate offering price has been calculated based on the offering of all
500,000 shares registered hereunder pursuant to the purchase of stock under the
Amended and Restated 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, at a purchase price or
exercise price of $17.12 per share, which is the average of the high and low
prices of Cubist&#146;s common stock as listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on
October&nbsp;27, 2009.</font></p>

<p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;429 promulgated under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, the prospectus relating to this Registration Statement
is a combined prospectus that relates also to the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8
(File No.&nbsp;333-148454) previously filed by the registrant on January&nbsp;3,
2008, which registers an additional 250,000 shares of common stock, the
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-126225) previously
filed by the registrant on June&nbsp;29, 2005, which registers 250,000 shares
of common stock and the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-65383)
previously filed by the registrant on October&nbsp;6, 1998, which registers
250,000 shares of common stock.&#160; An
aggregate filing fee for all such prior registration statements in the amount
of $693.36 was previously paid with respect to such shares.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">EXPLANATORY NOTE</font></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On October&nbsp;6, 1998, we filed a Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-65383) (referred to in this document as the &#147;First Registration Statement&#148;) to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;) 250,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, issuable by us under the 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, or, as amended and restated to date, the ESPP</font><font face="Times New Roman">.&#160; On June&nbsp;29, 2005, we filed a </font><font face="Times New Roman">Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-126225) (referred to in this document as the &#147;Second Registration Statement&#148;) to register under the Securities Act an additional 250,000 shares of our common stock issuable by us under the ESPP.&#160; On January&nbsp;3, 2008, we filed a Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-148454) (referred to in this document as the &#147;Third Registration Statement&#148;) to register under the Securities Act an additional 250,000 shares of our common stock issuable under the ESPP.</font></p><p style="letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">At the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Cubist, held on June&nbsp;4, 2009, our stockholders approved an amendment to the ESPP to increase the authorized shares under the ESPP by 500,000 shares from 750,000 to 1,250,000.</font></p><p style="letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 has been prepared and filed pursuant to and in accordance with the requirements of General Instruction E to Form&nbsp;S-8 for the purpose of effecting the registration under the Securities Act of the additional 500,000 shares of our common stock subject to issuance upon the purchase of stock under the ESPP at any time or from time to time after the date hereof under such plan. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form&nbsp;S-8, the registrant hereby incorporates herein by reference the contents of the First Registration Statement, Second Registration Statement and Third Registration Statement.</font></p><p style="letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">PART&nbsp;II</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

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<p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Item 3.&#160; Incorporation of
Documents by Reference.</font></b></p>

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<p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">We
incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future filings we
will make with the SEC under Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended:</font></p>

<p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-41.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing: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;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Our Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K
for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008, filed on February&nbsp;27, 2009;</font></p>

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<p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-41.75pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing: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;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Our Quarterly Reports
on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarters ended March&nbsp;31, 2009 (filed on May&nbsp;1,
2009), June&nbsp;30, 2009 (filed on July&nbsp;29, 2009) and September&nbsp;30,
2009 (filed on October&nbsp;27, 2009);</font></p>

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<p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-41.75pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</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;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on
January 6, 2009, January 15, 2009 (SEC Accession No. 0001104659-09-002570),
February 17, 2009, February 18, 2009, March 10, 2009, March 25, 2009, March 31,
2009, June 8, 2009, June 12, 2009, July 9, 2009 and July 22, 2009; and</font></p>

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<p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-42.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing: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;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">The description of our
common stock contained in our registration statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed on September&nbsp;17,
1996, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating
that description.</font></p>

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<p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">You
may request a copy of these filings at no cost (other than exhibits unless
those exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference herein) by writing,
telephoning or e-mailing us at the following address:</font></p>

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<p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 153.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Cubist Pharmaceuticals,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>

<p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 153.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">65 Hayden Avenue</font></p>

<p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 153.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Lexington, MA 02421</font></p>

<p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 153.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Attn:
Investor Relations</font></p>

<p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 153.35pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(781) 860-8660</font></p>

<p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 153.35pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">e-mail:
ir@cubist.com</font></p>

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<p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Item 8.&#160; Exhibits.</font></b></p>

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<p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Any of the below-listed exhibits
containing parenthetical information are incorporated by reference from the
Company&#146;s filing indicated next to the title of such exhibit. All other
below-listed exhibits are filed herewith:</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">3.1</font></p>
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  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Restated
  Certificate of Incorporation (Exhibit&nbsp;3.1, Cubist&#146;s Quarterly Report on
  Form&nbsp;10-Q, filed on August&nbsp;6, 2004, File No.&nbsp;000-21379).</font></p>
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  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">3.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Certificate
  of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Exhibit&nbsp;3.1,
  Cubist&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q, filed on August&nbsp;3, 2007,
  File No.&nbsp;000-21379).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">3.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Amended
  and Restated By-Laws of Cubist (Exhibit&nbsp;3.1, Current Report on
  Form&nbsp;8-K, filed on December&nbsp;26, 2007, File No.&nbsp;000-21379).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Specimen
  certificate for shares of Common Stock (Exhibit&nbsp;4.1, Cubist&#146;s Annual
  Report on Form&nbsp;10-K, filed on March&nbsp;1, 2006, File
  No.&nbsp;000-21379).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Indenture,
  dated as of June&nbsp;6, 2006, between Cubist and The Bank of New York Trust
  Company, N.A., as trustee (Exhibit&nbsp;4.1, Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K,
  filed on June&nbsp;9, 2006, File No.&nbsp;000-21379).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Note,
  dated June&nbsp;6, 2006, issued by Cubist (Exhibit&nbsp;4.7, Cubist&#146;s Annual
  Report on Form&nbsp;10-K, filed on March&nbsp;1, 2007, File
  No.&nbsp;000-21379).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Opinion
  of Bingham McCutchen LLP with respect to the legality of the shares being
  registered.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Consent
  of Bingham McCutchen LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Consent
  of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">24</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.98%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Power
  of Attorney (included in signature page&nbsp;to registration statement).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

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<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant,
Cubist Pharmaceuticals,&nbsp;Inc., 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 Town of Lexington, Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, on this 30</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;letter-spacing:0pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">th</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&#160;day of
October, 2009.</font></p>

<p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="95%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:95.04%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">CUBIST
  PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.62%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.38%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">/s/
  Michael W. Bonney&nbsp; </font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.62%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.38%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Michael
  W. Bonney</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.62%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.38%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">President
  and Chief Executive Officer</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Each person whose signature appears below hereby appoints each of Michael
W. Bonney and David W.J. McGirr severally, acting alone and without the other,
his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with the authority to execute in the name
of each such person, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
together with any exhibits thereto and other documents therewith, any and all
amendments (including without limitation post-effective amendments) to this
registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 necessary or advisable to enable the
registrant to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any
rules, regulations, and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission
in respect thereof, which amendments may make such other changes in the
Registration Statement as the aforesaid attorney-in-fact executing the same
deems appropriate.</font></p>

<p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="letter-spacing:0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;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="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Signature</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Title</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Date</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">/s/
  Michael W. Bonney </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">President,
  Chief Executive Officer and Director </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">October&nbsp;30, 2009</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Michael
  W. Bonney</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(Principal
  Executive Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">/s/
  David W.J. McGirr </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Senior
  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">October&nbsp;30, 2009</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">David
  W.J. McGirr</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">(Principal
  Financial and Accounting Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">/s/
  Kenneth M. Bate </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">October&nbsp;30, 2009</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Kenneth
  M. Bate</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">/s/
  Mark H. Corrigan </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">October&nbsp;30, 2009</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Mark
  H. Corrigan</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">/s/
  Sylvie Gregoire </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">October&nbsp;30, 2009</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Sylvie
  Gregoire</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">/s/
  Nancy J. Hutson </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">October&nbsp;30, 2009</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Nancy
  J. Hutson</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">/s/
  Walter R. Maupay </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">October&nbsp;30, 2009</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Walter
  R. Maupay</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">/s/
  Martin Rosenberg </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">October&nbsp;30, 2009</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Martin
  Rosenberg</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">/s/
  J. Matthew Singleton </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">October&nbsp;30, 2009</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">J.
  Matthew Singleton</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">/s/
  Martin H. Soeters </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">October&nbsp;30, 2009</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Martin
  H. Soeters</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">/s/
  Michael B. Wood </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">October&nbsp;30, 2009</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.84%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Michael
  B. Wood</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.26%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.54%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.76%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Exhibit</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;"><br>
  </font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Number</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.42%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.58%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">Description</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.42%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.58%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">3.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.42%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.58%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Restated
  Certificate of Incorporation (Exhibit&nbsp;3.1, Cubist&#146;s Quarterly Report on
  Form&nbsp;10-Q, filed on August&nbsp;6, 2004, File No.&nbsp;000-21379).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.42%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.58%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">3.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.42%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.58%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Certificate
  of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Exhibit&nbsp;3.1,
  Cubist&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q, filed on August&nbsp;3, 2007,
  File No.&nbsp;000-21379).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.42%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.58%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">3.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.42%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.58%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Amended
  and Restated By-Laws of Cubist (Exhibit&nbsp;3.1, Current Report on
  Form&nbsp;8-K, filed on December&nbsp;26, 2007, File No.&nbsp;000-21379).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.42%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.58%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.42%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.58%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Specimen
  certificate for shares of Common Stock (Exhibit&nbsp;4.1, Cubist&#146;s Annual
  Report on Form&nbsp;10-K, filed on March&nbsp;1, 2006, File
  No.&nbsp;000-21379).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.42%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.58%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.42%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.58%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Indenture,
  dated as of June&nbsp;6, 2006, between Cubist and The Bank of New York Trust
  Company, N.A., as trustee (Exhibit&nbsp;4.1, Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K,
  filed on June&nbsp;9, 2006, File No.&nbsp;000-21379).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.42%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.58%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.42%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.58%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Note,
  dated June&nbsp;6, 2006, issued by Cubist (Exhibit&nbsp;4.7, Cubist&#146;s Annual
  Report on Form&nbsp;10-K, filed on March&nbsp;1, 2007, File
  No.&nbsp;000-21379).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.42%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.58%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.42%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.58%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Opinion
  of Bingham McCutchen LLP with respect to the legality of the shares being
  registered.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.42%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.58%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Consent
  of Bingham McCutchen LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.42%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.58%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="88%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:88.58%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Consent
  of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.42%;">
  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="letter-spacing:.25pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:0pt;">Power
  of Attorney (included in signature page&nbsp;to registration statement).</font></p>
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As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on October 30, 2009
File No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933
CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
DELAWARE
22-3192085
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or
Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
65 Hayden Avenue, Lexington, MA
02421
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1997 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Michael W. Bonney
President and Chief Executive Officer
CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
65 Hayden Avenue
Lexington, Massachusetts 02421
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(781) 860-8660
Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service
Copies to:
Julio E. Vega, Esq.
Matthew J. Cushing, Esq.
BINGHAM MCCUTCHEN LLP
One Federal Street
Boston, MA 02110-1726
(617) 951-8000
Indicate
by a check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer", "accelerated
filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act
(Check one):
Large
  accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated
  filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do
  not check if a smaller
reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title Of
Securities To Be Registered
Amount
To Be
Registered
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price (1)
Amount Of
Registration
Fee
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
500,000
$17.12(1)
$8,560,000
$477.65
(1)           The proposed maximum offering price has been estimated
pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the
registration fee.  It is not known how
many of these shares will be purchased or at what price.  The estimate of the proposed maximum
aggregate offering price has been calculated based on the offering of all
500,000 shares registered hereunder pursuant to the purchase of stock under the
Amended and Restated 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, at a purchase price or
exercise price of $17.12 per share, which is the average of the high and low
prices of Cubist's common stock as listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on
October 27, 2009.
Pursuant to Rule 429 promulgated under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, the prospectus relating to this Registration Statement
is a combined prospectus that relates also to the Registration Statement on Form S-8
(File No. 333-148454) previously filed by the registrant on January 3,
2008, which registers an additional 250,000 shares of common stock, the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-126225) previously
filed by the registrant on June 29, 2005, which registers 250,000 shares
of common stock and the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-65383)
previously filed by the registrant on October 6, 1998, which registers
250,000 shares of common stock.  An
aggregate filing fee for all such prior registration statements in the amount
of $693.36 was previously paid with respect to such shares.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
On October 6, 1998, we filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-65383) (referred to in this document as the "First Registration Statement") to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") 250,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, issuable by us under the 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, or, as amended and restated to date, the ESPP
.  On June 29, 2005, we filed a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-126225) (referred to in this document as the "Second Registration Statement") to register under the Securities Act an additional 250,000 shares of our common stock issuable by us under the ESPP.  On January 3, 2008, we filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-148454) (referred to in this document as the "Third Registration Statement") to register under the Securities Act an additional 250,000 shares of our common stock issuable under the ESPP.
At the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Cubist, held on June 4, 2009, our stockholders approved an amendment to the ESPP to increase the authorized shares under the ESPP by 500,000 shares from 750,000 to 1,250,000.
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 has been prepared and filed pursuant to and in accordance with the requirements of General Instruction E to Form S-8 for the purpose of effecting the registration under the Securities Act of the additional 500,000 shares of our common stock subject to issuance upon the purchase of stock under the ESPP at any time or from time to time after the date hereof under such plan. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the registrant hereby incorporates herein by reference the contents of the First Registration Statement, Second Registration Statement and Third Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.  Incorporation of
Documents by Reference.
We
incorporate by reference the documents listed below and any future filings we
will make with the SEC under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended:
(a)
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed on February 27, 2009;
(b)
Our Quarterly Reports
on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2009 (filed on May 1,
2009), June 30, 2009 (filed on July 29, 2009) and September 30,
2009 (filed on October 27, 2009);
(c)
Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on
January 6, 2009, January 15, 2009 (SEC Accession No. 0001104659-09-002570),
February 17, 2009, February 18, 2009, March 10, 2009, March 25, 2009, March 31,
2009, June 8, 2009, June 12, 2009, July 9, 2009 and July 22, 2009; and
(d)
The description of our
common stock contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A filed on September 17,
1996, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating
that description.
You
may request a copy of these filings at no cost (other than exhibits unless
those exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference herein) by writing,
telephoning or e-mailing us at the following address:
Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
65 Hayden Avenue
Lexington, MA 02421
Attn:
Investor Relations
(781) 860-8660
e-mail:
ir@cubist.com
2
Item 8.  Exhibits.
Any of the below-listed exhibits
containing parenthetical information are incorporated by reference from the
Company's filing indicated next to the title of such exhibit. All other
below-listed exhibits are filed herewith:
3.1
Restated
  Certificate of Incorporation (Exhibit 3.1, Cubist's Quarterly Report on
  Form 10-Q, filed on August 6, 2004, File No. 000-21379).
3.2
Certificate
  of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Exhibit 3.1,
  Cubist's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed on August 3, 2007,
  File No. 000-21379).
3.3
Amended
  and Restated By-Laws of Cubist (Exhibit 3.1, Current Report on
  Form 8-K, filed on December 26, 2007, File No. 000-21379).
4.1
Specimen
  certificate for shares of Common Stock (Exhibit 4.1, Cubist's Annual
  Report on Form 10-K, filed on March 1, 2006, File
  No. 000-21379).
4.2
Indenture,
  dated as of June 6, 2006, between Cubist and The Bank of New York Trust
  Company, N.A., as trustee (Exhibit 4.1, Current Report on Form 8-K,
  filed on June 9, 2006, File No. 000-21379).
4.3
Note,
  dated June 6, 2006, issued by Cubist (Exhibit 4.7, Cubist's Annual
  Report on Form 10-K, filed on March 1, 2007, File
  No. 000-21379).
5
Opinion
  of Bingham McCutchen LLP with respect to the legality of the shares being
  registered.
23.1
Consent
  of Bingham McCutchen LLP (included in Exhibit 5).
23.2
Consent
  of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24
Power
  of Attorney (included in signature page to registration statement).
3
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant,
Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 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 Town of Lexington, Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, on this 30
th
day of
October, 2009.
CUBIST
  PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
By:
/s/
  Michael W. Bonney
Michael
  W. Bonney
President
  and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby appoints each of Michael
W. Bonney and David W.J. McGirr severally, acting alone and without the other,
his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with the authority to execute in the name
of each such person, and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
together with any exhibits thereto and other documents therewith, any and all
amendments (including without limitation post-effective amendments) to this
registration statement on Form S-8 necessary or advisable to enable the
registrant to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any
rules, regulations, and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission
in respect thereof, which amendments may make such other changes in the
Registration Statement as the aforesaid attorney-in-fact executing the same
deems appropriate.
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/
  Michael W. Bonney
President,
  Chief Executive Officer and Director
October 30, 2009
Michael
  W. Bonney
(Principal
  Executive Officer)
/s/
  David W.J. McGirr
Senior
  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
October 30, 2009
David
  W.J. McGirr
(Principal
  Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/
  Kenneth M. Bate
Director
October 30, 2009
Kenneth
  M. Bate
/s/
  Mark H. Corrigan
Director
October 30, 2009
Mark
  H. Corrigan
/s/
  Sylvie Gregoire
Director
October 30, 2009
Sylvie
  Gregoire
/s/
  Nancy J. Hutson
Director
October 30, 2009
Nancy
  J. Hutson
/s/
  Walter R. Maupay
Director
October 30, 2009
Walter
  R. Maupay
/s/
  Martin Rosenberg
Director
October 30, 2009
Martin
  Rosenberg
/s/
  J. Matthew Singleton
Director
October 30, 2009
J.
  Matthew Singleton
/s/
  Martin H. Soeters
Director
October 30, 2009
Martin
  H. Soeters
/s/
  Michael B. Wood
Director
October 30, 2009
Michael
  B. Wood
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
3.1
Restated
  Certificate of Incorporation (Exhibit 3.1, Cubist's Quarterly Report on
  Form 10-Q, filed on August 6, 2004, File No. 000-21379).
3.2
Certificate
  of Amendment to the Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Exhibit 3.1,
  Cubist's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed on August 3, 2007,
  File No. 000-21379).
3.3
Amended
  and Restated By-Laws of Cubist (Exhibit 3.1, Current Report on
  Form 8-K, filed on December 26, 2007, File No. 000-21379).
4.1
Specimen
  certificate for shares of Common Stock (Exhibit 4.1, Cubist's Annual
  Report on Form 10-K, filed on March 1, 2006, File
  No. 000-21379).
4.2
Indenture,
  dated as of June 6, 2006, between Cubist and The Bank of New York Trust
  Company, N.A., as trustee (Exhibit 4.1, Current Report on Form 8-K,
  filed on June 9, 2006, File No. 000-21379).
4.3
Note,
  dated June 6, 2006, issued by Cubist (Exhibit 4.7, Cubist's Annual
  Report on Form 10-K, filed on March 1, 2007, File
  No. 000-21379).
5
Opinion
  of Bingham McCutchen LLP with respect to the legality of the shares being
  registered.
23.1
Consent
  of Bingham McCutchen LLP (included in Exhibit 5).
23.2
Consent
  of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24
Power
  of Attorney (included in signature page to registration statement).
5