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      <TD align="center" nowrap> <B><FONT size=2 face="serif">As filed with the
            Securities and Exchange Commission on December 19, 2005</FONT></B> </TD>
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        <B><FONT size=5 face="serif">UNITED STATES</FONT></B><BR>
            <B><FONT size=5 face="serif">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</FONT></B><BR>
        <B><FONT size=2 face="serif">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</FONT></B><br>
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        <B><FONT size=5 face="serif">FORM S-8</FONT></B> <BR>
            <B><FONT size=2 face="serif">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="serif">&nbsp; </FONT><BR>
            <B><FONT size=2 face="serif">UNDER</FONT></B><FONT size=2 face="serif">&nbsp; </FONT><BR>
            <B><FONT size=2 face="serif">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</FONT></B><FONT size=4 face="serif">&nbsp; </FONT><BR>
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      <TD align="center" nowrap> <B><FONT face="serif">SYNGENTA AG</font></B><FONT face="serif"><br>
      <FONT size=1 face="serif">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
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        <TD colspan=1 align=center> <font size="2"><B><FONT face="serif">SWITZERLAND</FONT></B>&nbsp; </font></TD>
        <TD nowrap colspan=1 align=center> <font size="2"><B><FONT face="serif">N/A</FONT></B>&nbsp; </font></TD>
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        <TD colspan=1 align=center nowrap> <FONT size=1 face="serif">(State or
            other jurisdiction of<br>
            <FONT size=1 face="serif">incorporation or organization)</FONT>&nbsp;      </FONT></TD>
        <TD colspan=1 align=center nowrap> <FONT size=1 face="serif">(I.R.S. Employer
            Identification No.)</FONT>&nbsp; </TD>
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        <TD colspan=2 align=center> <B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Schwarzwaldallee
              215<br>
        4058 Basel<br>
        Switzerland<br>
        Telephone: 011 41 61 323 1111      </FONT></B><B><FONT size=2 face="serif">      </FONT></B><B><FONT size=2 face="serif">            </FONT></B></TD>
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        <TD colspan=2 align=center> <FONT size=1 face="serif">(Address of principal
        executive offices)</FONT>  </TD>
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        <TD colspan=2 align=center><B><FONT face="serif">SYNGENTA SHARE PLAN FOR NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS</FONT></B></TD>
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        <TD colspan=2 align=center> <FONT size=1 face="serif">(Full title of
        the plan)</FONT> </TD>
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        <TD colspan=2 align=center><B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Elizabeth K. Quarles <br>
  Syngenta Corporation <br>
  2200 Concord Pike <br>
  Wilmington, DE 19803<br>
        </FONT></B> <B><FONT size=2 face="serif">(302) 425-2000 </FONT></B></TD>
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        of agent for service)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD colspan=2 align=center><B><FONT size=1 face="serif">Telephone number,
        including area code, of agent for service: (302) 425-2000</FONT></B></TD>
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        <TD colspan=2 align=center><I><FONT size=2 face="serif">Copies to</FONT></I><FONT size=2 face="serif">:<br>
        </FONT><B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Louis
        L. Goldberg, Esq.<br>
  Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell<br>
  450 Lexington Avenue<br>
  New York, New York 10017<br>
  (212) 450-4000</FONT></B></TD>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE<br>
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      <TD width="40%" align="center"> <FONT size=1 face="serif">Title of Securities<br>
      </FONT><FONT size=1 face="serif">To Be Registered</FONT></TD>
      <TD width="15%"><FONT size=1 face="serif">Amount to Be</FONT><br>
      <FONT size=1 face="serif">Registered(1)</FONT></TD>
      <TD width="15%"> <FONT size=1 face="serif">Proposed Maximum<br>
      Offering Price<br>
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      <TD width="15%"> <FONT size=1 face="serif">Proposed Maximum<br>
          <FONT size=1 face="serif">Aggregate</FONT><br>
      <FONT size=1 face="serif">Offering Price</FONT></FONT></TD>
      <TD width="15%"> <FONT size=1 face="serif">Amount of</FONT><br>
      <FONT size=1 face="serif">Registration Fee(2)</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="40%" align="left"> <FONT size=1 face="serif">Common Shares of Syngenta AG, nominal value CHF 10 each. </FONT></TD>
      <TD width="15%" valign="middle"> <FONT size=1 face="serif">3,600</FONT></TD>
      <TD width="15%" valign="middle"> <FONT size=1 face="serif">$197.32</FONT></TD>
      <TD width="15%" valign="middle"><font size="1" face="serif">710,352</font></TD>
      <TD width="15%" valign="middle"> <FONT size=1 face="serif">$77.00</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="5%" valign=top nowrap> <FONT size=2 face="serif">(1)</FONT>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="95%" colspan=1> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Plus an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD valign=top nowrap> <FONT size=2 face="serif">(2)</FONT>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </TD>
      <TD colspan=1 valign="top"><P> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Estimated pursuant
            to Rules 457(h) and 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
            solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee, based on
            the closing price of the securities being registered hereby on the
            Swiss Exchange (SWX) on December 16, 2005 (CHF 153.00) and on an
            exchange rate of 1CHF = &#36;.7754</FONT><font size="2"><FONT face="serif">.</FONT></font></P></TD>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">PART I </FONT></B></P>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION </FONT></B></P>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">Not required to be filed with this registration statement. </FONT></P>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION </FONT></B></P>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">Not required to be filed with this registration statement. </FONT></P>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">PART II </FONT></B></P>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT></B></P>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE </FONT></B></P>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) by Syngenta AG (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;1934 Act&#148;) (File No. 001-15152) and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;1933 Act&#148;) are incorporated by reference herein:</FONT></P>
<P> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">(1) The Registrant&#146;s 1934 Act Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2004 (File No. 001-15152) (the &#147;Form 20-F&#148;); and</FONT></P>
<P> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">(2) All documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the 1934 Act subsequent to December 31, 2004, the date of the latest audited financial statements of the Registrant contained in the Form 20-F and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereof which indicates that all securities offered herein have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold; and</FONT></P>
<P> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">(3) The description of the Registrant&#146;s American Depository Shares contained in the Registrant&#146;s 1934 Act Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-15152) incorporating by reference the description thereof from the Registrant&#146;s 1933 Act Registration Statement on Form F-1 (Registration No. 333-12640) (the &#147;Form F-1&#148;), including any amendment thereto or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</FONT></P>
<P> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof or of the related prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which is also incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.</FONT></P>
<P> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">The Registrant will provide, without charge to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this document is delivered, upon written or oral request of such person, a copy of any or all of the documents incorporated herein by reference (other than exhibits, unless such exhibits specifically are incorporated by reference into such documents or this document). Requests for such documents should be submitted in writing, addressed to the office of the Company Secretary, Syngenta AG, Schwarzwaldallee 215, 4058 Basel, Switzerland, 011-41-61-323-1111.</FONT></P>
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<P> <B><FONT size=2 face="serif">ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES</FONT></B></P>
<P> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">Not applicable, see Item 3(3) above.</FONT></P>
<P> <B><FONT size=2 face="serif">ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</FONT></B></P>
<P> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">Messrs. C. Maeder, General Counsel, and D. Heller, Company Secretary, hold equity securities of the Registrant with a value in excess of &#36;50,000.</FONT></P>
<P> <B><FONT size=2 face="serif">ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</FONT></B></P>
<P> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">Neither applicable Swiss law nor the Registrant&#146;s Articles of Incorporation provide for the indemnification of the Registrant&#146;s officers, directors or controlling persons. The Registrant maintains a Directors and Officers liability insurance policy.</FONT></P>
<P> <B><FONT size=2 face="serif">ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED</FONT></B></P>
<P> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">Not Applicable.</FONT></P>
<P> <B><FONT size=2 face="serif">ITEM 8. EXHIBITS</FONT></B> </P>
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    <TD width=85%> <FONT size=2 face="serif">English translation of the Articles of Incorporation (</FONT><I><FONT size=2 face="serif">Satzung</FONT></I><FONT size=2 face="serif">) of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to the Form F-1, Exhibit 3.1).</FONT> </TD>
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    <TD width=85%> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Opinion of Christoph Maeder and Damian Heller regarding the legality of any original issuance securities being registered.</FONT> </TD>
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    <TD width=85%> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young Ltd.</FONT> </TD>
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    <TD width=85%> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Consent of Messrs. Maeder and Heller (included in Exhibit 5).</FONT> </TD>
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    <TD width=85%> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration statement).</FONT> </TD>
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<P> <B><FONT size=2 face="serif">ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS</FONT></B></P>
<P> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</FONT></P>
<p> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</FONT></p>
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  <p> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;1933 Act&#148;);</FONT></p>
  <p> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or </FONT></p>
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  <p> <FONT size=2 face="serif">high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in this registration statement; and</FONT></p>
  <p> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement; </FONT><I><FONT size=2 face="serif">provided, however</FONT></I><FONT size=2 face="serif">, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated by reference into this registration statement;</FONT></p>
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<P> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">(2) That for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and</FONT></P>
<P> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</FONT></P>
<P> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act (and where applicable, each filing of the Plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</FONT></P>
<P> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers or controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</FONT></P>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I><FONT size=2 face="serif">The Registrant. </FONT></I><FONT size=2 face="serif"> Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Basel, Switzerland on this 14th day of December, 2005.</FONT></P>
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    <td colspan="2" align="left"> <FONT size=2 face="serif"> /s/ Michael P. Pragnell</FONT></td>
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    <td align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Title: </FONT></td>
    <td align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Chief Executive Officer </FONT></td>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">POWER OF ATTORNEY </FONT></B></P>
<P>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below, constitutes and appoints J. Martin Taylor, Rupert Gassert, Michael P. Pragnell, Felix A. Weber and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and execute, in the name of the undersigned, any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable the Registrant to comply with the 1933 Act and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the registration statement on Form S-8 under the 1933 Act, including specifically but without limitation, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned to such registration statement, and any amendments to such registration statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to sign any and all applications, registration statements, notices or other documents necessary or advisable to comply with applicable state securities laws, and to file the same, together with other documents in connection therewith with the appropriate state securities authorities, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</FONT></P>
<P> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities set forth below on this 14th day of December, 2005.</FONT></P>
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    <td align="center"><font size="2"><B><U><FONT face="serif">Signature</FONT></U></B></font></td>
    <td align="center">&nbsp;</td>
    <td align="center"> <font size="2"><B><U></U></B> <B><U><FONT face="serif">Title</FONT></U></B></font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ </FONT><FONT size=2 face="serif">J. Martin Taylor </FONT></td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Chairman of the Board</FONT> </td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%" align="center"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">J. Martin Taylor </FONT></td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Chief Executive Officer and Member,</FONT> </td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ Michael P. Pragnell</FONT> </td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Board of Directors</FONT> </td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%"><HR noshade size=1></td>
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    <td width="40%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%" align="center"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Michael P. Pragnell</FONT> </td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ Domenico Scala</FONT> </td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Chief Financial Officer</FONT> </td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%"><HR noshade size=1></td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%" align="center"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Domenico Scala</FONT> </td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ Rupert Gassert</FONT> </td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Vice Chairman, Board of Directors</FONT> </td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%"><HR noshade size=1></td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%" align="center"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Rupert Gassert</FONT></td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ Peggy B. Bruzelius</FONT> </td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Member, Board of Directors</FONT> </td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%" align="center"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Peggy B. Bruzelius</FONT> </td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ Peter Doyle</FONT> </td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Member, Board of Directors</FONT> </td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%" align="center"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Peter Doyle</FONT> </td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ Pierre Landolt</FONT> </td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Member, Board of Directors</FONT> </td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%" align="center"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Pierre Landolt</FONT> </td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ Pedro Reiser</FONT> </td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Member, Board of Directors</FONT> </td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%"><HR noshade size=1></td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%" align="center"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Pedro Reiser</FONT> </td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ Peter M. Thompson</FONT> </td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Member, Board of Directors</FONT> </td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%" align="center"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Peter M. Thompson</FONT> </td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ Rolf U. Watter</FONT> </td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Member, Board of Directors</FONT> </td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%" align="center"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Rolf U. Watter</FONT> </td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ Felix A. Weber</FONT> </td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Member, Board of Directors</FONT> </td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%" align="center"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Felix A. Weber</FONT> </td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td align="center">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td> <FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ Jacques Vincent </FONT> </td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Member, Board of Directors</FONT> </td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td align="center"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Jacques Vincent </FONT></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/ Elizabeth K. Quarles</FONT> </td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Authorized Representative in the<br>
    </FONT><FONT size=2 face="serif">United States</FONT> </td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="40%" align="center"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Elizabeth K. Quarles</FONT> </td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="40%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="18%">&nbsp;</td>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">INDEX TO EXHIBITS </FONT></B></P>
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    <td align="right"> <strong><FONT size=2 face="serif">Exhibit<br>
    <u>Number</u></FONT> </strong></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="70%"><FONT size=2 face="serif"><u><strong>Exhibit</strong></u></FONT> </td>
    <td width="15%" align="center" nowrap> <B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Sequential Page</FONT></B><br>
      <B><U><FONT size=2 face="serif">Number</FONT></U></B>  </td>
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    <td align="right">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="70%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="15%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="5%" align="right"><FONT size=2 face="serif">4</FONT> </td>
    <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="70%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">English translation of the Articles of Incorporation (</FONT><I><FONT size=2 face="serif">Satzung</FONT></I><FONT size=2 face="serif">) of the </FONT><FONT size=2 face="serif">Registrant (incorporated by reference to the Form F-1, Exhibit 3.1).</FONT></td>
    <td width="15%" align="center"><FONT size=2 face="serif">*</FONT> </td>
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    <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="5%" align="right">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="70%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="15%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="5%" align="right"><FONT size=2 face="serif">5</FONT></td>
    <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="70%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Opinion of Christoph Maeder and Damian Heller regarding the legality of any original issuance securities being registered.</FONT></td>
    <td width="15%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td align="right">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="70%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="15%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td align="right"><FONT size=2 face="serif">23.1</FONT></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="70%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young Ltd.</FONT> </td>
    <td width="15%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td align="right">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="70%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="15%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td align="right"><FONT size=2 face="serif">23.2</FONT></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="70%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Consent of Messrs. Maeder and Heller (included in Exhibit 5).</FONT> </td>
    <td width="15%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td align="right">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="70%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td align="right"><FONT size=2 face="serif">24</FONT></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="70%"> <FONT size=2 face="serif">Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration statement).</FONT> </td>
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As filed with the
            Securities and Exchange Commission on December 19, 2005
Registration No. 333-
_____
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SYNGENTA AG
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
        charter)
SWITZERLAND
N/A
(State or
            other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
            Identification No.)
Schwarzwaldallee
              215
4058 Basel
Switzerland
Telephone: 011 41 61 323 1111
(Address of principal
        executive offices)
SYNGENTA SHARE PLAN FOR NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
(Full title of
        the plan)
Elizabeth K. Quarles
Syngenta Corporation
2200 Concord Pike
Wilmington, DE 19803
(302) 425-2000
(Name and address
        of agent for service)
Telephone number,
        including area code, of agent for service: (302) 425-2000
Copies to
:
Louis
        L. Goldberg, Esq.
Davis Polk & Wardwell
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017
(212) 450-4000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
To Be Registered
Amount to Be
Registered(1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee(2)
Common Shares of Syngenta AG, nominal value CHF 10 each.
3,600
$197.32
710,352
$77.00
(1)
Plus an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated pursuant
            to Rules 457(h) and 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
            solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee, based on
            the closing price of the securities being registered hereby on the
            Swiss Exchange (SWX) on December 16, 2005 (CHF 153.00) and on an
            exchange rate of 1CHF = $.7754
.
PART I
ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION
Not required to be filed with this registration statement.
ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION
Not required to be filed with this registration statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by Syngenta AG (the "Registrant") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act") (File No. 001-15152) and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act") are incorporated by reference herein:
(1) The Registrant's 1934 Act Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2004 (File No. 001-15152) (the "Form 20-F"); and
(2) All documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the 1934 Act subsequent to December 31, 2004, the date of the latest audited financial statements of the Registrant contained in the Form 20-F and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment hereof which indicates that all securities offered herein have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold; and
(3) The description of the Registrant's American Depository Shares contained in the Registrant's 1934 Act Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-15152) incorporating by reference the description thereof from the Registrant's 1933 Act Registration Statement on Form F-1 (Registration No. 333-12640) (the "Form F-1"), including any amendment thereto or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof or of the related prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which is also incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
The Registrant will provide, without charge to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this document is delivered, upon written or oral request of such person, a copy of any or all of the documents incorporated herein by reference (other than exhibits, unless such exhibits specifically are incorporated by reference into such documents or this document). Requests for such documents should be submitted in writing, addressed to the office of the Company Secretary, Syngenta AG, Schwarzwaldallee 215, 4058 Basel, Switzerland, 011-41-61-323-1111.
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ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
Not applicable, see Item 3(3) above.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Messrs. C. Maeder, General Counsel, and D. Heller, Company Secretary, hold equity securities of the Registrant with a value in excess of $50,000.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
Neither applicable Swiss law nor the Registrant's Articles of Incorporation provide for the indemnification of the Registrant's officers, directors or controlling persons. The Registrant maintains a Directors and Officers liability insurance policy.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
Not Applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
4
English translation of the Articles of Incorporation (
Satzung
) of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to the Form F-1, Exhibit 3.1).
5
Opinion of Christoph Maeder and Damian Heller regarding the legality of any original issuance securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young Ltd.
23.2
Consent of Messrs. Maeder and Heller (included in Exhibit 5).
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Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration statement).
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act");
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or
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high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in this registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any material change to such information in this registration statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are incorporated by reference into this registration statement;
(2) That for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Registrant's Annual Report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act (and where applicable, each filing of the Plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act may be permitted to directors, officers or controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 1933 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant.
Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Basel, Switzerland on this 14th day of December, 2005.
SYNGENTA AG
By:
/s/ J. Martin Taylor
Name:
J. Martin Taylor
Title:
Chairman of the Board
By:
/s/ Michael P. Pragnell
Name:
Michael P. Pragnell
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below, constitutes and appoints J. Martin Taylor, Rupert Gassert, Michael P. Pragnell, Felix A. Weber and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to do any and all acts and things and execute, in the name of the undersigned, any and all instruments which said attorneys-in-fact and agents may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable the Registrant to comply with the 1933 Act and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the registration statement on Form S-8 under the 1933 Act, including specifically but without limitation, power and authority to sign the name of the undersigned to such registration statement, and any amendments to such registration statement (including post-effective amendments), and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, to sign any and all applications, registration statements, notices or other documents necessary or advisable to comply with applicable state securities laws, and to file the same, together with other documents in connection therewith with the appropriate state securities authorities, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the 1933 Act, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities set forth below on this 14th day of December, 2005.
Signature
Title
/s/
J. Martin Taylor
Chairman of the Board
J. Martin Taylor
Chief Executive Officer and Member,
/s/ Michael P. Pragnell
Board of Directors
Michael P. Pragnell
/s/ Domenico Scala
Chief Financial Officer
Domenico Scala
/s/ Rupert Gassert
Vice Chairman, Board of Directors
Rupert Gassert
/s/ Peggy B. Bruzelius
Member, Board of Directors
Peggy B. Bruzelius
/s/ Peter Doyle
Member, Board of Directors
Peter Doyle
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/s/ Pierre Landolt
Member, Board of Directors
Pierre Landolt
/s/ Pedro Reiser
Member, Board of Directors
Pedro Reiser
/s/ Peter M. Thompson
Member, Board of Directors
Peter M. Thompson
/s/ Rolf U. Watter
Member, Board of Directors
Rolf U. Watter
/s/ Felix A. Weber
Member, Board of Directors
Felix A. Weber
/s/ Jacques Vincent
Member, Board of Directors
Jacques Vincent
/s/ Elizabeth K. Quarles
Authorized Representative in the
United States
Elizabeth K. Quarles
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
Sequential Page
Number
4
English translation of the Articles of Incorporation (
Satzung
) of the
Registrant (incorporated by reference to the Form F-1, Exhibit 3.1).
*
5
Opinion of Christoph Maeder and Damian Heller regarding the legality of any original issuance securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young Ltd.
23.2
Consent of Messrs. Maeder and Heller (included in Exhibit 5).
24
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration statement).
*Incorporated herein by reference
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