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<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1, 2009</FONT></B></P>
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<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">Registration No. 333-</FONT></B></P>

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<B><FONT size=4 face="serif">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</FONT></B></P>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Washington, D.C. 20549 </FONT></B><BR>
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    <B><FONT size=4 face="serif">FORM S-8 </FONT></B><BR>
    <B><FONT size=2 face="serif">REGISTRATION STATEMENT </FONT></B><BR>
    <B><FONT size=2 face="serif">UNDER </FONT></B><BR>
    <B><FONT size=2 face="serif">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</FONT></B><B><FONT size=2 face="serif"> </FONT></B><BR>
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    <B><FONT size=5 face="serif">SIRIUS XM RADIO INC.</FONT></B><BR>
    <B><FONT size=1 face="serif">(Exact name of Company as specified in its charter) </FONT></B>

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<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">Delaware</FONT></B>  </TD>
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<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">52-170027</FONT></B>  </TD>
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<FONT size=1 face="serif">(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)</FONT>  </TD>
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<FONT size=1 face="serif">(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)</FONT>  </TD>
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<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">1221 Avenue of the Americas, 36th Floor</FONT></B>  </TD>
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<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">New York, New York 10020</FONT></B>    </TD>
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<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">Telephone: (212) 584-5100</FONT></B>    </TD>
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<FONT size=1 face="serif">(Address including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive offices)</FONT>  </TD>
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<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">SIRIUS XM RADIO INC. 2009 LONG-TERM STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN</FONT></B><BR>
<FONT size=1 face="serif">(Full title of the plan) </FONT></P>
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<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">Patrick L. Donnelly, Esq. </FONT></B><BR>
<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary </FONT></B><BR>
<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">Sirius XM Radio Inc. </FONT></B><BR>
<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">1221 Avenue of the Americas, 36</FONT></B><B><SUP><FONT size=1 face="serif">th</FONT></SUP></B><B><FONT size=1 face="serif"> Floor </FONT></B><BR>
<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">New York, New York 10020 </FONT></B><BR>
<FONT size=1 face="serif">(Name and address of agent for service) </FONT><BR>
<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">(212) 584-5100 </FONT></B><BR>
<FONT size=1 face="serif">(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</FONT></P>
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<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">With copies to: </FONT></B><BR>
<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">Gary L. Sellers, Esq. </FONT></B><BR>
<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">Simpson Thacher &amp; Bartlett LLP</FONT></B><BR>
<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">425 Lexington Avenue </FONT></B><BR>
<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">New York, New York 10017-3954</FONT></B><BR>
<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">(212) 455-2000 </FONT></B></P>

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<FONT size=1 face="serif">Indicate by 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 &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148;
&#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</FONT></P>
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<FONT size=1 face="serif">Large accelerated filer </FONT><font face=WINGDINGS>x</font> </TD>
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<FONT size=1 face="serif">Accelerated filer </FONT><font face=WINGDINGS>o</font> </TD>
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 filer </FONT><font face=WINGDINGS>o</font> </TD>
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<FONT size=1 face="serif">Smaller reporting company </FONT><font face=WINGDINGS>o</font> </TD>
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<FONT size=1 face="serif">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT>  </TD>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</FONT></B>  </TD>
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<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">Proposed</FONT></B>  </TD>
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<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">Maximum</FONT></B>  </TD>
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<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">Proposed</FONT></B>  </TD>
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<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">Offering</FONT></B>  </TD>
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<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">Maximum</FONT></B>  </TD>
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<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">Amount to be</FONT></B>  </TD>
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<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">Price Per</FONT></B>  </TD>
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<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">Aggregate Offering</FONT></B>  </TD>
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  <TD width=15% align=center><B><FONT size=1 face="serif">Amount of</FONT></B>  </TD>
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 &nbsp;<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">Title of Securities to be Registered</FONT></B>  </TD>
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<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">Registered(2)</FONT></B>  </TD>
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<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">Share(3)</FONT></B>  </TD>
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<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">Price(3)</FONT></B>  </TD>
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<B><FONT size=1 face="serif">Registration Fee(3)</FONT></B>  </TD>
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<FONT size=1 face="serif">Common Stock, &#36;0.001 par value</FONT>  </TD>
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 &nbsp; &nbsp;<FONT size=1 face="serif">per share (1)</FONT>  </TD>
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<FONT size=1 face="serif">600,000,000 shares</FONT>  </TD>
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<FONT size=1 face="serif">&#36;0.385</FONT>  </TD>
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<FONT size=1 face="serif">&#36;231,000,000</FONT>  </TD>
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 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<FONT size=1 face="serif">&#36;12,889.80</FONT>  </TD>
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<FONT size=1 face="serif">(1)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size=1 face="serif">Includes, with respect to each share of common stock, an associated preferred stock purchase right (the &#147;Rights&#148;), giving the holder the right to purchase one one-millionth of a share of Series C
Junior Preferred Stock for each share of common stock. The Rights are appurtenant to and trade with the common stock. No separate consideration is payable for the Rights. Therefore, the registration fee for the Rights is included in the fee for the
common stock.</FONT></P>
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<P align="left"><FONT size=1 face="serif">Covers shares of common stock issuable under the Sirius XM Radio Inc. 2009 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (the &#147; Plan&#148;), as well as an indeterminable number of shares of common stock issuable under
the Plan, as these amounts may be adjusted as a result of stock splits, stock dividends and antidilution provisions.</FONT></P>
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<P align="left"><FONT size=1 face="serif">Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price are estimated for the
purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee and are based on the average of the high and low prices for shares of the registrant&#146;s common stock reported in the NASDAQ Global Select Market on June 26, 2009.</FONT></P>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">TABLE OF CONTENTS </FONT></B></P>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</FONT>  </TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">1</FONT>  </TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">PART II</FONT>  </TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">1</FONT>  </TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT>  </TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">1</FONT>  </TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</FONT>  </TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">1</FONT>  </TD>
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  <TD width=93% align=left style="text-indent:8%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Item 4. Description of Securities</FONT>  </TD>
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  <TD width=93% align=left style="text-indent:8%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Item 5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel</FONT>  </TD>
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  <TD width=93% align=left style="text-indent:8%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</FONT>  </TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">2</FONT>  </TD>
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  <TD width=93% align=left style="text-indent:8%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</FONT>  </TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">2</FONT>  </TD>
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  <TD width=93% align=left style="text-indent:8%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Item 8. Exhibits</FONT>  </TD>
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  <TD width=93% align=left style="text-indent:8%"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Item 9. Undertakings</FONT>  </TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">SIGNATURES</FONT>  </TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">4</FONT>  </TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">INDEX OF EXHIBITS</FONT>  </TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">6</FONT>  </TD>
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  <TD align=left><FONT size=2 face="serif">EX-4.4: CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF
      THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION</FONT> </TD>
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  <TD align=left><FONT size=2 face="serif">EX-4.9: SIRIUS XM RADIO INC. 2009
      LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN</FONT></TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">EX-5.1: OPINION OF PATRICK L. DONNELLY</FONT>  </TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">EX-23.1: CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</FONT>  </TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">EX-23.2: CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</FONT>  </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">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</FONT></B></P>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">All information required by Part I to be contained in the prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement
in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). </FONT></P>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">PART II</FONT></B></P>
<P align="center">
<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT></B></P>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Item 3.</FONT></B><B><FONT size=2 face="sans-serif"> </FONT></B><B><FONT size=2 face="serif">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, which have been filed by Sirius XM Radio Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;), are hereby
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement: </FONT></P>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">1.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008;</FONT></P>  </TD>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">2.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009;</FONT></P>  </TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">The Company&#146;s Current Reports
    on Form 8-K filed on January 5, 2009, January 14, 2009, February 17, 2009
    (two Form 8-K filings), March 2, 2009, March 6, 2009, March 18, 2009, April
    23, 2009, April 29, 2009, May 13, 2009, June 23, 2009 and July 1, 2009;</FONT></P>  </TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">The description of the Company&#146;s common stock contained in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;),
including any amendment or report updating such description; and</FONT></P>  </TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">The description of the Company&#146;s preferred stock purchase rights contained in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on April 29, 2009 (SEC File No. 001-34295) pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
Exchange Act, including any amendment or report updating such description.</FONT></P>  </TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </FONT></P>
<P align="left">
<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Item 4. Description of Securities.</FONT></B></P>
<P align="left">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">Not applicable.</FONT></P>
<P align="left">
<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Item 5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.</FONT></B></P>
<P align="left">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">Patrick L. Donnelly, Esq., whose legal opinion with respect to the securities registered hereunder is filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto, is an employee of the Company and participates in the Plan and
other benefit plans established by the Company. </FONT></P>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</FONT></B></P>
<P align="left">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) permits each Delaware business corporation to indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents against
liability for each such person&#146;s acts taken in his or her capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation if such actions were taken in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal action, if he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The Company&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that
the Company, to the full extent permitted by law, shall indemnify any of its past and present directors, officers, employees or any person that is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or employee of another enterprise
if they were or are a party to, or are threatened to be made a party to, any threatened, pending or complete action, suit or proceeding. The indemnification provided therein includes expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement and may be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding. In addition, the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Company may, to the
full extent permitted by law, indemnify any other person for any such expenses as to actions in their official capacity or actions in another capacity while holding such office. </FONT></P>
<P align="left">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">As permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that no director shall be liable to the Company for monetary damages
for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability: </FONT></P>
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<TR>
  <TD width="10%" valign=top nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="5%" valign=top nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">(i)</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=85%>
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders;</FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR>
  <TD width="10%" valign=top nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="5%" valign=top nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">(ii)</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=85%>
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;</FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR>
  <TD width="10%" valign=top nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="5%" valign=top nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">(iii)</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=85%>
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">for the unlawful payment of dividends on or redemption of the Company&#146;s capital stock; or</FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR>
  <TD width="10%" valign=top nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="5%" valign=top nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">(iv)</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=85%>
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.</FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR></TABLE>
<P align="left">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">The Company has obtained policies insuring the Company and its directors and officers against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. </FONT></P>
<P align="left">
<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</FONT></B></P>
<P align="left">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">Not applicable.</FONT></P>
<P align="left">
<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Item 8. Exhibits.</FONT></B></P>
<P align="left">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">For a list of exhibits, see the Exhibit Index in this Registration Statement, which is incorporated into this Item by reference.</FONT></P>
<P align="left">
<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Item 9. Undertakings.</FONT></B></P>
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<TR>
  <TD width="4%" valign=top nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">(a)</FONT></TD>
  <TD colspan=3>
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">The Company hereby undertakes:</FONT></P>
  </TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan=4>&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR>
<TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD width="4%" valign=top nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">(1)</FONT></TD>
  <TD colspan=2>
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</FONT></P>
  </TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan=4>&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR>
<TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD width="4%" valign=top nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">(i)</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=88%>
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</FONT></P>
  </TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan=4>&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR>
<TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD width="4%" valign=top nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">(ii)</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=88%>
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set</FONT></P>
  </TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan=4>&nbsp;</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TR>
  <TD valign=top nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD valign=top nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD valign=top nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD><FONT size=2 face="serif">forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding
      the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
      (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
      which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high 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% change in the
      maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of
    Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement; </FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD valign=top nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD valign=top nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD valign=top nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD width="4%" valign=top nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="4%" valign=top nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="4%" valign=top nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">(iii)</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=89%>
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration
statement;</FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan=4>&nbsp;</TD></TR></TABLE>
<P align="left">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement or is contained in a form of prospectus
that is filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement. </FONT></P>
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<TR>
  <TD width="3%" valign=top nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="4%" valign=top nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">(2)</FONT></TD>
  <TD>
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">That, for the purpose of determining
    any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment
    shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
    offered therein,  and the offering of such securities at that time shall
    be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR>
  <TD width="3%" valign=top nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="4%" valign=top nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">(3)</FONT></TD>
  <TD>
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">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>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TR>
  <TD width="3%" valign=top nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">(b)</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=97%>
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange 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>
  </TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan=2>&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR>
  <TD width="3%" valign=top nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">(c)</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=97%>
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company 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 Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</FONT></P>
  </TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan=2>&nbsp;</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">SIGNATURES</FONT></B></P>
<P align="left">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company 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 New
York, State of New York, on this 1st day of July 2009.</FONT></P>
<P align="left">
<FONT size=2 face="serif" style="margin-left:45%">SIRIUS XM RADIO INC.</FONT></P>
<TABLE width=100% border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=45% align=left>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width=3% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">By</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD align=left style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><FONT size=2 face="serif">/s/
      Patrick L. Donnelly</FONT> </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=45% align=left>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width=3% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD colspan="2" align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Patrick L. Donnelly</FONT>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=45% align=left>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width=3% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD colspan="2" align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Executive Vice President, General Counsel</FONT>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=45% align=left>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width=3% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD colspan="2" align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">and Secretary</FONT>  </TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>
<P align="center">
<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">POWER OF ATTORNEY</FONT></B></P>
<P align="left">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Patrick L. Donnelly his or her true and lawful agent, proxy and
attorney-in-fact, each acting alone with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to (i) act on, sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any
and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 together with all schedules and exhibits thereto, (ii) act on, sign and file such certificates, instruments, agreements and other documents as may be
necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and (iii) take any and all actions which may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, granting unto such agents, proxies and attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate to be done, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby approving, ratifying and confirming all that such agents, proxies and
attorneys-in-fact, any of them or any of his or her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </FONT></P>
<P align="left">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">To effect the above, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the date indicated beside each name. </FONT></P>
<P align="left">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size=2 face="serif">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed on the dates indicated by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
</FONT></P>
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<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;">
<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Signature</FONT></B>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;">
<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Title</FONT></B>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;">
<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Date</FONT></B>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan=5>&nbsp;

  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><font size="2">/s/ <FONT face="serif">Mel
    Karmazin</FONT></font> </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Chief Executive Officer (</FONT><I><FONT size=2 face="serif">Principal Executive</FONT></I>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">July 1, 2009</FONT>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Mel Karmazin</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>
<I><FONT size=2 face="serif">Officer</FONT></I><FONT size=2 face="serif">) and Director</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan=5>&nbsp;

  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><font size="2">/s/
    <FONT face="serif">David J. Frear</FONT></font> </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">July 1, 2009</FONT>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">David J. Frear</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Officer (</FONT><I><FONT size=2 face="serif">Principal Financial Officer</FONT></I><FONT size=2 face="serif">)</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan=5>&nbsp;

  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><font size="2">/s/
    <FONT face="serif">Thomas D. Barry</FONT></font> </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Senior Vice President and Controller</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">July 1, 2009</FONT>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Thomas D. Barry</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">(</FONT><I><FONT size=2 face="serif">Principal Accounting Officer</FONT></I><FONT size=2 face="serif">)</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan=5>&nbsp;

  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><font size="2">/s/
    <FONT face="serif">Gary M. Parsons</FONT></font> </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Chairman of the Board of Directors</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">July 1, 2009</FONT>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Gary M. Parsons</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan=5>&nbsp;

  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><font size="2">/s/
    <FONT face="serif">Joan L. Amble</FONT></font> </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Director</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">July 1, 2009</FONT>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Joan L. Amble</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
</TABLE><BR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;">
<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Signature</FONT></B>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;">
<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Title</FONT></B>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;">
<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Date</FONT></B>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan=5>&nbsp;

  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan=5>&nbsp;

  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;">/s/
    <FONT size=2 face="serif">Leon D. Black</FONT> </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Director</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">July 1, 2009</FONT>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Leon D. Black</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan=5>&nbsp;

  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><font size="2">/s/
    <FONT face="serif">David J. A. Flowers</FONT></font> </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Director</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">July 1, 2009</FONT>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">David J. A. Flowers</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan=5>&nbsp;

  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><font size="2">/s/
    <FONT face="serif">Lawrence F. Gilberti</FONT></font> </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Director</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">July 1, 2009</FONT>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Lawrence F. Gilberti</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan=5>&nbsp;

  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><font size="2">/s/
    <FONT face="serif">Eddy W. Hartenstein</FONT></font> </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Director</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">July 1, 2009</FONT>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Eddy W. Hartenstein</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan=5>&nbsp;

  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><font size="2">/s/
    <FONT face="serif">James P. Holden</FONT></font> </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Director</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">July 1, 2009</FONT>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">James P. Holden</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan=5>&nbsp;

  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><font size="2">/s/
    <FONT face="serif">Chester A. Huber, Jr.</FONT></font> </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Director</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">July 1, 2009</FONT>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Chester A. Huber, Jr.</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan=5>&nbsp;

  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><font size="2">/s/
    <FONT face="serif">Gregory B. Maffei</FONT></font> </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Director</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">July 1, 2009</FONT>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Gregory B. Maffei</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan=5>&nbsp;

  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><font size="2">/s/
    <FONT face="serif">John C. Malone</FONT></font> </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Director</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">July 1, 2009</FONT>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">John C. Malone</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan=5>&nbsp;

  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><font size="2">/s/
    <FONT face="serif">John W. Mendel</FONT></font> </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Director</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">July 1, 2009</FONT>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">John W. Mendel</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan=5>&nbsp;

  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><font size="2">/s/
    <FONT face="serif">James F. Mooney</FONT></font> </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Director</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">July 1, 2009</FONT>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">James F. Mooney</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan=5>&nbsp;

  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><font size="2">/s/ <FONT face="serif">Jack
    Shaw</FONT></font> </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Director</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">July 1, 2009</FONT>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=30% align=left>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Jack Shaw</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=46% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=20% align=left>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
</TABLE><BR>
<P align="center">
<FONT size=2 face="serif">5</FONT></P>

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<P align="center">
<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">INDEX OF EXHIBITS</FONT></B></P>
<TABLE width=100% border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=8% align=left valign="top">
<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Exhibit</FONT></B>  </TD>
  <TD width=2% align=left>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width=90% align=left valign="top">&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=8% align=left valign="top" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;">
<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Number</FONT></B>  </TD>
  <TD width=2% align=left>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width=90% align=left valign="top" style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;">
<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">Description of Exhibit</FONT></B>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD valign=top nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width="90%" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD width="8%" valign=top nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">4.1</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width=90% valign="top">
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002).</FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top"><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
  <TD width="8%" valign=top nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">4.2</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width=90% valign="top">
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Certificate of Amendment of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated July 28, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated August
1, 2008).</FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top"><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
  <TD width="8%" valign=top nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">4.3</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width=90% valign="top">
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Certificate of Amendment of the Amended
    and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated December 18, 2008 (incorporated
    by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of the Company&#146;s
    Registration Statement on Form S-3 dated December 30, 2008).</font></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top"><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD width="8%" valign=top nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">4.4</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width=90% valign="top">
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Certificate of Amendment of the Amended
    and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated May 29, 2009. <SUP>*</SUP></FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top"><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
  <TD width="8%" valign=top nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">4.5</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width=90% valign="top">
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Amended and Restated By-laws (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2001).</FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top"><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
  <TD width="8%" valign=top nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">4.6</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width=90% valign="top">
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Certificate of Amendment of the Amended and Restated Bylaws, dated July 28, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 1, 2008).</FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top"><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
  <TD width="8%" valign=top nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">4.7</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width=90% valign="top">
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Form of certificate for shares of Common Stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on February 2, 1994 (File No.
33-74782)).</FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top"><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
  <TD width="8%" valign=top nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">4.8</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width=90% valign="top">
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Rights Agreement, dated as of April 29, 2009, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as rights agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K
filed on April 29, 2009).</FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top"><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
  <TD width="8%" valign=top nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">4.9</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width=90% valign="top">
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Sirius XM Radio Inc. 2009 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan. <SUP>*</SUP></FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top"><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
  <TD width="8%" valign=top nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">5.1</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width=90% valign="top">
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Opinion of Patrick L. Donnelly, Esq., Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company.<SUP>*</SUP></FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top"><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
  <TD width="8%" valign=top nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">23.1</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width=90% valign="top">
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.<SUP>*</SUP></FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top"><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
  <TD width="8%" valign=top nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">23.2</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width=90% valign="top">
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.<SUP>*</SUP></FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top"><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
  <TD width="8%" valign=top nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">23.3</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width=90% valign="top">
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Consent of Patrick L. Donnelly (filed as part of Exhibit 5.1). <SUP>*</SUP></FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top"><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
  <TD width="8%" valign=top nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">24.1</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=2%>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD width=90% valign="top">
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature pages to this Registration Statement).</FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top"><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR></TABLE>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1, 2009
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SIRIUS XM RADIO INC.
(Exact name of Company as specified in its charter)
Delaware
52-170027
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
1221 Avenue of the Americas, 36th Floor
New York, New York 10020
Telephone: (212) 584-5100
(Address including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of principal executive offices)
SIRIUS XM RADIO INC. 2009 LONG-TERM STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Patrick L. Donnelly, Esq.
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Sirius XM Radio Inc.
1221 Avenue of the Americas, 36
th
Floor
New York, New York 10020
(Name and address of agent for service)
(212) 584-5100
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With copies to:
Gary L. Sellers, Esq.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
425 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017-3954
(212) 455-2000
Indicate by 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.
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
Proposed
Maximum
Proposed
Offering
Maximum
Amount to be
Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered
Registered(2)
Share(3)
Price(3)
Registration Fee(3)
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
per share (1)
600,000,000 shares
$0.385
$231,000,000
$12,889.80
(1)
Includes, with respect to each share of common stock, an associated preferred stock purchase right (the "Rights"), giving the holder the right to purchase one one-millionth of a share of Series C
Junior Preferred Stock for each share of common stock. The Rights are appurtenant to and trade with the common stock. No separate consideration is payable for the Rights. Therefore, the registration fee for the Rights is included in the fee for the
common stock.
(2)
Covers shares of common stock issuable under the Sirius XM Radio Inc. 2009 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (the " Plan"), as well as an indeterminable number of shares of common stock issuable under
the Plan, as these amounts may be adjusted as a result of stock splits, stock dividends and antidilution provisions.
(3)
Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the proposed maximum offering price per share and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price are estimated for the
purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee and are based on the average of the high and low prices for shares of the registrant's common stock reported in the NASDAQ Global Select Market on June 26, 2009.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
1
PART II
1
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
1
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
1
Item 4. Description of Securities
1
Item 5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel
1
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
2
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
2
Item 8. Exhibits
2
Item 9. Undertakings
2
SIGNATURES
4
INDEX OF EXHIBITS
6
EX-4.4: CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF
      THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
EX-4.9: SIRIUS XM RADIO INC. 2009
      LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
EX-5.1: OPINION OF PATRICK L. DONNELLY
EX-23.1: CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
EX-23.2: CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
All information required by Part I to be contained in the prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement
in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed by Sirius XM Radio Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), are hereby
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
1.
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008;
2.
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009;
3.
The Company's Current Reports
    on Form 8-K filed on January 5, 2009, January 14, 2009, February 17, 2009
    (two Form 8-K filings), March 2, 2009, March 6, 2009, March 18, 2009, April
    23, 2009, April 29, 2009, May 13, 2009, June 23, 2009 and July 1, 2009;
4.
The description of the Company's common stock contained in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
including any amendment or report updating such description; and
5.
The description of the Company's preferred stock purchase rights contained in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on April 29, 2009 (SEC File No. 001-34295) pursuant to Section 12(b) of the
Exchange Act, including any amendment or report updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.
Patrick L. Donnelly, Esq., whose legal opinion with respect to the securities registered hereunder is filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto, is an employee of the Company and participates in the Plan and
other benefit plans established by the Company.
1
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") permits each Delaware business corporation to indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents against
liability for each such person's acts taken in his or her capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation if such actions were taken in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal action, if he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that
the Company, to the full extent permitted by law, shall indemnify any of its past and present directors, officers, employees or any person that is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer or employee of another enterprise
if they were or are a party to, or are threatened to be made a party to, any threatened, pending or complete action, suit or proceeding. The indemnification provided therein includes expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement and may be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding. In addition, the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Company may, to the
full extent permitted by law, indemnify any other person for any such expenses as to actions in their official capacity or actions in another capacity while holding such office.
As permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that no director shall be liable to the Company for monetary damages
for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability:
(i)
for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Company or its stockholders;
(ii)
for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
(iii)
for the unlawful payment of dividends on or redemption of the Company's capital stock; or
(iv)
for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
The Company has obtained policies insuring the Company and its directors and officers against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
For a list of exhibits, see the Exhibit Index in this Registration Statement, which is incorporated into this Item by reference.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
The Company hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set
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forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding
      the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
      (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
      which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high 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% change in the
      maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
    Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration
statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement or is contained in a form of prospectus
that is filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining
    any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment
    shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
    offered therein,  and the offering of such securities at that time shall
    be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)
The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange 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 Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise,
the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company 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 Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company 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 New
York, State of New York, on this 1st day of July 2009.
SIRIUS XM RADIO INC.
By
/s/
      Patrick L. Donnelly
Patrick L. Donnelly
Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Patrick L. Donnelly his or her true and lawful agent, proxy and
attorney-in-fact, each acting alone with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to (i) act on, sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission any
and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 together with all schedules and exhibits thereto, (ii) act on, sign and file such certificates, instruments, agreements and other documents as may be
necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, and (iii) take any and all actions which may be necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, granting unto such agents, proxies and attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate to be done, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby approving, ratifying and confirming all that such agents, proxies and
attorneys-in-fact, any of them or any of his or her or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
To effect the above, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the date indicated beside each name.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed on the dates indicated by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
Mel
    Karmazin
Chief Executive Officer (
Principal Executive
July 1, 2009
Mel Karmazin
Officer
) and Director
/s/
David J. Frear
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
July 1, 2009
David J. Frear
Officer (
Principal Financial Officer
)
/s/
Thomas D. Barry
Senior Vice President and Controller
July 1, 2009
Thomas D. Barry
(
Principal Accounting Officer
)
/s/
Gary M. Parsons
Chairman of the Board of Directors
July 1, 2009
Gary M. Parsons
/s/
Joan L. Amble
Director
July 1, 2009
Joan L. Amble
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/
Leon D. Black
Director
July 1, 2009
Leon D. Black
/s/
David J. A. Flowers
Director
July 1, 2009
David J. A. Flowers
/s/
Lawrence F. Gilberti
Director
July 1, 2009
Lawrence F. Gilberti
/s/
Eddy W. Hartenstein
Director
July 1, 2009
Eddy W. Hartenstein
/s/
James P. Holden
Director
July 1, 2009
James P. Holden
/s/
Chester A. Huber, Jr.
Director
July 1, 2009
Chester A. Huber, Jr.
/s/
Gregory B. Maffei
Director
July 1, 2009
Gregory B. Maffei
/s/
John C. Malone
Director
July 1, 2009
John C. Malone
/s/
John W. Mendel
Director
July 1, 2009
John W. Mendel
/s/
James F. Mooney
Director
July 1, 2009
James F. Mooney
/s/
Jack
    Shaw
Director
July 1, 2009
Jack Shaw
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INDEX OF EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002).
4.2
Certificate of Amendment of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated July 28, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated August
1, 2008).
4.3
Certificate of Amendment of the Amended
    and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated December 18, 2008 (incorporated
    by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of the Company's
    Registration Statement on Form S-3 dated December 30, 2008).
4.4
Certificate of Amendment of the Amended
    and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated May 29, 2009.
*
4.5
Amended and Restated By-laws (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2001).
4.6
Certificate of Amendment of the Amended and Restated Bylaws, dated July 28, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 1, 2008).
4.7
Form of certificate for shares of Common Stock (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed on February 2, 1994 (File No.
33-74782)).
4.8
Rights Agreement, dated as of April 29, 2009, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as rights agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K
filed on April 29, 2009).
4.9
Sirius XM Radio Inc. 2009 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan.
*
5.1
Opinion of Patrick L. Donnelly, Esq., Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company.
*
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
*
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
*
23.3
Consent of Patrick L. Donnelly (filed as part of Exhibit 5.1).
*
24.1
Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature pages to this Registration Statement).
*
Filed
    herewith.
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