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    <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2009</font></div>
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No.&#160;&#160;333-&#160;&#160;</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 9pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">UNITED
STATES</font></div>
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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div>
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D.C.&#160;&#160;20549</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">FORM
S-8</font></div>
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STATEMENT</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">CHATTEM,
INC.</font></div>
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name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(State
      or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(I.R.S.
      Employer Identification No.)</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">1715
West 38th Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee&#160;&#160;37409</font></div>
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of principal executive offices, including zip code)</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Chattem,
Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(Full
title of the plan)</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Theodore
K. Whitfield, Jr.</font></div>
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President, General Counsel and Secretary</font></div>
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Inc.</font></div>
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West 38th Street</font></div>
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Tennessee&#160;&#160;37409</font></div>
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address of agent for service)</font></div>
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821-4571</font></div>
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number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">With
copies to:</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Hugh
      F. Sharber, Esq.</font></div>
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      &amp; Martin PLLC</font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Suite
      1000, Volunteer Building</font></div>
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      Georgia Avenue</font></div>
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      Tennessee&#160;&#160;37402</font></div>
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      756-6600</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company.&#160;&#160;See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer&#8221;,
&#8220;accelerated filer&#8221; and &#8220;smaller reporting company &#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.</font></div>
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      Accelerated Filer</font></div>
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      Filer</font></div>
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      </font></td>
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      Reporting Company</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></div>
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                <td valign="bottom" width="36%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 2.25pt double; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Title
      of securities</font></div>
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">to
      be registered</font></div>
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                <td valign="bottom" width="12%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 2.25pt double; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Amount
      to be registered (1)</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 2.25pt double; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Proposed
      maximum offering price per share (2)</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 2.25pt double; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Proposed
      maximum aggregate offering price (2)</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="bottom" width="15%" style="BORDER-TOP: black 2.25pt double; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Amount
      of registration fee (3)</font></div>
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                <td valign="top" width="36%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Common
      Stock, no par value per share</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="12%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1,750,000</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$52.19</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$91,332,500</font></div>
                </td>
                <td valign="top" width="15%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 4px double">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$5,096.35</font></div>
                </td>
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        </div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(1)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Pursuant
      to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
      &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), this registration statement on Form S-8 also covers any
      additional shares of common sock, no par value per share (the &#8220;Common
      Stock&#8221;), of Chattem, Inc. (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) that become issuable under
      the Chattem, Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan by reason of any stock
      dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction
      effected without the receipt of consideration that results in an increase
      in the number of the Registrant&#8217;s outstanding shares of Common
      Stock.</font></div>
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    </div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(2)</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Estimated
      solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee in accordance with
      paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act and based on
      the average of the high and low prices per share of Common Stock on April
      14, 2009, as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select
  Market.</font></div>
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    </div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(3)</font></div>
            </td>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Calculated
      pursuant to Section&#160;6(b) of the Securities Act by multiplying
      0.00005580 by the proposed maximum aggregate offering
    price.</font></div>
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I</font></div>
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      documents containing the information specified in Part&#160;I of Form S-8
      are not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
      and have been omitted from this registration statement in accordance with
      the introductory note to Part&#160;I of Form S-8 and the provisions of
      Rule&#160;428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
      &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;).&#160;&#160;Such documents will be separately sent or
      given to employees as specified by Rule&#160;428(b)(1) under the
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II</font></div>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Incorporation
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following documents previously filed by Chattem, Inc. (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), are hereby
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and deemed to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents:</font></div>
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Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 30,
2008, filed with the Commission on January 29, 2009;</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(2)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The
Registrant&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended February
28, 2009, filed with the Commission on April 9, 2009;</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(3)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;All
other reports of the Registrant filed with the Commission pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since November 30, 2008; and</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(4)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The
description of the Common Stock included in the Registrant&#8217;s registration
statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on December 29, 1970, as amended
by Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-A dated February 24, 1988, as further amended by
the registration statement on Form 8-A dated February 1, 2000.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">All
documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
which deregisters all such 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.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of
this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or
in any subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be,
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement.&#160;&#160;Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.</font></div>
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      4.</font></div>
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              <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Description
      of Securities.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Not
Applicable.</font></div>
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      5.</font></div>
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      of Named Experts and Counsel.</font></div>
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Applicable.</font></div>
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      of Directors and Officers.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
Registrant&#8217;s Amended and Restated Charter, as amended (the &#8220;Restated Charter&#8221;),
provides for the indemnification of persons involved in actions, suits or
proceedings by reason of the fact that they are or have been a director, officer
or employee of the Registrant (or were serving at the request of the Registrant
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity) to the fullest
extent permitted by the Tennessee Business Corporation Act (the &#8220;TBCA&#8221;) against
all expense, liability or loss.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Indemnification
under the Registrant&#8217;s Restated Charter may include payment of expenses in
advance of the final disposition of a proceeding and will automatically expand
if the indemnification accorded the Registrant&#8217;s directors, officers and
employees is extended by any amendment to the TBCA.&#160;&#160;The Registrant&#8217;s
Restated Charter </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">also
permits the Registrant, by action of its Board of Directors, to indemnify the
Registrant&#8217;s agents with the same scope and effect as the above-described
indemnification of officers, directors and employees.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">For
claims which are not otherwise covered by the indemnification provisions of the
Registrant&#8217;s Restated Charter, the Registrant&#8217;s Amended and Restated By-Laws, as
amended, provide that the Registrant&#8217;s officers and directors shall be
indemnified to the maximum extent permitted by law.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
Registrant maintains an insurance policy which indemnifies its officers and
directors against certain liabilities.</font></div>
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      and Restated Charter of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by
      reference to the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
      year ended November 30, 1992, and to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant&#8217;s
      Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on June 2, 1999 (Registration No.
      333-79809), and to Exhibit 3 to the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form
      10-K for the fiscal year ended November 30, 1999 (File No. 000-5905), and
      to Appendix B to the Registrant&#8217;s definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule
      14A filed on March 4, 2005 (File No. 000-05905))</font></div>
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      reference to Exhibit 3 to the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K
      filed on February 1, 2000 (File No. 000-05905), and to Exhibit 99.2 to the
      Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on August 31, 2005 (File
      No. 000-5905), and to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on
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undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</font></div>
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file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</font></div>
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to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;</font></div>
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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 in this Registration Statement.&#160;&#160;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 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221; table in the
effective registration statement; and</font></div>
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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></div>
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undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply
if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.</font></div>
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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 <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">bona fide</font> offering
thereof.</font></div>
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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></div>
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undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#8217;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&#8217;s annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">bona fide</font> offering
thereof.</font></div>
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as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable.&#160;&#160;In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.</font></div>
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to the requirements of the Securities 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
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PRESENT</font>, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Robert E. Bosworth, Theodore K. Whitfield, Jr. and Robert B. Long, and
each of them with power to act alone, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, 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 sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to this Registration Statement, any exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as he or
she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></div>
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to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
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                                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">April
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                                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">April
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                                    <td valign="top" width="29%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
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                                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">April
      17, 2009</font></div>
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                                    <td valign="top" width="29%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
                                    <td valign="top" width="35%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
                                    <td valign="top" width="15%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
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                                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">April
      17, 2009</font></div>
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                                    <td valign="top" width="29%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
                                    <td valign="top" width="35%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
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                                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Director</font></div>
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                                      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">April
      17,
2009</font></div>
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INDEX</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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                        <td valign="top" width="14%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;&#160;4.1</font></div>
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                        <td valign="top" width="64%">
                          <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Amended
      and Restated Charter of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by
      reference to the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
      year ended November 30, 1992, and to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant&#8217;s
      Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on June 2, 1999 (Registration No.
      333-79809), and to Exhibit 3 to the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form
      10-K for the fiscal year ended November 30, 1999 (File No. 000-5905), and
      to Appendix B to the Registrant&#8217;s definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule
      14A filed on March 4, 2005 (File No. 000-05905))</font></div>
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                        <td valign="top" width="14%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="64%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
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      and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to
      Exhibit 3 to the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February
      1, 2000 (File No. 000-05905), and to Exhibit 99.2 to the Registrant&#8217;s
      Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on August 31, 2005 (File No. 000-5905),
      and to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed
      on November 13, 2007 (File No. 000-05905))</font></div>
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                        <td valign="top" width="14%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="64%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
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      Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A
      to the Registrant&#8217;s definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with
      the Commission on February 27, 2009 (File No.
  000-05905))</font></div>
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                        <td valign="top" width="14%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="64%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
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                        <td valign="top" width="14%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
                        <td valign="top" width="64%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
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Unassociated Document
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2009
Registration
No.  333-
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C.  20549
_____________________________
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
_____________________________
CHATTEM,
INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
_____________________________
Tennessee
62-0156300
(State
      or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S.
      Employer Identification No.)
_____________________________
1715
West 38th Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee  37409
(Address
of principal executive offices, including zip code)
_____________________________
Chattem,
Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full
title of the plan)
_____________________________
Theodore
K. Whitfield, Jr.
Vice
President, General Counsel and Secretary
Chattem,
Inc.
1715
West 38th Street
Chattanooga,
Tennessee  37409
(Name and
address of agent for service)
_____________________________
(423)
821-4571
(Telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
_____________________________
With
copies to:
Hugh
      F. Sharber, Esq.
Miller
      & Martin PLLC
Suite
      1000, Volunteer Building
832
      Georgia Avenue
Chattanooga,
      Tennessee  37402
(423)
      756-6600
_____________________________
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
ý
Accelerated
      Filer
¨
Non-Accelerated
      Filer
¨
Smaller
      Reporting Company
¨
_____________________________
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
      of securities
to
      be registered
Amount
      to be registered (1)
Proposed
      maximum offering price per share (2)
Proposed
      maximum aggregate offering price (2)
Amount
      of registration fee (3)
Common
      Stock, no par value per share
1,750,000
$52.19
$91,332,500
$5,096.35
(1)
Pursuant
      to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
      "Securities Act"), this registration statement on Form S-8 also covers any
      additional shares of common sock, no par value per share (the "Common
      Stock"), of Chattem, Inc. (the "Registrant") that become issuable under
      the Chattem, Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan by reason of any stock
      dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction
      effected without the receipt of consideration that results in an increase
      in the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common
      Stock.
(2)
Estimated
      solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee in accordance with
      paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act and based on
      the average of the high and low prices per share of Common Stock on April
      14, 2009, as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select
  Market.
(3)
Calculated
      pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act by multiplying
      0.00005580 by the proposed maximum aggregate offering
    price.
PART
I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item
      1.
Plan
      Information.*
Item
      2.
Registrant
      Information and Employee Plan Annual
  Information.*
*
The
      documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8
      are not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
      and have been omitted from this registration statement in accordance with
      the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8 and the provisions of
      Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
      "Securities Act").  Such documents will be separately sent or
      given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the
      Securities Act.
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PART
II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
      3.
Incorporation
      of Documents by Reference.
The
following documents previously filed by Chattem, Inc. (the "Registrant") with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are hereby
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and deemed to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents:
(1)           The
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 30,
2008, filed with the Commission on January 29, 2009;
(2)           The
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended February
28, 2009, filed with the Commission on April 9, 2009;
(3)           All
other reports of the Registrant filed with the Commission pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since November 30, 2008; and
(4)           The
description of the Common Stock included in the Registrant's registration
statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on December 29, 1970, as amended
by Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-A dated February 24, 1988, as further amended by
the registration statement on Form 8-A dated February 1, 2000.
All
documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
which deregisters all such 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 subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be,
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such
statement.  Any 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.
Interests
      of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not
Applicable.
Item
      6.
Indemnification
      of Directors and Officers.
The
Registrant's Amended and Restated Charter, as amended (the "Restated Charter"),
provides for the indemnification of persons involved in actions, suits or
proceedings by reason of the fact that they are or have been a director, officer
or employee of the Registrant (or were serving at the request of the Registrant
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity) to the fullest
extent permitted by the Tennessee Business Corporation Act (the "TBCA") against
all expense, liability or loss.
Indemnification
under the Registrant's Restated Charter may include payment of expenses in
advance of the final disposition of a proceeding and will automatically expand
if the indemnification accorded the Registrant's directors, officers and
employees is extended by any amendment to the TBCA.  The Registrant's
Restated Charter
also
permits the Registrant, by action of its Board of Directors, to indemnify the
Registrant's agents with the same scope and effect as the above-described
indemnification of officers, directors and employees.
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For
claims which are not otherwise covered by the indemnification provisions of the
Registrant's Restated Charter, the Registrant's Amended and Restated By-Laws, as
amended, provide that the Registrant's officers and directors shall be
indemnified to the maximum extent permitted by law.
The
Registrant maintains an insurance policy which indemnifies its officers and
directors against certain liabilities.
Item 7.
Exemption from
Registration
      Claimed.
Not
Applicable.
Item
      8.
Exhibits.
4.1
Amended
      and Restated Charter of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by
      reference to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
      year ended November 30, 1992, and to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant's
      Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on June 2, 1999 (Registration No.
      333-79809), and to Exhibit 3 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
      10-K for the fiscal year ended November 30, 1999 (File No. 000-5905), and
      to Appendix B to the Registrant's definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule
      14A filed on March 4, 2005 (File No. 000-05905))
4.2
Amended
      and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by
      reference to Exhibit 3 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K
      filed on February 1, 2000 (File No. 000-05905), and to Exhibit 99.2 to the
      Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on August 31, 2005 (File
      No. 000-5905), and to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on
      Form 8-K filed on November 13, 2007 (File No.
  000-05905))
4.3
Chattem,
      Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A
      to the Registrant's definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with
      the Commission on February 27, 2009 (File No.
  000-05905))
5.1
Opinion
      of Miller & Martin PLLC
23.1
Consent
      of Miller & Martin PLLC (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent
      of Grant Thornton LLP
24.1
Power
      of Attorney (included on the signature
page)
Item
      9.
Undertakings
(a)           The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)           To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)           
to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
(ii)           to
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information in this Registration Statement.  Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high 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 the
effective registration statement; and
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(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 the
undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply
if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this 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
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 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 this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(c)           Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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
Chattanooga, State of Tennessee, on the 17th day of April, 2009.
CHATTEM,
      INC.
By:
/s/
Zan
      Guerry
Zan
      Guerry
Chairman
      and Chief Executive Officer
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
KNOW BY ALL MEN BY THESE
PRESENT
, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Robert E. Bosworth, Theodore K. Whitfield, Jr. and Robert B. Long, and
each of them with power to act alone, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, 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 sign any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to this Registration Statement, any exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as he or
she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Zan
      Guerry
Zan Guerry
Chairman
      and Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive
      officer)
April
      17, 2009
/s/ Robert B.
      Long
Robert B. Long
Vice
      President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and
      principal accounting officer)
April
      17, 2009
/s/ Robert E.
      Bosworth
Robert E.
    Bosworth
President
      and Chief Operating Officer and Director
April
      17, 2009
/s/ Ruth W.
      Brinkley
Ruth W.
    Brinkley
Director
April
      17, 2009
/s/ Gary D.
      Chazen
Gary D. Chazen
Director
April
      17, 2009
/s/ Joey B.
      Hogan
Joey B. Hogan
Director
April
      17, 2009
/s/ Philip H.
      Sanford
Philip H.
    Sanford
Director
April
      17, 2009
/s/ Bill W.
      Stacy
Bill W. Stacy
Director
April
      17,
2009
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
4.1
Amended
      and Restated Charter of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated by
      reference to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
      year ended November 30, 1992, and to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant's
      Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on June 2, 1999 (Registration No.
      333-79809), and to Exhibit 3 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
      10-K for the fiscal year ended November 30, 1999 (File No. 000-5905), and
      to Appendix B to the Registrant's definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule
      14A filed on March 4, 2005 (File No. 000-05905))
4.2
Amended
      and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to
      Exhibit 3 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February
      1, 2000 (File No. 000-05905), and to Exhibit 99.2 to the Registrant's
      Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on August 31, 2005 (File No. 000-5905),
      and to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed
      on November 13, 2007 (File No. 000-05905))
4.3
Chattem,
      Inc. 2009 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A
      to the Registrant's definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with
      the Commission on February 27, 2009 (File No.
  000-05905))
5.1
Opinion
      of Miller & Martin PLLC
23.1
Consent
      of Miller & Martin PLLC (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent
      of Grant Thornton LLP
24.1
Power
      of Attorney (included on the signature
page)
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