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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;25, 2005<BR>
Registration No.&nbsp;333-_____<BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>WRIGHT MEDICAL GROUP, INC.</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>38002</B></TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Wright Medical Group, Inc.<BR>
Fourth Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Laurence Y. Fairey<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Wright Medical Group, Inc.<BR>
5677 Airline Road<BR>
Arlington, Tennessee 38002</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(901)&nbsp;867-9971</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Copy to:<BR>
Peter H. Kesser, Esq.<BR>
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &#038; Berkowitz, P.C.<BR>
165 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor<BR>
Memphis, Tennessee 38103<BR>
(901)&nbsp;526-2000<BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This registration statement covers 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value per
share, of Wright Medical Group, Inc. (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;) issuable pursuant to the Wright
Medical Group, Inc. Fourth Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).
The Plan authorizes the issuance of a maximum of 9,767,051 shares of Common Stock,
including the 1,500,000 shares being registered herein. In addition, this registration
statement covers such indeterminable number of additional shares of Common Stock as may
hereafter be offered or issued pursuant to the Plan to prevent dilution resulting from
stock splits or similar transactions effected without receipt of consideration and pursuant
to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).</TD>
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    <TD>These figures are estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee. The registration fee has been calculated pursuant to paragraphs (c)&nbsp;and
(h)&nbsp;of Rule&nbsp;457 under the Securities Act based upon the average of the high and low sales
prices of the Common Stock as reported by the Nasdaq National Market on May&nbsp;20, 2005.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E &#151;<BR>
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The stockholders of Wright Medical Group, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) originally approved the Company&#146;s
1999 Equity Incentive Plan on December&nbsp;7, 1999, and it was subsequently amended and restated on
July&nbsp;6, 2001, May&nbsp;13, 2003, and May&nbsp;13, 2004 (the &#147;Equity Incentive Plan&#148;). On May&nbsp;12, 2005, the
Company&#146;s stockholders approved an amendment to the Equity Incentive Plan which (a)&nbsp;increased the
number of shares of Common Stock available for awards thereunder by 1,500,000 shares, which are the
subject of this registration statement, and (b)&nbsp;clarified that any and all shares of common stock
that may be made subject to awards under the Equity Incentive Plan may be issued pursuant to
incentive stock options. The contents of the Company&#146;s earlier registration statements related to
the Equity Incentive Plan (File Numbers 333-75176, 333-108638, and 333-115541) are incorporated
herein by reference.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></DIV>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The following documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) are incorporated by reference into this registration statement:



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    <TD>Annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2004, filed on March&nbsp;1, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD>Current report on Form 8-K filed on February&nbsp;10, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD>Current report on Form 8-K filed on April&nbsp;7, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD>Current report on Form 8-K filed on April&nbsp;26, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD>Current report on Form 8-K filed on April&nbsp;27, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD>Quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2005, filed on May&nbsp;2, 2005; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Common Stock set forth under the heading &#147;Description of Capital Stock
&#150; Common Stock&#148; in the Prospectus portion of Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to the registration statement on
Form S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-81618) filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;28, 2002.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">All documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all the 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 the filing of
such documents with the Commission.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">See the Index to Exhibits following the signature page herein.



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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Arlington, State of Tennessee, on May&nbsp;25, 2005.



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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">WRIGHT MEDICAL GROUP, INC.<BR>
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<TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Laurence Y. Fairey
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Each of the undersigned directors and officers of Wright Medical Group, Inc. hereby severally
constitutes and appoints Jason P. Hood and John K. Bakewell, and each of them, as the
attorneys-in-fact for the undersigned, in any and all capacities, with full power of substitution,
to sign any and all pre- or post-effective amendments to this registration statement, any
subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed pursuant to Rule 462(b)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any and all pre- or post-effective amendments
thereto, and to file the same with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and
about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:


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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">/s/ LAURENCE Y. FAIREY
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Laurence Y. Fairey</DIV></TD>
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President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer) and Director
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ JOHN K. BAKEWELL
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John K. Bakewell</TD>
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Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ F. BARRY BAYS
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F. Barry Bays</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Executive Chairman of the Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 25, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ RICHARD B. EMMITT
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Richard B. Emmitt</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 25, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ DAVID D. STEVENS
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David D. Stevens</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 25, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ JAMES E. THOMAS
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
James E. Thomas</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 25, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ THOMAS E. TIMBIE
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Thomas E. Timbie</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Director
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 25, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ JAMES T. TREACE
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James T. Treace</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 25, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ ELIZABETH H. WEATHERMAN
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Elizabeth H. Weatherman</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Wright Medical Group, Inc.,
<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP> as amended by Certificate of Amendment of Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation of Wright Medical Group, Inc.<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Wright Medical Group, Inc. <SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Fourth Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Equity Incentive Plan&#148;).<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(4)</SUP></DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement, as amended by form of Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Incentive Stock
Option Agreement, pursuant to the Equity Incentive Plan. <SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.5</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement pursuant to the Equity Incentive Plan. <SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.6</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Executive Stock Option Agreement pursuant to the Equity Incentive Plan.<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"> (5)</SUP></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.7</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Non-Employee Director Stock Option Agreement pursuant to the Equity Incentive Plan.
<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(5)</SUP></DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &#038; Berkowitz, P.C. concerning the legality of the
securities being registered.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of KPMG LLP.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &#038; Berkowitz, P.C. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1
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    <TD width="96%">Incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s definitive Proxy Statement filed on
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WRIGHT MEDICAL GROUP, INC. - FORM S-8
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 25, 2005
Registration No. 333-_____
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
WRIGHT MEDICAL GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
13-4088127
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
5677 Airline Road
Arlington, Tennessee
38002
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Wright Medical Group, Inc.
Fourth Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Laurence Y. Fairey
President and Chief Executive Officer
Wright Medical Group, Inc.
5677 Airline Road
Arlington, Tennessee 38002
(Name and address of agent for service)
(901) 867-9971
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Peter H. Kesser, Esq.
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C.
165 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor
Memphis, Tennessee 38103
(901) 526-2000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Title of Each
Amount
Maximum
Maximum
Class of Securities
to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
to be Registered
Registered(1)
Per Share(2)
Offering Price(2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock
1,500,000
$
25.65
$
38,475,000
$
4,528.51
1.
This registration statement covers 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value per
share, of Wright Medical Group, Inc. (the "Common Stock") issuable pursuant to the Wright
Medical Group, Inc. Fourth Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan").
The Plan authorizes the issuance of a maximum of 9,767,051 shares of Common Stock,
including the 1,500,000 shares being registered herein. In addition, this registration
statement covers such indeterminable number of additional shares of Common Stock as may
hereafter be offered or issued pursuant to the Plan to prevent dilution resulting from
stock splits or similar transactions effected without receipt of consideration and pursuant
to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
2.
These figures are estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee. The registration fee has been calculated pursuant to paragraphs (c) and
(h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act based upon the average of the high and low sales
prices of the Common Stock as reported by the Nasdaq National Market on May 20, 2005.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E —
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
PART II
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EX-5 OPINION OF BAKER, DONELSON, BEARMAN, CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, P.C.
EX-23.1 CONSENT OF KPMG LLP.
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STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E —
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
The stockholders of Wright Medical Group, Inc. (the "Company") originally approved the Company's
1999 Equity Incentive Plan on December 7, 1999, and it was subsequently amended and restated on
July 6, 2001, May 13, 2003, and May 13, 2004 (the "Equity Incentive Plan"). On May 12, 2005, the
Company's stockholders approved an amendment to the Equity Incentive Plan which (a) increased the
number of shares of Common Stock available for awards thereunder by 1,500,000 shares, which are the
subject of this registration statement, and (b) clarified that any and all shares of common stock
that may be made subject to awards under the Equity Incentive Plan may be issued pursuant to
incentive stock options. The contents of the Company's earlier registration statements related to
the Equity Incentive Plan (File Numbers 333-75176, 333-108638, and 333-115541) are incorporated
herein by reference.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") are incorporated by reference into this registration statement:
1.
Annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, filed on March 1, 2005;
2.
Current report on Form 8-K filed on February 10, 2005;
3.
Current report on Form 8-K filed on April 7, 2005;
4.
Current report on Form 8-K filed on April 26, 2005;
5.
Current report on Form 8-K filed on April 27, 2005;
6.
Quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005, filed on May 2, 2005; and
7.
The description of the Common Stock set forth under the heading "Description of Capital Stock
– Common Stock" in the Prospectus portion of Amendment No. 2 to the registration statement on
Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-81618) filed with the Commission on February 28, 2002.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all the 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 the filing of
such documents with the Commission.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See the Index to Exhibits following the signature page herein.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Arlington, State of Tennessee, on May 25, 2005.
WRIGHT MEDICAL GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/ Laurence Y. Fairey
Laurence Y. Fairey
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each of the undersigned directors and officers of Wright Medical Group, Inc. hereby severally
constitutes and appoints Jason P. Hood and John K. Bakewell, and each of them, as the
attorneys-in-fact for the undersigned, in any and all capacities, with full power of substitution,
to sign any and all pre- or post-effective amendments to this registration statement, any
subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed pursuant to Rule 462(b)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any and all pre- or post-effective amendments
thereto, and to file the same with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and
about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ LAURENCE Y. FAIREY
Laurence Y. Fairey
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer) and Director
May 25, 2005
/s/ JOHN K. BAKEWELL
John K. Bakewell
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
May 25, 2005
/s/ F. BARRY BAYS
F. Barry Bays
Executive Chairman of the Board
May 25, 2005
/s/ RICHARD B. EMMITT
Richard B. Emmitt
Director
May 25, 2005
/s/ DAVID D. STEVENS
David D. Stevens
Director
May 25, 2005
/s/ JAMES E. THOMAS
James E. Thomas
Director
May 25, 2005
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ THOMAS E. TIMBIE
Thomas E. Timbie
Director
May 25, 2005
/s/ JAMES T. TREACE
James T. Treace
Director
May 25, 2005
/s/ ELIZABETH H. WEATHERMAN
Elizabeth H. Weatherman
Director
May 25, 2005
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibits
4.1
Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Wright Medical Group, Inc.,
(1)
as amended by Certificate of Amendment of Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation of Wright Medical Group, Inc.
(2)
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Wright Medical Group, Inc.
(3)
4.3
Fourth Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Equity Incentive Plan").
(4)
4.4
Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement, as amended by form of Amendment No. 1 to Incentive Stock
Option Agreement, pursuant to the Equity Incentive Plan.
(1)
4.5
Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement pursuant to the Equity Incentive Plan.
(1)
4.6
Form of Executive Stock Option Agreement pursuant to the Equity Incentive Plan.
(5)
4.7
Form of Non-Employee Director Stock Option Agreement pursuant to the Equity Incentive Plan.
(5)
5
Opinion of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C. concerning the legality of the
securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2
Consent of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C. (included in Exhibit 5).
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Power of Attorney (reference is made to the signature page).
(1)
Incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1
(Registration No. 333-59732), as amended.
(2)
Incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8
filed on May 14, 2004.
(3)
Incorporated by reference to the Company's current report on Form 8-K filed on March
31, 2004.
(4)
Incorporated by reference to the Company's definitive Proxy Statement filed on
April 13, 2005.
(5)
Incorporated by reference to the Company's current report on Form 8-K filed on
April 27, 2005.
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