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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 20, 2006</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-________</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE<BR>
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ZIMMER HOLDINGS, INC.</B>
</DIV>

<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><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>13-4151777</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>345 East Main Street<BR>
Warsaw, Indiana 46580</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>RESTATED ZIMMER HOLDINGS, INC. DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN<BR>
FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Chad F. Phipps<BR>
Associate General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
Zimmer Holdings, Inc.<BR>
345 East Main Street<BR>
Warsaw, Indiana 46580</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>(574)&nbsp;267-6131</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><I>Copy to:</I><BR>
<B>David C. Worrell<BR>
Baker &#038; Daniels LLP<BR>
300 North Meridian Street, Suite&nbsp;2700<BR>
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204<BR>
(317)&nbsp;237-0300</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $0.01 par value</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">200,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">70.93</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> <SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">14,186,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> <SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">1,518</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also registers additional shares of Common
Stock as may be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock
dividends, and similar transactions in accordance with the anti-dilution provisions of the
Restated Zimmer Holdings, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan For Non-Employee Directors.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and computed in
accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act using the average of the high and
low sale prices of the Common Stock as reported by the New York Stock
Exchange on January&nbsp;17,
2006, which was $70.93&nbsp;per share.</TD>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>PART I</B>

</DIV>

<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
this registration statement omits the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8. The documents
containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I will be delivered to the participants in the plan
covered by this registration statement as required by Rule&nbsp;428(b). Such documents are not being
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) as part of this registration
statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the Securities
Act.
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>PART II</B>

</DIV>

<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents heretofore filed by Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) with the
Commission are incorporated by reference in this registration statement:
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2004;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March
31, 2005, June&nbsp;30, 2005 and September&nbsp;30, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
January&nbsp;12, 2005, January&nbsp;21, 2005, February&nbsp;7, 2005, February&nbsp;23, 2005, March&nbsp;22,
2005, April&nbsp;5, 2005, April&nbsp;20, 2005, May&nbsp;20, 2005, May&nbsp;20, 2005, December&nbsp;15, 2005 and
January&nbsp;11, 2006;</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form 10-12B filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) (File No.&nbsp;001-16407), including any amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 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 securities
offered hereby 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. Nothing
in this registration statement shall be deemed to incorporate information furnished but not filed
on Form 8-K.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant will promptly provide without charge to each person to whom a prospectus is
delivered a copy of any or all information that has been incorporated herein by reference (not
including exhibits to the information that is incorporated by reference unless such exhibits are
specifically incorporated by reference into such information) upon the written or oral request of
such person directed to the Secretary of the Registrant at its principal offices, 345 East Main
Street, Warsaw, Indiana 46580, telephone (574)&nbsp;267-6131.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) provides that a corporation
may indemnify any current or former director, officer or employee or other individual against
expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative actions or proceedings, other than a derivative action by or in the
right of the corporation, if the director, officer, employee or other individual acted in good
faith and in a manner 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 or proceeding, if he or she had no
reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in
the case of derivative actions, except that indemnification only extends to expenses incurred in
connection with the defense or settlement of such actions, and the statute requires court approval
before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">indemnification has been found
liable to the corporation. The statute provides that it is not exclusive of other indemnification
that may be granted by a corporation&#146;s by-laws, disinterested director vote, stockholder vote,
agreement or otherwise.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s restated certificate of incorporation provides that each person who was or is
made or is threatened to be made a party to any action or proceeding by reason of the fact that
such person, or a person of whom such person is the legal representative, is or was a director or
officer of the Registrant or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, will be indemnified and
held harmless by the Registrant to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as the same exists or
may hereafter be amended to provide broader indemnification rights than authorized prior to such
amendment. Such rights are not exclusive of any other right which any person may have or
thereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the restated certificate of incorporation,
by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. The Registrant&#146;s
restated certificate of incorporation also specifically authorizes the Registrant to maintain
insurance and to grant similar indemnification rights to its employees or agents.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has provided, consistent with the DGCL, in its restated certificate of
incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation
or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for
liability for:
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders;</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law;</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>payments of unlawful dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions; or</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>any transactions from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Neither the amendment nor repeal of such provision will eliminate or reduce the effect of such
provision in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim for that, but
for such provision, would accrue or arise prior to such amendment or repeal.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The list of Exhibits is incorporated herein by reference to the Index of Exhibits.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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 forth in the registration statement; and</TD>
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    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 7%">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply
if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Securities
and Exchange Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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.</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and 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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;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
Securities and Exchange 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 against the
registrant 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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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Warsaw, State of Indiana,
on January&nbsp;19, 2006.
</DIV>


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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>ZIMMER HOLDINGS, INC.</B> <BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ J. Raymond Elliott
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">J. Raymond Elliott     &nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairman of the Board,<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in their respective capacities and on the respective dates
indicated opposite their names. Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes each
of J.&nbsp;Raymond Elliott, David&nbsp;C. Dvorak, Sam&nbsp;R. Leno and Chad&nbsp;F. Phipps, each with full power of substitution, to
execute in the name and on behalf of such person any post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
making such changes in this Registration Statement as the registrant deems appropriate, and
appoints each of J.&nbsp;Raymond Elliott, David&nbsp;C. Dvorak,
Sam&nbsp;R. Leno and Chad&nbsp;F. Phipps, each with full power of substitution,
attorney-in-fact to sign any amendment and any post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ J. Raymond Elliott
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
J. Raymond Elliott
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief
Executive Officer<BR>
(Principal Executive
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January 19, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Sam R. Leno
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Sam R. Leno
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice
President, Finance and
Corporate Services and<BR>
Chief Financial
Officer (Principal
Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January 19, 2006</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James T. Crines
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James T. Crines
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President,
Finance, Operations
and Corporate
Controller <BR>and Chief
Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January 19, 2006</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Stuart M. Essig
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Stuart M. Essig
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January 19, 2006</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Larry C. Glasscock
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Larry C. Glasscock
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January 19, 2006</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John L. McGoldrick&nbsp;<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John L. McGoldrick
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January 19, 2006</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Augustus A. White, III&nbsp;<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Augustus A. White, III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January 19, 2006</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INDEX OF EXHIBITS</B>
</DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">No.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description of Exhibit</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated
November&nbsp;13, 2001).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated By-Laws of Zimmer Holdings, Inc., together with Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the
Restated By-Laws of Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q dated November&nbsp;14,
2003).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Common Stock certificate.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Zimmer Holdings, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report
on Form&nbsp;8-K dated December&nbsp;15, 2005).</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Baker &#038; Daniels LLP regarding legality of the securities being registered.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Baker &#038; Daniels LLP (included in Opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included on the Signature Page of the Registration Statement).</TD>
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 20, 2006
Registration No. 333-________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ZIMMER HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
13-4151777
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
345 East Main Street
Warsaw, Indiana 46580
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
RESTATED ZIMMER HOLDINGS, INC. DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
(Full title of the plan)
Chad F. Phipps
Associate General Counsel and Secretary
Zimmer Holdings, Inc.
345 East Main Street
Warsaw, Indiana 46580
(Name and address of agent for service)
(574) 267-6131
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
David C. Worrell
Baker & Daniels LLP
300 North Meridian Street, Suite 2700
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
(317) 237-0300
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
to be Registered
Registered
Per Share
Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
200,000
(1)
$
70.93
(2)
$
14,186,000
(2)
$
1,518
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also registers additional shares of Common
Stock as may be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock
dividends, and similar transactions in accordance with the anti-dilution provisions of the
Restated Zimmer Holdings, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan For Non-Employee Directors.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and computed in
accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act using the average of the high and
low sale prices of the Common Stock as reported by the New York Stock
Exchange on January 17,
2006, which was $70.93 per share.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
As permitted by Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
this registration statement omits the information specified in Part I of Form S-8. The documents
containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the plan
covered by this registration statement as required by Rule 428(b). Such documents are not being
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") as part of this registration
statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities
Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents heretofore filed by Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (the "Registrant") with the
Commission are incorporated by reference in this registration statement:
(1)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2004;
(2)
The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March
31, 2005, June 30, 2005 and September 30, 2005;
(3)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
January 12, 2005, January 21, 2005, February 7, 2005, February 23, 2005, March 22,
2005, April 5, 2005, April 20, 2005, May 20, 2005, May 20, 2005, December 15, 2005 and
January 11, 2006;
(4)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 10-12B filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act") (File No. 001-16407), including any amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description.
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 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 securities
offered hereby 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. Nothing
in this registration statement shall be deemed to incorporate information furnished but not filed
on Form 8-K.
The Registrant will promptly provide without charge to each person to whom a prospectus is
delivered a copy of any or all information that has been incorporated herein by reference (not
including exhibits to the information that is incorporated by reference unless such exhibits are
specifically incorporated by reference into such information) upon the written or oral request of
such person directed to the Secretary of the Registrant at its principal offices, 345 East Main
Street, Warsaw, Indiana 46580, telephone (574) 267-6131.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") provides that a corporation
may indemnify any current or former director, officer or employee or other individual against
expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative actions or proceedings, other than a derivative action by or in the
right of the corporation, if the director, officer, employee or other individual acted in good
faith and in a manner 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 or proceeding, if he or she had no
reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in
the case of derivative actions, except that indemnification only extends to expenses incurred in
connection with the defense or settlement of such actions, and the statute requires court approval
before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking
indemnification has been found
liable to the corporation. The statute provides that it is not exclusive of other indemnification
that may be granted by a corporation's by-laws, disinterested director vote, stockholder vote,
agreement or otherwise.
The Registrant's restated certificate of incorporation provides that each person who was or is
made or is threatened to be made a party to any action or proceeding by reason of the fact that
such person, or a person of whom such person is the legal representative, is or was a director or
officer of the Registrant or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, will be indemnified and
held harmless by the Registrant to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as the same exists or
may hereafter be amended to provide broader indemnification rights than authorized prior to such
amendment. Such rights are not exclusive of any other right which any person may have or
thereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the restated certificate of incorporation,
by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. The Registrant's
restated certificate of incorporation also specifically authorizes the Registrant to maintain
insurance and to grant similar indemnification rights to its employees or agents.
The Registrant has provided, consistent with the DGCL, in its restated certificate of
incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation
or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for
liability for:
•
any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders;
•
acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law;
•
payments of unlawful dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions; or
•
any transactions from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
Neither the amendment nor repeal of such provision will eliminate or reduce the effect of such
provision in respect of any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim for that, but
for such provision, would accrue or arise prior to such amendment or repeal.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The list of Exhibits is incorporated herein by reference to the Index of Exhibits.
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 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 forth in the registration statement; and
(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) of this section do not apply
if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Securities
and Exchange Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in 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 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 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 registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange 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 against the
registrant 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.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Warsaw, State of Indiana,
on January 19, 2006.
ZIMMER HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
/s/ J. Raymond Elliott
J. Raymond Elliott
Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in their respective capacities and on the respective dates
indicated opposite their names. Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes each
of J. Raymond Elliott, David C. Dvorak, Sam R. Leno and Chad F. Phipps, each with full power of substitution, to
execute in the name and on behalf of such person any post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
making such changes in this Registration Statement as the registrant deems appropriate, and
appoints each of J. Raymond Elliott, David C. Dvorak,
Sam R. Leno and Chad F. Phipps, each with full power of substitution,
attorney-in-fact to sign any amendment and any post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ J. Raymond Elliott
J. Raymond Elliott
Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief
Executive Officer
(Principal Executive
Officer)
January 19, 2006
/s/ Sam R. Leno
Sam R. Leno
Executive Vice
President, Finance and
Corporate Services and
Chief Financial
Officer (Principal
Financial Officer)
January 19, 2006
/s/ James T. Crines
James T. Crines
Senior Vice President,
Finance, Operations
and Corporate
Controller
and Chief
Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting
Officer)
January 19, 2006
/s/ Stuart M. Essig
Stuart M. Essig
Director
January 19, 2006
/s/ Larry C. Glasscock
Larry C. Glasscock
Director
January 19, 2006
/s/ John L. McGoldrick
John L. McGoldrick
Director
January 19, 2006
/s/ Augustus A. White, III
Augustus A. White, III
Director
January 19, 2006
INDEX OF EXHIBITS
Exhibit
No.
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
November 13, 2001).
4.2
Restated By-Laws of Zimmer Holdings, Inc., together with Amendment No. 1 to the
Restated By-Laws of Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 3 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q dated November 14,
2003).
4.3
Specimen Common Stock certificate.
4.4
Restated Zimmer Holdings, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant's Current Report
on Form 8-K dated December 15, 2005).
5
Opinion of Baker & Daniels LLP regarding legality of the securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2
Consent of Baker & Daniels LLP (included in Opinion filed as Exhibit 5).
24
Powers of Attorney (included on the Signature Page of the Registration Statement).