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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">As filed with the Securities
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Commission on November 15, 2002</FONT></TD>
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Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION<BR>
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></FONT>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>FORM S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></FONT>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>ZIMMER HOLDINGS, INC.</B><BR>
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT>


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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction<BR>
of incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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<B>13-4151777</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>345 East Main Street<BR>
Warsaw, Indiana</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></TD>
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<B>46580</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>ZIMMER HOLDINGS, INC.<BR>
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</FONT>



<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Paul D. Schoenle, Esquire<BR>
Vice President, Senior 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)</FONT>




<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>(574)&nbsp;267-6131</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</FONT>




<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><I>Copy to:</I><BR>
<B>David C. Worrell<BR>
Baker &#038; Daniels<BR>
300 North Meridian Street, Suite&nbsp;2700<BR>
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204<BR>
(317)&nbsp;237-0300</B></FONT>




<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></FONT>


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        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Common Stock, $0.01 par value</FONT></DIV></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;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.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">It is impracticable to state the maximum offering price. The purchase
price for each share of Common Stock offered under the Zimmer Holdings,
Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#147;ESPP&#148;) will be 85% of the fair
market value of such share on a future date as described in the ESPP.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and
computed in accordance with Rule&nbsp;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
November 14, 2002, which was
$40.10 share.</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART I</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<P><FONT size="2"><B>ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION*</B></FONT>




<P><FONT size="2"><B>ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION*</B></FONT>



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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Information required by Part I
of Form&nbsp;S-8 to be contained in the Section&nbsp;10(a) Prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance
with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act and the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents heretofore filed by Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (the
&#147;Registrant&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement:

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        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal
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        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the three
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        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the three
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        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September
30, 2002;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated June&nbsp;17,
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        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained
in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;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.</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT size="2">&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 their respective dates of
filing.

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<P><FONT size="2">&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

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<P><FONT size="2">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.

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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.

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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.

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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&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 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.

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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s 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 certificate,
by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise. The Registrant&#146;s certificate of incorporation also specifically
authorizes the Registrant to maintain insurance and to grant similar
indemnification rights to its employees or agents.

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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has provided, consistent with the DGCL, in its 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="93%"><FONT size="2">any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the
corporation or its stockholders;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
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        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">payments of unlawful dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions; or</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">any transactions from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT size="2">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.

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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.

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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The list of Exhibits is incorporated herein by reference to the Index to Exhibits.

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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

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        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</FONT></TD>
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To include any prospectus required by section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</FONT></TD>
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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;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">(iii)</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
To include any material information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (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 Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(3)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold
at the termination of the offering.</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 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 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 Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.

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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>The Registrant. </I>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&nbsp;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 September 25, 2002.

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<B>ZIMMER HOLDINGS, INC.</B></FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">By:</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="bottom"><FONT size="2">/s/ J. Raymond Elliott<BR>
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J. Raymond Elliott<BR>
Chairman of the Board,<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT size="2">&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.
Raymond Elliott, David C. Dvorak, Sam R. Leno and Paul D. Schoenle, 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 and Paul
D. Schoenle, 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.

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        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ J. Raymond Elliott<BR><HR noshade size="1">J. Raymond Elliott</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief
Executive Officer and
Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">September 25, 2002</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Sam R. Leno<BR><HR noshade size="1">Sam R. Leno</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal
Financial Officer)
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">September 25, 2002</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ James T. Crines<BR><HR noshade size="1">James T. Crines</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Vice President and
Controller (Principal
Accounting Officer)
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">September 25, 2002</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Larry C. Glasscock<BR><HR noshade size="1">Larry C. Glasscock</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">September 25, 2002</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Regina E. Herzlinger<BR><HR noshade size="1">Regina E. Herzlinger</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">September 25, 2002</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ John L. McGoldrick<BR><HR noshade size="1">John L. McGoldrick</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">September 25, 2002</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Augustus A. White III<BR><HR noshade size="1">Augustus A. White III</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">September 25, 2002</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (The copy of
this Exhibit filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K
dated November&nbsp;13, 2001, is incorporated by reference.)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Restated Bylaws of Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (The copy of this Exhibit filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated November&nbsp;13,
2001, is incorporated by reference.)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">4.3</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Specimen Common Stock certificate. (The copy of this Exhibit filed as Exhibit
4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Amendment No.&nbsp;3 to Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10,
dated July&nbsp;6, 2001, is incorporated by reference.)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Baker &#038; Daniels regarding legality of the securities being registered.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Baker &#038; Daniels (included in Opinion filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;5).</FONT></TD>
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Powers of Attorney (included on the Signature Page of the Registration
Statement).</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Zimmer Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan. (The copy of this Exhibit
filed as Appendix B to the Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A
dated March&nbsp;26, 2002, is incorporated by reference.)</FONT></TD>
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Registration Statement
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As filed with the Securities
and Exchange
Commission on November 15, 2002
Registration No. 333-
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
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
46580
(Zip Code)
ZIMMER HOLDINGS, INC.
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Paul D. Schoenle, Esquire
Vice President, Senior 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
300 North Meridian Street, Suite 2700
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
(317) 237-0300
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Amount of shares
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of Securities
to be
offering
aggregate offering
Amount of
to be registered
registered
price per share
price
registration fee
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
3,000,000(1)
$40.10(2)(3)
$120,300,000(2)(3)
$11,068(3)
(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.
(2)
It is impracticable to state the maximum offering price. The purchase
price for each share of Common Stock offered under the Zimmer Holdings,
Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "ESPP") will be 85% of the fair
market value of such share on a future date as described in the ESPP.
(3)
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
November 14, 2002, which was
$40.10 share.
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PART I  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
PART II  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Opinion of Baker & Daniels
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION*
ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION*
*
Information required by Part I
of Form S-8 to be contained in the Section 10(a) Prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance
with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
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 Securities and Exchange 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, 2001;
(2)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three
months ended March 31, 2002;
(3)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three
months ended June 30, 2002;
(4)
The Registrant's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September
30, 2002;
(5)
The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 17,
2002; and
(6)
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 their respective dates of
filing.
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
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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 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 certificate,
by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise. The Registrant's certificate of incorporation also specifically
authorizes the Registrant to maintain insurance and to grant similar
indemnification rights to its employees or agents.
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The Registrant has provided, consistent with the DGCL, in its 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 to Exhibits.
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(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;
(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 (1)(i) and (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 Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the
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Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, 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.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 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 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 Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant.
Pursuant to the requirements of the 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 September 25, 2002.
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 Paul D. Schoenle, 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 and Paul
D. Schoenle, 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 and
Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
September 25, 2002
/s/ Sam R. Leno
Sam R. Leno
Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal
Financial Officer)
September 25, 2002
/s/ James T. Crines
James T. Crines
Vice President and
Controller (Principal
Accounting Officer)
September 25, 2002
/s/ Larry C. Glasscock
Larry C. Glasscock
Director
September 25, 2002
/s/ Regina E. Herzlinger
Regina E. Herzlinger
Director
September 25, 2002
/s/ John L. McGoldrick
John L. McGoldrick
Director
September 25, 2002
/s/ Augustus A. White III
Augustus A. White III
Director
September 25, 2002
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
No.
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (The copy of
this Exhibit filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K
dated November 13, 2001, is incorporated by reference.)
4.2
Restated Bylaws of Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (The copy of this Exhibit filed as
Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 13,
2001, is incorporated by reference.)
4.3
Specimen Common Stock certificate. (The copy of this Exhibit filed as Exhibit
4.1 to the Registrant's Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement on Form 10,
dated July 6, 2001, is incorporated by reference.)
5
Opinion of Baker & Daniels regarding legality of the securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2
Consent of Baker & Daniels (included in Opinion filed as
Exhibit 5).
24
Powers of Attorney (included on the Signature Page of the Registration
Statement).
99
Zimmer Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan. (The copy of this Exhibit
filed as Appendix B to the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A
dated March 26, 2002, is incorporated by reference.)