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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>ZIMMER HOLDINGS, 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>13-4151777</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>345 East Main Street</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>46580</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Warsaw, Indiana</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Zip Code)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ZIMMER HOLDINGS, INC.<BR>
TEAMSHARE STOCK OPTION PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>David C. Dvorak<BR>
Zimmer Holdings, Inc.<BR>
345 East Main Street<BR>
Warsaw, Indiana 46580</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(574)&nbsp;267-6131</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><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"><B>Title of Securities</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Amount of shares to be</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>offering</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common
Stock, $0.01 par value ..........</DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="center">8,626,594 (1)</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="center">$76.38 (2)</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="center">$658,899,249.70 (2)</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center">$77,552.45 (2)</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(1)&nbsp;&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 Zimmer Holdings, Inc.
TeamShare Stock Option Plan.</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 June 2,
2005, which was $76.38 per share.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE; INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement relates to the registration of 8,626,594 additional shares of
Common Stock, $0.01 par value, of Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) reserved for issuance
and delivery under the Registrant&#146;s TeamShare Stock Option Plan, as amended (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The
increase in the number of shares authorized to be issued under the Plan was approved by the
Registrant&#146;s stockholders on May&nbsp;2, 2005. Pursuant to a Form S-8 Registration Statement filed by
the Registrant on July&nbsp;26, 2001, the Registrant has previously registered 4,800,000 shares of
Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan. The contents of that Form S-8 Registration
Statement (File No.&nbsp;333-65934) are incorporated herein by reference pursuant to General Instruction
E to the Form S-8.


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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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 June&nbsp;9, 2005.


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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>ZIMMER HOLDINGS, INC.</B> <BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ J. Raymond Elliott
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">J. Raymond Elliott&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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 and Sam R. Leno, 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<BR>
J. Raymond Elliott and David C. Dvorak, 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"><u>Title</u></TD>
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J. Raymond Elliott
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the
Board, President
and Chief Executive
Officer (Principal
Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;9, 2005</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Sam R. Leno
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Sam R. Leno
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice
President,
Corporate Finance
and Operations and
Chief Financial
Officer (Principal
Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;9, 2005</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James T. Crines
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James T. Crines
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice
President,
Finance/Controller
and Information
Technology
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;9, 2005</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Stuart M. Essig
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">Stuart M. Essig</div></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;9, 2005</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Larry C. Glasscock
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">Larry C. Glasscock</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;9, 2005</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John L. McGoldrick
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">John L. McGoldrick</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;9, 2005</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Augustus A. White, III
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">Augustus A. White, III</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;9, 2005</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B>


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<TD nowrap align="center"><u>No.</u></TD>
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<TD nowrap align="center"><u>Description
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Common Stock certificate (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1
to the Registrant&#146;s Amendment No.&nbsp;3 to Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10, dated July
6, 2001).</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Zimmer Holdings, Inc. TeamShare Stock Option Plan (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated April&nbsp;26,
2005).</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5&nbsp;&nbsp;
</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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on June 9, 2005
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
13-4151777
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
345 East Main Street
46580
Warsaw, Indiana
(Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
ZIMMER HOLDINGS, INC.
TEAMSHARE STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
David C. Dvorak
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
Title of Securities
Amount of shares to be
offering
Proposed maximum
Amount of
to be registered
registered
price per share
aggregate offering price
registration fee
Common
Stock, $0.01 par value ..........
8,626,594 (1)
$76.38 (2)
$658,899,249.70 (2)
$77,552.45 (2)
(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 Zimmer Holdings, Inc.
TeamShare Stock Option Plan.
(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 June 2,
2005, which was $76.38 per share.
EXPLANATORY NOTE; INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
This Registration Statement relates to the registration of 8,626,594 additional shares of
Common Stock, $0.01 par value, of Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (the "Registrant") reserved for issuance
and delivery under the Registrant's TeamShare Stock Option Plan, as amended (the "Plan"). The
increase in the number of shares authorized to be issued under the Plan was approved by the
Registrant's stockholders on May 2, 2005. Pursuant to a Form S-8 Registration Statement filed by
the Registrant on July 26, 2001, the Registrant has previously registered 4,800,000 shares of
Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan. The contents of that Form S-8 Registration
Statement (File No. 333-65934) are incorporated herein by reference pursuant to General Instruction
E to the Form S-8.
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 June 9, 2005.
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 and Sam R. Leno, 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 and David C. Dvorak, 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)
June 9, 2005
/s/ Sam R. Leno
Sam R. Leno
Executive Vice
President,
Corporate Finance
and Operations and
Chief Financial
Officer (Principal
Financial Officer)
June 9, 2005
/s/ James T. Crines
James T. Crines
Senior Vice
President,
Finance/Controller
and Information
Technology
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
June 9, 2005
/s/ Stuart M. Essig
Stuart M. Essig
Director
June 9, 2005
/s/ Larry C. Glasscock
Larry C. Glasscock
Director
June 9, 2005
/s/ John L. McGoldrick
John L. McGoldrick
Director
June 9, 2005
/s/ Augustus A. White, III
Augustus A. White, III
Director
June 9, 2005
S-1
INDEX TO 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 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1
to the Registrant's Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement on Form 10, dated July
6, 2001).
4.4
Zimmer Holdings, Inc. TeamShare Stock Option Plan (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 26,
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).