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<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;8, 2004<BR>
Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</U>

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

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

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
The Securities Act of 1933</B>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>VISX, INCORPORATED</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>06-1161793</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>3400 Central Expressway<BR>
Santa Clara, California 95051</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>2000 Stock Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Elizabeth H. D&#225;vila<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>
VISX, INCORPORATED<BR>
3400 Central Expressway<BR>
Santa Clara, California 95051<BR>
(408)&nbsp;733-2020</B><BR>
(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Copies to:<BR>
<B>Page Mailliard, Esq.<BR>
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, P.C.<BR>
650 Page Mill Road<BR>
Palo Alto, California 94304<BR>
650-493-9300</B>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of Securities to be Registered</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registered (1)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Per Share</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock, $.01 par value: Issuable pursuant to
outstanding options under the 2000 Stock Plan</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">1,405,533&nbsp;shares</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">20.26628 </TD>
    <TD nowrap>(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">28,484,925.33</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">3,609.04</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock, $.01 par value: Reserved for future
issuance under the 2000 Stock Plan</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">1,894,467&nbsp;shares</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">23.60</TD>
    <TD nowrap>(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">44,709,421.20</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" nowrap>5,664.68</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Total:</DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center">3,300,000shares</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">73,194,346.53</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">9,273.72</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement shall also cover any
additional shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock that become issuable
under the plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of
consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares of
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the
Securities Act, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate
amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit
plan described herein.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(2)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act. The
price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon the weighted
average exercise price for outstanding options granted pursuant to the
Registrant&#146;s 2000 Stock Plan.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(3)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, solely
for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration fee based on
the average of the high and low prices per share of the Registrant&#146;s
Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June&nbsp;4, 2004,
which was $23.60&nbsp;per share.</TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">PART II



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


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


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents previously filed by VISX, Incorporated (the
&#147;Registrant&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission are hereby
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:


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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(a)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2003.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(b)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2004.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(c)</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock to be offered
hereby is contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on
Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;1,
2001 pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of
this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration
Statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents incorporated by reference herein contain forward-looking
statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The Registrant&#146;s actual
results may differ significantly from the results discussed in the
forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include,
but are not limited to, the risks identified in the respective documents
incorporated by reference.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has adopted provisions in its Certificate of Incorporation
that eliminate the personal liability of its directors and officers for
monetary damages arising from a breach of their fiduciary duties in certain
circumstances to the fullest extent permitted by law and authorizes the
Registrant to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent
permitted by law. Such limitation of liability does not affect the
availability of equitable remedies such as injunctive relief or rescission.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Bylaws provide that the Registrant shall indemnify its
directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the General
Corporation Law of Delaware, including circumstances in which


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">indemnification is otherwise discretionary under Delaware law. Section&nbsp;145
of the General Corporation Law of Delaware provides for the indemnification of
officers, directors and other corporate agents in terms sufficiently broad to
indemnify such persons, under certain circumstances, for certain liabilities
(including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act
of 1933. The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements to such
effect with its officers and directors containing provisions which are in some
respects broader than the specific indemnification provisions contained in the
General Corporation Law of Delaware. The indemnification agreements may require
the Registrant, among other things, to indemnify such officers and directors
against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service
as directors or officers (other than liabilities arising from willful
misconduct of a culpable nature) and to advance their expenses incurred as a
result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified.
The form of such indemnification agreement has been approved by the
Registrant&#146;s stockholders.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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


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    <TD>Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, Professional
Corporation, as to the legality of securities being registered.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">10.1</TD>
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    <TD>2000 Stock Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Auditors.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">23.2</TD>
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    <TD>Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, Professional
Corporation, (Included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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    <TD>Power of Attorney (See Page 4).</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;Rule&nbsp;415 Offering. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement 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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;Filings incorporating subsequent Exchange Act documents by reference.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Request for acceleration of effective date or filing of registration
statement on Form S-8. 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 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 Santa Clara, State of California, on
June&nbsp;4, 2004.


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<TR>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3">VISX, INCORPORATED<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Elizabeth H. D&#225;vila
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Elizabeth H. D&#225;vila&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Elizabeth H. D&#225;vila and John F. Runkel,
Jr., and each of them acting individually, as his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution, for him or
her in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including post-effective amendments), and
to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of each to act alone, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully for all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his, her or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.


<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 below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">/s/ Elizabeth H. D&#225;vila</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">Chairman of the Board and Chief</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><hr size="1" noshade></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">Executive Officer <I>(Principal Executive</I></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Elizabeth H. D&#225;vila</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center"><I>Officer)</I></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">June 4, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">/s/ Derek A. Bertocci</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">Senior Vice President and Chief</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><hr size="1" noshade></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">Financial Officer <I>(Principal Financial</I></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Derek A. Bertocci</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center"><I>Officer)</I></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">June 7, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">/s/ Martyn J. Webster</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">Controller <I>(Principal Accounting Officer)</I></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">June 4, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><hr size="1" noshade>
Martyn J. Webster</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">June
<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><hr size="1" noshade>
Laureen De Buono</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">/s/ Glendon E. French</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">June 7, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><hr size="1" noshade>
Glendon E. French</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">/s/ John W. Galiardo</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">June 7, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><hr size="1" noshade>
John W. Galiardo</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">/s/ Jay T. Holmes</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">June 7, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><hr size="1" noshade>
Jay T. Holmes</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">June <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><hr size="1" noshade>
Gary S. Petersmeyer</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">June <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><hr size="1" noshade>Richard B. Sayford</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>VISX, INCORPORATED</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</B>



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


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Number</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, Professional
Corporation, as to the legality of securities being registered.</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2000 Stock Plan.</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>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Auditors.</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>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich &#038; Rosati, Professional
Corporation, (Included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on June 8, 2004
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933
VISX, INCORPORATED
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
06-1161793
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
3400 Central Expressway
Santa Clara, California 95051
(Address of principal executive offices)
2000 Stock Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Elizabeth H. Dávila
Chief Executive Officer
VISX, INCORPORATED
3400 Central Expressway
Santa Clara, California 95051
(408) 733-2020
(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Page Mailliard, Esq.
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C.
650 Page Mill Road
Palo Alto, California 94304
650-493-9300
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered
Registered (1)
Per Share
Offering Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $.01 par value: Issuable pursuant to
outstanding options under the 2000 Stock Plan
1,405,533 shares
$
20.26628
(2)
$
28,484,925.33
$
3,609.04
Common Stock, $.01 par value: Reserved for future
issuance under the 2000 Stock Plan
1,894,467 shares
$
23.60
(3)
$
44,709,421.20
$
5,664.68
Total:
3,300,000shares
$
73,194,346.53
$
9,273.72
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any
additional shares of the Registrant's Common Stock that become issuable
under the plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of
consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares of
Registrant's Common Stock. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the
Securities Act, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate
amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit
plan described herein.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the
registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act. The
price per share and aggregate offering price are based upon the weighted
average exercise price for outstanding options granted pursuant to the
Registrant's 2000 Stock Plan.
(3)
Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, solely
for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration fee based on
the average of the high and low prices per share of the Registrant's
Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 4, 2004,
which was $23.60 per share.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 10.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents previously filed by VISX, Incorporated (the
"Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission are hereby
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2003.
(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended March 31, 2004.
(c)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock to be offered
hereby is contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 1,
2001 pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the date of
this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration
Statement from the date of the filing of such reports and documents.
The documents incorporated by reference herein contain forward-looking
statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The Registrant's actual
results may differ significantly from the results discussed in the
forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include,
but are not limited to, the risks identified in the respective documents
incorporated by reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The Registrant has adopted provisions in its Certificate of Incorporation
that eliminate the personal liability of its directors and officers for
monetary damages arising from a breach of their fiduciary duties in certain
circumstances to the fullest extent permitted by law and authorizes the
Registrant to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent
permitted by law. Such limitation of liability does not affect the
availability of equitable remedies such as injunctive relief or rescission.
The Registrant's Bylaws provide that the Registrant shall indemnify its
directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the General
Corporation Law of Delaware, including circumstances in which
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indemnification is otherwise discretionary under Delaware law. Section 145
of the General Corporation Law of Delaware provides for the indemnification of
officers, directors and other corporate agents in terms sufficiently broad to
indemnify such persons, under certain circumstances, for certain liabilities
(including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act
of 1933. The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements to such
effect with its officers and directors containing provisions which are in some
respects broader than the specific indemnification provisions contained in the
General Corporation Law of Delaware. The indemnification agreements may require
the Registrant, among other things, to indemnify such officers and directors
against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service
as directors or officers (other than liabilities arising from willful
misconduct of a culpable nature) and to advance their expenses incurred as a
result of any proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified.
The form of such indemnification agreement has been approved by the
Registrant's stockholders.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
5.1
Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional
Corporation, as to the legality of securities being registered.
10.1
2000 Stock Plan.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Auditors.
23.2
Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional
Corporation, (Included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (See Page 4).
Item 9. Undertakings
(a) Rule 415 Offering. 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 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.
(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.
(b) Filings incorporating subsequent Exchange Act documents by reference.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
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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.
(c) Request for acceleration of effective date or filing of registration
statement on Form S-8. 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
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 Santa Clara, State of California, on
June 4, 2004.
VISX, INCORPORATED
By:
/s/ Elizabeth H. Dávila
Elizabeth H. Dávila
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Elizabeth H. Dávila and John F. Runkel,
Jr., and each of them acting individually, as his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution, for him or
her in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including post-effective amendments), and
to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of each to act alone, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully for all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his, her or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Elizabeth H. Dávila
Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer
(Principal Executive
Elizabeth H. Dávila
Officer)
June 4, 2004
/s/ Derek A. Bertocci
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal Financial
Derek A. Bertocci
Officer)
June 7, 2004
/s/ Martyn J. Webster
Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
June 4, 2004
Martyn J. Webster
Director
June
, 2004
Laureen De Buono
/s/ Glendon E. French
Director
June 7, 2004
Glendon E. French
/s/ John W. Galiardo
Director
June 7, 2004
John W. Galiardo
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Jay T. Holmes
Director
June 7, 2004
Jay T. Holmes
Director
June
, 2004
Gary S. Petersmeyer
Director
June
, 2004
Richard B. Sayford
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VISX, INCORPORATED
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional
Corporation, as to the legality of securities being registered.
10.1
2000 Stock Plan.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Auditors.
23.2
Consent of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Professional
Corporation, (Included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (See Page 4).