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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;13, 2003.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center"><FONT size="3">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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<P align="center"><FONT size="5"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center"><FONT size="3">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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<P align="center"><FONT size="6"><B>CARDIOGENESIS CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center"><FONT size="2">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>
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<B>77-0223740</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">26632 Towne Centre Drive, Suite&nbsp;320<BR>
Foothill Ranch, California 92610<BR>
(714)&nbsp;649-5000<BR>
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of<BR>
registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)
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1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan<BR>
Director Stock Option Plan</B><BR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">Darrell F. Eckstein<BR>
President, Chief Operating Officer and Acting Chief Financial Officer<BR>
CardioGenesis Corporation<BR>
26632 Towne Centre Drive<BR>
Suite&nbsp;320<BR>
Foothill Ranch, California 92610<BR>
(714)&nbsp;649-5000<BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><I>With a copy to:</I><BR>
ROBERT K. MONTGOMERY, ESQ.<BR>
ARI B. LANIN, ESQ.<BR>
Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP<BR>
2029 Century Park East<BR>
Los Angeles, California 90067<BR>
(310)&nbsp;552-8500
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>to be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Common Stock, no par value
(to be issued pursuant to
the Stock Option Plan)</FONT></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">5,961,357</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">.75 per share</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">4,471,017.75</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">361.71</FONT></TD>
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(to be issued pursuant to
the 1996 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan)</FONT></DIV></TD>
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(to be issued pursuant to
the Director Stock Option
Plan)</FONT></DIV></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">In addition to the number of shares of Common Stock, no par value, stated above, options and other rights to purchase or
acquire the shares of Common Stock under the above-referenced plans and, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416, an additional indeterminate number
of shares which by reason of certain events specified in the Plans may become subject to the Plans. Prior to today&#146;s date,
4,023,461 options have been granted pursuant to the Stock Option
Plan, with exercise prices ranging from $0.32 to $10.75 and
427,000 options have been granted pursuant to the Director Stock
Option Plan, with exercise prices ranging from $.91 to $12.69.
The offer and sale of the shares of Common Stock underlying these options was registered pursuant to registration statements on
Form&nbsp;S-8 previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Calculated pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h) based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on the OTC Bulletin
Board on June&nbsp;10, 2003 which was $.75.</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000"> PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">ITEM 2. REGISTRATION INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003"> PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011"> SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012"> EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="a90763orexv5w1.txt">EXHIBIT 5.1</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="a90763orexv10w1.txt">EXHIBIT 10.1</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="a90763orexv10w3.txt">EXHIBIT 10.3</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD valign="top" colspan="3"><FONT size="2">PART I&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</FONT></TD>
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ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION</FONT></TD>
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ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</FONT></TD>
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ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES</FONT></TD>
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ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</FONT></TD>
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ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</FONT></TD>
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ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED</FONT></TD>
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ITEM 8. EXHIBITS</FONT></TD>
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ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information required in this Item&nbsp;1 is not included in this
Registration Statement, in accordance with the Note to Part I of Form&nbsp;S-8.
</FONT>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>ITEM 2. REGISTRATION INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION.</B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information required in this Item&nbsp;2 is not included in this
Registration Statement, in accordance with the Note to Part I of Form&nbsp;S-8.
</FONT>
<P align="center"><FONT size="2">4</FONT>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART II</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
</FONT>

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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.</B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by CardioGenesis Corporation (the
&#147;Registrant&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;)
are incorporated by this reference and made a part of this Registration
Statement:
</FONT>
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    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(a)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2002 filed on March&nbsp;31, 2003;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the period
ending March&nbsp;31, 2003 filed on May&nbsp;15, 2003;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(c)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on January&nbsp;3,
2003, April&nbsp;4, 2003 and May&nbsp;2, 2003; and</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(d)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The description of Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A dated April&nbsp;19,
1996.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&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 after the date hereof,
and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
</FONT>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.</B>
</FONT>

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

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
</FONT>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.</B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;317 of the California General Corporations Law (the &#147;California
Law&#148;) authorizes a court to award, or a corporation&#146;s board of directors to
grant, indemnity to directors and officers who are parties or are threatened to
be made parties to any proceeding (with certain exceptions) by reason of the
fact that the person is or was an agent of the corporation, against expenses,
judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably
incurred in connection with the proceeding if that person acted in good faith
and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in the best interests of
the corporation, and in the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable
cause to believe the conduct of the person was unlawful.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;204 of the California Law authorizes a corporation to adopt a
provision in its articles of incorporation eliminating the personal liability
of its directors for monetary damages in an action brought by or in the right
of the corporation for breach of its directors&#146; duties to the corporation.
Section&nbsp;204 of the California Law provides that a corporation&#146;s articles of
incorporation may not limit the liability of directors (i)&nbsp;for acts or
omissions that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing and culpable
violation of law, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions that a director believes to be
contrary to the best interests of the corporation or its shareholders or that
involve the absence of good faith on the part of the director, (iii)&nbsp;for any
transaction from which a director derived an improper personal
</FONT>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">benefit, (iv)&nbsp;for acts or omissions that show a reckless disregard for the
director&#146;s duty to the corporation or its shareholders in circumstances in
which the director was aware, or should have been aware, in the ordinary course
of performing a director&#146;s duties, of a risk of a serious injury to the
corporation or its shareholders, (v)&nbsp;for acts or omissions that constitute an
unexcused pattern of inattention that amounts to an abdication of the
director&#146;s duty to the corporation or its shareholders, (vi)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;310
of the California Law (concerning transactions between corporations and
directors or corporations having interrelated directors) or (vii)&nbsp;under Section
316 of the California Law (concerning directors&#146; liability for distributions,
loans, and guarantees).
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;204 further provides that a corporation&#146;s articles of
incorporation may not limit the liability of directors for any act or omission
occurring prior to the date when the provision became effective or any act or
omission as an officer, notwithstanding that the officer is also a director or
that his or her actions, if negligent or improper, have been ratified by the
directors. Further, Section&nbsp;317 has no effect on claims arising under federal
or state securities laws and does not affect the availability of injunctions
and other equitable remedies available to a corporation&#146;s shareholders for any
violation of a director&#146;s fiduciary duty to the corporation or its
shareholders.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;IV of the Registrant&#146;s Restated Articles of Incorporation and
Article&nbsp;VI of the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws provide for
indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and other agents to the
maximum extent permitted by California Law.
</FONT>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.</B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
</FONT>
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</FONT>

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    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Exhibit</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Number</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">5.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Opinion of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">10.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Stock Option Plan, as restated</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">10.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as restated</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">10.3</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director Stock Option Plan, as restated</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">24.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Power of Attorney (included on Signature Page)</FONT></TD>
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</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&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.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp; That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), 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>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&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.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), 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 Foothill Ranch, State of
California, on June&nbsp;13, 2003.
</FONT>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>


    <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><FONT size="2">CARDIOGENESIS CORPORATION</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
By:
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Darrell F. Eckstein
<HR size="1" width="60%" noshade>
Darrell F. Eckstein<BR>
President, Chief Operating Officer and<BR>
Acting Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Michael J. Quinn and Darrell F. Eckstein his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full
powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, 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, each acting alone, full powers and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done
in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might, or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated below.
</FONT>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Michael J. Quinn
<HR size="1" noshade>
Michael J. Quinn</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chairman of the Board, Chief<BR>
Executive Officer and Director<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">June&nbsp;13, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Darrell F. Eckstein
<HR size="1" noshade>
Darrell F. Eckstein</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
President, Chief Operating Officer<BR>
and Acting Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal Financial and Accounting<BR>
Officer)
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">June&nbsp;13, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Joseph R. Kletzel II
<HR size="1" noshade>
Joseph R. Kletzel II</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="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">June&nbsp;13, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Robert L. Mortensen
<HR size="1" noshade>
Robert L. Mortensen</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="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">June&nbsp;13, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Robert C. Strauss
<HR size="1" noshade>
Robert C. Strauss</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="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">June&nbsp;13, 2003</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP</FONT></TD>
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Stock Option Plan, as restated</FONT></TD>
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1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as restated</FONT></TD>
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Director Stock Option Plan, as restated</FONT></TD>
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants</FONT></TD>
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Cardiogenesis Corporation
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on June 13, 2003.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CARDIOGENESIS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
California
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
77-0223740
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
26632 Towne Centre Drive, Suite 320
Foothill Ranch, California 92610
(714) 649-5000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
Stock Option Plan
1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Director Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the plans)
Darrell F. Eckstein
President, Chief Operating Officer and Acting Chief Financial Officer
CardioGenesis Corporation
26632 Towne Centre Drive
Suite 320
Foothill Ranch, California 92610
(714) 649-5000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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With a copy to:
ROBERT K. MONTGOMERY, ESQ.
ARI B. LANIN, ESQ.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
2029 Century Park East
Los Angeles, California 90067
(310) 552-8500
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering Price per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
to be Registered
Registered(1)
Share(2)
Price(2)
Registration Fee(3)
Common Stock, no par value
(to be issued pursuant to
the Stock Option Plan)
5,961,357
$
.75 per share
$
4,471,017.75
$
361.71
Common Stock, no par value
(to be issued pursuant to
the 1996 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan)
274,314
$
.75 per share
$
205,735.50
$
16.64
Common Stock, no par value
(to be issued pursuant to
the Director Stock Option
Plan)
567,500
$
.75 per share
$
425,625.00
$
34.43
(1)
In addition to the number of shares of Common Stock, no par value, stated above, options and other rights to purchase or
acquire the shares of Common Stock under the above-referenced plans and, pursuant to Rule 416, an additional indeterminate number
of shares which by reason of certain events specified in the Plans may become subject to the Plans. Prior to today's date,
4,023,461 options have been granted pursuant to the Stock Option
Plan, with exercise prices ranging from $0.32 to $10.75 and
427,000 options have been granted pursuant to the Director Stock
Option Plan, with exercise prices ranging from $.91 to $12.69.
The offer and sale of the shares of Common Stock underlying these options was registered pursuant to registration statements on
Form S-8 previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee.
(3)
Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on the OTC Bulletin
Board on June 10, 2003 which was $.75.
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PART I
ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION.
ITEM 2. REGISTRATION INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION.
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
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 10.1
EXHIBIT 10.2
EXHIBIT 10.3
EXHIBIT 23.1
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PART I   INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
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ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION
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ITEM 2. REGISTRATION INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION
4
PART II  
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
5
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
5
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
5
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
5
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED
6
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
6
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
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SIGNATURES
8
EXHIBIT INDEX
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EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 10.1
EXHIBIT 10.2
EXHIBIT 10.3
EXHIBIT 23.1
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION.
The information required in this Item 1 is not included in this
Registration Statement, in accordance with the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
ITEM 2. REGISTRATION INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION.
The information required in this Item 2 is not included in this
Registration Statement, in accordance with the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents filed by CardioGenesis Corporation (the
"Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
are incorporated by this reference and made a part of this Registration
Statement:
(a)
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2002 filed on March 31, 2003;
(b)
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period
ending March 31, 2003 filed on May 15, 2003;
(c)
Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 3,
2003, April 4, 2003 and May 2, 2003; and
(d)
The description of Registrant's Common Stock contained in the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated April 19,
1996.
All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof,
and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
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 317 of the California General Corporations Law (the "California
Law") authorizes a court to award, or a corporation's board of directors to
grant, indemnity to directors and officers who are parties or are threatened to
be made parties to any proceeding (with certain exceptions) by reason of the
fact that the person is or was an agent of the corporation, against expenses,
judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably
incurred in connection with the proceeding if that person acted in good faith
and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in the best interests of
the corporation, and in the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable
cause to believe the conduct of the person was unlawful.
Section 204 of the California Law authorizes a corporation to adopt a
provision in its articles of incorporation eliminating the personal liability
of its directors for monetary damages in an action brought by or in the right
of the corporation for breach of its directors' duties to the corporation.
Section 204 of the California Law provides that a corporation's articles of
incorporation may not limit the liability of directors (i) for acts or
omissions that involve intentional misconduct or a knowing and culpable
violation of law, (ii) for acts or omissions that a director believes to be
contrary to the best interests of the corporation or its shareholders or that
involve the absence of good faith on the part of the director, (iii) for any
transaction from which a director derived an improper personal
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benefit, (iv) for acts or omissions that show a reckless disregard for the
director's duty to the corporation or its shareholders in circumstances in
which the director was aware, or should have been aware, in the ordinary course
of performing a director's duties, of a risk of a serious injury to the
corporation or its shareholders, (v) for acts or omissions that constitute an
unexcused pattern of inattention that amounts to an abdication of the
director's duty to the corporation or its shareholders, (vi) under Section 310
of the California Law (concerning transactions between corporations and
directors or corporations having interrelated directors) or (vii) under Section
316 of the California Law (concerning directors' liability for distributions,
loans, and guarantees).
Section 204 further provides that a corporation's articles of
incorporation may not limit the liability of directors for any act or omission
occurring prior to the date when the provision became effective or any act or
omission as an officer, notwithstanding that the officer is also a director or
that his or her actions, if negligent or improper, have been ratified by the
directors. Further, Section 317 has no effect on claims arising under federal
or state securities laws and does not affect the availability of injunctions
and other equitable remedies available to a corporation's shareholders for any
violation of a director's fiduciary duty to the corporation or its
shareholders.
Article IV of the Registrant's Restated Articles of Incorporation and
Article VI of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws provide for
indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and other agents to the
maximum extent permitted by California Law.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
10.1
Stock Option Plan, as restated
10.2
1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as restated
10.3
Director Stock Option Plan, as restated
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants
23.2
Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on Signature Page)
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ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
A.     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement 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 (the "Securities Act"), each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
of the offering.
B.     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
C.     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"), 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 Foothill Ranch, State of
California, on June 13, 2003.
CARDIOGENESIS CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Darrell F. Eckstein
Darrell F. Eckstein
President, Chief Operating Officer and
Acting Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Michael J. Quinn and Darrell F. Eckstein his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full
powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, 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, each acting alone, full powers and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done
in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might, or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated below.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Michael J. Quinn
Michael J. Quinn
Chairman of the Board, Chief
Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
June 13, 2003
/s/ Darrell F. Eckstein
Darrell F. Eckstein
President, Chief Operating Officer
and Acting Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
June 13, 2003
/s/ Joseph R. Kletzel II
Joseph R. Kletzel II
Director
June 13, 2003
/s/ Robert L. Mortensen
Robert L. Mortensen
Director
June 13, 2003
/s/ Robert C. Strauss
Robert C. Strauss
Director
June 13, 2003
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
10.1
Stock Option Plan, as restated
10.2
1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as restated
10.3
Director Stock Option Plan, as restated
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Accountants
23.2
Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on Signature Page)
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