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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>As
        filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 23,
        2007</strong></font></div>
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        AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</strong></font></div>
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        D.C. 20549</strong></font></div>
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        S-8</strong></font></div>
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        STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</strong></font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>ORTHOFIX
        INTERNATIONAL N.V.</strong></font></div>
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        name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div>
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                  Antilles</strong></font></div>
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                  or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</font></div>
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                  Employer Identification Number)</font></div>
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                  Abraham de Veerstraat</strong></font></div>
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                  Netherlands Antilles</strong></font></div>
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                  of Principal Executive Offices)</font></div>
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                  Applicable</strong></font></div>
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        International N.V.</strong></font></div>
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        and Restated 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan</strong></font></div>
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        title of the plan)</font></div>
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        International N.V.</strong></font></div>
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        Kincey Avenue</strong></font></div>
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        250</strong></font></div>
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        North Carolina 28078</strong></font></div>
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        948-2600</strong></font></div>
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        address and telephone number of agent for service)</font></div>
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        B. Newton</strong></font></div>
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        &amp; McKenzie LLP</strong></font></div>
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        Place, South Tower</strong></font></div>
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        Louisiana, Suite 3400</strong></font></div>
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        Texas 77002</strong></font></div>
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        427-5000</strong></font></div>
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                  of Each Class of </strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Securities
                  to be </strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Registered
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                  Maximum </strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Offering
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                  (2)</strong></font></div>
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                  (2)</strong></font></div>
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                  of </strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman;"><strong>Registration
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                  Stock, par value $0.10 per share (&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;)</font></div>
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                  1,164.64</font></div>
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">800,000
                  shares of Common Stock are being registered under the Orthofix
                  International N.V. Amended and Restated 2004 Long-Term Incentive
                  Plan (the
                  &#8220;<u>Plan</u>&#8221;). In addition, this Registration Statement, pursuant to
                  Rule
                  416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;<u>Securities
                  Act</u>&#8221;), shall cover any additional shares of Common Stock that become
                  issuable under the Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock
                  split,
                  recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without
                  the
                  receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number
                  of
                  shares of Common Stock of Orthofix International N.V. (the
                  &#8220;<u>Company</u>&#8221;).</font></div>
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
                  Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share and the Proposed Maximum
                  Aggregate Offering Price are estimated solely for the purpose of
                  calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h)
                  under
                  the Securities Act, on the basis of the average of the high and
                  low prices
                  for the Company&#8217;s shares of Common Stock reported on the Nasdaq Global
                  Select Market on August 21, 2007.</font></div>
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</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;">NOTE</font></strong></font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">This
        Registration Statement is filed by the Company to register additional securities
        issuable pursuant to the Plan and consists of only those items required by
        General Instruction E to Form S-8.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>INCORPORATION
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
        additional 800,000 shares of Common Stock being registered hereby shall be
        issued under the Plan, which was amended and restated as of June 20, 2007,
        following approval of the Company&#8217;s shareholders, to, among others, increase the
        number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the
        Plan.&#160;&#160;Pursuant to Instruction E of Form S-8, among others, the
        contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.
        333-123353), as amended, of the Company are incorporated herein by
        reference.</font></div>
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        II</strong></font></div>
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        REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</strong></font></div>
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        8. Exhibits.</strong></font></div>
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        is made to the attached Exhibit Index, which is incorporated herein by
        reference.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong>Item
        9. Undertakings.</strong></font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(a)</font></div>
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><em>Rule
                  415 offering</em>.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 108pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
        undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(1)</font></div>
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">To
                  file, during any period in which any offers or sales are being
                  made, a
                  post-effective amendment to this Registration
                  Statement:</font></div>
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      <div><br></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(i)</font></div>
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">To
                  include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
                  Act
                  of 1933;</font></div>
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      <div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(ii)</font></div>
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">To
                  reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
                  effective
                  date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
                  amendment thereof) which, individually or in aggregate, represent
                  a
                  fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
                  statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease
                  in
                  volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
                  offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
                  from
                  the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
                  be
                  reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
                  to
                  Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
                  represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
                  price
                  set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221; table in the effective
                  registration statement; and</font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(iii)</font></div>
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">To
                  include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
                  not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any other
                  material change to such information in the registration
                  statement;</font></div>
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            </tr>

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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 144pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><em>provided,
        however</em>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
        information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
        paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant
        to
        Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
        incorporated by reference in the registration statement.</font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(2)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">That,
                  for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
                  Act of
                  1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
                  a new
                  registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
                  and the
                  offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
                  the initial
                  bona fide offering thereof.</font></div>
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        </table>
      </div>
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      <div>
        <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">

            <tr valign="top">
              <td style="WIDTH: 108pt">
                <div>&#160;</div>
              </td>
              <td style="WIDTH: 36pt">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(3)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">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></div>
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            <tr valign="top">
              <td style="WIDTH: 108pt">
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              <td style="WIDTH: 36pt">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(4)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">That,
                  for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act
                  of 1933
                  to any purchaser:</font></div>
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            </tr>

        </table>
      </div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div>
        <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">

            <tr valign="top">
              <td style="WIDTH: 144pt">
                <div>&#160;</div>
              </td>
              <td style="WIDTH: 27pt">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(i)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">If
                  the Registrant is relying on
                  Rule&#160;430B:</font></div>
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        </table>
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      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div>
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              </td>
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                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(A)</font></div>
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              <td align="left">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Each
                  prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule&#160;424(b)(3) shall
                  be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date
                  the
                  filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration
                  statement; and</font></div>
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      </div>
      <div><br></div>
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                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(B)</font></div>
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              <td align="left">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Each
                  prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule&#160;424(b)(2), (b)(5),
                  or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on
                  Rule&#160;430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(l)(i),
                  (vii), or (x)&#160;for the purpose of providing the information required
                  by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed
                  to be part
                  of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier
                  of the
                  date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness
                  or the date
                  of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described
                  in
                  the prospectus. As provided in Rule&#160;430B, for liability purposes of
                  the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter,
                  such date
                  shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration
                  statement
                  relating to the securities in the registration statement to which
                  that
                  prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that
                  time shall
                  be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided,
                  however,
                  that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus
                  that is
                  part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated
                  or
                  deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement
                  or
                  prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as
                  to a
                  purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective
                  date,
                  supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration
                  statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement
                  or
                  made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date;
                  or</font></div>
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      <div><br></div>
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              <td style="WIDTH: 27pt">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(ii)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">If
                  the Registrant is subject to Rule&#160;430C, each prospectus filed
                  pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating
                  to an
                  offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule&#160;430B or
                  other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule&#160;430A, shall be
                  deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement
                  as of the
                  date it is first used after effectiveness.&#160;&#160;Provided, however,
                  that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus
                  that is
                  part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated
                  or
                  deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement
                  or
                  prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as
                  to a
                  purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use,
                  supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration
                  statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement
                  or
                  made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first
                  use.</font></div>
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                <div>&#160;</div>
              </td>
              <td style="WIDTH: 36pt">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(5)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">That,
                  for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under
                  the
                  Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution
                  of the
                  securities:</font></div>
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        </table>
      </div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 144pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
        undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities
        of
        the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this Registration Statement, regardless
        of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser,
        if the
        securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the
        following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to
        the
        purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such
        purchaser:</font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(i)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Any
                  preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant
                  relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule
                  424;</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div>
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                <div>&#160;</div>
              </td>
              <td style="WIDTH: 27pt">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(ii)</font></div>
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              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Any
                  free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or
                  on behalf
                  of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned
                  Registrant;</font></div>
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                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(iii)</font></div>
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              <td align="left">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
                  portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering
                  containing material information about the undersigned Registrant
                  or its
                  securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant;
                  and</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt">
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              </td>
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                <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(iv)</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="left">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Any
                  other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the
                  undersigned Registrant to the
                  purchaser.</font></div>
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      </div>
      <div><br></div>
      <div>
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                <div>&#160;</div>
              </td>
              <td style="WIDTH: 36pt">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">(b)</font></div>
              </td>
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                  Incorporating Subsequent Exchange Act Documents by
                  Reference</em>.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 108pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">The
        undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
        any
        liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#8217;s
        annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
        Act
        of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#8217;s annual
        report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
        that is
        incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to
        be a
        new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
        the
        offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
        bona
        fide offering thereof.</font></div>
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                <div>&#160;</div>
              </td>
              <td style="WIDTH: 36pt">
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              </td>
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                  S-8</em>.</font></div>
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        Statement on Form S-8 and to file each such amendment and post-effective
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        Commission, hereby granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power
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        to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes
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                  of Incorporation of Orthofix International N.V. (filed as an exhibit
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                  29, 2001 and incorporated herein by reference)</font></div>
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                  of Association of Orthofix International N.V., as amended (filed
                  as an
                  exhibit to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Orthofix International
                  N.V. for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 and incorporated herein
                  by
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                  International N.V. Amended and Restated 2004 Long-Term Incentive
                  Plan
                  (filed as an exhibit to the current report on Form 8-K of Orthofix
                  International N.V. dated&#160;&#160;June 26,&#160;2007 and incorporated
                  herein by reference)</font></div>
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                  N.V.
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                  exhibit to
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                  quarter ended June 30, 2007 and incorporated herein by
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forms8.htm
As
        filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 23,
        2007
Registration
        No. 333-
UNITED
        STATES
SECURITIES
        AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
        D.C. 20549
FORM
        S-8
REGISTRATION
        STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ORTHOFIX
        INTERNATIONAL N.V.
(Exact
        name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Netherlands
                  Antilles
Not
                  Applicable
(State
                  or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S.
                  Employer Identification Number)
7
                  Abraham de Veerstraat
Curacao,
                  Netherlands Antilles
(Address
                  of Principal Executive Offices)
Not
                  Applicable
(Zip
                  Code)
Orthofix
        International N.V.
Amended
        and Restated 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Full
        title of the plan)
Orthofix
        International N.V.
10115
        Kincey Avenue
Suite
        250
Huntersville,
        North Carolina 28078
(704)
        948-2600
(Name,
        address and telephone number of agent for service)
Copies
        to:
Jonathan
        B. Newton
Baker
        & McKenzie LLP
Pennzoil
        Place, South Tower
711
        Louisiana, Suite 3400
Houston,
        Texas 77002
(713)
        427-5000
CALCULATION
        OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
                  of Each Class of
Securities
                  to be
Registered
                  (1)
Amount
                  to be
Registered
Proposed
                  Maximum
Offering
                  Price Per
Share
                  (2)
Proposed
                  Maximum
Aggregate
                  Offering
Price
                  (2)
Amount
                  of
Registration
Fee
Common
                  Stock, par value $0.10 per share ("Common Stock")
800,000
$
                  47.42
$
37,936,000
$
                  1,164.64
(1)
800,000
                  shares of Common Stock are being registered under the Orthofix
                  International N.V. Amended and Restated 2004 Long-Term Incentive
                  Plan (the
                  "
Plan
"). In addition, this Registration Statement, pursuant to
                  Rule
                  416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
Securities
                  Act
"), shall cover any additional shares of Common Stock that become
                  issuable under the Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock
                  split,
                  recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without
                  the
                  receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number
                  of
                  shares of Common Stock of Orthofix International N.V. (the
                  "
Company
").
(2)
The
                  Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share and the Proposed Maximum
                  Aggregate Offering Price are estimated solely for the purpose of
                  calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and 457(h)
                  under
                  the Securities Act, on the basis of the average of the high and
                  low prices
                  for the Company's shares of Common Stock reported on the Nasdaq Global
                  Select Market on August 21, 2007.
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
This
        Registration Statement is filed by the Company to register additional securities
        issuable pursuant to the Plan and consists of only those items required by
        General Instruction E to Form S-8.
INCORPORATION
        OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The
        additional 800,000 shares of Common Stock being registered hereby shall be
        issued under the Plan, which was amended and restated as of June 20, 2007,
        following approval of the Company's shareholders, to, among others, increase the
        number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the
        Plan.  Pursuant to Instruction E of Form S-8, among others, the
        contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.
        333-123353), as amended, of the Company are incorporated herein by
        reference.
PART
        II
INFORMATION
        REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
        8. Exhibits.
Reference
        is made to the attached Exhibit Index, which is incorporated herein by
        reference.
Item
        9. Undertakings.
(a)
Rule
                  415 offering
.
The
        undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To
                  file, during any period in which any offers or sales are being
                  made, a
                  post-effective amendment to this Registration
                  Statement:
(i)
To
                  include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
                  Act
                  of 1933;
(ii)
To
                  reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
                  effective
                  date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
                  amendment thereof) which, individually or in aggregate, represent
                  a
                  fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
                  statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease
                  in
                  volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
                  offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
                  from
                  the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
                  be
                  reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
                  to
                  Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
                  represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
                  price
                  set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
                  registration statement; and
(iii)
To
                  include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
                  not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any other
                  material change to such information in the registration
                  statement;
provided,
        however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
        information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
        paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant
        to
        Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
        incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
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(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.
(4)
That,
                  for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act
                  of 1933
                  to any purchaser:
(i)
If
                  the Registrant is relying on
                  Rule 430B:
(A)
Each
                  prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall
                  be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date
                  the
                  filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration
                  statement; and
(B)
Each
                  prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5),
                  or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on
                  Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(l)(i),
                  (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required
                  by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed
                  to be part
                  of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier
                  of the
                  date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness
                  or the date
                  of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described
                  in
                  the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of
                  the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter,
                  such date
                  shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration
                  statement
                  relating to the securities in the registration statement to which
                  that
                  prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that
                  time shall
                  be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided,
                  however,
                  that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus
                  that is
                  part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated
                  or
                  deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement
                  or
                  prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as
                  to a
                  purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective
                  date,
                  supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration
                  statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement
                  or
                  made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date;
                  or
(ii)
If
                  the Registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed
                  pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating
                  to an
                  offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or
                  other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be
                  deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement
                  as of the
                  date it is first used after effectiveness.  Provided, however,
                  that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus
                  that is
                  part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated
                  or
                  deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement
                  or
                  prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as
                  to a
                  purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use,
                  supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration
                  statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement
                  or
                  made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first
                  use.
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(5)
That,
                  for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under
                  the
                  Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution
                  of the
                  securities:
The
        undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities
        of
        the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this Registration Statement, regardless
        of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser,
        if the
        securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the
        following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to
        the
        purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such
        purchaser:
(i)
Any
                  preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant
                  relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule
                  424;
(ii)
Any
                  free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or
                  on behalf
                  of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned
                  Registrant;
(iii)
The
                  portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering
                  containing material information about the undersigned Registrant
                  or its
                  securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant;
                  and
(iv)
Any
                  other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the
                  undersigned Registrant to the
                  purchaser.
(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, each filing of the Registrant's
        annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 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)
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 Commission such indemnification is against
        public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 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 of 1933 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
        Huntersville, State of North Carolina, on this 21st day of August,
        2007.
ORTHOFIX
                  INTERNATIONAL N.V.
By:
/s/  Alan W. Milinazzo
Alan W. Milinazzo
President,
                  Chief Executive Officer and
                  Director
POWER
        OF ATTORNEY
KNOW
        ALL
        MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each of the undersigned directors and officers
        of
        Orthofix International N.V. hereby appoints each of Alan W. Milinazzo, Thomas
        Hein and Raymond C. Kolls, jointly and severally, his true and lawful
        attorney-in-fact and agent, for him and in his name, place and stead, with
        full
        power to act alone, to sign on his behalf and in the capacity set forth below,
        any and all amendments and post-effective amendments to this Registration
        Statement on Form S-8 and to file each such amendment and post-effective
        amendment to this Registration Statement, with all exhibits thereto, and
        any and
        all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
        Commission, hereby granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power
        and
        authority to do and perform any and all acts and things 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
        attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
        hereof.
Pursuant
        to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
        Statement has been signed by the following persons and in the capacities
        and on
        the date indicated.
Name
                  and Signature
Title
Date
/s/  Alan W. Milinazzo
Director,
                  Chief Executive Officer and Group President
August 21,
                  2007
Alan
                  W. Milinazzo
(Principal
                  Executive Officer)
/s/  Thomas
                  Hein
Chief
                  Financial Officer
August 21,
                  2007
Thomas
                  Hein
(Principal
                  Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/  James
                  F. Gero
Chairman
                  of the Board of Directors
August 21,
                  2007
James
                  F. Gero
/s/  Peter
                  J. Hewett
Deputy
                  Chairman of the Board of Directors
August 21,
                  2007
Peter
                  J. Hewett
/s/  Jerry
                  C. Benjamin
Director
August 21,
                  2007
Jerry
                  C. Benjamin
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Name
                  and Signature
Title
Date
/s/
Charles
                  W.
                  Federico
Director
August 21,
                  2007
Charles
                  W. Federico
/s/  Guy
                  Jordan
Director
August 21,
                  2007
Guy
                  Jordan
/s/  Thomas
                  J. Kester
Director
August 21,
                  2007
Thomas
                  J. Kester
/s/  Walter
                  von Wartburg
Director
August 21,
                  2007
Walter
                  von Wartburg
/s/
                  Kenneth R. Weisshaar
Director
August 21,
                  2007
Kenneth
                  R. Weisshaar
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EXHIBIT
        INDEX
Exhibit
Number
4.1
Certificate
                  of Incorporation of Orthofix International N.V. (filed as an exhibit
                  to
                  the annual report on Form 20-F of Orthofix International N.V. dated
                  June
                  29, 2001 and incorporated herein by reference)
4.2
Articles
                  of Association of Orthofix International N.V., as amended (filed
                  as an
                  exhibit to the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Orthofix International
                  N.V. for the quarter ended June 30, 2007 and incorporated herein
                  by
                  reference)
4.3
Orthofix
                  International N.V. Amended and Restated 2004 Long-Term Incentive
                  Plan
                  (filed as an exhibit to the current report on Form 8-K of Orthofix
                  International N.V. dated  June 26, 2007 and incorporated
                  herein by reference)
4.4*
Form
                  of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement under the Orthofix International
                  N.V. Amended and Restated 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan
4.5
Form
                  of Restricted Stock Grant Agreement under the Orthofix International
                  N.V.
                  Amended and Restated 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan (filed as an
                  exhibit to
                  the quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Orthofix International N.V.
                  for the
                  quarter ended June 30, 2007 and incorporated herein by
                  reference)
5*
Opinion
                  of STvB Advocaten
23.1*
Consent
                  of
                  Ernst & Young LLP,
Independent Registered Public Accounting
                  Firm
23.2*
Consent
                  of STvB Advocaten (included in Exhibit 5)
24*
Power
                  of Attorney (included on signature
                  pages)
____________________
*  Filed
        herewith