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    <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13,
2008</font></div>
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No. 333-_______</font></div>
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STATES</font></div>
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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div>
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D.C. 20549</font></div>
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S-8</font></div>
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STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div>
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INTERNATIONAL N.V.</font></div>
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name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div>
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      Employer Identification Number)</font></div>
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      Abraham de Veerstraat</font></div>
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      of Principal Executive Offices)</font></div>
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Options Granted Pursuant to</font></div>
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Grant Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement</font></div>
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International N.V. and Robert S. Vaters</font></div>
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title of the plan)</font></div>
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International N.V.</font></div>
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Boylston Street</font></div>
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Floor</font></div>
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Prudential Tower</font></div>
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Massachusetts 02199</font></div>
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912-9210</font></div>
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address and telephone number of agent for service)</font></div>
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to:</font></div>
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B. Newton</font></div>
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&amp; McKenzie LLP</font></div>
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Place, South Tower</font></div>
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Louisiana, Suite 3400</font></div>
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Texas 77002</font></div>
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427-5000</font></div>
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OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></div>
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      of Each Class of</font></div>
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      to be</font></div>
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      Maximum</font></div>
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      Price Per</font></div>
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      Maximum</font></div>
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      Offering</font></div>
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      of</font></div>
                                                                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Registration</font></div>
                                                                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Fee</font></div>
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                                                                    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Common
      Stock, par value $0.10 per share (&#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline">Common
      Stock</font>&#8221;)</font></div>
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                                                                  <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
                                                                  <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">150,000</font></td>
                                                                  <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">(1)</font></td>
                                                                  <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
                                                                  <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
                                                                  <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">12.62</font></td>
                                                                  <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
                                                                  <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
                                                                  <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
                                                                  <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1,893,000</font></td>
                                                                  <td align="left" nowrap valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 2px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
                                                                  <td valign="bottom" width="1%" style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 4px; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
                                                                  <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$</font></td>
                                                                  <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="9%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 4px double"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">74.45</font></td>
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              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">150,000
      shares of Common Stock of Orthofix International N.V. (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Company</font>&#8221;) being
      registered hereby relate to a certain stock option agreement between the
      Company and Robert S. Vaters, the Company&#8217;s Executive Vice President and
      Chief Financial Officer.&#160;&#160;In addition, this Registration
      Statement, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
      amended (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Securities
      Act</font>&#8221;), shall cover any additional shares of Common Stock that
      become issuable 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.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div>
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            <tr valign="top">
              <td style="WIDTH: 36pt">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><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">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 shares of Common Stock reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market
      on November&#160;12,&#160;2008.</font></div>
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      <div>&#160;</div>
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        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">EXPLANATORY
NOTE</font></div>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></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">This
Registration Statement is filed by the Company to register securities issuable
upon the exercise of stock options granted to Robert&#160;S.&#160;Vaters (&#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Vaters</font>&#8221;), the
Company&#8217;s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to that
certain Inducement Grant Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement between the Company
and Vaters dated September 9, 2008.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">PART
I</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></div>
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      <div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Item
      1.</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Plan
      Information.*</font></div>
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            </tr>
        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div>
        <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td style="WIDTH: 72pt">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Item
      2.</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Registrant
      Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
  *</font></div>
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            </tr>
        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">_________________________</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">*&#160;&#160;Information
required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted
from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the
Securities Act and the &#8220;Note&#8221; to Part I of Form S-8.</font></div><br>
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        </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-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">PART
II</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
      <div>
        <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
              <td style="WIDTH: 72pt">
                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Item
      3.</font></font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Incorporation
      of Documents by Reference</font>.</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></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
following documents, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Commission</font>&#8221;), are
incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Registration Statement;
<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">provided</font>, <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">however</font>, that the Company is
not incorporating any information furnished under either Item&#160;2.02 or
Item&#160;7.01 of any current report on Form 8-K:</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></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">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The
Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K (Commission File No. 0-19961) for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, filed on February 29, 2008;</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></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">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;All
other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), since December
31, 2007; and</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></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">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The
description of the Company&#8217;s shares of Common Stock contained in the Company&#8217;s
Registration Statement on Form F-1 (Commission File No. 33-46245), filed with
the Commission on March 6, 1992 under the Securities Act.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></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">In
addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than information furnished
under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any current report on Form 8-K), after the date
of this Registration Statement but before the Company files a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement, which indicate that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregister all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and are a part thereof from the date of filing of such documents.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></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">Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.</font></div>
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      4.</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Description
      of Securities.</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
        </table>
      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Not
applicable.</font></div>
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      <div>
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            <tr valign="top">
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      5.</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Interests
      of Named Experts and Counsel.</font></div>
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      </div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Not
applicable.</font></div>
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      6.</font></div>
              </td>
              <td>
                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Indemnification
      of Directors and Officers.</font></div>
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      </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">The
Company&#8217;s Articles of Association generally include provisions related to the
indemnification of officers and directors and the Company&#8217;s ability to purchase
insurance against liability which officers and directors may incur in their
capacities as such.&#160;&#160;The Company&#8217;s standard form of indemnity
agreement for officers and directors further outlines the Company&#8217;s mandatory
and permissive indemnity and insurance obligations.&#160;&#160;The general
effect of the Company&#8217;s Articles of Association and form of indemnity agreement
are summarized below.</font></div><br>
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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"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Articles of
Association</font></font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></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">Article
11 of the Company&#8217;s Articles of Association generally provides, in relevant
part:</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">The
Company shall promptly indemnify, to the full extent permitted by law, any
person made or threatened to be made a party to a threatened, pending or
completed action, claim, litigation, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative, predicated on any
applicable law of any jurisdiction, whether a derivative action and/or whether
formal or informal, by reason of the fact that the person, or his or her
testator or intestate, is or was a director or officer of the Company or serves
or served any other enterprise as a director or officer at the request of the
Company or any predecessor of the Company against all judgments, amounts
incurred in settlement, fines, penalties and, with respect to any employee
benefit plan, any excise tax or penalty incurred in connection therewith, and
all other reasonable liabilities of every type or nature whatsoever incurred in
connection with the subject action and any and all reasonable expenses, fees,
costs, charges, attorneys&#8217; fees and disbursements, other out-of-pocket costs,
reasonable compensation for time spent by the director or officer in connection
with the action for which he or she is not otherwise compensated by the Company,
any affiliate, any third party or other entity and any and all other reasonable
direct and indirect costs of any type or nature whatsoever, he or she may incur
in connection with such action, if he did not engage in misconduct.</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"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The Company shall from time to time pay
to or reimburse a director or officer, or such other person or entity as the
director or officer may designate in writing to the Company, any and all
reasonable expenses, fees, costs, charges, attorneys&#8217; fees and disbursements,
other out-of-pocket costs, reasonable compensation for time spent by the
director or officer in connection with the action for which he or she is not
otherwise compensated by the Company, any affiliate, any third party or other
entity and any and all other reasonable direct and indirect costs of any type or
nature whatsoever incurred by or on behalf of such director or officer in
connection with any action in advance of the final disposition or conclusion of
any such action within ten days after the receipt of the director&#8217;s or officer&#8217;s
written request therefore; provided, that the director or officer furnishes to
the Company an executed written certificate affirming his or her good faith
belief that he or she has not engaged in misconduct which would render
indemnification impermissible under Article 11 or applicable law, and agrees in
writing to repay any advances made if it is ultimately determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction, or other panel or authority consented to by the director
or officer, that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the
Company</font>.</font></div>
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Company has the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person
who is or was a director or officer of the Company, and/or is or was serving as
a director or officer of an affiliate, against any liability asserted against
him or her and/or incurred by or on behalf of him or her in any such capacity,
or arising out of his or her status as such a director or officer, whether or
not the Company would have the power to indemnify him or her against such
liabilities under this Article 11 or under applicable law.</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">The
purchase and maintenance of such insurance shall not in any way limit or affect
the rights and obligations of the Company and/or any director or officer under
Article 11. Such insurance may, but need not, be for the benefit of all
directors or officers of the Company and those serving as directors or officers
of one or more affiliates. The Company may also create a trust fund, grant a
security interest and/or use other means (including, without limitation, letters
of credit, surety bonds and/or other similar arrangements), as well as enter
into contracts providing indemnification to the full extent permitted by law and
including as part thereof provisions with respect to any or all of the foregoing
to ensure the payment of such amounts as may become necessary to effect
indemnification as provided herein, therein or elsewhere. Such contracts may
also include, without limitation, procedures for the determination of the right
to indemnification (including the choice of venues and courts, agencies, panels
or other authorities designated to make such determination), burden of proof,
remedies for failure to make prompt payment, and other matters pertaining to
both the substance of and procedures for indemnification.</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">The right
to indemnification against liabilities and advancement of expenses provided to a
director or officer by Article 11 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other
rights to indemnification against liabilities and advancement of expenses which
any director or officer of the Company and/or of an affiliate may be entitled
under any charter provision, written agreement, resolution, vote of shareholders
or disinterested directors of the Company or otherwise, both as to acts in his
or her official capacity as such director or officer of the Company and/or of an
affiliate or as to acts in any other capacity while holding such office or
position, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify against
liabilities or advance expenses to the director or officer under Article 11 or
under applicable law.</font></div><br>
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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">The terms
and provisions of Article 11 shall continue as to a director or officer
subsequent to the cessation of his or her tenure as such, and such terms and
provisions shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, estate,
executors and administrators of such director or officer and the successors and
assigns of the Company, including, without limitation, any successor to the
Company by way of merger, consolidation and/or sale or disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets or capital stock of the Company. Except as
provided in Article 11, all rights and obligations of the Company and the
directors or officers shall continue in full force and effect despite the
subsequent amendment or modification of the Company&#8217;s Articles of Association,
and such rights and obligations shall not be affected by any such amendment or
modification, any resolution of directors or shareholders of the Company, or by
any other corporate action which conflicts with or purports to amend, modify,
limit or eliminate any of the rights or obligations of the Company and/or of the
directors or officers.</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"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Indemnity
Agreement</font></font></div>
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Company has entered into indemnity agreements with certain of its directors and
officers, which agreements further clarify, expand and, in some cases, limit the
director&#8217;s or officer&#8217;s rights to indemnification in specific
circumstances.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Not
applicable.</font></div>
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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: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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is made to the attached Exhibit Index, which is incorporated herein by
reference.</font></div>
      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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        <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
            <tr valign="top">
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                <div align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">Rule 415
      offering</font>.</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:</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>
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            <tr valign="top">
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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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            <tr valign="top">
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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 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
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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"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">provided, however</font>, 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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      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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                <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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      <div>
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      for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933
      to any purchaser:</font></div>
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      <div>
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                <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If
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Rule&#160;430B:</font></div>
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      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
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      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 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 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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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"><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">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="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><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">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 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" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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                <div 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 align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">Filings Incorporating
      Subsequent Exchange Act Documents by
  Reference</font>.</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 align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">Filing of Registration
      Statement on Form S-8</font>.</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">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.&#160;&#160;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.</font></div><br>
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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
Boston, State of Massachusetts, on this 13<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 85%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top">th</font></font> day of
November, 2008.</font></div>
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Director</font></div>
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MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each of the undersigned directors and officers of
Orthofix International N.V. hereby appoints each of Alan W. Milinazzo, Robert S.
Vaters 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 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.</font></div>
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to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
date indicated.</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">Kenneth
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      13,
2008</font></div>
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      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).</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, 2008 and incorporated herein by
      reference).</font></div>
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      of Inducement Grant Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement between Orthofix
      International N.V. and Robert S. Vaters (filed as an exhibit to the
      current report on Form 8-K of Orthofix International N.V dated September
      10, 2008 and incorporated herein by reference).</font></div>
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forms-8.htm
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13,
2008
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
Not
      Applicable
(Address
      of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip
      Code)
Stock
Options Granted Pursuant to
Inducement
Grant Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement
between
Orthofix
International N.V. and Robert S. Vaters
(Full
title of the plan)
Orthofix
International N.V.
800
Boylston Street
39th
Floor
The
Prudential Tower
Boston,
Massachusetts 02199
(617)
912-9210
(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
")
150,000
(1)
$
12.62
$
1,893,000
$
74.45
(1)
150,000
      shares of Common Stock of Orthofix International N.V. (the "
Company
") being
      registered hereby relate to a certain stock option agreement between the
      Company and Robert S. Vaters, the Company's Executive Vice President and
      Chief Financial Officer.  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 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.
(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 shares of Common Stock reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market
      on November 12, 2008.
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
This
Registration Statement is filed by the Company to register securities issuable
upon the exercise of stock options granted to Robert S. Vaters ("
Vaters
"), the
Company's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, pursuant to that
certain Inducement Grant Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement between the Company
and Vaters dated September 9, 2008.
PART
I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item
      1.
Plan
      Information.*
Item
      2.
Registrant
      Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
  *
_________________________
*  Information
required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted
from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the
Securities Act and the "Note" to Part I of Form S-8.
II-1
PART
II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
      3.
Incorporation
      of Documents by Reference
.
The
following documents, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "
Commission
"), are
incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Registration Statement;
provided
,
however
, that the Company is
not incorporating any information furnished under either Item 2.02 or
Item 7.01 of any current report on Form 8-K:
(a)           The
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K (Commission File No. 0-19961) for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, filed on February 29, 2008;
(b)           All
other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since December
31, 2007; and
(c)           The
description of the Company's shares of Common Stock contained in the Company's
Registration Statement on Form F-1 (Commission File No. 33-46245), filed with
the Commission on March 6, 1992 under the Securities Act.
In
addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than information furnished
under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any current report on Form 8-K), after the date
of this Registration Statement but before the Company files a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement, which indicate that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregister all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and are a part thereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.
Item
      4.
Description
      of Securities.
Not
applicable.
Item
      5.
Interests
      of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not
applicable.
Item
      6.
Indemnification
      of Directors and Officers.
The
Company's Articles of Association generally include provisions related to the
indemnification of officers and directors and the Company's ability to purchase
insurance against liability which officers and directors may incur in their
capacities as such.  The Company's standard form of indemnity
agreement for officers and directors further outlines the Company's mandatory
and permissive indemnity and insurance obligations.  The general
effect of the Company's Articles of Association and form of indemnity agreement
are summarized below.
II-2
Articles of
Association
Article
11 of the Company's Articles of Association generally provides, in relevant
part:
The
Company shall promptly indemnify, to the full extent permitted by law, any
person made or threatened to be made a party to a threatened, pending or
completed action, claim, litigation, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative, predicated on any
applicable law of any jurisdiction, whether a derivative action and/or whether
formal or informal, by reason of the fact that the person, or his or her
testator or intestate, is or was a director or officer of the Company or serves
or served any other enterprise as a director or officer at the request of the
Company or any predecessor of the Company against all judgments, amounts
incurred in settlement, fines, penalties and, with respect to any employee
benefit plan, any excise tax or penalty incurred in connection therewith, and
all other reasonable liabilities of every type or nature whatsoever incurred in
connection with the subject action and any and all reasonable expenses, fees,
costs, charges, attorneys' fees and disbursements, other out-of-pocket costs,
reasonable compensation for time spent by the director or officer in connection
with the action for which he or she is not otherwise compensated by the Company,
any affiliate, any third party or other entity and any and all other reasonable
direct and indirect costs of any type or nature whatsoever, he or she may incur
in connection with such action, if he did not engage in misconduct.
The Company shall from time to time pay
to or reimburse a director or officer, or such other person or entity as the
director or officer may designate in writing to the Company, any and all
reasonable expenses, fees, costs, charges, attorneys' fees and disbursements,
other out-of-pocket costs, reasonable compensation for time spent by the
director or officer in connection with the action for which he or she is not
otherwise compensated by the Company, any affiliate, any third party or other
entity and any and all other reasonable direct and indirect costs of any type or
nature whatsoever incurred by or on behalf of such director or officer in
connection with any action in advance of the final disposition or conclusion of
any such action within ten days after the receipt of the director's or officer's
written request therefore; provided, that the director or officer furnishes to
the Company an executed written certificate affirming his or her good faith
belief that he or she has not engaged in misconduct which would render
indemnification impermissible under Article 11 or applicable law, and agrees in
writing to repay any advances made if it is ultimately determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction, or other panel or authority consented to by the director
or officer, that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the
Company
.
The
Company has the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person
who is or was a director or officer of the Company, and/or is or was serving as
a director or officer of an affiliate, against any liability asserted against
him or her and/or incurred by or on behalf of him or her in any such capacity,
or arising out of his or her status as such a director or officer, whether or
not the Company would have the power to indemnify him or her against such
liabilities under this Article 11 or under applicable law.
The
purchase and maintenance of such insurance shall not in any way limit or affect
the rights and obligations of the Company and/or any director or officer under
Article 11. Such insurance may, but need not, be for the benefit of all
directors or officers of the Company and those serving as directors or officers
of one or more affiliates. The Company may also create a trust fund, grant a
security interest and/or use other means (including, without limitation, letters
of credit, surety bonds and/or other similar arrangements), as well as enter
into contracts providing indemnification to the full extent permitted by law and
including as part thereof provisions with respect to any or all of the foregoing
to ensure the payment of such amounts as may become necessary to effect
indemnification as provided herein, therein or elsewhere. Such contracts may
also include, without limitation, procedures for the determination of the right
to indemnification (including the choice of venues and courts, agencies, panels
or other authorities designated to make such determination), burden of proof,
remedies for failure to make prompt payment, and other matters pertaining to
both the substance of and procedures for indemnification.
The right
to indemnification against liabilities and advancement of expenses provided to a
director or officer by Article 11 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other
rights to indemnification against liabilities and advancement of expenses which
any director or officer of the Company and/or of an affiliate may be entitled
under any charter provision, written agreement, resolution, vote of shareholders
or disinterested directors of the Company or otherwise, both as to acts in his
or her official capacity as such director or officer of the Company and/or of an
affiliate or as to acts in any other capacity while holding such office or
position, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify against
liabilities or advance expenses to the director or officer under Article 11 or
under applicable law.
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The terms
and provisions of Article 11 shall continue as to a director or officer
subsequent to the cessation of his or her tenure as such, and such terms and
provisions shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, estate,
executors and administrators of such director or officer and the successors and
assigns of the Company, including, without limitation, any successor to the
Company by way of merger, consolidation and/or sale or disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets or capital stock of the Company. Except as
provided in Article 11, all rights and obligations of the Company and the
directors or officers shall continue in full force and effect despite the
subsequent amendment or modification of the Company's Articles of Association,
and such rights and obligations shall not be affected by any such amendment or
modification, any resolution of directors or shareholders of the Company, or by
any other corporate action which conflicts with or purports to amend, modify,
limit or eliminate any of the rights or obligations of the Company and/or of the
directors or officers.
Indemnity
Agreement
The
Company has entered into indemnity agreements with certain of its directors and
officers, which agreements further clarify, expand and, in some cases, limit the
director's or officer's rights to indemnification in specific
circumstances.
Item
      7.
Exemption
      from Registration Claimed.
Not
applicable.
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
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(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.
(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
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(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.
(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
Boston, State of Massachusetts, on this 13
th
day of
November, 2008.
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, Robert S.
Vaters 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 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 in the capacities and on the
date indicated.
Name
      and Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Alan W. Milinazzo
Alan
      W. Milinazzo
President,
      Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal
      Executive Officer)
November
      13, 2008
/s/ Robert S. Vaters
Robert
      S. Vaters
Executive
      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal
      Financial and Accounting Officer)
November
      13, 2008
/s/ James F. Gero
James
      F. Gero
Chairman
      of the Board of Directors
November
      13, 2008
/s/ Peter J. Hewett
Peter
      J. Hewett
Deputy
      Chairman of the Board of Directors
November
      13, 2008
/
s/ Jerry
      C. Benjamin
Jerry
      C. Benjamin
Director
November
      13,
2008
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Name
      and Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Charles W. Federico
Charles
      W. Federico
Director
November
      13, 2008
/s/ Guy Jordan
Guy
      Jordan
Director
November
      13, 2008
/s/ Thomas J. Kester
Thomas
      J. Kester
Director
November
      13, 2008
/s/ Maria Sainz
Maria
      Sainz
Director
November
      13, 2008
/s/ Walter von Wartburg
Walter
      von Wartburg
Director
November
      13, 2008
/s/ Kenneth R. Weisshaar
Kenneth
      R. Weisshaar
Director
November
      13,
2008
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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, 2008 and incorporated herein by
      reference).
4.3
Form
      of Inducement Grant Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement between Orthofix
      International N.V. and Robert S. Vaters (filed as an exhibit to the
      current report on Form 8-K of Orthofix International N.V dated September
      10, 2008 and incorporated herein by reference).
5*
Opinion
      of STvB Advocaten (Europe) N.V..
23.1*
Consent of Ernst
      & Young LLP,
Independent Registered Public Accounting
      Firm.
23.2*
Consent
      of STvB Advocaten (Europe) N.V. (included in Exhibit
5).
24*
Power
      of Attorney (included on signature
pages).
____________________
*  Filed
herewith