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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;3, 2010.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>SANUWAVE HEALTH, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Nevada</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>20-1176000</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>11680 Great Oaks Way, Suite&nbsp;350<BR>
Alpharetta, Georgia 30022</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>AMENDED AND RESTATED 2006 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Christopher M. Cashman, Chief Executive Officer<BR>
SANUWAVE Health, Inc.<BR>
11680 Great Oaks Way, Suite&nbsp;350<BR>
Alpharetta, Georgia 30022<BR>
(678)&nbsp;581-6843</B><BR>
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><I>Copy to:</I><BR>
<B>Terry F. Schwartz, Esq.<BR>
Smith, Gambrell &#038; Russell, LLP<BR>
Promenade II, Suite&nbsp;3100<BR>
1230 Peachtree Street, N.E.<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3592<BR>
(404)&nbsp;815-3500</B>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Options and Shares of $.001 par value Common Stock</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify"><B>This registration statement shall, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or the Securities Act, be deemed to cover such additional shares as may be issued to
prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends, or similar transactions with respect
to the shares registered hereunder. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act,
this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold
pursuant to the employee benefit plan(s) described herein.</B></DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify"><B>The maximum aggregate offering price is estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule
457(h)(1) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and
is equal to the product resulting from multiplying 5,000,000, the number of shares registered by
this registration statement, by $2.55, the average of the high and low sales prices of the common
stock of the Company as reported on October&nbsp;27, 2010.</B></DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</B>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Separately given to participants. Pursuant to the rules for filing a registration statement on
Form S-8, such information is contained in documents which do not constitute a part of this
registration statement but which shall, together with the documents incorporated by reference in
this registration statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II hereof, constitute a prospectus under
Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation Of Certain Documents By Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">SANUWAVE Health, Inc., or hereinafter sometimes the Company or the Registrant, hereby
incorporates by reference in this registration statement its prospectus and the following
documents:
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31,
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, since the end of the
fiscal year covered by the Annual Report referred to in (a)&nbsp;above;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">The description of the Company&#146;s common stock contained in the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form 10-SB, as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, or the Commission, on December&nbsp;18, 2007; and</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this registration statement and prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment, which indicates that all securities offered
hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
except to the extent that such documents provide that the information is furnished to,
and not filed with, the Commission, or that the information shall not otherwise be
incorporated by reference.</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein 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 be deemed, except as so modified and superseded, to
constitute a part of this registration statement.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Our bylaws, provide to the fullest extent permitted by the general corporate law of the State
of Nevada, that our directors or officers shall not be personally liable to us or our stockholders
for damages for breach of such director&#146;s or officer&#146;s fiduciary duty. The effect of this
provision of our bylaws, is to eliminate our rights and the rights of our stockholders (through
stockholders&#146; derivative suits on behalf of our Company) to recover damages against a director or
officer for breach of the fiduciary duty of care as a director or officer (including breaches
resulting from negligent or grossly negligent behavior), except under certain situations defined by
statute. We believe that the indemnification provisions in our bylaws are necessary to attract and
retain qualified persons as directors and officers.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Our bylaws also provide that our board of directors may also authorize us to indemnify our
employees or agents, and to advance the reasonable expenses of such persons, to the same extent,
following the same determinations and upon the same conditions as are required for the
indemnification of and advancement of expenses to our directors and officers. As of the date of
this prospectus, our board of directors has not extended indemnification rights to persons other
than directors and officers.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%">Not applicable.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The index to exhibits attached to this registration statement is incorporated herein by
reference.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%; text-indent: 4%">(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 12%">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%; text-indent: 8%">(ii)&nbsp;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 the 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 a 20% change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in
the effective registration statement;
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%; text-indent: 8%">(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information
in the registration statement;
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%">Provided, however,
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%; text-indent: 8%">Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-8 and the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that
are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%; text-indent: 4%">(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%; text-indent: 4%">(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">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 Alpharetta, State of Georgia, on November&nbsp;1, 2010.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">SANUWAVE HEALTH, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Christopher M. Cashman
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Christopher M. Cashman&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Christopher M. Cashman and Barry J. Jenkins, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, each acting alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments to this
registration statement, including post-effective amendments, and any registration statement for the
same offering covered by this registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant
to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all
documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto attorneys-in-fact and agents,
and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, each acting alone, or their substitute or resubstitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Christopher M. Cashman
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Christopher M. Cashman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief
Executive Officer and
Director (principal
executive officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;1, 2010</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Barry J. Jenkins
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Barry J. Jenkins
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer
<BR>
(principal financial
officer and <BR>
principal
accounting officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;1, 2010</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kevin A. Richardson, II
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kevin A. Richardson, II
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman and Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;1, 2010</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas H. Robinson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas H. Robinson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;1, 2010</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John F. Nemelka
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John F. Nemelka
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;1, 2010</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Articles of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to the
Form&nbsp;10-SB filed with the SEC on December&nbsp;18, 2007).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">3.2</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation
(Incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;A to the Definitive
Schedule&nbsp;14C filed with the SEC on October&nbsp;16, 2009).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Bylaws (Incorporated by reference to the Form&nbsp;10-SB filed with the
SEC on December&nbsp;18, 2007).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Smith, Gambrell &#038; Russell, LLP as to the legality of
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 3, 2010.
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SANUWAVE HEALTH, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
20-1176000
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
11680 Great Oaks Way, Suite 350
Alpharetta, Georgia 30022
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2006 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Christopher M. Cashman, Chief Executive Officer
SANUWAVE Health, Inc.
11680 Great Oaks Way, Suite 350
Alpharetta, Georgia 30022
(678) 581-6843
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Terry F. Schwartz, Esq.
Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
Promenade II, Suite 3100
1230 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3592
(404) 815-3500
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
Amount To Be
Proposed Maximum
Offering
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Amount of
To Be Registered
Registered (1)
Price Per Share (2)
Offering Price (2)
Registration Fee
Options and Shares of $.001 par value Common Stock
5,000,000
$2.55
$12,750,000
$909.08
(1)
This registration statement shall, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, or the Securities Act, be deemed to cover such additional shares as may be issued to
prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends, or similar transactions with respect
to the shares registered hereunder. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act,
this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold
pursuant to the employee benefit plan(s) described herein.
(2)
The maximum aggregate offering price is estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule
457(h)(1) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and
is equal to the product resulting from multiplying 5,000,000, the number of shares registered by
this registration statement, by $2.55, the average of the high and low sales prices of the common
stock of the Company as reported on October 27, 2010.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
Omitted *
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
Omitted *
*
Separately given to participants. Pursuant to the rules for filing a registration statement on
Form S-8, such information is contained in documents which do not constitute a part of this
registration statement but which shall, together with the documents incorporated by reference in
this registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, constitute a prospectus under
Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation Of Certain Documents By Reference.
SANUWAVE Health, Inc., or hereinafter sometimes the Company or the Registrant, hereby
incorporates by reference in this registration statement its prospectus and the following
documents:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2009;
(b)
All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, since the end of the
fiscal year covered by the Annual Report referred to in (a) above;
(c)
The description of the Company's common stock contained in the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 10-SB, as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, or the Commission, on December 18, 2007; and
(d)
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this registration statement and prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment, which indicates that all securities offered
hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
except to the extent that such documents provide that the information is furnished to,
and not filed with, the Commission, or that the information shall not otherwise be
incorporated by reference.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein 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 be deemed, except as so modified and 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.
Our bylaws, provide to the fullest extent permitted by the general corporate law of the State
of Nevada, that our directors or officers shall not be personally liable to us or our stockholders
for damages for breach of such director's or officer's fiduciary duty. The effect of this
provision of our bylaws, is to eliminate our rights and the rights of our stockholders (through
stockholders' derivative suits on behalf of our Company) to recover damages against a director or
officer for breach of the fiduciary duty of care as a director or officer (including breaches
resulting from negligent or grossly negligent behavior), except under certain situations defined by
statute. We believe that the indemnification provisions in our bylaws are necessary to attract and
retain qualified persons as directors and officers.
Our bylaws also provide that our board of directors may also authorize us to indemnify our
employees or agents, and to advance the reasonable expenses of such persons, to the same extent,
following the same determinations and upon the same conditions as are required for the
indemnification of and advancement of expenses to our directors and officers. As of the date of
this prospectus, our board of directors has not extended indemnification rights to persons other
than directors and officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The index to exhibits attached to this registration statement is incorporated herein by
reference.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(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 the 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 a 20% change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in
the effective registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information
in the registration statement;
Provided, however,
Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if the registration
statement is on Form S-8 and the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that
are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant
to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted
by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Alpharetta, State of Georgia, on November 1, 2010.
SANUWAVE HEALTH, INC.
By:
/s/ Christopher M. Cashman
Christopher M. Cashman
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Christopher M. Cashman and Barry J. Jenkins, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, each acting alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments to this
registration statement, including post-effective amendments, and any registration statement for the
same offering covered by this registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant
to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all
documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto attorneys-in-fact and agents,
and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, each acting alone, or their substitute or resubstitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Christopher M. Cashman
Christopher M. Cashman
President, Chief
Executive Officer and
Director (principal
executive officer)
November 1, 2010
/s/ Barry J. Jenkins
Barry J. Jenkins
Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial
officer and
principal
accounting officer)
November 1, 2010
/s/ Kevin A. Richardson, II
Kevin A. Richardson, II
Chairman and Director
November 1, 2010
/s/ Thomas H. Robinson
Thomas H. Robinson
Director
November 1, 2010
/s/ John F. Nemelka
John F. Nemelka
Director
November 1, 2010
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
3.1
Articles of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to the
Form 10-SB filed with the SEC on December 18, 2007).
3.2
Certificate of Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation
(Incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Definitive
Schedule 14C filed with the SEC on October 16, 2009).
3.3
Bylaws (Incorporated by reference to the Form 10-SB filed with the
SEC on December 18, 2007).
5.1
Opinion of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP as to the legality of
the securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of HLB Gross Collins, P.C.
23.2
Consent of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP (contained in their
opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (contained on the signature page to this
Registration Statement).