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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;12, 2009</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-_______</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><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: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS HOLDINGS, INC.</B>
</DIV>

<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>Delaware</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>41-1978822</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>10700 Bren Road West, Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive office) (Zip Code)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc.<BR>
2005 Stock Incentive Plan<BR>
(As Amended and Restated)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full title of the plan)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Anthony P. Bihl, III<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc.<BR>
10700 Bren Road West<BR>
Minnetonka, MN 55343<BR>
(952)&nbsp;930-6000</B><BR>
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Copies requested to:</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Thomas A. Letscher, Esq.<BR>
William E. McDonald, Esq.<BR>
Oppenheimer Wolff &#038; Donnelly LLP<BR>
45 South Seventh Street, Suite&nbsp;3300<BR>
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-1509<BR>
(612)&nbsp;607-7000</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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<TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="center"><BR>Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
<TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="CENTER"><B>Title of Securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be Registered</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Registered(1)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Offering Price Per Share(2)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Aggregate Offering Price(2)</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">5,000,000 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$14.33</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$71,650,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$3,998.07</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The number of shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), stated
above represents the increase in the total number of shares reserved for issuance under the
American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated )
(the &#147;Plan&#148;). 6,600,000 shares has been previously registered under a registration statement
on Form S-8 (SEC File No.&nbsp;333-126991), with respect to the Plan. In addition, the maximum
number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan is subject to adjustment in
accordance with certain provisions of the Plan. Accordingly, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), to the extent additional shares of
Common Stock may be issued or issuable as a result of a stock split, stock dividend,
recapitalization or other similar transaction, this registration statement is hereby deemed
to cover all such additional shares of Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
and 457(h) under the Securities Act and calculated based on the average of the high and low
reported sales prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as
reported on August 6, 2009 by the
Nasdaq Global Select Market.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E&#151;<BR>
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The registrant, American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), previously filed a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (SEC File No.&nbsp;333-126991) with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) in connection with the registration of 6,600,000 shares of the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock to be issued under the American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc. 2005 Stock
Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated) (the &#147;Plan&#148;).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement is filed by the
Registrant solely to register an additional 5,000,000 shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock
reserved for issuance under the Plan. The increase in the number of shares of the Registrant&#146;s
Common Stock authorized under the Plan was approved by the Registrant&#146;s board of directors and
stockholders. Pursuant to Instruction E, the contents of the Registrant&#146;s previously filed
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (SEC File No.&nbsp;333-126991), including without limitation periodic
reports that the Registrant filed, or will file, after this Registration Statement to maintain
current information about the Registrant, are hereby incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, with the exception of Items
3, 6 and 8 of Part&nbsp;II of such prior Registration Statement, which are amended and restated in their
entirety herein.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</B>

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by the instructions to Form S-8, this Registration Statement omits the
information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Commission are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement (other
than portions of such documents which are furnished and not filed):
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January&nbsp;3, 2009;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
April&nbsp;4, 2009 and July&nbsp;4, 2009;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February
12, 2009; February&nbsp;17, 2009; and
August&nbsp;4, 2009 (Items 8.01 and 9.01); and</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock contained in its Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed May&nbsp;31, 2000, and any amendment or report filed with the
SEC for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant (other than portions of
such documents which are furnished and not filed) pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), subsequent to the date of
this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement
and to be a part hereof from the time of filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference into 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 incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s second amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that it
will, and Delaware law permits it to, under certain situations, indemnify any of its directors,
officers, employees or agents made or threatened to be made a party to a proceeding, by reason of
the former or present official capacity of the person, against judgments, penalties, fines,
settlements and reasonable expenses, including attorney&#146;s fees, incurred by the person in
connection with the proceeding if certain statutory standards are met. Any of these persons is
also entitled, subject to certain limitations, to payment or reimbursement of reasonable expenses
in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding upon board approval. A proceeding means a
threatened, pending or completed civil, criminal, administrative, arbitration or investigative
proceeding, including one by or in the right of the Registrant. The Registrant&#146;s bylaws also
provide for indemnification of directors and officers, and any employee to the fullest extent under
Delaware law. Reference is made to Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law and the
Registrant&#146;s second amended and restated certificate of incorporation.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant maintains an insurance policy providing for indemnification of its officers,
directors and certain other persons against liabilities and expenses incurred by any of them in
certain stated proceedings and under certain stated conditions.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors, executive
officers and certain other employees, and change in control agreements with its executive officers
with indemnification obligations after a change in control. The Registrant&#146;s indemnification
agreements provide that it will, under certain circumstances, and subject to certain limitations,
indemnify its directors and officers who are made or are threatened to be made a party to a suit or
proceeding, by reason of their official capacity with the Registrant, against losses, liabilities,
damages, judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses. The Registrant&#146;s change
in control agreements provide that it will indemnify its officers to the same extent as the
indemnification agreements for any matter that arises prior to the change in control, subject to
certain time restrictions. In addition to indemnification provided for in the Registrant&#146;s amended
and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws, the Registrant intends to enter into
indemnification agreements with any new directors and indemnification and change in control
agreements with any new executive officers in the future.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement:
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 contained in the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3 filed on June&nbsp;19, 2006
(Registration No.&nbsp;333-135135)).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws, as amended, of American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 contained in the
Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended January&nbsp;3,
2004 (File No.&nbsp;000-30733).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Oppenheimer Wolff &#038; Donnelly LLP (Filed herewith)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP (Filed herewith)</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Oppenheimer Wolff &#038; Donnelly LLP (included as part
of Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this
Registration Statement)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Minnetonka, State of Minnesota on August&nbsp;12, 2009.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="left"><B>AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS HOLDINGS, INC.</B><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/ Anthony P. Bihl, III
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Anthony P. Bihl, III&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&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints Anthony P. Bihl, III
and Mark A. Heggestad, or either of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agents or any of them, their, or his or her,
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="31%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <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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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Anthony P. Bihl, III<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Anthony P. Bihl, III
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">President and Chief Executive Officer and<br>
Director<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;12, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Mark A. Heggestad<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Mark A. Heggestad
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Executive Vice President and Chief<br>
Financial Officer<br>
(Principal Financial and Accounting<br>
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;12, 2009</TD>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Richard B. Emmitt<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard B. Emmitt
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;30, 2009</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Albert Jay Graf<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Albert Jay Graf
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;30, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Jane E. Kiernan<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jane E. Kiernan
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;30, 2009</TD>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Robert McLellan, M.D.<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert McLellan, M.D.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;30, 2009</TD>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Christopher H. Porter, Ph.D.<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Christopher H. Porter, Ph.D.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;30, 2009</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ D. Verne Sharma<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
D. Verne Sharma
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;30, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Thomas E. Timbie<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas E. Timbie
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;30, 2009</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS HOLDINGS, INC.<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8<BR>
EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
</DIV>

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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Method of Filing</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of American Medical Systems
Holdings, Inc.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 contained in the
Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3 filed on
June&nbsp;19, 2006 (Registration
No.&nbsp;333-135135).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws, as amended, of American Medical
Systems Holdings, Inc.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 contained in the
Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K for the
fiscal year ended January&nbsp;3,
2004 (File No.&nbsp;000-30733).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Oppenheimer Wolff &#038; Donnelly LLP
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Filed herewith</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Filed herewith</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Oppenheimer Wolff &#038; Donnelly LLP
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Included as part of Exhibit&nbsp;5.1</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Included on the signature page
to this Registration Statement</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 12, 2009
Registration No. 333-_______
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS HOLDINGS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
41-1978822
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
10700 Bren Road West, Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343
(Address of principal executive office) (Zip Code)
American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc.
2005 Stock Incentive Plan
(As Amended and Restated)
(Full title of the plan)
Anthony P. Bihl, III
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc.
10700 Bren Road West
Minnetonka, MN 55343
(952) 930-6000
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies requested to:
Thomas A. Letscher, Esq.
William E. McDonald, Esq.
Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP
45 South Seventh Street, Suite 3300
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-1509
(612) 607-7000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
to be Registered
Registered(1)
Offering Price Per Share(2)
Aggregate Offering Price(2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share
5,000,000 shares
$14.33
$71,650,000
$3,998.07
(1)
The number of shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), stated
above represents the increase in the total number of shares reserved for issuance under the
American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated )
(the "Plan"). 6,600,000 shares has been previously registered under a registration statement
on Form S-8 (SEC File No. 333-126991), with respect to the Plan. In addition, the maximum
number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan is subject to adjustment in
accordance with certain provisions of the Plan. Accordingly, pursuant to Rule 416 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), to the extent additional shares of
Common Stock may be issued or issuable as a result of a stock split, stock dividend,
recapitalization or other similar transaction, this registration statement is hereby deemed
to cover all such additional shares of Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
and 457(h) under the Securities Act and calculated based on the average of the high and low
reported sales prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as
reported on August 6, 2009 by the
Nasdaq Global Select Market.
STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E—
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
The registrant, American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc. (the "Registrant"), previously filed a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (SEC File No. 333-126991) with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") in connection with the registration of 6,600,000 shares of the
Registrant's Common Stock to be issued under the American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc. 2005 Stock
Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated) (the "Plan").
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement is filed by the
Registrant solely to register an additional 5,000,000 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock
reserved for issuance under the Plan. The increase in the number of shares of the Registrant's
Common Stock authorized under the Plan was approved by the Registrant's board of directors and
stockholders. Pursuant to Instruction E, the contents of the Registrant's previously filed
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (SEC File No. 333-126991), including without limitation periodic
reports that the Registrant filed, or will file, after this Registration Statement to maintain
current information about the Registrant, are hereby incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, with the exception of Items
3, 6 and 8 of Part II of such prior Registration Statement, which are amended and restated in their
entirety herein.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
As permitted by the instructions to Form S-8, this Registration Statement omits the
information specified in Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Commission are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement (other
than portions of such documents which are furnished and not filed):
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 2009;
(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended
April 4, 2009 and July 4, 2009;
(c)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February
12, 2009; February 17, 2009; and
August 4, 2009 (Items 8.01 and 9.01); and
(d)
The description of the Registrant's common stock contained in its Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed May 31, 2000, and any amendment or report filed with the
SEC for the purpose of updating such description.
In addition, all documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant (other than portions of
such documents which are furnished and not filed) pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (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 hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement
and to be a part hereof from the time of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference into 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 incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement 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 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The Registrant's second amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that it
will, and Delaware law permits it to, under certain situations, indemnify any of its directors,
officers, employees or agents made or threatened to be made a party to a proceeding, by reason of
the former or present official capacity of the person, against judgments, penalties, fines,
settlements and reasonable expenses, including attorney's fees, incurred by the person in
connection with the proceeding if certain statutory standards are met. Any of these persons is
also entitled, subject to certain limitations, to payment or reimbursement of reasonable expenses
in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding upon board approval. A proceeding means a
threatened, pending or completed civil, criminal, administrative, arbitration or investigative
proceeding, including one by or in the right of the Registrant. The Registrant's bylaws also
provide for indemnification of directors and officers, and any employee to the fullest extent under
Delaware law. Reference is made to Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law and the
Registrant's second amended and restated certificate of incorporation.
The Registrant maintains an insurance policy providing for indemnification of its officers,
directors and certain other persons against liabilities and expenses incurred by any of them in
certain stated proceedings and under certain stated conditions.
The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors, executive
officers and certain other employees, and change in control agreements with its executive officers
with indemnification obligations after a change in control. The Registrant's indemnification
agreements provide that it will, under certain circumstances, and subject to certain limitations,
indemnify its directors and officers who are made or are threatened to be made a party to a suit or
proceeding, by reason of their official capacity with the Registrant, against losses, liabilities,
damages, judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses. The Registrant's change
in control agreements provide that it will indemnify its officers to the same extent as the
indemnification agreements for any matter that arises prior to the change in control, subject to
certain time restrictions. In addition to indemnification provided for in the Registrant's amended
and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws, the Registrant intends to enter into
indemnification agreements with any new directors and indemnification and change in control
agreements with any new executive officers in the future.
Item 8. Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement:
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 contained in the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed on June 19, 2006
(Registration No. 333-135135)).
4.2
Bylaws, as amended, of American Medical Systems Holdings, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 contained in the
Registrant's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 3,
2004 (File No. 000-30733).
5.1
Opinion of Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP (Filed herewith)
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (Filed herewith)
23.2
Consent of Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP (included as part
of Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this
Registration Statement)
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 Minnetonka, State of Minnesota on August 12, 2009.
AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS HOLDINGS, INC.
By:
/s/ Anthony P. Bihl, III
Anthony P. Bihl, III
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints Anthony P. Bihl, III
and Mark A. Heggestad, or either of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agents or any of them, their, or his or her,
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Anthony P. Bihl, III
Anthony P. Bihl, III
President and Chief Executive Officer and
Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
August 12, 2009
/s/ Mark A. Heggestad
Mark A. Heggestad
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
August 12, 2009
/s/ Richard B. Emmitt
Richard B. Emmitt
Director
July 30, 2009
/s/ Albert Jay Graf
Albert Jay Graf
Director
July 30, 2009
/s/ Jane E. Kiernan
Jane E. Kiernan
Director
July 30, 2009
/s/ Robert McLellan, M.D.
Robert McLellan, M.D.
Director
July 30, 2009
/s/ Christopher H. Porter, Ph.D.
Christopher H. Porter, Ph.D.
Director
July 30, 2009
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ D. Verne Sharma
D. Verne Sharma
Director
July 30, 2009
/s/ Thomas E. Timbie
Thomas E. Timbie
Director
July 30, 2009
AMERICAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS HOLDINGS, INC.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
Method of Filing
4.1
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of American Medical Systems
Holdings, Inc.
Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 contained in the
Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-3 filed on
June 19, 2006 (Registration
No. 333-135135).
4.2
Bylaws, as amended, of American Medical
Systems Holdings, Inc.
Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 contained in the
Registrant's Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended January 3,
2004 (File No. 000-30733).
5.1
Opinion of Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP
Filed herewith
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
Filed herewith
23.2
Consent of Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP
Included as part of Exhibit 5.1
24.1
Power of Attorney
Included on the signature page
to this Registration Statement