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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;26, 2010</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: 12pt"><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>ev3 Inc.</B>
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation <BR>
or Organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>32-0138874</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>3033 Campus Drive<BR>
Plymouth, Minnesota 55441<BR>
(763)&nbsp;398-7000</B><BR>
(Address of Registrant&#146;s Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ev3 Inc. Third Amended and Restated 2005 Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)<br><BR>
<B>Kevin M. Klemz<BR>
Senior Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer<BR>
ev3 Inc.<BR>
3033 Campus Drive<BR>
Plymouth, Minnesota 55441<BR>
(763)&nbsp;398-7000</B><BR>
(Name and Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)<br><BR>
<B>Copies requested to:<BR>
Amy E. Culbert, Esq.<BR>
Oppenheimer Wolff &#038; Donnelly LLP<BR>
45 South Seventh Street, Suite&nbsp;3300<BR>
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-1509<BR>
(612)&nbsp;607-7287</B></DIV>


<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.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Class of Securities</B></TD>
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                    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">Common Stock,
par value $0.01 per
share
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    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">6,500,000 shares
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    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$17.695
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    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$115,017,500.00
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    <TD>The number of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), stated
above represents an increase in the total number of shares available for issuance under the
ev3 Inc. Third Amended and Restated 2005 Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). 11,257,261 shares have
been previously registered under Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-125990,
File No.&nbsp;333-136907, File No.&nbsp;333-146282 and File No.&nbsp;333-146515). 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 or other distribution
declared at any time by the Board of Directors while this Registration Statement is in effect,
this Registration Statement is hereby deemed to cover all such additional shares of Common
Stock.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
under the Securities Act and calculated based on the average of the high and low sales prices
of the Common Stock, as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on May&nbsp;25, 2010.</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, ev3 Inc. (&#147;ev3&#148; or &#147;Registrant&#148;), previously filed Registration Statements on
Form S-8 (SEC File No.&nbsp;333-125990, File No.&nbsp;333-136907, File No.&nbsp;333-146282 and File No.
333-146515) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) in connection with the
registration of 2,000,000, 4,000,000, 2,000,000 and 3,257,261 shares, respectively, of ev3&#146;s common
stock to be issued under the ev3 Inc. Third Amended and Restated 2005 Incentive Plan and prior
versions of such plan prior to subsequent amendments (the &#147;Plan&#148;).
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<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 ev3
solely to register an additional 6,500,000 shares of ev3&#146;s common stock available for issuance
under the Plan. This increase was approved by ev3&#146;s board of directors and stockholders. Pursuant
to Instruction E, the contents of ev3&#146;s previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-8 (SEC
File No.&nbsp;333-125990, File No.&nbsp;333-136907, File No.&nbsp;333-146282 and File No.&nbsp;333-146515), including
without limitation periodic reports that ev3 filed, or will file, after this Registration Statement
to maintain current information about ev3, are hereby incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, with the exception of Items 3
and 8 of Part&nbsp;II of such prior Registration Statements, each of which is amended and restated in
its entirety herein.
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or given
to participants as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;). In accordance with the instructions of Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8, such documents will
not be filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses
or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the
documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this Registration Statement,
taken together, constitute a prospectus as required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents previously filed by ev3 with the Commission are incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement:
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    <TD>ev3&#146;s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009
(including information specifically incorporated by reference into ev3&#146;s annual report
on Form 10-K from ev3&#146;s definitive proxy statement for its 2010 annual meeting of
stockholders);</TD>
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    <TD>ev3&#146;s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April&nbsp;4, 2010;</TD>
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    <TD>ev3&#146;s current report on Form 8-K filed on May&nbsp;26, 2010; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of ev3&#146;s common stock contained in ev3&#146;s Registration Statement
on Form 8-A (File &nbsp;No.&nbsp;000-51348) filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;8, 2005 under
Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including any
amendment or report filed 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 ev3 (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, 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.
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<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 align="left" valign="top">Form of Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to ev3 Inc.&#146;s Amendment No.&nbsp;4 to Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-123851))</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of ev3 Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to ev3 Inc.&#146;s
Amendment No.&nbsp;5 to Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File
No.&nbsp;333-123851))</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
of ev3 Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to ev3
Inc.&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;27, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;000-51348))</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
of ev3 Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to ev3
Inc.&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;23, 2007 (File No.&nbsp;000-51348))</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of ev3 Inc. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to ev3 Inc.&#146;s Current Report on Form
8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December&nbsp;3, 2008 (File No.&nbsp;000-51348))</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Holders Agreement, dated as of August&nbsp;29, 2003, among the
institutional investors listed on Schedule&nbsp;I thereto, the
individuals whose names and addresses appear from time to time
on Schedule&nbsp;II thereto, the individuals whose names and
addresses appear from time to time on Schedule&nbsp;III thereto and
ev3 LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to ev3
Inc.&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.
333-123851))</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Operating Agreement of ev3 LLC, dated as of August&nbsp;29, 2003,
by and among ev3 LLC, Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners, L.P.,
Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners I, C.V., Warburg,
Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners II, C.V., Warburg, Pincus
Netherlands Equity Partners III, C.V., Vertical Fund I, L.P.,
Vertical Fund II, L.P. and certain other persons party thereto
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to ev3 Inc.&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-123851))</TD>
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    <TD width="91%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Operating Agreement of ev3 LLC, dated as of
March&nbsp;1, 2005, by and among ev3 LLC, Warburg, Pincus Equity
Partners, L.P., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners I,
C.V., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners II, C.V.,
Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners III, C.V.,
Vertical Fund I, L.P., Vertical Fund II, L.P. and certain
other persons party thereto (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 to ev3 Inc.&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1
(File No.&nbsp;333-123851))</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.9
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June&nbsp;21, 2005, by
and among ev3 Inc., Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners, L.P.,
Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners I, C.V., Warburg,
Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners III, C.V., Vertical Fund I,
L.P., Vertical Fund II, L.P. and certain other investors party
thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to ev3
Inc.&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended
July&nbsp;3, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;000-51348))</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" 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>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">ev3 Inc. Third Amended and Restated Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to ev3 Inc.&#146;s
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;26, 2010 (File No.&nbsp;000-51348))</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<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 Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm*</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<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 (included as part
of Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <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="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 Plymouth, State of Minnesota, on May&nbsp;26, 2010.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>ev3 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/ Robert J. Palmisano
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Robert J. Palmisano&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>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
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<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 Robert J. Palmisano,
Shawn McCormick and Kevin M. Klemz, or any 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.
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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, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" 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">/s/ Robert J. Palmisano
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert J. Palmisano
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(Principal Executive
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;26, 2010</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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">/s/ Shawn McCormick
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Shawn McCormick
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;26, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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">/s/ John K. Bakewell
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;26, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John K. Bakewell</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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">/s/ Jeffrey B. Child
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;26, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jeffrey B. Child</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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">/s/ Richard B. Emmitt
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;26, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Richard B. Emmitt</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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">/s/ Douglas W. Kohrs
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;26, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Douglas W. Kohrs</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Daniel J. Levangie
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;26, 2010</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Daniel J. Levangie</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" 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">/s/ John L. Miclot
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;26, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John L. Miclot</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas E. Timbie
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;26, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Thomas E. Timbie</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Elizabeth H. Weatherman
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May&nbsp;26, 2010</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Elizabeth H. Weatherman</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</B>
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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>
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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">Form of Stock Certificate
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to ev3 Inc.&#146;s
Amendment No.&nbsp;4 to
Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-123851)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <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">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
of ev3 Inc.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to ev3 Inc.&#146;s
Amendment No.&nbsp;5 to
Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-123851)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <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">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of ev3 Inc.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to ev3 Inc.&#146;s
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K
filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on June
27, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;000-51348)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <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">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of ev3 Inc.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to ev3 Inc.&#146;s
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K
filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on July
23, 2007 (File No.&nbsp;000-51348)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <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">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of ev3 Inc.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to ev3 Inc.&#146;s
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K
filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on
December&nbsp;3, 2008 (File No.
000-51348)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <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">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Holders Agreement, dated as of August&nbsp;29, 2003,
among the institutional investors listed on
Schedule&nbsp;I thereto, the individuals whose names
and addresses appear from time to time on
Schedule&nbsp;II thereto, the individuals whose names
and addresses appear from time to time on
Schedule&nbsp;III thereto and ev3 LLC
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to ev3 Inc.&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-123851)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <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">4.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Operating Agreement of ev3 LLC, dated as of
August&nbsp;29, 2003, by and among ev3 LLC, Warburg,
Pincus Equity Partners, L.P., Warburg, Pincus
Netherlands Equity Partners I, C.V., Warburg,
Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners II, C.V.,
Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners III,
C.V., Vertical Fund I, L.P., Vertical Fund II,
L.P. and certain other persons party thereto
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to ev3 Inc.&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-123851)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Operating Agreement of ev3
LLC, dated as of March&nbsp;1, 2005, by and among ev3
LLC, Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners, L.P.,
Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners I,
C.V., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners
II, C.V., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity
Partners III, C.V., Vertical Fund I, L.P.,
Vertical Fund II, L.P. and certain other persons
party thereto
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 to ev3 Inc.&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (File No.&nbsp;333-123851)</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">4.9
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June
21, 2005, by and among ev3 Inc., Warburg, Pincus
Equity Partners, L.P., Warburg, Pincus
Netherlands Equity Partners I, C.V., Warburg,
Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners III, C.V.,
Vertical Fund I, L.P., Vertical Fund II, L.P. and
certain other investors party thereto
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to ev3 Inc.&#146;s
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
for the quarter ended July&nbsp;3,
2005 (File No.&nbsp;000-51348)</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>&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">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">ev3 Inc. Third Amended and Restated Incentive Plan
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to ev3 Inc.&#146;s
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K
filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;26,
2010 (File No.&nbsp;000-51348)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <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">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Filed herewith</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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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
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Included as part of Exhibit&nbsp;5.1</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" 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
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Included on the signature page
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 26, 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
ev3 Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation
or Organization)
32-0138874
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
3033 Campus Drive
Plymouth, Minnesota 55441
(763) 398-7000
(Address of Registrant's Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)
ev3 Inc. Third Amended and Restated 2005 Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Kevin M. Klemz
Senior Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer
ev3 Inc.
3033 Campus Drive
Plymouth, Minnesota 55441
(763) 398-7000
(Name and Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copies requested to:
Amy E. Culbert, Esq.
Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP
45 South Seventh Street, Suite 3300
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-1509
(612) 607-7287
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.
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 Each
Class 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
6,500,000 shares
$17.695
$115,017,500.00
$8,201.00
(1)
The number of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"), stated
above represents an increase in the total number of shares available for issuance under the
ev3 Inc. Third Amended and Restated 2005 Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). 11,257,261 shares have
been previously registered under Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File No. 333-125990,
File No. 333-136907, File No. 333-146282 and File No. 333-146515). 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 or other distribution
declared at any time by the Board of Directors while this Registration Statement is in effect,
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(h)
under the Securities Act and calculated based on the average of the high and low sales prices
of the Common Stock, as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on May 25, 2010.
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PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 8. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1
EX-23.1
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STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E—
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
The registrant, ev3 Inc. ("ev3" or "Registrant"), previously filed Registration Statements on
Form S-8 (SEC File No. 333-125990, File No. 333-136907, File No. 333-146282 and File No.
333-146515) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") in connection with the
registration of 2,000,000, 4,000,000, 2,000,000 and 3,257,261 shares, respectively, of ev3's common
stock to be issued under the ev3 Inc. Third Amended and Restated 2005 Incentive Plan and prior
versions of such plan prior to subsequent amendments (the "Plan").
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement is filed by ev3
solely to register an additional 6,500,000 shares of ev3's common stock available for issuance
under the Plan. This increase was approved by ev3's board of directors and stockholders. Pursuant
to Instruction E, the contents of ev3's previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-8 (SEC
File No. 333-125990, File No. 333-136907, File No. 333-146282 and File No. 333-146515), including
without limitation periodic reports that ev3 filed, or will file, after this Registration Statement
to maintain current information about ev3, are hereby incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, with the exception of Items 3
and 8 of Part II of such prior Registration Statements, each of which is amended and restated in
its entirety herein.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given
to participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"). In accordance with the instructions of Part I of Form S-8, such documents will
not be filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses
or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the
documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement,
taken together, constitute a prospectus as required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents previously filed by ev3 with the Commission are incorporated by
reference into this Registration Statement:
(a)
ev3's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009
(including information specifically incorporated by reference into ev3's annual report
on Form 10-K from ev3's definitive proxy statement for its 2010 annual meeting of
stockholders);
(b)
ev3's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April 4, 2010;
(c)
ev3's current report on Form 8-K filed on May 26, 2010; and
(d)
The description of ev3's common stock contained in ev3's Registration Statement
on Form 8-A (File  No. 000-51348) filed with the Commission on June 8, 2005 under
Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
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In addition, all documents filed with the Commission by ev3 (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, 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 8.
Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement:
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Form of Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 to ev3 Inc.'s Amendment No. 4 to Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-123851))
4.2
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of ev3 Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to ev3 Inc.'s
Amendment No. 5 to Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File
No. 333-123851))
4.3
Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
of ev3 Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to ev3
Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on June 27, 2005 (File No. 000-51348))
4.4
Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
of ev3 Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to ev3
Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on July 23, 2007 (File No. 000-51348))
4.5
Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of ev3 Inc. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to ev3 Inc.'s Current Report on Form
8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 3, 2008 (File No. 000-51348))
4.6
Holders Agreement, dated as of August 29, 2003, among the
institutional investors listed on Schedule I thereto, the
individuals whose names and addresses appear from time to time
on Schedule II thereto, the individuals whose names and
addresses appear from time to time on Schedule III thereto and
ev3 LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to ev3
Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-123851))
4.7
Operating Agreement of ev3 LLC, dated as of August 29, 2003,
by and among ev3 LLC, Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners, L.P.,
Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners I, C.V., Warburg,
Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners II, C.V., Warburg, Pincus
Netherlands Equity Partners III, C.V., Vertical Fund I, L.P.,
Vertical Fund II, L.P. and certain other persons party thereto
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to ev3 Inc.'s
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-123851))
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Exhibit No.
Description
4.8
Amendment No. 1 to Operating Agreement of ev3 LLC, dated as of
March 1, 2005, by and among ev3 LLC, Warburg, Pincus Equity
Partners, L.P., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners I,
C.V., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners II, C.V.,
Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners III, C.V.,
Vertical Fund I, L.P., Vertical Fund II, L.P. and certain
other persons party thereto (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.4 to ev3 Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1
(File No. 333-123851))
4.9
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2005, by
and among ev3 Inc., Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners, L.P.,
Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners I, C.V., Warburg,
Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners III, C.V., Vertical Fund I,
L.P., Vertical Fund II, L.P. and certain other investors party
thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to ev3
Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
July 3, 2005 (File No. 000-51348))
5.1
Opinion of Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP*
10.1
ev3 Inc. Third Amended and Restated Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to ev3 Inc.'s
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May 26, 2010 (File No. 000-51348))
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm*
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)
*
Filed herewith
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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 Plymouth, State of Minnesota, on May 26, 2010.
ev3 Inc.
By:
/s/ Robert J. Palmisano
Robert J. Palmisano
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints Robert J. Palmisano,
Shawn McCormick and Kevin M. Klemz, or any 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/ Robert J. Palmisano
Robert J. Palmisano
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(Principal Executive
Officer)
May 26, 2010
/s/ Shawn McCormick
Shawn McCormick
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
May 26, 2010
/s/ John K. Bakewell
Director
May 26, 2010
John K. Bakewell
/s/ Jeffrey B. Child
Director
May 26, 2010
Jeffrey B. Child
/s/ Richard B. Emmitt
Director
May 26, 2010
Richard B. Emmitt
/s/ Douglas W. Kohrs
Director
May 26, 2010
Douglas W. Kohrs
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Daniel J. Levangie
Director
May 26, 2010
Daniel J. Levangie
/s/ John L. Miclot
Director
May 26, 2010
John L. Miclot
/s/ Thomas E. Timbie
Director
May 26, 2010
Thomas E. Timbie
/s/ Elizabeth H. Weatherman
Director
May 26, 2010
Elizabeth H. Weatherman
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ev3 Inc.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
Method of Filing
4.1
Form of Stock Certificate
Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 to ev3 Inc.'s
Amendment No. 4 to
Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (File No. 333-123851)
4.2
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
of ev3 Inc.
Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to ev3 Inc.'s
Amendment No. 5 to
Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (File No. 333-123851)
4.3
Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of ev3 Inc.
Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 99.1 to ev3 Inc.'s
Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on June
27, 2005 (File No. 000-51348)
4.4
Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of ev3 Inc.
Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to ev3 Inc.'s
Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on July
23, 2007 (File No. 000-51348)
4.5
Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of ev3 Inc.
Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to ev3 Inc.'s
Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on
December 3, 2008 (File No.
000-51348)
4.6
Holders Agreement, dated as of August 29, 2003,
among the institutional investors listed on
Schedule I thereto, the individuals whose names
and addresses appear from time to time on
Schedule II thereto, the individuals whose names
and addresses appear from time to time on
Schedule III thereto and ev3 LLC
Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.2 to ev3 Inc.'s
Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (File No. 333-123851)
4.7
Operating Agreement of ev3 LLC, dated as of
August 29, 2003, by and among ev3 LLC, Warburg,
Pincus Equity Partners, L.P., Warburg, Pincus
Netherlands Equity Partners I, C.V., Warburg,
Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners II, C.V.,
Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners III,
C.V., Vertical Fund I, L.P., Vertical Fund II,
L.P. and certain other persons party thereto
Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.3 to ev3 Inc.'s
Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (File No. 333-123851)
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Exhibit No.
Description
Method of Filing
4.8
Amendment No. 1 to Operating Agreement of ev3
LLC, dated as of March 1, 2005, by and among ev3
LLC, Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners, L.P.,
Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners I,
C.V., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners
II, C.V., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity
Partners III, C.V., Vertical Fund I, L.P.,
Vertical Fund II, L.P. and certain other persons
party thereto
Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.4 to ev3 Inc.'s
Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (File No. 333-123851)
4.9
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June
21, 2005, by and among ev3 Inc., Warburg, Pincus
Equity Partners, L.P., Warburg, Pincus
Netherlands Equity Partners I, C.V., Warburg,
Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners III, C.V.,
Vertical Fund I, L.P., Vertical Fund II, L.P. and
certain other investors party thereto
Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.2 to ev3 Inc.'s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended July 3,
2005 (File No. 000-51348)
5.1
Opinion of Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP
Filed herewith
10.1
ev3 Inc. Third Amended and Restated Incentive Plan
Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to ev3 Inc.'s
Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May 26,
2010 (File No. 000-51348)
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm
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