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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;15, 2009</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 3pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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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>ev3 Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of <BR>
Incorporation 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. Employee Stock Purchase Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><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)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><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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<TABLE width="100%" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><TR><TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD><TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</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></TR></TABLE>

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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="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,000,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">13,010,000.00</TD>
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    <TD>The number of shares of common stock stated above represents an increase in the total number
of shares available for sale under the ev3 Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (As Amended and
Restated on December&nbsp;10, 2009). In addition, the maximum number of shares of common stock
that may be issued under such plan is subject to adjustment in accordance with certain
provisions of such plan. Accordingly, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, 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 of 1933, as amended, 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
December&nbsp;11, 2009.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I<BR> INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II<BR> INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
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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. (also referred to as &#147;ev3&#148; or the &#147;registrant&#148; in this registration
statement), previously filed a registration statement on Form S-8 (SEC File No.&nbsp;333-136906) with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, in connection with the registration of 750,000
shares of ev3&#146;s common stock to be issued under the ev3 Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
</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 ev3
solely to register an additional 1,000,000 shares of ev3&#146;s common stock reserved for sale under the
ev3 Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (As Amended and Restated on December&nbsp;10, 2009). This increase
was approved by ev3&#146;s board of directors on December&nbsp;10, 2009 and will be submitted for approval by
ev3&#146;s stockholders at the next annual meeting of stockholders. Pursuant to Instruction E, the
contents of ev3&#146;s previously filed registration statement on Form S-8 (SEC File No.&nbsp;333-136906),
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, 6, 8 and 9 of Part&nbsp;II of such prior registration statement, 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 Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) 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 SEC 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, 2008
(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 2009 annual meeting of
stockholders);</TD>
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    <TD>ev3&#146;s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended April&nbsp;5,
2009, July&nbsp;5, 2009 and October&nbsp;4, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD>ev3&#146;s current reports on Form 8-K filed on January&nbsp;9, 2009, February&nbsp;20, 2009,
April&nbsp;7, 2009, June&nbsp;3, 2009, June&nbsp;24, 2009 and December&nbsp;15, 2009; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of ev3&#146;s common stock contained in its registration statement
on Form 8-A (File No.&nbsp;No.&nbsp;000-51348) filed with the SEC on June&nbsp;8, 2005 under Section
12(g) of</TD>
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    <TD>the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including any amendment or report
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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 SEC 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 amended and restated certificate of incorporation of ev3 Inc., as amended, 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. A proceeding means a threatened, pending or
completed civil, criminal, administrative, arbitration or investigative proceeding, including one
by or in the right of ev3. Reference is made to Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
and ev3&#146;s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ev3 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. ev3&#146;s change in control agreements with each of
its executive officers and certain other employees provide that, in addition to any other
indemnification obligations that ev3 may have, if, following a change in control (as defined in
such agreements), any of such individuals incurs damages, costs or expenses (including, without
limitation, judgments, fines and reasonable attorneys&#146; fees) as a result of such individual&#146;s
service to ev3 or status as an officer and employee of ev3, such individual will be indemnified by
ev3 to the fullest extent permitted by law, except to the extent that such damages, costs or
expenses arose as a result of such individual&#146;s gross negligence or willful misconduct.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ev3 has entered into agreements with its directors, executive officers and certain other
employees regarding indemnification, in addition to indemnification provided for in ev3&#146;s amended
and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, and intends to enter into indemnification
agreements with any new directors and executive officers in the future. Under these agreements, ev3
is required to indemnify them against expenses, judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and other
amounts actually and reasonably incurred, including expenses of a derivative action, in connection
with an actual or threatened proceeding if any of them may be made a party because he or she is or
was one of ev3&#146;s directors, officers or employees. ev3 will be obligated to pay these amounts only
if the officer, director or employee acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to ev3&#146;s best
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">interests. With respect to any criminal proceeding, ev3 will be obligated to pay these amounts
only if the officer, director or employee had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was
unlawful. The indemnification agreements also set forth procedures that will apply in the event of
a claim for indemnification.
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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="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 (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">&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">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>
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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">4.3
</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>
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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>
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    <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>
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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">4.5
</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>
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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">4.6
</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>
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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">4.7
</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 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>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.8
</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>
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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>
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<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</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">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>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Oppenheimer Wolff &#038; Donnelly LLP*</TD>
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    <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. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (As Amended and Restated
on December&nbsp;10, 2009)*</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
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm*</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">23.2
</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
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    <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;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes as follows:
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    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from
the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
effective registration statement; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 8%"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included
in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13
or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering
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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="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 December&nbsp;15, 2009.
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    <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>
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<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 Robert J. Palmisano,
Shawn McCormick and Kevin M. Klemz, 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.
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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>&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/ 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">December&nbsp;15, 2009</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">/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">December&nbsp;15, 2009</TD>
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    <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">/s/ John K. Bakewell
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John K. Bakewell
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;10, 2009</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="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>
Jeffrey B. Child
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;10, 2009</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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">/s/ Richard B. Emmitt
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard B. Emmitt
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;10, 2009</TD>
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    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</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">/s/ Douglas W. Kohrs
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Douglas W. Kohrs
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;14, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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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/ Daniel J. Levangie
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Daniel J. Levangie
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;10, 2009</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 L. Miclot
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John L. Miclot
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;10, 2009</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/ Thomas E. Timbie
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas E. Timbie
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;10, 2009</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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">/s/ Elizabeth H. Weatherman
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Elizabeth H. Weatherman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">December&nbsp;10, 2009</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>ev3 Inc.<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</B>
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    <TD width="68%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>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="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">4.1
</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>
<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">4.2
</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>
<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">4.3
</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>
</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">4.4
</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>
<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">4.5
</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>
</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">4.7
</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 align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>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">4.8
</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>
</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">4.9
</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
</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>
</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">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>
</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">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">ev3 Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (As
Amended and Restated on December&nbsp;10, 2009)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Filed herewith</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">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>
</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">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>
</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">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 December 15, 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
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. Employee Stock Purchase 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.
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of
Amount to be
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Securities to be Registered
Registered(1)
Offering Price Per Share(2)
Aggregate Offering Price(2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value
$0.01 per share
1,000,000
$
13.01
$
13,010,000.00
$
725.96
(1)
The number of shares of common stock stated above represents an increase in the total number
of shares available for sale under the ev3 Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (As Amended and
Restated on December 10, 2009). In addition, the maximum number of shares of common stock
that may be issued under such plan is subject to adjustment in accordance with certain
provisions of such plan. Accordingly, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, 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 of 1933, as amended, 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
December 11, 2009.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1
EX-10.1
EX-23.1
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STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E—
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
The registrant, ev3 Inc. (also referred to as "ev3" or the "registrant" in this registration
statement), previously filed a registration statement on Form S-8 (SEC File No. 333-136906) with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, in connection with the registration of 750,000
shares of ev3's common stock to be issued under the ev3 Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this registration statement is filed by ev3
solely to register an additional 1,000,000 shares of ev3's common stock reserved for sale under the
ev3 Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (As Amended and Restated on December 10, 2009). This increase
was approved by ev3's board of directors on December 10, 2009 and will be submitted for approval by
ev3's stockholders at the next annual meeting of stockholders. Pursuant to Instruction E, the
contents of ev3's previously filed registration statement on Form S-8 (SEC File No. 333-136906),
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, 6, 8 and 9 of Part II of such prior registration statement, 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 Securities and Exchange Commission (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 SEC are incorporated by reference
into this registration statement:
(a)
ev3's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008
(including information specifically incorporated by reference into ev3's annual report
on Form 10-K from ev3's definitive proxy statement for its 2009 annual meeting of
stockholders);
(b)
ev3's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended April 5,
2009, July 5, 2009 and October 4, 2009;
(c)
ev3's current reports on Form 8-K filed on January 9, 2009, February 20, 2009,
April 7, 2009, June 3, 2009, June 24, 2009 and December 15, 2009; and
(d)
The description of ev3's common stock contained in its registration statement
on Form 8-A (File No. No. 000-51348) filed with the SEC on June 8, 2005 under Section
12(g) of
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the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including any amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description.
In addition, all documents filed with the SEC 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 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The amended and restated certificate of incorporation of ev3 Inc., as amended, 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. A proceeding means a threatened, pending or
completed civil, criminal, administrative, arbitration or investigative proceeding, including one
by or in the right of ev3. Reference is made to Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
and ev3's amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended.
ev3 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. ev3's change in control agreements with each of
its executive officers and certain other employees provide that, in addition to any other
indemnification obligations that ev3 may have, if, following a change in control (as defined in
such agreements), any of such individuals incurs damages, costs or expenses (including, without
limitation, judgments, fines and reasonable attorneys' fees) as a result of such individual's
service to ev3 or status as an officer and employee of ev3, such individual will be indemnified by
ev3 to the fullest extent permitted by law, except to the extent that such damages, costs or
expenses arose as a result of such individual's gross negligence or willful misconduct.
ev3 has entered into agreements with its directors, executive officers and certain other
employees regarding indemnification, in addition to indemnification provided for in ev3's amended
and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, and intends to enter into indemnification
agreements with any new directors and executive officers in the future. Under these agreements, ev3
is required to indemnify them against expenses, judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and other
amounts actually and reasonably incurred, including expenses of a derivative action, in connection
with an actual or threatened proceeding if any of them may be made a party because he or she is or
was one of ev3's directors, officers or employees. ev3 will be obligated to pay these amounts only
if the officer, director or employee acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to ev3's best
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interests. With respect to any criminal proceeding, ev3 will be obligated to pay these amounts
only if the officer, director or employee had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was
unlawful. The indemnification agreements also set forth procedures that will apply in the event of
a claim for indemnification.
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))
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
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Exhibit No.
Description
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. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (As Amended and Restated
on December 10, 2009)*
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
Item 9. Undertakings
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes as follows:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from
the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included
in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13
or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
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(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Plymouth, State of Minnesota, on December 15, 2009.
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 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/ Robert J. Palmisano
Robert J. Palmisano
President, Chief
Executive Officer and
Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
December 15, 2009
/s/ Shawn McCormick
Shawn McCormick
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
December 15, 2009
/s/ John K. Bakewell
John K. Bakewell
Director
December 10, 2009
/s/ Jeffrey B. Child
Jeffrey B. Child
Director
December 10, 2009
/s/ Richard B. Emmitt
Richard B. Emmitt
Director
December 10, 2009
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Douglas W. Kohrs
Douglas W. Kohrs
Director
December 14, 2009
/s/ Daniel J. Levangie
Daniel J. Levangie
Director
December 10, 2009
/s/ John L. Miclot
John L. Miclot
Director
December 10, 2009
/s/ Thomas E. Timbie
Thomas E. Timbie
Director
December 10, 2009
/s/ Elizabeth H. Weatherman
Elizabeth H. Weatherman
Director
December 10, 2009
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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. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (As
Amended and Restated on December 10, 2009)
Filed herewith
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