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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;9, 2009
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No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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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>SYNOVIS LIFE TECHNOLOGIES, 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>Minnesota</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>41-1526554</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>2575 University Avenue W.<BR>
St. Paul, Minnesota 55114-1024</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SYNOVIS LIFE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2006 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Brett A. Reynolds</B><BR>
Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary<BR>
2575 University Avenue W.<BR>
St. Paul, Minnesota 55114-1024<BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(651)&nbsp;796-7300<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>

<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">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 nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>aggregate offering</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $0.01
Par Value Per Share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">500,000 shares</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">6,760,000.00</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">377.21</TD>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement also includes Common Stock Purchase Rights, which are
attached to all shares of Common Stock issued, pursuant to the terms of the
Registrant&#146;s Rights Agreement dated June&nbsp;1, 2006.</TD>
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    <TD>The number of shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;),
stated above represents an increase in the total number of shares reserved for
issuance under the Synovis Life Technologies, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (the
&#147;Plan&#148;). 1,000,000 shares have previously been registered under a Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-144480). 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, 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(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act and calculated based on the average
high and low reported sales price of the Common Stock on October&nbsp;2, 2009 as reported
by the Nasdaq Global Market.</TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. <U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</U></A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;8. <U>Exhibits.</U></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, Synovis Life Technologies, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), previously filed a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (SEC File No.&nbsp;333-144480) with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) in connection with the registration of 1,000,000 shares of the
Registrant&#146;s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), to be issued under the
Synovis Life Technologies, Inc. 2006 Incentive Stock Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement is filed by the
Registrant solely to register an additional 500,000 shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock
reserved for issuance under the Plan. This increase was approved by the Registrant&#146;s board of
directors and shareholders. Pursuant to Instruction E, the contents of the Registrant&#146;s previously
filed Registration Statement on Form S-8 (SEC File No.&nbsp;333-144480), including without limitation
periodic reports that the Registrant filed, or will file, after this Registration Statement to
maintain current information about the Registrant, are hereby incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, with the exception of Item&nbsp;3
of Part&nbsp;II of such prior Registration Statement, which is amended and restated in its entirety
herein.
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. </B><U><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the Registrant (File No.&nbsp;0-13907) with the Commission are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31, 2008, as amended by
Amendment No.&nbsp;1 on Form 10-K/A;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended January&nbsp;31<B>, </B>2009, April&nbsp;30,
2009 and July&nbsp;31, 2009;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on December&nbsp;17, 2008, July&nbsp;7, 2009, July&nbsp;22, 2009 (as
amended by Amendment No.&nbsp;1 on Form 8-K/A filed on September&nbsp;18, 2009), and September&nbsp;29, 2009;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)&nbsp;all other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), since October&nbsp;31, 2008;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5)&nbsp;the description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in its Registration Statement
on Form&nbsp;10, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description;
and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6)&nbsp;the description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock Purchase Rights contained in the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, including any amendments or reports filed for the
purpose of updating such description.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant (other than portions of
such documents which are furnished and not filed) pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, 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
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the
time of filing of such documents.
</DIV>

<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 herewith or incorporated by reference as part of this
Registration Statement:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.1</TD>
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    <TD>Form of Common Stock Certificate of the Registrant (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10 (File No.
0-13907)).</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.2</TD>
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    <TD>Rights Agreement, dated as of June&nbsp;1, 2006, between the Registrant and American
Stock Transfer &#038; Trust Company, as Rights Agent, including exhibits thereto
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on
Form 8-A dated June&nbsp;1, 2006 (File No.&nbsp;0-13907)).</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.3</TD>
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    <TD>Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended April&nbsp;30, 1997 (File No.&nbsp;0-13907)).</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.4</TD>
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    <TD>Amendment to Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended,
dated March&nbsp;20, 1997 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April&nbsp;30, 1997 (File No.&nbsp;0-13907)).</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.5</TD>
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    <TD>Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October&nbsp;5, 2007
(File No.&nbsp;0-13907)).</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.6</TD>
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    <TD>Amendment to Restated Articles of Incorporation, effective May&nbsp;1, 2002
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended April&nbsp;30, 2002 (File No.&nbsp;0-13907)).</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">5.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion and Consent of Oppenheimer Wolff &#038; Donnelly LLP (filed herewith electronically).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Grant Thornton LLP (filed herewith electronically).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP (filed herewith electronically).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23.3</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP (filed herewith electronically).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23.4</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Oppenheimer Wolff &#038; Donnelly LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">24.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).</TD>
</TR>

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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 St. Paul, State of Minnesota, on October&nbsp;9, 2009.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>SYNOVIS LIFE TECHNOLOGIES, 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/ Brett A. Reynolds
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Brett A. Reynolds&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate
Secretary (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Richard W. Kramp and Brett A. Reynolds, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, each with full powers of substitution and re-substitution, for him or
her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or 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 agent 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 attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
</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 on October&nbsp;9, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="53%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard W. Kramp
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>Richard
W. Kramp
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and
Director <BR>(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Brett A. Reynolds
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>Brett
A. Reynolds
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial
Officer and Corporate Secretary
(Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Timothy M. Scanlan
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>Timothy
M. Scanlan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman, Board of Directors</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William G. Kobi
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>William
G. Kobi
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Karen Gilles Larson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>Karen
Gilles Larson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Mark F. Palma
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>Mark
F. Palma
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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 width="37%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="53%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard W. Perkins
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>Richard
W. Perkins
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John D. Seaberg
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>John
D. Seaberg
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Sven A. Wehrwein
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>Sven
A. Wehrwein
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SYNOVIS LIFE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
ON FORM S-8</B>
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    <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="43%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Item No.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Method of Filing</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Common Stock
Certificate of the Registrant
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;10 (File
No.&nbsp;0-13907).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement, dated as of
June&nbsp;1, 2006, between the
Registrant and American Stock
Transfer &#038; Trust Company, as
Rights Agent, including
exhibits thereto
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A dated
June&nbsp;1, 2006 (File No.
0-13907).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Articles of
Incorporation of the
Registrant, as amended
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report
on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter
ended April&nbsp;30, 1997 (File
No.&nbsp;0-13907).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to Restated Articles
of Incorporation of the
Registrant, as amended, dated
March&nbsp;20, 1997
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report
on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter
ended April&nbsp;30, 1997 (File
No.&nbsp;0-13907).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of
the Registrant
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report
on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on October
5, 2007 (File No.&nbsp;0-13907).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to Restated Articles
of Incorporation, effective May
1, 2002
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report
on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter
ended April&nbsp;30, 2002 (File
No.&nbsp;0-13907).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion and Consent of
Oppenheimer Wolff &#038; Donnelly
LLP
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Filed herewith electronically.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Filed herewith electronically.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Filed herewith electronically.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Filed herewith electronically.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Oppenheimer Wolff &#038;
Donnelly LLP
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD 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="left" 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 October 9, 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
SYNOVIS LIFE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Minnesota
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
41-1526554
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
2575 University Avenue W.
St. Paul, Minnesota 55114-1024
(Address of principal executive offices)
SYNOVIS LIFE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 2006 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Brett A. Reynolds
Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary
2575 University Avenue W.
St. Paul, Minnesota 55114-1024
(Name and address of agent for service)
(651) 796-7300
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a
large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated
filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting
company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of securities to be
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate offering
Amount of
registered (1)
registered (2)
per share (3)
price (3)
registration fee
Common Stock, $0.01
Par Value Per Share
500,000 shares
$
13.52
$
6,760,000.00
$
377.21
(1)
This Registration Statement also includes Common Stock Purchase Rights, which are
attached to all shares of Common Stock issued, pursuant to the terms of the
Registrant's Rights Agreement dated June 1, 2006.
(2)
The number of shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share ("Common Stock"),
stated above represents an increase in the total number of shares reserved for
issuance under the Synovis Life Technologies, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan (the
"Plan"). 1,000,000 shares have previously been registered under a Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-144480). 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, this Registration Statement is
hereby deemed to cover all such additional shares of Common Stock.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule
457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act and calculated based on the average
high and low reported sales price of the Common Stock on October 2, 2009 as reported
by the Nasdaq Global Market.
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PART II
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EX-5.1
EX-23.1
EX-23.2
EX-23.3
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STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E—
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
The registrant, Synovis Life Technologies, Inc. (the "Registrant"), previously filed a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (SEC File No. 333-144480) with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") in connection with the registration of 1,000,000 shares of the
Registrant's common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), to be issued under the
Synovis Life Technologies, Inc. 2006 Incentive Stock Plan (the "Plan").
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement is filed by the
Registrant solely to register an additional 500,000 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock
reserved for issuance under the Plan. This increase was approved by the Registrant's board of
directors and shareholders. Pursuant to Instruction E, the contents of the Registrant's previously
filed Registration Statement on Form S-8 (SEC File No. 333-144480), including without limitation
periodic reports that the Registrant filed, or will file, after this Registration Statement to
maintain current information about the Registrant, are hereby incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, with the exception of Item 3
of Part II of such prior Registration Statement, which is amended and restated in its entirety
herein.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant (File No. 0-13907) with the Commission are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(1) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2008, as amended by
Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A;
(2) Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended January 31
,
2009, April 30,
2009 and July 31, 2009;
(3) Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on December 17, 2008, July 7, 2009, July 22, 2009 (as
amended by Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-K/A filed on September 18, 2009), and September 29, 2009;
(4) all other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since October 31, 2008;
(5) the description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in its Registration Statement
on Form 10, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description;
and
(6) the description of the Registrant's Common Stock Purchase Rights contained in the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, including any amendments or reports filed for the
purpose of updating such description.
In addition, all documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant (other than portions of
such documents which are furnished and not filed) pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, 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
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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 herewith or incorporated by reference as part of this
Registration Statement:
4.1
Form of Common Stock Certificate of the Registrant (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10 (File No.
0-13907)).
4.2
Rights Agreement, dated as of June 1, 2006, between the Registrant and American
Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent, including exhibits thereto
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form 8-A dated June 1, 2006 (File No. 0-13907)).
4.3
Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended April 30, 1997 (File No. 0-13907)).
4.4
Amendment to Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended,
dated March 20, 1997 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 1997 (File No. 0-13907)).
4.5
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 5, 2007
(File No. 0-13907)).
4.6
Amendment to Restated Articles of Incorporation, effective May 1, 2002
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 2002 (File No. 0-13907)).
5.1
Opinion and Consent of Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP (filed herewith electronically).
23.1
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP (filed herewith electronically).
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP (filed herewith electronically).
23.3
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (filed herewith electronically).
23.4
Consent of Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).
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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 St. Paul, State of Minnesota, on October 9, 2009.
SYNOVIS LIFE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:
/s/ Brett A. Reynolds
Brett A. Reynolds
Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate
Secretary (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Richard W. Kramp and Brett A. Reynolds, and each of them, as his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, each with full powers of substitution and re-substitution, for him or
her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or 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 agent 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 attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed on October 9, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
/s/ Richard W. Kramp
Richard
W. Kramp
President, Chief Executive Officer and
Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Brett A. Reynolds
Brett
A. Reynolds
Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial
Officer and Corporate Secretary
(Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
/s/ Timothy M. Scanlan
Timothy
M. Scanlan
Chairman, Board of Directors
/s/ William G. Kobi
William
G. Kobi
Director
/s/ Karen Gilles Larson
Karen
Gilles Larson
Director
/s/ Mark F. Palma
Mark
F. Palma
Director
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/s/ Richard W. Perkins
Richard
W. Perkins
Director
/s/ John D. Seaberg
John
D. Seaberg
Director
/s/ Sven A. Wehrwein
Sven
A. Wehrwein
Director
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SYNOVIS LIFE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ON FORM S-8
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Item No.
Description
Method of Filing
4.1
Form of Common Stock
Certificate of the Registrant
Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 to the
Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form 10 (File
No. 0-13907).
4.2
Rights Agreement, dated as of
June 1, 2006, between the
Registrant and American Stock
Transfer & Trust Company, as
Rights Agent, including
exhibits thereto
Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 to the
Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A dated
June 1, 2006 (File No.
0-13907).
4.3
Restated Articles of
Incorporation of the
Registrant, as amended
Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant's Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended April 30, 1997 (File
No. 0-13907).
4.4
Amendment to Restated Articles
of Incorporation of the
Registrant, as amended, dated
March 20, 1997
Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 to the
Registrant's Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended April 30, 1997 (File
No. 0-13907).
4.5
Amended and Restated Bylaws of
the Registrant
Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant's Current Report
on Form 8-K filed on October
5, 2007 (File No. 0-13907).
4.6
Amendment to Restated Articles
of Incorporation, effective May
1, 2002
Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant's Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended April 30, 2002 (File
No. 0-13907).
5.1
Opinion and Consent of
Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly
LLP
Filed herewith electronically.
23.1
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
Filed herewith electronically.
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
Filed herewith electronically.
23.3
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
Filed herewith electronically.
23.4
Consent of Oppenheimer Wolff &
Donnelly LLP
Included in Exhibit 5.1.
24.1
Power of Attorney
Included on the signature
page to this Registration
Statement.