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      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October</font></b><font size=2>&nbsp;</font><b><font size=2>31, 2006</font></b><font size=2> </font></p>


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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Registration No. 333-  </font></b></p> </td> </tr></table>
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      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></B><font size=2> </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Washington, D.C. 20549</font></b><font size=2> </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=3>FORM S-8</font></B><font size=3> </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></B><font size=2> </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=4>YOUNG INNOVATIONS, INC.</font></B><font size=4> </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)</font></b></p>


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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:3.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Missouri</font></b><font size=2> </font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:3.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>43-1718931</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:3.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>(I.R.S. Employer</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>incorporation or organization)</font></b><font size=2> </font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:3.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>Identification Number)</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:113.25pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>13705 Shoreline Court, Earth City, Missouri</font></b><font size=2> </font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:3.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>63045</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</font></b><font size=2> </font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:3.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=2>(Zip Code)</font></b></p> </td> </tr></table>
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      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan</font></b></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>(Full Title of the Plan)</font></b></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Alfred E. Brennan, Jr.</font></b></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Chief Executive Officer</font></b></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>13705 Shoreline Court</font></b></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Earth City, Missouri 63045</font></b></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>(Name and Address of agent for service)</font></b></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>(314) 344-0010</font></b></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></b></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2> <img src="img133.gif"><br> </font><B><font SIZE=2>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></B></p>


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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:3.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Proposed</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Proposed</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Title of</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:3.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Maximum</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Maximum</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:33.0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Securities</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Amount</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Aggregate</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Amount of</font></p> </td> </tr>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>to be</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>to be</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Offering</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Registered (1)</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>700,000 shares</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>$35.58</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>$24,906,000</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Plus an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be issued if the anti-dilution adjustment provisions of the plan become operative. Any shares covered by outstanding options or other equity awards which terminate, expire or are forfeited under the Registrant's Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan, may be issued under this Plan.</font></p> </td> </tr>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933 on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market System on October&nbsp;26, 2006.</font></p> </td> </tr>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Includes an indeterminate number of interests related to the Common Stock to be issued under this Plan, all of which are generally nontransferable, including stock options and stock equivalents.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>PART I &#151; INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:6pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), and the Note to Part I of Form S-8. </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>PART II &#151; INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:6pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></b><font size=2> </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:6pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The following documents filed by Young Innovations, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) (File No. 000-23212) are incorporated herein by reference: </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:6pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2005, and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March&nbsp;31, 2006, and June&nbsp;30, 2006, filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;). </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:6pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;7, 2006, March&nbsp;14, 2006, April&nbsp;24, 2006, June&nbsp;6, 2006, July&nbsp;20, 2006, July&nbsp;25, 2006, August&nbsp;2, 2006, August&nbsp;21, 2006, September&nbsp;21, 2006 and September&nbsp;28, 2006. </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:6pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock included in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A as filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;15, 1997. </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:6pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>All other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all the shares of the Company&#146;s Common Stock offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all the shares of the Company&#146;s Common Stock then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; (such documents and the documents enumerated above being hereinafter referred to as &#147;Incorporated Documents&#148;); provided however, that the documents enumerated above or subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act in each year during which the offering made by this Registration Statement is in effect prior to the filing
      with the Commission of the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K covering such year shall not be Incorporated Documents or be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement or be a part hereof from and after the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K. </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for this purpose to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of the Registration Statement. </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:6pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item 4. Description of Securities.</font></b><font size=2> </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:6pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The Company&#146;s Common Stock to be offered is registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act. </font></p>

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      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:6pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</font></b><font size=2> </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:6pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Not applicable.</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:6pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</font></b><font size=2> </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The Registrant is a Missouri corporation. Chapter 351, Section 355 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri ("Section 351.355") empowers a Missouri corporation to indemnify any director, officer, employee or agent, who was or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the director, officer, employee or agent is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
      with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Section 351.355 empowers a corporation to indemnify any director, officer, employee or agent, or former director, officer, employee or agent, who was or is a party to or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person acted in any of the capacities set forth above against expenses, including attorneys' fees actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit; provided that such director, officer, employee or agent acted in good faith in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such director, officer, employee or agent shall have been adjudged
      to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application, that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such director, officer, employee or agent is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Section 351.355 further provides that to the extent a director, officer or employee of a corporation has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in the preceding paragraphs or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith; provided that indemnification provided for by Section 351.355 granted pursuant thereto shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled; and empowers the corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a director or officer of the corporation against liability asserted against him or incurred by him in any such capacity or arising out of his status as such whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such
      liabilities under Section 351.355</font><font size=2>.</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:6pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</font></b><font size=2> </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:6pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Not Applicable. </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:6pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item 8. Exhibits.</font></b><font size=2> </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:6pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Reference is made to the Exhibit Index. </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:6pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item 9. Undertakings.</font></b><font size=2> </font></p>


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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: </font></p>


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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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      <p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:6pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
      &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement; </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:6pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:6pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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. </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:6pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</font></p>


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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:4.5pt; text-indent:0.68in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(i) If the registrant is relying on Rule 430B: </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:4.5pt; text-indent:1.1in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(A) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:9pt; text-indent:1.1in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x)&nbsp;for the purpose of providing the information required by Section&nbsp;10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such
      securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </font><i><font size=2>Provided, however,</font></i><font size=2> that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date; or </font></p>

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      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:9pt; text-indent:0.68in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(ii) If the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. </font><i><font size=2>Provided, however,</font></i><font size=2> that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus
      that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use. </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:6pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(5)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:6pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:6pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant; </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:6pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:6pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser. </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:6pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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. </font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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 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 Act </font></p>

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      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </font></p>

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      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font SIZE=2>SIGNATURES</font></p>

      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:6pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned 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, or amendment thereto, to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Earth City, State of Missouri, on the 31st day of October, 2006. </font></p>


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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Alfred E. Brennan</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>We, the undersigned officers and directors of Young Innovations, Inc., hereby severally constitute Alfred E. Brennan, Jr., Arthur Herbst, Jr. and Christine Boehning, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to said Registration Statement, and generally to do all such things in our name and behalf in the capacities indicated below to enable Young Innovations, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement and any and
      all amendments thereto.</font></p>

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      <p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:0.5in;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 31st day of October, 2006.</font></p>

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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>/s/ Alfred E. Brennan, Jr.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Chief Executive Officer and Director</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Alfred E. Brennan, Jr.</font></p> </td>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(Principal Executive Officer)</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>/s/ Arthur L. Herbst, Jr.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>/s/ Christine R. Boehning</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>/s/ George E. Richmond</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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                  <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>/s/ Brian F. Bremer</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October
31, 2006
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
YOUNG INNOVATIONS, INC.
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
Missouri
43-1718931
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification Number)
13705 Shoreline Court, Earth City, Missouri
63045
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Alfred E. Brennan, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer
13705 Shoreline Court
Earth City, Missouri 63045
(Name and Address of agent for service)
(314) 344-0010
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Title of
Maximum
Maximum
Securities
Amount
Offering
Aggregate
Amount of
to be
to be
Price
Offering
Registration
Registered
Registered (1)
Per share (2)
Price (2)
Fee (2)
Common Stock,  $0.01 Par Value(3)
700,000 shares
$35.58
$24,906,000
$2,665
(1)
Plus an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be issued if the anti-dilution adjustment provisions of the plan become operative. Any shares covered by outstanding options or other equity awards which terminate, expire or are forfeited under the Registrant's Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan, may be issued under this Plan.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933 on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq National Market System on October 26, 2006.
(3)
Includes an indeterminate number of interests related to the Common Stock to be issued under this Plan, all of which are generally nontransferable, including stock options and stock equivalents.
PART I — INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II — INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by Young Innovations, Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") (File No. 000-23212) are incorporated herein by reference:
1.           The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2006, and June 30, 2006, filed pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
2.           The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on February 7, 2006, March 14, 2006, April 24, 2006, June 6, 2006, July 20, 2006, July 25, 2006, August 2, 2006, August 21, 2006, September 21, 2006 and September 28, 2006.
3.           The description of the Company's Common Stock included in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A as filed with the Commission on October 15, 1997.
All other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all the shares of the Company's Common Stock offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all the shares of the Company's Common Stock then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; (such documents and the documents enumerated above being hereinafter referred to as "Incorporated Documents"); provided however, that the documents enumerated above or subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act in each year during which the offering made by this Registration Statement is in effect prior to the filing
      with the Commission of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K covering such year shall not be Incorporated Documents or be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement or be a part hereof from and after the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for this purpose to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of the Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
The Company's Common Stock to be offered is registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.
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Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant is a Missouri corporation. Chapter 351, Section 355 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri ("Section 351.355") empowers a Missouri corporation to indemnify any director, officer, employee or agent, who was or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the director, officer, employee or agent is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
      with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
Section 351.355 empowers a corporation to indemnify any director, officer, employee or agent, or former director, officer, employee or agent, who was or is a party to or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person acted in any of the capacities set forth above against expenses, including attorneys' fees actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit; provided that such director, officer, employee or agent acted in good faith in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such director, officer, employee or agent shall have been adjudged
      to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application, that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such director, officer, employee or agent is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.
Section 351.355 further provides that to the extent a director, officer or employee of a corporation has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in the preceding paragraphs or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith; provided that indemnification provided for by Section 351.355 granted pursuant thereto shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled; and empowers the corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a director or officer of the corporation against liability asserted against him or incurred by him in any such capacity or arising out of his status as such whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such
      liabilities under Section 351.355
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Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Reference is made to the Exhibit Index.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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(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 of 1933;
(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) under the Securities Act of 1933 if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
      "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
(iii)         To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;
(2)         That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)         To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4)
That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:
(i) If the registrant is relying on Rule 430B:
(A) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and
(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such
      securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Provided, however,
that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date; or
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(ii) If the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness.
Provided, however,
that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus
      that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.
(5)         That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i)           Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii)          Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
(iii)         The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
(iv)         Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
(b)         The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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 of 1933 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 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 Act
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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 undersigned 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, or amendment thereto, to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Earth City, State of Missouri, on the 31st day of October, 2006.
YOUNG INNOVATIONS, INC.
By:
/s/ Alfred E. Brennan
Alfred E. Brennan
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Young Innovations, Inc., hereby severally constitute Alfred E. Brennan, Jr., Arthur Herbst, Jr. and Christine Boehning, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to said Registration Statement, and generally to do all such things in our name and behalf in the capacities indicated below to enable Young Innovations, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said Registration Statement and any and
      all amendments thereto.
Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the 31st day of October, 2006.
Signature
Title
/s/ Alfred E. Brennan, Jr.
_____________________________________________
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Alfred E. Brennan, Jr.
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Arthur L. Herbst, Jr.
_____________________________________________
President
Arthur L. Herbst, Jr.
/s/ Christine R. Boehning
_____________________________________________
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Christine R. Boehning
(Principal Financial Officer)
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/s/ George E. Richmond
_____________________________________________
Director
George E. Richmond
/s/ Dr. Patrick J. Ferrillo
_____________________________________________
Director
Dr. Patrick J. Ferrillo
/s/ Brian F. Bremer
_____________________________________________
Director
Brian F. Bremer
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Description
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Opinion (including consent) of McDermott Will & Emery, LLP.*
23.1
Consent of independent registered public accounting firm.*
24
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page of this Registration Statement).
*Filed herewith
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