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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;13, 2009</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES</font></b></p>

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D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Utah</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">87-0447695</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or other
  jurisdiction of<br>
  incorporation or organization)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S. Employer<br>
  Identification No.)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1600 West
Merit Parkway</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">South
Jordan, Utah 84095</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Telephone:&#160; (801) 253-1600</font></b></p>

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Principal Executive Offices,<br>
including Zip Code)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Merit
Medical Systems,&nbsp;Inc.</font></b></p>

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Long-Term Incentive Plan</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Full title of the
plan)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Kent W.
  Stanger<br>
  Chief Financial Officer<br>
  Merit Medical Systems,&nbsp;Inc.<br>
  1600 West Merit Parkway<br>
  South Jordan, Utah 84095<br>
  (801) 253-1600</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Copy
  to:<br>
  <br>
  Brian G. Lloyd<br>
  Parr Brown Gee&nbsp;&amp; Loveless<br>
  185 South State Street, Suite&nbsp;800<br>
  Salt Lake City, Utah 84111<br>
  (801) 532-7840</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Name, address
  and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.&#160; See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2
of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</font></p>

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  </font><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Smaller reporting
  company </font><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Do not check if a
  smaller reporting company)</font></p>
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OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  be Registered</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount to be<br>
  Registered(1)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed<br>
  Maximum Offering<br>
  Price per Share(2)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed Maximum<br>
  Aggregate Offering<br>
  Price(2)</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount of<br>
  Registration Fee(2)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.48%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="29%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common
  Shares, no par value</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.66%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,500,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">17.22</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.7%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">25,830,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.22%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,441.31</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="29%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.66%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-34.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Registration Statement shall also
cover any additional shares of the common stock of Merit Medical Systems,&nbsp;Inc.
which become issuable under the Merit Medical Systems,&nbsp;Inc. 2006 Long-Term
Incentive Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization
or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration
which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of common
stock of Merit Medical Systems,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Calculated in accordance with Rules&nbsp;457
(c)&nbsp;and (h)&nbsp;promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
based on a price of $17.22 per share, which is the average of the high and low
price per share of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, as reported on the Nasdaq
National Market on November&nbsp;9, 2009.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Represents 1,500,000 additional shares of
the Registrant&#146;s common stock authorized to be issued under the Plan.&#160; Shares available for issuance under the Plan
were initially registered on a Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;6, 2006 (File No.&nbsp;333-135614).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EXPLANATORY
NOTE</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 is filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form&nbsp;S-8
for the purpose of registering an additional 1,500,000 shares of the common
stock, no par value, (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), of Merit Medical Systems,&nbsp;Inc.
(the &#147;Registrant&#148;) that may be offered and sold under the Merit Medical Systems,&nbsp;Inc.
2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended (the &#147;Incentive Plan&#148;).&#160; The Registrant&#146;s shareholders approved the
addition of these shares to the Incentive Plan at the Registrant&#146;s Annual
Meeting of Shareholders held on May&nbsp;20, 2009.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The contents of the
Registrant&#146;s previously filed Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, File No.&nbsp;333-135614,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on July&nbsp;6,
2006 relating to the Incentive Plan, are hereby incorporated by reference
herein to the extent not otherwise amended or superseded by the contents
hereof.</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PART&nbsp;II</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 3.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Incorporation of Documents by
Reference</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following documents
filed by the Registrant with the Commission are hereby incorporated herein by
reference:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K
for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q
for the quarters ended March&nbsp;31, June&nbsp;30, and September&nbsp;30,
2009;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K
filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;7, 2009, February&nbsp;20, 2009, March&nbsp;16,
2009, May&nbsp;27, 2009, June&nbsp;8, 2009, and October&nbsp;27, 2009; and</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The description of the Common Stock
contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;),
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All documents filed by
the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)&nbsp;of the
Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such
documents.&#160; Any statement contained in a
document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein
(or in any other subsequently filed document incorporated by reference herein)
modifies or supersedes such statement.&#160;
Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as
so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 4.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Description of Securities</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Interests of Named Experts and
Counsel</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 6.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Indemnification of Directors and
Officers</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant is a Utah
corporation. Section&nbsp;16-10a-902 of the Utah Revised Business Corporation
Act (the &#147;Revised Act&#148;) provides that a corporation may indemnify any
individual who was, is, or is threatened to be made a named defendant or
respondent (a &#147;Party&#148;) in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and
whether formal or informal (a &#147;Proceeding&#148;), because he or she is or was a
director of the corporation or, while a director of the corporation, is or was
serving at its request as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee,
fiduciary or agent of another corporation or other person or of an employee
benefit plan (an &#147;Indemnifiable Director&#148;), against any obligation incurred
with respect to a Proceeding, including any judgment, settlement, penalty or
fine, or reasonable expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), incurred in the
Proceeding if his or her conduct was in good faith and he or she reasonably
believed that his or her conduct was in, or not opposed to, the best interests
of the corporation, and, in the case of any criminal Proceeding, he or she had
no reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful; provided, however,
that pursuant to Subsection 902(4): (i)&nbsp;indemnification under Section&nbsp;902
in connection with a Proceeding by or in the right of the corporation is
limited to payment of reasonable expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred
in connection with the Proceeding and (ii)&nbsp;the corporation may not
indemnify an Indemnifiable Director in connection with a Proceeding by or in
the right of the corporation in which the Indemnifiable Director was adjudged
liable to the corporation, or in connection with any other Proceeding charging
that the Indemnifiable Director derived an improper personal benefit, whether
or not involving action in his or her official capacity, in which Proceeding he
or she was adjudged liable on the basis that he or she derived an improper
personal benefit.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;16-10a-903
of the Revised Act provides that, unless limited by its articles of
incorporation, a corporation shall indemnify an Indemnifiable Director who was
successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any Proceeding, or in
the defense of any claim, issue or matter in the Proceeding, to which he or she
was a Party because he or she is or was an Indemnifiable Director of the
corporation, against reasonable expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred
in connection with the Proceeding or claim with respect to which he or she has
been successful.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition to the
indemnification provided by Sections 902 and 903, Section&nbsp;16-10a-905 of
the Revised Act provides that, unless otherwise limited by a corporation&#146;s
articles of incorporation, an Indemnifiable Director may apply for
indemnification to the court conducting the Proceeding or to another court of
competent jurisdiction.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;16-10a-904
of the Revised Act provides that a corporation may pay for or reimburse the
reasonable expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred by an Indemnifiable
Director who is a Party to a Proceeding in advance of the final disposition of
the Proceeding, upon the satisfaction of certain conditions.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;16-10a-907
of the Revised Act provides that, unless a corporation&#146;s articles of
incorporation provide otherwise, (i)&nbsp;an officer of the corporation is
entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section&nbsp;903 and is entitled to
apply for court-ordered indemnification under Section&nbsp;905, in each case to
the same extent as an Indemnifiable Director, (ii)&nbsp;the corporation may
indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of
the corporation to the same extent as an Indemnifiable Director, and (iii)&nbsp;a
corporation may also indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee,
fiduciary or agent who is not an Indemnifiable Director to a greater extent
than the right of indemnification granted to an Indemnifiable Director, if not
inconsistent with public policy, and if provided for by its articles of
incorporation, bylaws, general or specific action of its board of directors, or
contract.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant&#146;s Amended
and Restated Bylaws (the &#147;Bylaws&#148;) provide that, subject to the limitations
described below, the Registrant shall indemnify any individual made party to a
proceeding because he or she is or was one of its directors or officers against
liability incurred in the proceeding, but only if the Registrant has authorized
the payment in accordance with Sections 16-10a-902, 16-10a-904, 16-10a-906 and
16-10a-907 of the Revised Act, and a determination has been made in accordance
with the procedures set forth in such provisions that the director or officer
conducted himself or herself in good faith; that he or she reasonably believed
that his or her conduct, if in his or her</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">official capacity with
the Registrant, was in the Registrant&#146;s best interests and that his or her
conduct, in all other cases, was at least not opposed to the Registrant&#146;s best
interests; and, in the case of any criminal proceeding, he or she had no
reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful. The Registrant may not,
however, voluntarily extend such indemnification to an officer or director in
connection with a proceeding by the Registrant or in its right in which such
officer or director was adjudged liable to the Registrant, or in connection
with any other proceeding charging that such person derived an improper
personal benefit, whether or not involving action in his or her official
capacity, in which proceeding he or she was adjudged liable on the basis that
he or she derived an improper personal benefit. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Bylaws provide that, unless otherwise provided in the Registrant&#146;s Articles
of Incorporation, as amended (the &#147;Amended Articles&#148;), the Registrant shall
indemnify an officer or director who was wholly successful, on the merits or
otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding or the defense of any claim, issue
or matter in the proceeding to which the officer or director was a party
because he or she is or was one of the Registrant&#146;s directors or officers
against reasonable expenses that he or she incurred in connection with the
proceeding or claim with respect to which he or she was successful. The Amended
Articles do not limit the Registrant&#146;s authority to provide such
indemnification. The Bylaws also provide that if a determination is made by the
Registrant that the officer or director has satisfied the requirements set
forth in the Bylaws and the applicable statutory provision, then, unless
otherwise provided in the Amended Articles, the Registrant shall pay for or
reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by an officer or director who is
party to a proceeding in advance of final disposition of the proceeding if (i)&nbsp;the
officer or director furnishes to the Registrant a written affirmation of a good
faith belief that he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct under
the Bylaws and applicable law necessary for indemnification, (ii)&nbsp;the
officer or director furnishes to the Registrant a written undertaking to repay
the advance if it is ultimately determined that he or she did not meet the
standard of conduct, and (iii)&nbsp;a determination is made that the facts then
known to those making the determination would not preclude indemnification
pursuant to the Bylaws and applicable law. The Amended Articles do not limit
the Registrant&#146;s authority to reimburse such reasonable expenses. The Bylaws
also provide that any indemnification or advancement of expenses provided
thereby shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those
seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any
articles of incorporation, bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested
directors, or otherwise, both as to action in such person&#146;s official capacity
and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Bylaws also provide
that, unless otherwise limited by the Amended Articles, a director or officer
who is or was a party to a proceeding may apply for indemnification to the
court conducting the proceeding or to another court of competent jurisdiction.
The court may order indemnification if it determines that the director or
officer is entitled to mandatory indemnification as provided in the Bylaws and
applicable law, in which case the court shall also order the Registrant to pay
the reasonable expenses incurred by the director or officer to obtain
court-ordered indemnification. The court may also order indemnification if it
determines that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances, whether or not the
director or officer met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Bylaws
and applicable law. Any indemnification with respect to any proceeding in which
the officer or director was adjudged liable to the Registrant or in connection
with any other proceeding charging the officer or director with the receipt of
an improper personal benefit, in which he or she was adjudged liable on the
basis that personal benefit was improperly received by him or her, is limited
to reasonable expenses.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Bylaws also provide
that, unless otherwise provided in the Amended Articles, an incorporator,
employee, fiduciary, or agent of the Registrant performing acts in furtherance
of the business of the Registrant shall have substantially the same
indemnification as provided to a director or officer in accordance with the
conditions set forth in the Bylaws.&nbsp; With respect to the advancement of
expenses and other relief, the Registrant&#146;s Board of Directors may, but shall
not be required to, advance expenses to any such incorporator, employee,
fiduciary, or agent of the Registrant, to any extent consistent with public
policy and as provided for by the Amended Articles, the Bylaws, general or
specific action of the Registrant&#146;s Board of Directors, or contract.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Utah law permits director
liability to be eliminated in accordance with Section&nbsp;16-10a-841 of the
Revised Act, which provides that the liability of a director to the corporation
or its shareholders for monetary damages for any action taken or any failure to
take any action, as a director, may be limited or eliminated by the corporation
except for liability for (i)&nbsp;the amount of financial benefit received by a
director to which he or she is not entitled; (ii)&nbsp;an intentional
infliction of harm on the corporation or its shareholders; (iii)&nbsp;a
violation of Section&nbsp;16-10a-842 of the Revised Act, which prohibits
unlawful distributions by a corporation to its shareholders; or (iv)&nbsp;an
intentional violation of criminal law. Such a provision may appear either in a
corporation&#146;s articles of incorporation or bylaws; however, to be effective,
such a provision must be approved by the corporation&#146;s shareholders.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Amended Articles
provide that the personal liability of any director to the Registrant or to its
shareholders for monetary damages for any action taken or the failure to take
any action, as a director, is eliminated to the fullest extent permitted by
Utah law.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Bylaws provide that
the Registrant may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who
is or was one of the Registrant&#146;s incorporators, directors, officers,
employees, fiduciaries or agents, or is or was serving at the Registrant&#146;s
request as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of another
corporation or other person, or of an employee benefit plan, against liability
asserted against or incurred by him or her in such capacity or arising out of
his or her status in such capacity, whether or not the Registrant would have
the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under applicable law.
The Registrant maintains insurance from commercial carriers against certain
liabilities that may be incurred by its directors and officers.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 7.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exemption From Registration
Claimed</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibits</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="6%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit<br>
  Number</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.08%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Description</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Articles of
  Incorporation of the Company, as amended and restated (1)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and
  Restated Bylaws of Merit Medical Systems,&nbsp;Inc. (2)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Articles of
  Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation dated May&nbsp;14, 1993 (3)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Articles of
  Amendment to Articles of Incorporation dated June&nbsp;6, 1996 (3)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Articles of
  Amendment to Articles of Incorporation dated June&nbsp;12, 1997 (3)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.7</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Articles of
  Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation dated May&nbsp;22, 2003 (3)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.8</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Articles of
  Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Merit Medical
  Systems,&nbsp;Inc., dated May&nbsp;23, 2008 (4)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Parr
  Brown Gee&nbsp;&amp; Loveless as to the legality of the securities being
  registered (5)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of
  Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP (5)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Parr
  Brown Gee&nbsp;&amp; Loveless (included in Item&nbsp;5.1 above).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of
  Attorney (included on signature page&nbsp;of this Registration Statement).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Merit Medical
  Systems,&nbsp;Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (6)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">First Amendment
  to the Merit Medical Systems,&nbsp;Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (5)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:91.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Second Amendment
  to the Merit Medical Systems,&nbsp;Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (7)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30,
1996, filed on August&nbsp;14, 1996.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30,
2007, filed on November&nbsp;8, 2007.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Incorporated by reference to Exhibits 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 and
4.7, respectively, to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3,
filed on February&nbsp;14, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;333-122803).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed on May&nbsp;28, 2008.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Filed herewith.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(6)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Incorporated by reference to Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;S-8 filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;6, 2006, File No.&nbsp;333-135614.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(7)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;27,
2009.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Undertakings</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To file, during any period in which offers or sales
are being made, a post-effective </font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">amendment to this
Registration Statement:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)&nbsp;of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;);</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 70.2pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:37.8pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of this 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 this
Registration Statement.&#160; 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&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;if, in the aggregate, the changes
in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
effective registration statement; and</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 70.2pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-70.2pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 70.2pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To include any material information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration
Statement;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 70.2pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">provided,
however</font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">, that
paragraphs (1)(i)&nbsp;and (1)(ii)&nbsp;above do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act that
are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">That, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">That, for the purpose of determining liability under
the Securities Act to any purchaser:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If the Registrant is relying on Rule&nbsp;430B:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(A)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)(3)&nbsp;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:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(B)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)(2),
(b)(5), or (b)(7)&nbsp;as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule&nbsp;430B
relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule&nbsp;415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x)&nbsp;for
the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a)&nbsp;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&nbsp;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</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If the Registrant is subject to Rule&nbsp;430C, each
prospectus filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;as part of a registration
statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying
on Rule&nbsp;430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule&nbsp;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.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">That, for the purpose of determining liability of the
Registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial
distribution of the 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 communication, 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:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the
undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant
to Rule&nbsp;424;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">any other communication that is an offer in the
offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">B.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of
the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or 15(d)&nbsp;of
the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefits
plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act)
that is incorporated by reference in this 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:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">C.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the
Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in Salt Lake City, State of Utah, on November&nbsp;13, 2009.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">MERIT
  MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Fred P.
  Lampropoulos</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Fred P.
  Lampropoulos </font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="49%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:50.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman of the
  Board, President and Chief Executive Officer</font></p>
  </td>
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</table>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">POWER
OF ATTORNEY</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this registration statement has been signed by the following persons on behalf
of the Registrant in the capacities and on the date indicated. Each person
whose signature to this registration statement appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints Fred P. Lampropoulos and Kent W. Stanger, and each of them, as his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, to
sign on his behalf individually and in the capacity stated below and to perform
any acts necessary to be done in order to file&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;any and all
amendments and post-effective amendments to this registration statement, and
any and all exhibits, instruments or documents filed as part of or in
connection with this registration statement or the amendments thereto and (ii)&nbsp;a
registration statement and any and all amendments thereto, relating to the
offering covered hereby filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462(b)&nbsp;under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, shall do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Signature</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.88%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.94%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Title</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.9%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Date</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Fred P.
  Lampropoulos</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman of the Board,
  President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>
  November&nbsp;13, 2009</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Fred P. Lampropoulos</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Kent W. Stanger</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Financial
  Officer, Secretary and Treasurer and Director (Principal Financial Officer
  and Principal Accounting Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>
  November&nbsp;13, 2009</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Kent W. Stanger</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Rex C. Bean</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">November&nbsp;13, 2009</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Rex C. Bean</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Richard W. Edelman</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">November&nbsp;13, 2009</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard W. Edelman</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ James J. Ellis</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">November&nbsp;13, 2009</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">James J. Ellis</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Franklin J. Miller,
  M.D.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">November&nbsp;13, 2009</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Franklin J. Miller,
  M.D.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Michael E.
  Stillabower, M.D.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:25.9%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">November&nbsp;13, 2009</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="35%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:35.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Michael E. Stillabower,
  M.D.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:34.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">MERIT
MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT
INDEX</font></b></p>

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<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="6%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit<br>
  Number</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.4%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.68%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Description</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Articles of
  Incorporation of the Company, as amended and restated (1)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and
  Restated Bylaws of Meriti Medical Systems,&nbsp;Inc. (2)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Articles of Amendment
  of the Articles of Incorporation dated May&nbsp;14, 1993 (3)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Articles of
  Amendment to Articles of Incorporation dated June&nbsp;6, 1996 (3)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Articles of
  Amendment to Articles of Incorporation dated June&nbsp;12, 1997 (3)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.7</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Articles of
  Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation dated May&nbsp;22, 2003 (3)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.8</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Articles of
  Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Merit Medical
  Systems,&nbsp;Inc., dated May&nbsp;23, 2008 (4)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Parr
  Brown Gee&nbsp;&amp; Loveless as to the legality of the securities being
  registered (5)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of
  Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP (5)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Parr
  Brown Gee&nbsp;&amp; Loveless (included in Item&nbsp;5.1 above).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of
  Attorney (included on signature page&nbsp;of this Registration Statement).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Merit Medical
  Systems,&nbsp;Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (6)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">First Amendment
  to the Merit Medical Systems,&nbsp;Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (5)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.42%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="90%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:90.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Second Amendment
  to the Merit Medical Systems,&nbsp;Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (7)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;No.&nbsp;1
to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30,
1996, filed on August&nbsp;14, 1996.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;No 3.3 to
the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30,
2007, filed on November&nbsp;8, 2007.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Incorporated by reference to Exhibits 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 and
4.7, respectively, to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3,
filed on February&nbsp;14, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;333-122803).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed on May&nbsp;28, 2008.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Filed herewith.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(6)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Incorporated by reference to Registration Statement on
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As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2009
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under the
Securities Act of 1933
MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter)
Utah
87-0447695
(State or other
  jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1600 West
Merit Parkway
South
Jordan, Utah 84095
Telephone:  (801) 253-1600
(Address of
Principal Executive Offices,
including Zip Code)
Merit
Medical Systems, Inc.
2006
Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Full title of the
plan)
Kent W.
  Stanger
Chief Financial Officer
Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
1600 West Merit Parkway
South Jordan, Utah 84095
(801) 253-1600
Copy
  to:
Brian G. Lloyd
Parr Brown Gee & Loveless
185 South State Street, Suite 800
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
(801) 532-7840
(Name, address
  and 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 the 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
x
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting
  company
o
(Do not check if a
  smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to
  be Registered
Amount to be
Registered(1)
Proposed
Maximum Offering
Price per Share(2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price(2)
Amount of
Registration Fee(2)
Common
  Shares, no par value
1,500,000
(3)
$
17.22
$
25,830,000
$
1,441.31
(1)
This Registration Statement shall also
cover any additional shares of the common stock of Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
which become issuable under the Merit Medical Systems, Inc. 2006 Long-Term
Incentive Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization
or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration
which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of common
stock of Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (the "Registrant").
(2)
Calculated in accordance with Rules 457
(c) and (h) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
based on a price of $17.22 per share, which is the average of the high and low
price per share of the Registrant's common stock, as reported on the Nasdaq
National Market on November 9, 2009.
(3)
Represents 1,500,000 additional shares of
the Registrant's common stock authorized to be issued under the Plan.  Shares available for issuance under the Plan
were initially registered on a Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 6, 2006 (File No. 333-135614).
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
This Registration
Statement on Form S-8 is filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8
for the purpose of registering an additional 1,500,000 shares of the common
stock, no par value, (the "Common Stock"), of Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
(the "Registrant") that may be offered and sold under the Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Incentive Plan").  The Registrant's shareholders approved the
addition of these shares to the Incentive Plan at the Registrant's Annual
Meeting of Shareholders held on May 20, 2009.
The contents of the
Registrant's previously filed Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-135614,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on July 6,
2006 relating to the Incentive Plan, are hereby incorporated by reference
herein to the extent not otherwise amended or superseded by the contents
hereof.
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PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by
Reference
.
The following documents
filed by the Registrant with the Commission are hereby incorporated herein by
reference:
(1)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2008;
(2)
The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q
for the quarters ended March 31, June 30, and September 30,
2009;
(3)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K
filed with the Commission on January 7, 2009, February 20, 2009, March 16,
2009, May 27, 2009, June 8, 2009, and October 27, 2009; and
(4)
The description of the Common Stock
contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
All documents filed by
the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such
documents.  Any statement contained in a
document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein
(or in any other subsequently filed document incorporated by reference herein)
modifies or supersedes such statement. 
Any 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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Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and
Counsel
.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and
Officers
The Registrant is a Utah
corporation. Section 16-10a-902 of the Utah Revised Business Corporation
Act (the "Revised Act") provides that a corporation may indemnify any
individual who was, is, or is threatened to be made a named defendant or
respondent (a "Party") in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and
whether formal or informal (a "Proceeding"), because he or she is or was a
director of the corporation or, while a director of the corporation, is or was
serving at its request as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee,
fiduciary or agent of another corporation or other person or of an employee
benefit plan (an "Indemnifiable Director"), against any obligation incurred
with respect to a Proceeding, including any judgment, settlement, penalty or
fine, or reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees), incurred in the
Proceeding if his or her conduct was in good faith and he or she reasonably
believed that his or her conduct was in, or not opposed to, the best interests
of the corporation, and, in the case of any criminal Proceeding, he or she had
no reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful; provided, however,
that pursuant to Subsection 902(4): (i) indemnification under Section 902
in connection with a Proceeding by or in the right of the corporation is
limited to payment of reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred
in connection with the Proceeding and (ii) the corporation may not
indemnify an Indemnifiable Director in connection with a Proceeding by or in
the right of the corporation in which the Indemnifiable Director was adjudged
liable to the corporation, or in connection with any other Proceeding charging
that the Indemnifiable Director derived an improper personal benefit, whether
or not involving action in his or her official capacity, in which Proceeding he
or she was adjudged liable on the basis that he or she derived an improper
personal benefit.
Section 16-10a-903
of the Revised Act provides that, unless limited by its articles of
incorporation, a corporation shall indemnify an Indemnifiable Director who was
successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any Proceeding, or in
the defense of any claim, issue or matter in the Proceeding, to which he or she
was a Party because he or she is or was an Indemnifiable Director of the
corporation, against reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred
in connection with the Proceeding or claim with respect to which he or she has
been successful.
In addition to the
indemnification provided by Sections 902 and 903, Section 16-10a-905 of
the Revised Act provides that, unless otherwise limited by a corporation's
articles of incorporation, an Indemnifiable Director may apply for
indemnification to the court conducting the Proceeding or to another court of
competent jurisdiction.
Section 16-10a-904
of the Revised Act provides that a corporation may pay for or reimburse the
reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by an Indemnifiable
Director who is a Party to a Proceeding in advance of the final disposition of
the Proceeding, upon the satisfaction of certain conditions.
Section 16-10a-907
of the Revised Act provides that, unless a corporation's articles of
incorporation provide otherwise, (i) an officer of the corporation is
entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section 903 and is entitled to
apply for court-ordered indemnification under Section 905, in each case to
the same extent as an Indemnifiable Director, (ii) the corporation may
indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of
the corporation to the same extent as an Indemnifiable Director, and (iii) a
corporation may also indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee,
fiduciary or agent who is not an Indemnifiable Director to a greater extent
than the right of indemnification granted to an Indemnifiable Director, if not
inconsistent with public policy, and if provided for by its articles of
incorporation, bylaws, general or specific action of its board of directors, or
contract.
The Registrant's Amended
and Restated Bylaws (the "Bylaws") provide that, subject to the limitations
described below, the Registrant shall indemnify any individual made party to a
proceeding because he or she is or was one of its directors or officers against
liability incurred in the proceeding, but only if the Registrant has authorized
the payment in accordance with Sections 16-10a-902, 16-10a-904, 16-10a-906 and
16-10a-907 of the Revised Act, and a determination has been made in accordance
with the procedures set forth in such provisions that the director or officer
conducted himself or herself in good faith; that he or she reasonably believed
that his or her conduct, if in his or her
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official capacity with
the Registrant, was in the Registrant's best interests and that his or her
conduct, in all other cases, was at least not opposed to the Registrant's best
interests; and, in the case of any criminal proceeding, he or she had no
reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful. The Registrant may not,
however, voluntarily extend such indemnification to an officer or director in
connection with a proceeding by the Registrant or in its right in which such
officer or director was adjudged liable to the Registrant, or in connection
with any other proceeding charging that such person derived an improper
personal benefit, whether or not involving action in his or her official
capacity, in which proceeding he or she was adjudged liable on the basis that
he or she derived an improper personal benefit. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Bylaws provide that, unless otherwise provided in the Registrant's Articles
of Incorporation, as amended (the "Amended Articles"), the Registrant shall
indemnify an officer or director who was wholly successful, on the merits or
otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding or the defense of any claim, issue
or matter in the proceeding to which the officer or director was a party
because he or she is or was one of the Registrant's directors or officers
against reasonable expenses that he or she incurred in connection with the
proceeding or claim with respect to which he or she was successful. The Amended
Articles do not limit the Registrant's authority to provide such
indemnification. The Bylaws also provide that if a determination is made by the
Registrant that the officer or director has satisfied the requirements set
forth in the Bylaws and the applicable statutory provision, then, unless
otherwise provided in the Amended Articles, the Registrant shall pay for or
reimburse the reasonable expenses incurred by an officer or director who is
party to a proceeding in advance of final disposition of the proceeding if (i) the
officer or director furnishes to the Registrant a written affirmation of a good
faith belief that he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct under
the Bylaws and applicable law necessary for indemnification, (ii) the
officer or director furnishes to the Registrant a written undertaking to repay
the advance if it is ultimately determined that he or she did not meet the
standard of conduct, and (iii) a determination is made that the facts then
known to those making the determination would not preclude indemnification
pursuant to the Bylaws and applicable law. The Amended Articles do not limit
the Registrant's authority to reimburse such reasonable expenses. The Bylaws
also provide that any indemnification or advancement of expenses provided
thereby shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those
seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any
articles of incorporation, bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested
directors, or otherwise, both as to action in such person's official capacity
and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.
The Bylaws also provide
that, unless otherwise limited by the Amended Articles, a director or officer
who is or was a party to a proceeding may apply for indemnification to the
court conducting the proceeding or to another court of competent jurisdiction.
The court may order indemnification if it determines that the director or
officer is entitled to mandatory indemnification as provided in the Bylaws and
applicable law, in which case the court shall also order the Registrant to pay
the reasonable expenses incurred by the director or officer to obtain
court-ordered indemnification. The court may also order indemnification if it
determines that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances, whether or not the
director or officer met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Bylaws
and applicable law. Any indemnification with respect to any proceeding in which
the officer or director was adjudged liable to the Registrant or in connection
with any other proceeding charging the officer or director with the receipt of
an improper personal benefit, in which he or she was adjudged liable on the
basis that personal benefit was improperly received by him or her, is limited
to reasonable expenses.
The Bylaws also provide
that, unless otherwise provided in the Amended Articles, an incorporator,
employee, fiduciary, or agent of the Registrant performing acts in furtherance
of the business of the Registrant shall have substantially the same
indemnification as provided to a director or officer in accordance with the
conditions set forth in the Bylaws.  With respect to the advancement of
expenses and other relief, the Registrant's Board of Directors may, but shall
not be required to, advance expenses to any such incorporator, employee,
fiduciary, or agent of the Registrant, to any extent consistent with public
policy and as provided for by the Amended Articles, the Bylaws, general or
specific action of the Registrant's Board of Directors, or contract.
Utah law permits director
liability to be eliminated in accordance with Section 16-10a-841 of the
Revised Act, which provides that the liability of a director to the corporation
or its shareholders for monetary damages for any action taken or any failure to
take any action, as a director, may be limited or eliminated by the corporation
except for liability for (i) the amount of financial benefit received by a
director to which he or she is not entitled; (ii) an intentional
infliction of harm on the corporation or its shareholders; (iii) a
violation of Section 16-10a-842 of the Revised Act, which prohibits
unlawful distributions by a corporation to its shareholders; or (iv) an
intentional violation of criminal law. Such a provision may appear either in a
corporation's articles of incorporation or bylaws; however, to be effective,
such a provision must be approved by the corporation's shareholders.
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The Amended Articles
provide that the personal liability of any director to the Registrant or to its
shareholders for monetary damages for any action taken or the failure to take
any action, as a director, is eliminated to the fullest extent permitted by
Utah law.
The Bylaws provide that
the Registrant may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who
is or was one of the Registrant's incorporators, directors, officers,
employees, fiduciaries or agents, or is or was serving at the Registrant's
request as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of another
corporation or other person, or of an employee benefit plan, against liability
asserted against or incurred by him or her in such capacity or arising out of
his or her status in such capacity, whether or not the Registrant would have
the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under applicable law.
The Registrant maintains insurance from commercial carriers against certain
liabilities that may be incurred by its directors and officers.
Item 7.
Exemption From Registration
Claimed
.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Articles of
  Incorporation of the Company, as amended and restated (1)
4.2
Amended and
  Restated Bylaws of Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (2)
4.3
Articles of
  Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation dated May 14, 1993 (3)
4.4
Articles of
  Amendment to Articles of Incorporation dated June 6, 1996 (3)
4.5
Articles of
  Amendment to Articles of Incorporation dated June 12, 1997 (3)
4.7
Articles of
  Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation dated May 22, 2003 (3)
4.8
Articles of
  Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Merit Medical
  Systems, Inc., dated May 23, 2008 (4)
5.1
Opinion of Parr
  Brown Gee & Loveless as to the legality of the securities being
  registered (5)
23.1
Consent of
  Deloitte & Touche LLP (5)
23.2
Consent of Parr
  Brown Gee & Loveless (included in Item 5.1 above).
24.1
Power of
  Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement).
99.1
Merit Medical
  Systems, Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (6)
99.2
First Amendment
  to the Merit Medical Systems, Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (5)
99.3
Second Amendment
  to the Merit Medical Systems, Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (7)
(1)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,
1996, filed on August 14, 1996.
(2)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
2007, filed on November 8, 2007.
(3)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibits 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 and
4.7, respectively, to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3,
filed on February 14, 2005 (File No. 333-122803).
(4)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on May 28, 2008.
(5)
Filed herewith.
(6)
Incorporated by reference to Registration Statement on
Form S-8 filed with the Commission on July 6, 2006, File No. 333-135614.
(7)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 27,
2009.
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
A.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales
are being made, a post-effective
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amendment to this
Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act");
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of this 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 this
Registration Statement.  Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes
in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective registration statement; and
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to
the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration
Statement;
provided,
however
, that
paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) above do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that
are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
(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 to any purchaser in the initial
distribution of the 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 communication, 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, each filing of
the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefits
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act)
that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
C.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the
Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in Salt Lake City, State of Utah, on November 13, 2009.
MERIT
  MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
/s/ Fred P.
  Lampropoulos
Fred P.
  Lampropoulos
Chairman of the
  Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this registration statement has been signed by the following persons on behalf
of the Registrant in the capacities and on the date indicated. Each person
whose signature to this registration statement appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints Fred P. Lampropoulos and Kent W. Stanger, and each of them, as his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, to
sign on his behalf individually and in the capacity stated below and to perform
any acts necessary to be done in order to file (i) any and all
amendments and post-effective amendments to this registration statement, and
any and all exhibits, instruments or documents filed as part of or in
connection with this registration statement or the amendments thereto and (ii) a
registration statement and any and all amendments thereto, relating to the
offering covered hereby filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, shall do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Fred P.
  Lampropoulos
Chairman of the Board,
  President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
November 13, 2009
Fred P. Lampropoulos
/s/ Kent W. Stanger
Chief Financial
  Officer, Secretary and Treasurer and Director (Principal Financial Officer
  and Principal Accounting Officer)
November 13, 2009
Kent W. Stanger
/s/ Rex C. Bean
Director
November 13, 2009
Rex C. Bean
/s/ Richard W. Edelman
Director
November 13, 2009
Richard W. Edelman
/s/ James J. Ellis
Director
November 13, 2009
James J. Ellis
/s/ Franklin J. Miller,
  M.D.
Director
November 13, 2009
Franklin J. Miller,
  M.D.
/s/ Michael E.
  Stillabower, M.D.
Director
November 13, 2009
Michael E. Stillabower,
  M.D.
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MERIT
MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Articles of
  Incorporation of the Company, as amended and restated (1)
4.2
Amended and
  Restated Bylaws of Meriti Medical Systems, Inc. (2)
4.3
Articles of Amendment
  of the Articles of Incorporation dated May 14, 1993 (3)
4.4
Articles of
  Amendment to Articles of Incorporation dated June 6, 1996 (3)
4.5
Articles of
  Amendment to Articles of Incorporation dated June 12, 1997 (3)
4.7
Articles of
  Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation dated May 22, 2003 (3)
4.8
Articles of
  Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of Merit Medical
  Systems, Inc., dated May 23, 2008 (4)
5.1
Opinion of Parr
  Brown Gee & Loveless as to the legality of the securities being
  registered (5)
23.1
Consent of
  Deloitte & Touche LLP (5)
23.2
Consent of Parr
  Brown Gee & Loveless (included in Item 5.1 above).
24.1
Power of
  Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement).
99.1
Merit Medical
  Systems, Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (6)
99.2
First Amendment
  to the Merit Medical Systems, Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (5)
99.3
Second Amendment
  to the Merit Medical Systems, Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (7)
(1)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 1
to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30,
1996, filed on August 14, 1996.
(2)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit No 3.3 to
the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
2007, filed on November 8, 2007.
(3)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibits 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 and
4.7, respectively, to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3,
filed on February 14, 2005 (File No. 333-122803).
(4)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant's current Report on Form 8-K, filed on May 28, 2008.
(5)
Filed herewith.
(6)
Incorporated by reference to Registration Statement on
Form S-8 filed with the Commission on July 6, 2006, File No. 333-135614.
(7)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 27,
2009.
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