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 <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><a name="scotch"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 8, 2006.</font></a></p> <div style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 6.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"> <p align="right" style="border:none;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;padding:0pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p> </div>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington, D.C.&#160; 20549</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM S-8</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<br>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Vital Images, Inc.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of
issuer as specified in its charter)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Minnesota</font></b><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading --></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">42-1321776</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or other
  jurisdiction of</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">incorporation or
  organization)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:48.1%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">5850 Opus Parkway, Suite 300</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343-4414</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of
principal executive offices, including Zip Code)</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Vital
Images, Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><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="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading --><b>Michael H. Carrel</b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:3.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:48.26%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Copy to:</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Chief
  Operating Officer</font></b></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:3.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:48.26%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Michele
  D. Vaillancourt</font></b></p>
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  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:48.26%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">and
  Chief Financial Officer</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:3.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:48.26%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Winthrop
  &amp; Weinstine, P.A.</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Vital
  Images, Inc.</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:3.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:48.26%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">225
  South Sixth Street</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">5850 Opus
  Parkway, Suite 300</font></b></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:3.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:48.26%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Suite
  3500</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Minnetonka,
  Minnesota 55343-4414</font></b></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:3.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:48.26%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Minneapolis,
  Minnesota 55402</font></b></p>
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  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:48.26%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Name and
  address of agent for service)</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:3.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:48.26%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Telephone:
  (612) 604-6400</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:3.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:48.26%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Facsimile:
  (612) 604-6800</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:40.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(952) 487-9500</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Approximate date of
commencement of proposed sale:</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">From time
to time after the effective date of this registration statement.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  <td width="22%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:22.22%;">
  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading -->Title&nbsp;of<br>
  Securities<br>
  to&nbsp;be<br>
  Registered</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.86%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount<br>
  to&nbsp;be<br>
  Registered&nbsp;(1)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.86%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed<br>
  Maximum<br>
  Offering<br>
  Price<br>
  Per&nbsp;Share&nbsp;(2)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.86%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed<br>
  Maximum<br>
  Aggregate<br>
  Offering<br>
  Price&nbsp;(2)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.86%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount&nbsp;of<br>
  Registration<br>
  Fee</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.8%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="22%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:22.22%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common stock,<br>
  $.01 par value(3)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">900,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">27.79</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">25,011,000</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,700</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading -->(1)<font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160; </font>The
number of shares being registered consists of 900,000 shares of common stock of
Vital Images, Inc. which may be issued under the Vital Images, Inc. 2006
Long-Term Incentive Plan.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><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>Pursuant
to Rule&nbsp;457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, the offering price is
equal to the average of the high and low sale prices of the common stock as of September
7, 2006 as reported on The NASDAQ Global Market.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><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>Each
share of common stock includes one preferred stock purchase right.</p>


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  Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus</a></font></p>
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  1. &nbsp;Plan Information</a></font></p>
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  of Directors and Officers</a></font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PART I</font></b><a name="PartI_103941"></a></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
PROSPECTUS</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The documents containing the information specified in
this Part I will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1)
under the Securities Act of 1933.&#160; Such
documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission either
as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule 424.&#160; Such
documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this registration
statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this form, taken together,
constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item
1.&#160; Plan Information.</font></b><a name="Item1_PlanInformation__103945"></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not filed with this Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item
2.&#160; Registrant Information and Employee
Plan Annual Information.</font></b><a name="Item2_RegistrantInformationAndEmp_103947"></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not filed with
this Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PART II</font></b><a name="PartIi_103950"></a></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><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>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 3.&#160;
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></b><a name="Item3_IncorporationOfDocumentsByR_103953"></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following documents, which have been filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) by Vital Images, Inc.
(hereinafter &#147;we,&#148; &#147;us&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;), are incorporated by reference in
this registration statement:</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><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;&#160; </font>The
description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form
10 filed with the SEC on May 1, 1997 under the heading &#147;Description of Capital
Stock &#150; Common Stock&#148;, as amended (File No. 0-22229);</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><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;&#160; </font>Our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2005
filed with the SEC on March 16, 2006;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><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;&#160; </font>Our
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2006 filed
with the SEC on May 10, 2006;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">d.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Our
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 filed with
the SEC on August 9, 2006;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">e.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Our
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 28, 2006, March 10,
2006, May 9, 2006 and June 13, 2006;</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">f.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>All
other reports filed by the Company with the SEC (but not furnished) pursuant to
Sections&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) after September 8, 2006; and</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">g.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>All
documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this registration statement
and before the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such
securities then remaining to be sold (excluding, however, any portion of such
documents not deemed to be &#147;filed&#148; with the SEC pursuant to the rules of the
SEC).</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We will promptly provide without charge to each person
to whom a prospectus is delivered a copy of any or all information that has
been incorporated herein by reference (not including exhibits to the
information that is incorporated by reference unless such exhibits are
specifically incorporated by reference into such information) upon the written
or oral request of such person directed to Mr. Michael H. Carrel, Chief
Operating Office and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, at the Company&#146;s
principal offices, 5850 Opus Parkway, Suite 300, Minnetonka, Minnesota,
55343-4414, or by telephone at (952)&nbsp;487-9500.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 4.&#160;
Description of Securities.</font></b><a name="Item4_DescriptionOfSecurities__104000"></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
shares of the Company&#146;s common stock offered pursuant to this registration
statement are registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.&#160; The description of the Company&#146;s common stock
is incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3.a. above.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5.&#160;
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</font></b><a name="Item5_InterestsOfNamedExpertsAndC_104003"></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not
applicable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 6.&#160;
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</font></b><a name="Item6_IndemnificationOfDirectorsA_104005"></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;302A.521 of the Minnesota Business
Corporation Act provides that unless prohibited or limited by a corporation&#146;s
articles of incorporation or bylaws, the Company must indemnify its current and
former officers, directors, employees and agents against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement
and which were incurred in connection with actions, suits, or proceedings in
which such persons are parties by reason of the fact that they are or were an
officer, director, employee or agent of the corporation, if they (i)&nbsp;have
not been indemnified by another organization, (ii)&nbsp;acted in good faith,
(iii)&nbsp;received no improper personal benefit, (iv)&nbsp;in the case of a
criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was
unlawful, and (v)&nbsp;reasonably believed that the conduct was in the best
interests of the corporation. Section&nbsp;302A.521 also permits a corporation
to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of its officers, directors,
employees and agents against any liability which may be asserted against, or
incurred by, such persons in their capacities as officers, directors, employees
and agents of the corporation, whether or not the corporation would have been
required to indemnify the person against the liability under the provisions of
such section.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Article&nbsp;VI of the Company&#146;s Bylaws and
Article&nbsp;X of the Company&#146;s Articles of Incorporation provide that the
Company will indemnify such persons to the fullest extent permitted by
Section&nbsp;302A.521 of the Minnesota Business Corporation Act.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company maintains officers&#146; and directors&#146;
liability insurance for the benefit of its officers and directors.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 7.&#160;
Exemption from Registration Claimed.</font></b><a name="Item7_ExemptionFromRegistrationCl_104010"></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not
applicable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8.&#160;
Exhibits.</font></b><a name="Item8_Exhibits__104012"></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The exhibits to this Registration Statement on Form
S-8 are described on the Exhibit Index.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.&#160;
Undertakings.</font></b><a name="Item9_Undertakings__104015"></a></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(a)</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Rule 415
Offering.</b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 61.2pt;text-indent:-25.2pt;"><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; </font>To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 82.8pt;text-indent:-21.6pt;"><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; </font>To
include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act
of 1933;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 82.8pt;text-indent:-21.6pt;"><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; </font>To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the registration statement.&#160; Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from
the low or high end of the maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)&nbsp;if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% percent
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the <i>&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148;</i> table in
the effective registration statement; and</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 82.8pt;text-indent:-21.6pt;"><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; </font>To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously described in the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement;</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 61.2pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)&nbsp;and
(a)(1)(ii)&nbsp;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</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 61.2pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">registrant pursuant to section&nbsp;13 or
section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 61.2pt;text-indent:-25.2pt;"><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; </font>That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <i>bona fide</i> offering thereof.</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 61.2pt;text-indent:-25.2pt;"><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; </font>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.</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(b)</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Filings
Incorporating Subsequent Exchange Act Documents by Reference.</b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference
in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <i>bona fide</i> offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(h)</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Statement
Required in Connection with Filing of Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8.</b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities
and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.&#160; In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.</font></p>


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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES<a name="Signatures_104259"></a></font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><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 the City of Minnetonka, State of
Minnesota on September 8, 2006.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 192.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-192.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Jay D. Miller and
Michael H. Carrel, each of whom may act individually, as such person&#146;s true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and
resubstitution for such person and in such person&#146;s name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September 8, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Jay D. Miller</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director (principal executive officer)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Douglas M.
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman of the Board and Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September 8, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Douglas M. Pihl</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;/s/ Sven
  A. Wehrwein</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September 8, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="38%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sven A. Wehrwein</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September 8, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="38%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gregory J. Peet</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="38%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="28%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;/s/
  Michael H. Carrel</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Operating Officer and Chief<br>
  Financial Officer, Treasurer and</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">September 8, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="38%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.92%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Michael H.
  Carrel</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.84%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Secretary (principal financial and<br>
  accounting officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit Index</font></b><a name="ExhibitIndex_104338"></a></p>

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  <p align="left" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading -->Exhibit No.</p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Description</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The description of the Company&#146;s common stock
  (incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 10
  filed with the SEC on May 1, 1997 under the heading &#147;Description of Capital
  Stock &#150; Common Stock,&#148; as amended (File No. 0-22229);</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Winthrop&nbsp;&amp; Weinstine, P.A. as to
  the legality of common stock of the Company</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Winthrop &amp; Weinstine, P.A. (included
  in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).</font></p>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Powers of Attorney (included as part of signature
  page).</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vital Images, Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan
  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 10.1 of the Company&#146;s Current
  Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 2, 2006).</font></p>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 8, 2006.
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Vital Images, Inc.
(Exact name of
issuer as specified in its charter)
Minnesota
42-1321776
(State or other
  jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
incorporation or
  organization)
5850 Opus Parkway, Suite 300
Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343-4414
(Address of
principal executive offices, including Zip Code)
Vital
Images, Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Full title of the
plan)
Michael H. Carrel
Copy to:
Chief
  Operating Officer
Michele
  D. Vaillancourt
and
  Chief Financial Officer
Winthrop
  & Weinstine, P.A.
Vital
  Images, Inc.
225
  South Sixth Street
5850 Opus
  Parkway, Suite 300
Suite
  3500
Minnetonka,
  Minnesota 55343-4414
Minneapolis,
  Minnesota 55402
(Name and
  address of agent for service)
Telephone:
  (612) 604-6400
Facsimile:
  (612) 604-6800
(952) 487-9500
(Telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Approximate date of
commencement of proposed sale:
From time
to time after the effective date of this registration statement.
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
Common stock,
$.01 par value(3)
900,000
$
27.79
$
25,011,000
$
2,700
(1)
The
number of shares being registered consists of 900,000 shares of common stock of
Vital Images, Inc. which may be issued under the Vital Images, Inc. 2006
Long-Term Incentive Plan.
(2)
Pursuant
to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, the offering price is
equal to the average of the high and low sale prices of the common stock as of September
7, 2006 as reported on The NASDAQ Global Market.
(3)
Each
share of common stock includes one preferred stock purchase right.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I - Information
  Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus
Item
  1.  Plan Information
Item 2.  Registrant
  Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
Part II - Information Required in the Registration
  Statement
Item 3.  Incorporation
  of Documents by Reference
Item 4.  Description
  of Securities
Item 5.  Interests
  of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6.  Indemnification
  of Directors and Officers
Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8.  Exhibits
Item
  9.  Undertakings
Signatures
Exhibit Index
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in
this Part I will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1)
under the Securities Act of 1933.  Such
documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission either
as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule 424.  Such
documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this registration
statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this form, taken together,
constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933.
Item
1.  Plan Information.
Not filed with this Registration Statement.
Item
2.  Registrant Information and Employee
Plan Annual Information.
Not filed with
this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. 
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") by Vital Images, Inc.
(hereinafter "we," "us" or the "Company"), are incorporated by reference in
this registration statement:
a.
The
description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form
10 filed with the SEC on May 1, 1997 under the heading "Description of Capital
Stock – Common Stock", as amended (File No. 0-22229);
b.
Our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005
filed with the SEC on March 16, 2006;
c.
Our
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 filed
with the SEC on May 10, 2006;
d.
Our
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 filed with
the SEC on August 9, 2006;
e.
Our
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 28, 2006, March 10,
2006, May 9, 2006 and June 13, 2006;
f.
All
other reports filed by the Company with the SEC (but not furnished) pursuant to
Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act") after September 8, 2006; and
g.
All
documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this registration statement
and before the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such
securities then remaining to be sold (excluding, however, any portion of such
documents not deemed to be "filed" with the SEC pursuant to the rules of the
SEC).
We will promptly provide without charge to each person
to whom a prospectus is delivered a copy of any or all information that has
been incorporated herein by reference (not including exhibits to the
information that is incorporated by reference unless such exhibits are
specifically incorporated by reference into such information) upon the written
or oral request of such person directed to Mr. Michael H. Carrel, Chief
Operating Office and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, at the Company's
principal offices, 5850 Opus Parkway, Suite 300, Minnetonka, Minnesota,
55343-4414, or by telephone at (952) 487-9500.
Item 4. 
Description of Securities.
The
shares of the Company's common stock offered pursuant to this registration
statement are registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.  The description of the Company's common stock
is incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3.a. above.
Item 5. 
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not
applicable.
Item 6. 
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 302A.521 of the Minnesota Business
Corporation Act provides that unless prohibited or limited by a corporation's
articles of incorporation or bylaws, the Company must indemnify its current and
former officers, directors, employees and agents against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement
and which were incurred in connection with actions, suits, or proceedings in
which such persons are parties by reason of the fact that they are or were an
officer, director, employee or agent of the corporation, if they (i) have
not been indemnified by another organization, (ii) acted in good faith,
(iii) received no improper personal benefit, (iv) in the case of a
criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was
unlawful, and (v) reasonably believed that the conduct was in the best
interests of the corporation. Section 302A.521 also permits a corporation
to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of its officers, directors,
employees and agents against any liability which may be asserted against, or
incurred by, such persons in their capacities as officers, directors, employees
and agents of the corporation, whether or not the corporation would have been
required to indemnify the person against the liability under the provisions of
such section.
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Article VI of the Company's Bylaws and
Article X of the Company's Articles of Incorporation provide that the
Company will indemnify such persons to the fullest extent permitted by
Section 302A.521 of the Minnesota Business Corporation Act.
The Company maintains officers' and directors'
liability insurance for the benefit of its officers and directors.
Item 7. 
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not
applicable.
Item 8. 
Exhibits.
The exhibits to this Registration Statement on Form
S-8 are described on the Exhibit Index.
Item 9. 
Undertakings.
(a)
Rule 415
Offering.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i)
To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act
of 1933;
(ii)
To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the registration statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from
the low or high end of the maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% percent
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee"
table in
the effective registration statement; and
(iii)
To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously described in the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the 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
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registrant pursuant to section 13 or
section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2)
That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each 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.
(b)
Filings
Incorporating Subsequent Exchange Act Documents by Reference.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference
in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(h)
Statement
Required in Connection with Filing of Registration Statement on Form S-8.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities
and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly
caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Minnetonka, State of
Minnesota on September 8, 2006.
VITAL IMAGES, INC.
By:
/s/ Michael H. Carrel
Michael H. Carrel
Chief Operating Officer and Chief
Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Jay D. Miller and
Michael H. Carrel, each of whom may act individually, as such person's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and
resubstitution for such person and in such person's name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Jay D.
  Miller
President, Chief Executive Officer and
September 8, 2006
Jay D. Miller
Director (principal executive officer)
/s/ Douglas M.
  Pihl
Chairman of the Board and Director
September 8, 2006
Douglas M. Pihl
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/s/ James B.
  Hickey, Jr.
Director
September 8, 2006
James B.
  Hickey, Jr.
Director
September 8, 2006
Richard W.
  Perkins
Director
September 8, 2006
Michael W.
  Vannier, M.D.
/s/ Sven
  A. Wehrwein
Director
September 8, 2006
Sven A. Wehrwein
Director
September 8, 2006
Gregory J. Peet
/s/
  Michael H. Carrel
Chief Operating Officer and Chief
Financial Officer, Treasurer and
September 8, 2006
Michael H.
  Carrel
Secretary (principal financial and
accounting officer)
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
The description of the Company's common stock
  (incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 10
  filed with the SEC on May 1, 1997 under the heading "Description of Capital
  Stock – Common Stock," as amended (File No. 0-22229);
5.1
Opinion of Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. as to
  the legality of common stock of the Company
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2
Consent of Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. (included
  in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included as part of signature
  page).
99.1
Vital Images, Inc. 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan
  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 10.1 of the Company's Current
  Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 2, 2006).
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