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

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D.C.&#160; 20549</font></p>

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

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION
STATEMENT</font></b></p>

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

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

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

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issuer as specified in its charter)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">04-2882273</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(IRS Employer
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">400 Wood
Road, Braintree, Massachusetts&nbsp;&nbsp;02184&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(781)
848-7100</font></b></p>

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telephone number of Principal Executive Offices)</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">HAEMONETICS
CORPORATION</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2007
Employee Stock Purchase Plan</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;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 style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Alicia R.
Lopez, Vice President Corporate Affairs</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Haemonetics
Corporation</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">400 Wood
Road</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Braintree,
Massachusetts&#160; 02184</font></b></p>

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848-7100</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Name, address and
telephone number of agent for service)</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Copy to:</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Mary
Ellen O&#146;Mara</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Nixon Peabody LLP</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">100 Summer Street</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Boston,
Massachusetts&#160; 02110</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;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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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Title of Securities<br>
  to be Registered</font></b></p>
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  Registered(1)</font></b></p>
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  Per Share</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed Maximum<br>
  Aggregate<br>
  Offering Price</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Stock, $.01 par value per share </font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">700,000</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$57.20</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$40,040,000</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 26.65pt;text-indent:-26.65pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Also
registered hereunder are such additional number of shares of Common Stock,
presently indeterminable, as may be necessary to satisfy the antidilution
provisions of the Plan to which this Registration Statement relates.</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 26.65pt;text-indent:-26.65pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The
registration fee has been calculated with respect to the 700,000 shares
registered on the basis of the closing price of $57.20 on the New York Stock
Exchange on February&nbsp;11, 2008.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PART&nbsp;II</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .9in;text-indent:-.9in;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item
3</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Incorporation of Documents by Reference</font></u></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company hereby
incorporates by reference the documents listed in (a)&nbsp;through (c)&nbsp;below.&#160; In addition, all documents subsequently filed
by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)&nbsp;of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (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
thereof from the date of filing of such documents.&#160; Any statement contained herein or in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be
deemed to be modified or superceded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently
filed document which also is incorporated or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supercedes such earlier statement.&#160; Any statement so modified or superceded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superceded, to constitute part of this
Registration Statement.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The Company&#146;s latest annual
report filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or 15(d)&nbsp;of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or the latest Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;under
the Securities Act of 1933, which contains either directly or by incorporation
by reference audited financial statements for the Company&#146;s latest fiscal year
for which such statements have been filed.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; All other reports filed pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
since the end of the fiscal year covered by the annual report or the Prospectus
referred to in (a)&nbsp;above.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The description of the Company&#146;s
Common Stock which is contained in the Registration Statement filed by the
Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .9in;text-indent:-.9in;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item
4.</font></u><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Description of Securities</font></u></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Inapplicable</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .9in;text-indent:-.9in;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item
5. </font></u><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</font></u></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The validity of the
authorization and issuance of the Common Stock offered hereby will be passed
upon for the Company by Alicia R. Lopez, Vice President Corporate Affairs,
Haemonetics Corporation.&#160; Ms.&nbsp;Lopez
holds options to purchase Common Stock and owns shares of Common Stock of the
Company.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .9in;text-indent:-.9in;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item
6.</font></u><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indemnification of Directors and Officers</font></u></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;8.51
of Chapter 156D of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
authorizes a Massachusetts corporation to indemnify an individual who is a
party to a proceeding because he or she is a director against liability
incurred in the proceeding if (1)&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)&nbsp;such
individual conducted himself/herself in good faith, (ii)&nbsp;such individual
reasonably believed that his/her conduct was in the best interest in the
corporation or that his/her conduct was at least not opposed to the best
interest of the corporation, and (iii)&nbsp;in the case of any criminal
proceeding, such individual had no reasonable cause to believe that his/her
conduct was unlawful or (2)&nbsp;such individual engaged in conduct for which
he/she shall not be liable under a provision of the Articles of Organization
authorized by Section&nbsp;2.02(b)(4)&nbsp;of Chapter 156D of the Massachusetts
General Laws.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;8.56 of
Chapter 156D of the Massachusetts General Laws authorizes corporation to
indemnify an officer of the corporation who is a party to a proceeding because
he/she is an officer of the corporation to the same extent as a director and,
if he/she is an officer but not a director, to such further extent as may be
provided by the articles of organization, by-laws or a resolution of the board
of directors or contract except for liability rising out of acts or omissions
not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company&#146;s Restated
Articles of Organization provide that no director shall be personally liable to
the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, notwithstanding any provision of law imposing
such liability, except for any matter in respect of which the director shall be
liable under Section&nbsp;61 or 62 of Chapter 156B of the Massachusetts General
Laws or any amendment thereto or successor provision thereto or shall be liable
by reason that, in addition to any and all other requirements for such
liability, he/she (i)&nbsp;shall have breached his/her duty of loyalty to the
corporation or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;shall not have acted in good faith
or, in failing to act, shall not have acted in good faith, (iii)&nbsp;shall
have acted in a manner involving intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law, or in failing to act, shall have acted in a manner involving intentional
misconduct or a knowing violation of law, or (iv)&nbsp;shall have derived an
improper personal benefit.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;8.52 of
Chapter 156D of the Massachusetts General Laws provides that a corporation must
indemnify a director who is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in
the defense of any proceeding to which the director was a party because he/she
was a director of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred by him/her
in connection with the proceeding.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Article&nbsp;XXIX of the
By-Laws of the Company provides as follows:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;text-decoration:underline;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-decoration:none;">&#147;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ARTICLE
XXIX</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;text-decoration:underline;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indemnification of
Directors and Others</font></u></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;29.1</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160; <u>Definitions</u></font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For purposes of this Article&nbsp;XXIX:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#147;Director/officer&#148; means any person
who is serving or has served as a Director, officer or employee of the
Corporation appointed or elected by the Board of Directors or the shareholders
of the Corporation, or any Director, officer or employee of the Corporation who
is serving or has served at the request of the Corporation as a Director,
officer, trustee, principal, partner, member of a committee, employee or other
agent of any other organization, or in any capacity with respect to any
employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#147;Proceeding&#148; means any action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative,
brought or threatened in or before any court, tribunal, administrative or
legislative body or agency, and any claim which could be the subject of a
Proceeding.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#147;Expense&#148; means any fine or
penalty, and any liability fixed by a judgment, order, decree or award in a
Proceeding, any amount reasonably paid in settlement of a Proceeding and any
professional fees and other disbursements reasonably incurred in connection
with a Proceeding.&#160; The term &#147;Expense&#148;
shall include any taxes or penalties imposed on a Director/officer with respect
to any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;29.2</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160; <u>Right
to Indemnification</u></font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Except as limited by law
or as provided in Sections 29.3 and 29.4 of this Article&nbsp;XXIX, each
Director/officer (and his heirs and personal representatives) shall be
indemnified by the Corporation against any Expense incurred by him in
connection with each Proceeding in which he is involved as a result of his
serving or having served as a Director/officer.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;29.3</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160; <u>Indemnification
not Available</u></font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">No indemnification shall
be provided to a Director/officer with respect to a Proceeding as to which it
shall have been adjudicated that he did not act in good faith in the reasonable
belief that his action was in the best interests of the Corporation, or, to the
extent that such Proceeding relates to service with respect to an employee
benefit plan, in the best interests of the participants or beneficiaries of
such employee benefit plan.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;29.4</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160; <u>Compromise
or Settlement</u></font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In the event that a
Proceeding is compromised or settled so as to impose any liability or
obligation on a Director/officer or upon the Corporation, no indemnification
shall be provided as to said Director/officer with respect to such Proceeding
if such Director/officer shall have been adjudicated not to have acted in good
faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interests of the
Corporation, or, to the extent that such Proceeding relates to service with
respect to an employee benefit plan, in the best interests of the participants
or beneficiaries of such employee benefit plan.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;29.5</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160; <u>Advances</u></font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Corporation shall pay
sums on account of indemnification in advance of a final disposition of a
Proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by the Director/officer to repay such
sums if it is subsequently established that he is not entitled to
indemnification pursuant to Sections 29.3 and 29.4 hereof, which undertaking
may be accepted without reference to the financial ability of such person to
make repayment.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;29.6</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160; <u>Not
Exclusive</u></font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Nothing in this Article&nbsp;XXIX
shall limit any lawful rights to indemnification existing independently of this
Article&nbsp;29.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;29.7</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160; <u>Insurance</u></font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The provisions of this Article&nbsp;XXIX
shall not limit the power of the Board of Directors to authorize the purchase
and maintenance of insurance on behalf of any Director/officer against any
liability incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as
such, whether or </font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">not the Corporation would
have the power to indemnify him against such liability under this Article&nbsp;XXIX.&#148;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company maintains
directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company&#146;s Restated
Articles of Organization contain the same provision regarding indemnification
as that contained in Article&nbsp;XXIX of the By-Laws of the Company.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .9in;text-indent:-.9in;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item
7</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exemption from Registration Claimed</font></u></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .9in;text-indent:-.9in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .9in;text-indent:-.3pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Inapplicable</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .9in;text-indent:-.3pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .9in;text-indent:-.9in;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item
8</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibits</font></u></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Number</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160; <u>Description</u></font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Haemonetics Corporation
  2007 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Alicia R.
  Lopez, Vice President Corporate Affairs, Haemonetics Corporation, as to
  legality of shares being registered and consent.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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;"><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;"><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;"><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;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:89.32%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consents of Independent
  Public Accounting Firm - included in Registration Statement under heading
  &#147;Consent of Independent Public Accountants.&#148;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 67.5pt;text-indent:-67.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .9in;text-indent:-.9in;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item
9</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Undertakings</font></u></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .9in;text-indent:-.9in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned
Registrant hereby undertakes the following:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The undersigned Registrant hereby
undertakes:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:63.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To file, during any period in
which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:63.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:63.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)&nbsp; To include any
prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)&nbsp;of the Securities Act of
1933;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:63.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:63.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)&nbsp; To reflect in
the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:63.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:63.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)&nbsp; To include
any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:63.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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 periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
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 align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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-indent:64.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:64.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; That, for the purpose of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:64.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:64.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 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;text-indent:64.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 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&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or
Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes, that, 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.</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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;"><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;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SIGNATURES</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><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 Braintree,
Massachusetts on February&nbsp;11, 2008.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">HAEMONETICS CORPORATION</font></p>
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</table>

</div>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:208.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<div align="center">

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="32%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:32.92%;">
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:89.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Brad Nutter</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:89.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Brad Nutter</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:10.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:89.4%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President and Chief
  Executive Officer</font></p>
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</table>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:229.5pt;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints Ronald G. Gelbman and Brad
Nutter his/her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her or in his/her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments
or post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement (or any
registration statement for the same offering that is to be effective upon
filing pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462(b)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933), 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, each acting alone, full power and authority to do
any perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, each acting alone, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:28.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.2%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date</font></p>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.2%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Brad Nutter</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President, Chief
  Executive</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">February&nbsp;11, 2008</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Officer, Chairman of
  the</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Board of Directors</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><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;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Christopher Lindop</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice President and</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">February&nbsp;11, 2008</font></p>
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  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:28.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Christopher Lindop</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Financial</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><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;"><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;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Officer (Principal
  Financial</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><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;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><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;"><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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Susan M. Hanlon</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice President Planning
  and Control</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:20.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">February&nbsp;11, 2008</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Susan M. Hanlon</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="39%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:39.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Principal Accounting
  Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.08%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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{"company-data": {"conformed-name": "HAEMONETICS CORP", "cik": "0000313143", "assigned-sic": "3841", "irs-number": "042882273", "state-of-incorporation": "MA", "fiscal-year-end": "0331"}, "filing-values": {"form-type": "S-8", "act": "33", "file-number": "333-149205", "film-number": "08601171"}, "business-address": {"street1": "400 WOOD RD", "city": "BRAINTREE", "state": "MA", "zip": "02184", "phone": "7818487100"}, "mail-address": {"street1": "400 WOOD ROAD", "city": "BRAINTREE", "state": "MA", "zip": "02184"}}
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C.  20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
under
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
HAEMONETICS
CORPORATION
(Exact name of
issuer as specified in its charter)
Massachusetts
04-2882273
State of
  Incorporation
(IRS Employer
  Identification Number)
400 Wood
Road, Braintree, Massachusetts  02184
(781)
848-7100
(Address and
telephone number of Principal Executive Offices)
HAEMONETICS
CORPORATION
2007
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full Title of the
Plan)
Alicia R.
Lopez, Vice President Corporate Affairs
Haemonetics
Corporation
400 Wood
Road
Braintree,
Massachusetts  02184
(781)
848-7100
(Name, address and
telephone number of agent for service)
Copy to:
Mary
Ellen O'Mara
Nixon Peabody LLP
100 Summer Street
Boston,
Massachusetts  02110
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to Be
Registered(1)
Proposed Maximum Offering Price
Per Share
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee(2)
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share
700,000
$57.20
$40,040,000
$1,574
(1)       Also
registered hereunder are such additional number of shares of Common Stock,
presently indeterminable, as may be necessary to satisfy the antidilution
provisions of the Plan to which this Registration Statement relates.
(2)       The
registration fee has been calculated with respect to the 700,000 shares
registered on the basis of the closing price of $57.20 on the New York Stock
Exchange on February 11, 2008.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
3
.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The Company hereby
incorporates by reference the documents listed in (a) through (c) below.  In addition, all documents subsequently filed
by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (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
thereof from the date of filing of such documents.  Any statement contained herein or in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be
deemed to be modified or superceded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently
filed document which also is incorporated or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supercedes such earlier statement.  Any statement so modified or superceded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superceded, to constitute part of this
Registration Statement.
(a)               The Company's latest annual
report filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or the latest Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under
the Securities Act of 1933, which contains either directly or by incorporation
by reference audited financial statements for the Company's latest fiscal year
for which such statements have been filed.
(b)              All other reports filed pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
since the end of the fiscal year covered by the annual report or the Prospectus
referred to in (a) above.
(c)               The description of the Company's
Common Stock which is contained in the Registration Statement filed by the
Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
Item
4.
Description of Securities
Inapplicable
Item
5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
The validity of the
authorization and issuance of the Common Stock offered hereby will be passed
upon for the Company by Alicia R. Lopez, Vice President Corporate Affairs,
Haemonetics Corporation.  Ms. Lopez
holds options to purchase Common Stock and owns shares of Common Stock of the
Company.
Item
6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 8.51
of Chapter 156D of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
authorizes a Massachusetts corporation to indemnify an individual who is a
party to a proceeding because he or she is a director against liability
incurred in the proceeding if (1)
2
(i) such
individual conducted himself/herself in good faith, (ii) such individual
reasonably believed that his/her conduct was in the best interest in the
corporation or that his/her conduct was at least not opposed to the best
interest of the corporation, and (iii) in the case of any criminal
proceeding, such individual had no reasonable cause to believe that his/her
conduct was unlawful or (2) such individual engaged in conduct for which
he/she shall not be liable under a provision of the Articles of Organization
authorized by Section 2.02(b)(4) of Chapter 156D of the Massachusetts
General Laws.
Section 8.56 of
Chapter 156D of the Massachusetts General Laws authorizes corporation to
indemnify an officer of the corporation who is a party to a proceeding because
he/she is an officer of the corporation to the same extent as a director and,
if he/she is an officer but not a director, to such further extent as may be
provided by the articles of organization, by-laws or a resolution of the board
of directors or contract except for liability rising out of acts or omissions
not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law.
The Company's Restated
Articles of Organization provide that no director shall be personally liable to
the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, notwithstanding any provision of law imposing
such liability, except for any matter in respect of which the director shall be
liable under Section 61 or 62 of Chapter 156B of the Massachusetts General
Laws or any amendment thereto or successor provision thereto or shall be liable
by reason that, in addition to any and all other requirements for such
liability, he/she (i) shall have breached his/her duty of loyalty to the
corporation or its stockholders, (ii) shall not have acted in good faith
or, in failing to act, shall not have acted in good faith, (iii) shall
have acted in a manner involving intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law, or in failing to act, shall have acted in a manner involving intentional
misconduct or a knowing violation of law, or (iv) shall have derived an
improper personal benefit.
Section 8.52 of
Chapter 156D of the Massachusetts General Laws provides that a corporation must
indemnify a director who is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in
the defense of any proceeding to which the director was a party because he/she
was a director of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred by him/her
in connection with the proceeding.
Article XXIX of the
By-Laws of the Company provides as follows:
"
ARTICLE
XXIX
Indemnification of
Directors and Others
Section 29.1
Definitions
For purposes of this Article XXIX:
(a)               "Director/officer" means any person
who is serving or has served as a Director, officer or employee of the
Corporation appointed or elected by the Board of Directors or the shareholders
of the Corporation, or any Director, officer or employee of the Corporation who
is serving or has served at the request of the Corporation as a Director,
officer, trustee, principal, partner, member of a committee, employee or other
agent of any other organization, or in any capacity with respect to any
employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries.
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(b)              "Proceeding" means any action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative,
brought or threatened in or before any court, tribunal, administrative or
legislative body or agency, and any claim which could be the subject of a
Proceeding.
(c)               "Expense" means any fine or
penalty, and any liability fixed by a judgment, order, decree or award in a
Proceeding, any amount reasonably paid in settlement of a Proceeding and any
professional fees and other disbursements reasonably incurred in connection
with a Proceeding.  The term "Expense"
shall include any taxes or penalties imposed on a Director/officer with respect
to any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries.
Section 29.2
Right
to Indemnification
Except as limited by law
or as provided in Sections 29.3 and 29.4 of this Article XXIX, each
Director/officer (and his heirs and personal representatives) shall be
indemnified by the Corporation against any Expense incurred by him in
connection with each Proceeding in which he is involved as a result of his
serving or having served as a Director/officer.
Section 29.3
Indemnification
not Available
No indemnification shall
be provided to a Director/officer with respect to a Proceeding as to which it
shall have been adjudicated that he did not act in good faith in the reasonable
belief that his action was in the best interests of the Corporation, or, to the
extent that such Proceeding relates to service with respect to an employee
benefit plan, in the best interests of the participants or beneficiaries of
such employee benefit plan.
Section 29.4
Compromise
or Settlement
In the event that a
Proceeding is compromised or settled so as to impose any liability or
obligation on a Director/officer or upon the Corporation, no indemnification
shall be provided as to said Director/officer with respect to such Proceeding
if such Director/officer shall have been adjudicated not to have acted in good
faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interests of the
Corporation, or, to the extent that such Proceeding relates to service with
respect to an employee benefit plan, in the best interests of the participants
or beneficiaries of such employee benefit plan.
Section 29.5
Advances
The Corporation shall pay
sums on account of indemnification in advance of a final disposition of a
Proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by the Director/officer to repay such
sums if it is subsequently established that he is not entitled to
indemnification pursuant to Sections 29.3 and 29.4 hereof, which undertaking
may be accepted without reference to the financial ability of such person to
make repayment.
Section 29.6
Not
Exclusive
Nothing in this Article XXIX
shall limit any lawful rights to indemnification existing independently of this
Article 29.
Section 29.7
Insurance
The provisions of this Article XXIX
shall not limit the power of the Board of Directors to authorize the purchase
and maintenance of insurance on behalf of any Director/officer against any
liability incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as
such, whether or
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not the Corporation would
have the power to indemnify him against such liability under this Article XXIX."
The Company maintains
directors' and officers' liability insurance.
The Company's Restated
Articles of Organization contain the same provision regarding indemnification
as that contained in Article XXIX of the By-Laws of the Company.
Item
7
.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
Inapplicable
Item
8
.
Exhibits
Number
Description
4A
Haemonetics Corporation
  2007 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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Opinion of Alicia R.
  Lopez, Vice President Corporate Affairs, Haemonetics Corporation, as to
  legality of shares being registered and consent.
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Consents of Independent
  Public Accounting Firm - included in Registration Statement under heading
  "Consent of Independent Public Accountants."
Item
9
.
Undertakings
The undersigned
Registrant hereby undertakes the following:
(a)               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;
(iii)  To include
any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement.
Provided, however, that
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.
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(2)               That, for the purpose of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)               To remove from registration by
means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered
which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)              The undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(c)               The undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes, that, 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 Braintree,
Massachusetts on February 11, 2008.
HAEMONETICS CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Brad Nutter
Brad Nutter
President and Chief
  Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints Ronald G. Gelbman and Brad
Nutter his/her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her or in his/her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any and all amendments
or post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement (or any
registration statement for the same offering that is to be effective upon
filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933), 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, each acting alone, full power and authority to do
any perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, each acting alone, 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/ Brad Nutter
President, Chief
  Executive
February 11, 2008
Brad Nutter
Officer, Chairman of
  the
Board of Directors
/s/ Christopher Lindop
Vice President and
February 11, 2008
Christopher Lindop
Chief Financial
Officer (Principal
  Financial
Officer)
/s/ Susan M. Hanlon
Vice President Planning
  and Control
February 11, 2008
Susan M. Hanlon
(Principal Accounting
  Officer)
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/s/ Susan Bartlett
  Foote
Director
February 11, 2008
Susan Bartlett Foote
/s/ Lawrence C. Best
Director
February 11, 2008
Lawrence C. Best
/s/ Ronald G. Gelbman
Director
February 11, 2008
Ronald G. Gelbman
/s/ Pedro P. Granadillo
Director
February 11, 2008
Pedro P. Granadillo
/s/ Richard J. Meelia
Director
February 11, 2008
Richard J. Meelia
/s/ Ronald L. Merriman
Director
February 11, 2008
Ronald L. Merriman
/s/ Mark W. Kroll
Director
February 11, 2008
Mark W. Kroll
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