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<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED
STATES<br>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
</font>Washington, D.C. 20549</b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;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 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;">REGISTRATION
STATEMENT<br>
Under the<br>
Securities Act of 1933</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">MERIT
MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.<br>
</font></b>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</p>

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  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">Utah</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;">87-0447695</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<br>
  incorporation or organization)</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<br>
  Identification No.)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1600 West
Merit Parkway<br>
South Jordan, Utah 84095<br>
Telephone:&#160; (801) 253-1600<br>
</font></b>(Address of Principal Executive Offices,<br>
including Zip Code)</p>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Merit
Medical Systems,&nbsp;Inc.<br>
2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan<br>
</font></b>(Full title of the plan)</p>

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  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">Kent W. Stanger<br>
  Chief Financial Officer<br>
  Merit Medical Systems,&nbsp;Inc.<br>
  1600 West Merit Parkway<br>
  South Jordan, Utah 84095<br>
  (801) 253-1600</font></b><br>
  (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of<br>
  agent for service)</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;">Copy to:<br>
  <br>
  <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">Brian G. Lloyd<br>
  Parr Waddoups Brown Gee&nbsp;&amp; Loveless<br>
  185 South State Street, Suite&nbsp;1300<br>
  Salt Lake City, Utah 84111<br>
  (801) 532-7840</font></b></font></p>
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OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  <p align="left" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;">Title&nbsp;of&nbsp;Securities&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;Registered</p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;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>
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  <td width="13%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.92%;">
  <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;to&nbsp;be<br>
  Registered(1)</font></b></p>
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  <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>
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  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.92%;">
  <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&nbsp;Maximum<br>
  Offering&nbsp;Price<br>
  per&nbsp;Share(2)</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;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>
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  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.92%;">
  <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&nbsp;Maximum<br>
  Aggregate<br>
  Offering&nbsp;Price(2)</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;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>
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  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.92%;">
  <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&nbsp;Fee(2)</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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Shares,
  no par value</font></p>
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  <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="13%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:13.92%;">
  <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;">1,500,000</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;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="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 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;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.94%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">13.69</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.94%;">
  <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;">20,535,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;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="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 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="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.94%;">
  <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;">2,198</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <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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  <td width="7" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="97" style="border:none;"></td>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</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; </font>This
Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock
which become issuable under the Merit Medical Systems,&nbsp;Inc. 2006 Long-Term
Incentive Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization
or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration
which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of common
stock of Merit Medical Systems,&nbsp;Inc.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</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; </font>Calculated
in accordance with Rules&nbsp;457 (c)&nbsp;and (h)&nbsp;promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based on a price of $13.69 per share, which
is the average of the high and low price per share of common stock of Merit
Medical Systems,&nbsp;Inc., as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on July&nbsp;5,
2006.</p>

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<p align="center" style="line-height:11.75pt;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&nbsp;I</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;">INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;PROSPECTUS</font></b></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none;text-indent:0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 1. Plan Information</font></b><font face="Times New Roman">.</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;">Information
required by Item 1 to be contained in the Section&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;prospectus is
omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428
adopted under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
and the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8.</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none;text-indent:0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 2. Registrant Information
and Employee Plan Annual Information</font></b><font face="Times New Roman">.</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;">Information
required by Item 2 to be contained in the Section&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;prospectus is
omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428
adopted under the Securities Act and the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8.</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;">PART&nbsp;II</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;">INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></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;">Item 3.&#160;&#160;&#160; Incorporation of Documents by Reference</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 following
documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;Commission&#148;) are hereby incorporated herein by reference:</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#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><font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K
for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2005;</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#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><font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2006;</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#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><font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K
filed on January&nbsp;4, 2006, February&nbsp;28, 2006, March&nbsp;30, 2006, and
April&nbsp;27, 2006;</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(4)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#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><font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">The description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock
contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A
filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;),
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition, all
documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a
document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any
other subsequently filed document which is also incorporated by reference
herein) modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part hereof except as so
modified or superseded.</font></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;">Item 4. Description of Securities</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;">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-autospace:none;text-indent:0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5. Interests of Named
Experts and Counsel</font></b><font face="Times New Roman">.</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;">Not applicable.</font></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;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Item 6.&#160;&#160;&#160; Indemnification
of Directors and Officers</font></b><font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">The Registrant is a Utah </font>corporation<font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">. Section&nbsp;16-10a-902 of the Utah Revised Business
Corporation Act (the &#147;Revised Act&#148;) provides that a corporation may indemnify
any individual who was, is, or is threatened to be made a </font></font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">named defendant or respondent (a &#147;Party&#148;) in any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative
or investigative and whether formal or informal (a &#147;Proceeding&#148;), because he or
she is or was a director of the corporation or, while a director of the
corporation, is or was serving at its request as a director, officer, partner,
trustee, employee, fiduciary or agent of another corporation or other person or
of an employee benefit plan (an &#147;Indemnifiable Director&#148;), against any
obligation incurred with respect to a Proceeding, including any judgment,
settlement, penalty, fine or reasonable expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees),
incurred in the Proceeding if his or her conduct was in good faith, he or she
reasonably believed that his or her conduct was in, or not opposed to, the best
interests of the corporation, and, in the case of any criminal Proceeding, had
no reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful; provided, however,
that pursuant to Subsection&nbsp;902(4): (i)&nbsp;indemnification under Section&nbsp;902
in connection with a Proceeding by or in the right of the corporation is
limited to payment of reasonable expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred
in connection with the Proceeding and (ii)&nbsp;the corporation may not
indemnify an Indemnifiable Director in connection with a Proceeding by or in
the right of the corporation in which the Indemnifiable Director was adjudged
liable to the corporation, or in connection with any other Proceeding charging
that the Indemnifiable Director derived an improper personal benefit, whether
or not involving action in his or her official capacity, in which Proceeding he
or she was adjudged liable on the basis that he or she derived an improper
personal benefit.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Section&nbsp;16-10a-903 of the Revised Act provides that,
unless limited by its articles of incorporation, a corporation shall indemnify
an Indemnifiable </font>Director<font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;"> who was
successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any Proceeding, or in
the defense of any claim, issue or matter in the Proceeding, to which he or she
was a Party because he or she is or was an Indemnifiable Director of the
corporation, against reasonable expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred
in connection with the Proceeding or claim with respect to which he or she has
been successful.</font></font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">In addition to the indemnification provided by Sections&nbsp;902 and
903, Section&nbsp;16-10a-905 of the Revised Act provides that,
unless otherwise limited by a </font>corporation&#146;s<font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;"> articles of incorporation, an Indemnifiable Director may apply for
indemnification to the court conducting the Proceeding or to another court of
competent jurisdiction.</font></font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Section&nbsp;16-10a-904 of the </font>Revised<font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;"> Act provides that a corporation may pay for or
reimburse the reasonable expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred by an
Indemnifiable Director who is a Party to a Proceeding in advance of the final
disposition of the Proceeding upon the satisfaction of certain conditions.</font></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;">Section&nbsp;16-10a-907
of the Revised Act provides that, unless a corporation&#146;s articles of
incorporation provide otherwise, (i)&nbsp;an officer of the corporation is
entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section&nbsp;903 and is entitled to
apply for court-ordered indemnification under Section&nbsp;905, in each
case to the same extent as an Indemnifiable Director, (ii)&nbsp;the corporation
may indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee, fiduciary or agent
of the corporation to the same extent as an Indemnifiable Director, and (iii)&nbsp;a
corporation may also indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee,
fiduciary or agent who is not an Indemnifiable Director to a greater extent
than the right of indemnification granted to an Indemnifiable Director, if not
inconsistent with public policy, and if provided for by its articles of
incorporation, bylaws, general or specific action of its board of directors or
contract.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant&#146;s
Bylaws provide that the Registrant shall, to the fullest extent permitted, and
in the manner required by the law of the State of Utah, indemnify an individual
made, or threatened to be made a party to a proceeding because he is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant or of another enterprise
at the request of the Registrant.</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 Registrant&#146;s
Articles of Incorporation, as amended and restated, provide that to the fullest
extent permitted by the Revised Act or any other applicable law as now in
effect or as it may hereafter be amended, a director of the Registrant shall
not be personally liable to the Registrant or its Shareholders for monetary
damages for any action taken or any failure to take any action, as a director. The
extent to which the Revised Act permits director liability to be eliminated is
governed by Section&nbsp;16-10a-841 of the Revised Act, which
provides that the liability of a director may not be eliminated or limited for (i)&nbsp;the
amount of financial benefit received by a director to which he is not entitled;
(ii)&nbsp;an intentional infliction of harm on the corporation or its
shareholders; (iii)&nbsp;a violation of Section&nbsp;16-10a-842 of
the Revised Act which prohibits unlawful distributions by a corporation to its
shareholders; or (iv)&nbsp;an intentional violation of criminal law. Indemnification
may be granted pursuant to any other agreement, bylaw, or vote of shareholders
or directors. In addition to the foregoing, the Registrant maintains insurance
from commercial carriers against certain liabilities which may be incurred by
its directors and officers.</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;">Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, the Registrant has been
informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act, and is, therefore, unenforceable. In
the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of
any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The rights of
indemnification described above are not exclusive of any other rights of
indemnification to which the persons indemnified may be entitled under any
bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or directors or otherwise. In addition
to the foregoing, the Registrant maintains insurance through a commercial
carrier against certain liabilities which may be incurred by its directors and
officers.</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 foregoing
description is necessarily general and does not describe all details regarding
the indemnification of officers, directors or controlling persons of the
Registrant.</font></p>

<p style="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;">Item 7.&#160;&#160;&#160; Exemption from Registration Claimed</font></b><font face="Times New Roman">.</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;">Not applicable.</font></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;">Item 8. Exhibits</font></b>.</p>

<table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Times New Roman;width:100.0%;">
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  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;">Exhibit<br>
  Number</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.86%;">
  <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>
  <td width="91%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:91.18%;">
  <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>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:91.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Merit Medical Systems,&nbsp;Inc. 2006 Long-Term
  Incentive Purchase Plan.*</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <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="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:91.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:91.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Parr Waddoups Brown Gee&nbsp;&amp;
  Loveless as to the legality of the securities being registered.*</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <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="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:91.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:91.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP*</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <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="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:91.18%;">
  <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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 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:91.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Parr Waddoups Brown Gee&nbsp;&amp;
  Loveless (included in Item&nbsp;5.1 above).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <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="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:91.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:91.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of Attorney (included on signature
  page&nbsp;of this Registration Statement).</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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<p style="line-height:11.25pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;">*Filed herewith</font></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;">Item 9. Undertakings</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;">A. &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The undersigned Registrant hereby
undertakes:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&nbsp;&#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:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)&nbsp;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To
include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)&nbsp;of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;);</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)&nbsp;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148;
table in the effective registration statement; and</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 70.2pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)&nbsp;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in this Registration Statement;</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">provided, however</font></i>, that paragraphs
(1)(i)&nbsp;and (1)(ii)&nbsp;above do not apply if the information required to
be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)&nbsp;of
the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&nbsp;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)&nbsp;&#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>


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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;">B. &#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, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or
15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefits plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of
the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>

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


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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">SIGNATURES</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;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused
this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in Salt Lake City, State of Utah, on July&nbsp;6,
2006.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.</font></b></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="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Fred P. Lampropoulos</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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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="50%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Fred P. Lampropoulos<br>
  Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</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;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons on behalf of
the Registrant in the capacities indicated. Each person whose signature to this
registration statement appears below hereby constitutes and appoints </font>Fred
P. Lampropoulos<font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">, and each of them, as his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, to
sign on his behalf individually and in the capacity stated below and to perform
any acts necessary to be done in order to file&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;any and all
amendments and post-effective amendments to this registration statement, and
any and all exhibits, instruments or documents filed as part of or in
connection with this registration statement or the amendments thereto and (ii)&nbsp;a
registration statement and any and all amendments thereto, relating to the
offering covered hereby filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462(b)&nbsp;under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.</font></font></p>

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  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;">Signature</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.26%;">
  <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>
  <td width="50%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.28%;">
  <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;">Title</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <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>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.14%;">
  <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;">Date</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>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.14%;">
  <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 style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Fred P. Lampropoulos</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
  (Principal Executive Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.14%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July&nbsp;6,
  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;">Fred P. Lampropoulos</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.14%;">
  <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>
  </td>
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  <td width="27%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.74%;">
  <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:2.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.14%;">
  <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>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Kent W. Stanger</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Secretary-Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and
  Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.14%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July&nbsp;6,
  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;">Kent W. Stanger</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.14%;">
  <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>
  </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:2.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.14%;">
  <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 style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Rex C. Bean</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.14%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July&nbsp;6,
  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;">/s/ Richard W. Edelman</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;">July&nbsp;6,
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Michael E. Stillabower, M.D.</font></p>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 6, 2006
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Under the
Securities Act of 1933
MERIT
MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Utah
87-0447695
(State or other
  jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1600 West
Merit Parkway
South Jordan, Utah 84095
Telephone:  (801) 253-1600
(Address of Principal Executive Offices,
including Zip Code)
Merit
Medical Systems, Inc.
2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Kent W. Stanger
Chief Financial Officer
Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
1600 West Merit Parkway
South Jordan, Utah 84095
(801) 253-1600
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of
agent for service)
Copy to:
Brian G. Lloyd
Parr Waddoups Brown Gee & Loveless
185 South State Street, Suite 1300
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
(801) 532-7840
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered(1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
per Share(2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price(2)
Amount of
Registration Fee(2)
Common Shares,
  no par value
1,500,000
$
13.69
$
20,535,000
$
2,198
(1)
This
Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock
which become issuable under the Merit Medical Systems, Inc. 2006 Long-Term
Incentive Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization
or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration
which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of common
stock of Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
(2)
Calculated
in accordance with Rules 457 (c) and (h) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based on a price of $13.69 per share, which
is the average of the high and low price per share of common stock of Merit
Medical Systems, Inc., as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on July 5,
2006.
PART I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information
.
Information
required by Item 1 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is
omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428
adopted under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
Item 2. Registrant Information
and Employee Plan Annual Information
.
Information
required by Item 2 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is
omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428
adopted under the Securities Act and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.    Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following
documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") are hereby incorporated herein by reference:
(1)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2005;
(2)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2006;
(3)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K
filed on January 4, 2006, February 28, 2006, March 30, 2006, and
April 27, 2006;
(4)
The description of the Registrant's common stock
contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A
filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
In addition, all
documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a
document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any
other subsequently filed document which is also incorporated by reference
herein) modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part hereof except as so
modified or superseded.
Item 4. Description of Securities
.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named
Experts and Counsel
.
Not applicable.
Item 6.    Indemnification
of Directors and Officers
.
The Registrant is a Utah
corporation
. Section 16-10a-902 of the Utah Revised Business
Corporation Act (the "Revised Act") provides that a corporation may indemnify
any individual who was, is, or is threatened to be made a
2
named defendant or respondent (a "Party") in any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative
or investigative and whether formal or informal (a "Proceeding"), because he or
she is or was a director of the corporation or, while a director of the
corporation, is or was serving at its request as a director, officer, partner,
trustee, employee, fiduciary or agent of another corporation or other person or
of an employee benefit plan (an "Indemnifiable Director"), against any
obligation incurred with respect to a Proceeding, including any judgment,
settlement, penalty, fine or reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees),
incurred in the Proceeding if his or her conduct was in good faith, he or she
reasonably believed that his or her conduct was in, or not opposed to, the best
interests of the corporation, and, in the case of any criminal Proceeding, had
no reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful; provided, however,
that pursuant to Subsection 902(4): (i) indemnification under Section 902
in connection with a Proceeding by or in the right of the corporation is
limited to payment of reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred
in connection with the Proceeding and (ii) the corporation may not
indemnify an Indemnifiable Director in connection with a Proceeding by or in
the right of the corporation in which the Indemnifiable Director was adjudged
liable to the corporation, or in connection with any other Proceeding charging
that the Indemnifiable Director derived an improper personal benefit, whether
or not involving action in his or her official capacity, in which Proceeding he
or she was adjudged liable on the basis that he or she derived an improper
personal benefit.
Section 16-10a-903 of the Revised Act provides that,
unless limited by its articles of incorporation, a corporation shall indemnify
an Indemnifiable
Director
who was
successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any Proceeding, or in
the defense of any claim, issue or matter in the Proceeding, to which he or she
was a Party because he or she is or was an Indemnifiable Director of the
corporation, against reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred
in connection with the Proceeding or claim with respect to which he or she has
been successful.
In addition to the indemnification provided by Sections 902 and
903, Section 16-10a-905 of the Revised Act provides that,
unless otherwise limited by a
corporation's
articles of incorporation, an Indemnifiable Director may apply for
indemnification to the court conducting the Proceeding or to another court of
competent jurisdiction.
Section 16-10a-904 of the
Revised
Act provides that a corporation may pay for or
reimburse the reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by an
Indemnifiable Director who is a Party to a Proceeding in advance of the final
disposition of the Proceeding upon the satisfaction of certain conditions.
Section 16-10a-907
of the Revised Act provides that, unless a corporation's articles of
incorporation provide otherwise, (i) an officer of the corporation is
entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section 903 and is entitled to
apply for court-ordered indemnification under Section 905, in each
case to the same extent as an Indemnifiable Director, (ii) the corporation
may indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee, fiduciary or agent
of the corporation to the same extent as an Indemnifiable Director, and (iii) a
corporation may also indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee,
fiduciary or agent who is not an Indemnifiable Director to a greater extent
than the right of indemnification granted to an Indemnifiable Director, if not
inconsistent with public policy, and if provided for by its articles of
incorporation, bylaws, general or specific action of its board of directors or
contract.
The Registrant's
Bylaws provide that the Registrant shall, to the fullest extent permitted, and
in the manner required by the law of the State of Utah, indemnify an individual
made, or threatened to be made a party to a proceeding because he is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant or of another enterprise
at the request of the Registrant.
The Registrant's
Articles of Incorporation, as amended and restated, provide that to the fullest
extent permitted by the Revised Act or any other applicable law as now in
effect or as it may hereafter be amended, a director of the Registrant shall
not be personally liable to the Registrant or its Shareholders for monetary
damages for any action taken or any failure to take any action, as a director. The
extent to which the Revised Act permits director liability to be eliminated is
governed by Section 16-10a-841 of the Revised Act, which
provides that the liability of a director may not be eliminated or limited for (i) the
amount of financial benefit received by a director to which he is not entitled;
(ii) an intentional infliction of harm on the corporation or its
shareholders; (iii) a violation of Section 16-10a-842 of
the Revised Act which prohibits unlawful distributions by a corporation to its
shareholders; or (iv) an intentional violation of criminal law. Indemnification
may be granted pursuant to any other agreement, bylaw, or vote of shareholders
or directors. In addition to the foregoing, the Registrant maintains insurance
from commercial carriers against certain liabilities which may be incurred by
its directors and officers.
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Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, the Registrant has been
informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act, and is, therefore, unenforceable. In
the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of
any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the
Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.
The rights of
indemnification described above are not exclusive of any other rights of
indemnification to which the persons indemnified may be entitled under any
bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or directors or otherwise. In addition
to the foregoing, the Registrant maintains insurance through a commercial
carrier against certain liabilities which may be incurred by its directors and
officers.
The foregoing
description is necessarily general and does not describe all details regarding
the indemnification of officers, directors or controlling persons of the
Registrant.
Item 7.    Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Merit Medical Systems, Inc. 2006 Long-Term
  Incentive Purchase Plan.*
5.1
Opinion of Parr Waddoups Brown Gee &
  Loveless as to the legality of the securities being registered.*
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP*
23.2
Consent of Parr Waddoups Brown Gee &
  Loveless (included in Item 5.1 above).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature
  page of this Registration Statement).
*Filed herewith
Item 9. Undertakings
.
A.            The undersigned Registrant hereby
undertakes:
(1)           To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)            To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act");
(ii)           To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee"
table in the effective registration statement; and
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(iii)           To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs
(1)(i) and (1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to
be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.
(2)           That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(3)           To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
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B.            The undersigned Registrant hereby
undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefits plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
C.            Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion
of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in Salt Lake City, State of Utah, on July 6,
2006.
MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
/s/ Fred P. Lampropoulos
Fred P. Lampropoulos
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons on behalf of
the Registrant in the capacities indicated. Each person whose signature to this
registration statement appears below hereby constitutes and appoints
Fred
P. Lampropoulos
, and each of them, as his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, to
sign on his behalf individually and in the capacity stated below and to perform
any acts necessary to be done in order to file (i) any and all
amendments and post-effective amendments to this registration statement, and
any and all exhibits, instruments or documents filed as part of or in
connection with this registration statement or the amendments thereto and (ii) a
registration statement and any and all amendments thereto, relating to the
offering covered hereby filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said
attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Fred P. Lampropoulos
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
  (Principal Executive Officer)
July 6,
  2006
Fred P. Lampropoulos
/s/ Kent W. Stanger
Secretary-Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and
  Director (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
July 6,
  2006
Kent W. Stanger
/s/ Rex C. Bean
Director
July 6,
  2006
Rex C. Bean
/s/ Richard W. Edelman
Director
July 6,
  2006
Richard W. Edelman
/s/ James J. Ellis
Director
July 6,
  2006
James J. Ellis
/s/ Michael E. Stillabower, M.D.
Director
July 6,
  2006
Michael E. Stillabower, M.D.
/s/ Franklin J. Miller, M.D.
Director
July 6,
  2006
Franklin J. Miller, M.D.
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