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 <p align="center" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><a name="scotch"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 25, 2006</font></b></a></p> <div style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 6.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"> <p style="border:none;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;padding:0pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;text-indent:180.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registration No. 333-_______</font></b></p> </div>

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

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

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10.0pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM S-8</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 8.0pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ev3 Inc.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its
Charter)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading --><b>Delaware</b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">32-0138874</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or Other
  Jurisdiction of</font></p>
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  <p 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</font></p>
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  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;">Identification
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">9600 54th Avenue North</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Plymouth, Minnesota 55442</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;(763) 398-7000</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 8.0pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of Registrant&#146;s Principal Executive
Office) (Zip Code)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ev3
Inc. Amended and Restated 2005 Incentive Stock Plan</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;(Full title of the plan)</font></p>

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

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ev3 Inc.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9600 54th Avenue North</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Plymouth, Minnesota 55442</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;(763)
398-7000</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 8.0pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;(Name and
Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of
Agent For Service)</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 8.0pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Copies requested to:</font></b></p>

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

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Oppenheimer
Wolff &amp; Donnelly LLP</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">45
South Seventh Street, Suite 3300</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55402-1509</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 8.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(612) 607-7287</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;">CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></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;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading -->Title of Each Class of
  Securities to be Registered</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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  Registered(1)</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="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;">Proposed Maximum<br>
  Offering Price Per </font></b></p>
  <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;">Share(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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  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.2%;">
  <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;">Proposed Maximum<br>
  Aggregate Offering <br>
  Price(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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  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.2%;">
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  Registration Fee</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;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.16%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4,000,000 shares</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$15.28</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$61,120,000</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$6,539.84 (3)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:2.0pt 0pt 7.2pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><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; </font>The number of shares
of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), stated above
represents an increase in the total number of shares reserved for issuance
under the ev3 Inc. Amended and Restated 2005 Incentive Stock Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).&#160; 2,000,000 shares have been previously
registered under a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-125990).&#160; In addition, the maximum
number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan is subject
to adjustment in accordance with certain provisions of the Plan. Accordingly,
pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;), to the extent additional shares of Common Stock may be issued or
issuable as a result of a stock split or other distribution declared at any
time by the Board of Directors while this Registration Statement is in effect,
this Registration Statement is hereby deemed to cover all such additional shares
of Common Stock.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 7.2pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Estimated solely for
the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under
the Securities Act and calculated as follows: (i) with respect to stock options
to purchase shares and stock grants previously granted under the Plan, on the
basis of the weighted average exercise price of these stock options and the
fair market value of these stock grants, and (ii) with respect to stock options
and other incentive awards to be granted under the Plan based on the average of
the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock, as reported on the NASDAQ
Global Select Market on August 24, 2006.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
Registrant previously paid a filing fee of $27,071 in connection with the
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-123851) filed by the
Registrant on April 5, 2005, for the registration of $230,000,000 in shares of
common stock.&#160; Prior to the termination
of the Registrant&#146;s initial public offering under the Form S-1 Registration
Statement, $167,650,000 in shares of common stock were sold thereunder.&#160; Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities
Act, the Registrant is offsetting $4,805.36 of the filing fee due in connection
with this Registration Statement from the $4,805.36 remaining of the $7,338
portion of the filing fee that was previously paid in connection with the Form
S-1 Registration Statement and associated with the unsold securities
thereunder.</p>


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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">STATEMENT UNDER
GENERAL INSTRUCTION E&#151;<a name="StatementUnderGeneralInstructionE_001130"></a><br>
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The registrant, ev3 Inc.
(the &#147;Company&#148; or &#147;Registrant&#148;), previously filed a Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (SEC File No. 333-125990) with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;Commission&#148;) in connection with the registration of 2,000,000 shares of
the Company&#146;s common stock to be issued under the ev3 Inc. Amended and Restated
2005 Incentive Stock Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to General
Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement is filed by the Company
solely to register an additional 4,000,000 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock
reserved for issuance under the Plan. This increase was approved by the Company&#146;s
board of directors and stockholders.&#160;
Pursuant to Instruction E, the contents of the Company&#146;s previously
filed Registration Statement on Form S-8 (SEC File No. 333-125990), including
without limitation periodic reports that the Company filed, or will file, after
this Registration Statement to maintain current information about the Company,
are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant
to General Instruction E of Form S-8, with the exception of Items 3, 6 and 9 of
Part II of such prior Registration Statement, each of which is amended and
restated in its entirety herein.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Part II<a name="PartIi_001137"></a></font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 47.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-47.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 3.&#160; Incorporation of Documents by Reference<a name="Item3_IncorporationOfDocumentsByR_001155"></a></font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following documents previously filed by the
Company with the Commission are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement:</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;">(a)</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>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2005;</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;">(b)</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; </font>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarters ended April 2, 2006 and July 2, 2006;</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;">(c)</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>The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K
filed on January 6, 2006, January 26, 2006, January 31, 2006, February 24,
2006, April 3, 2006, April 5, 2006, May 10, 2006, June 14, 2006, June 28, 2006
(with respect to Items 1.01, 4.01 and 9.01 contained therein only and excluding
any information contained therein that is furnished pursuant to Items 2.02 and
7.01 contained therein) and August 23, 2006; and</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;">(d)</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; </font> The
description of the Company&#146;s common stock contained in the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A (File No. No. 000-51348) filed with the
Commission on June 8, 2005 under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.</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 filed with the Commission by the Company (other than
portions of such documents which are furnished and not filed) pursuant to
Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be</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;">incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the time of
filing of such documents.</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;">Any
statement contained in the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded 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 deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement.&#160; Any such statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this Registration Statement.</font></p>

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

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company&#146;s amended and restated certificate of
incorporation, as amended, provides that it will, and Delaware law permits the
Company to, under certain situations, indemnify any of its directors, officers,
employees or agents made or threatened to be made a party to a proceeding, by
reason of the former or present official capacity of the person, against
judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses, including
attorney&#146;s fees, incurred by the person in connection with the proceeding if
certain statutory standards are met.&#160; Any
of these persons is also entitled, subject to certain limitations, to payment
or reimbursement of reasonable expenses in advance of the final disposition of
the proceeding.&#160; A proceeding means a
threatened, pending or completed civil, criminal, administrative, arbitration
or investigative proceeding, including one by or in the right of the
Company.&#160; Reference is made to
Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Company&#146;s
amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company maintains an insurance policy providing
for indemnification of its officers, directors and certain other persons
against liabilities and expenses incurred by any of them in certain stated
proceedings and under certain stated conditions.&#160; In addition, the Company&#146;s consulting
agreement with Dale A. Spencer, one of the Company&#146;s directors, provides that
he will be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General
Corporation Law, for any liabilities, costs or expenses arising out of Mr.&nbsp;Spencer&#146;s
association with the Company, except to the extent that such liabilities, costs
or expenses arise under or are related to Mr.&nbsp;Spencer&#146;s gross negligence
or willful misconduct.&#160; The Company&#146;s
change in control agreements with each of its executive officers and certain
other employees provide that, in addition to any other indemnification
obligations that the Company may have, if, following a change in control (as
defined in such agreements), any of such individuals incurs damages, costs or
expenses (including, without limitation, judgments, fines and reasonable
attorney&#146;s fees) as a result of such individual&#146;s service to the Company or
status as an officer and employee of the Company, such individual will be
indemnified by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by law, except to
the extent that such damages, costs or expenses arose as a result of such
individual&#146;s gross negligence or willful misconduct.</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;">Prior to the consummation of the initial public
offering of the Company&#146;s common stock, ev3 LLC, a former Delaware limited
liability company and the Company&#146;s former parent company, merged with and into
the Company and the Company became the holding company of ev3 LLC&#146;s
subsidiaries.&#160; The operating agreement of
ev3 LLC provides that ev3 LLC shall indemnify to the fullest extent permitted
under and in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware any person who
was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of ev3
LLC under certain circumstances) by reason of the fact that the person is or
was a member of the board of managers, officer, employee or agent of ev3 LLC,
or is or was serving at the request of ev3 LLC as a member of the board,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, or of a partnership, joint </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;">venture,
trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if
the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of ev3 LLC, and, with respect to
any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the
person&#146;s conduct was unlawful. In connection with ev3 LLC&#146;s merger with and
into the Company, the operating agreement was terminated except for the
indemnification obligations, which survived termination of the operating
agreement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company has entered into agreements with its directors, executive
officers and certain other employees regarding indemnification, in addition to
indemnification provided for in the Company&#146;s amended and restated certificate
of incorporation, as amended, and intends to enter into indemnification
agreements with any new directors and executive officers in the future.&#160; Under these agreements, the Company is
required to indemnify them against expenses, judgments, penalties, fines,
settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred, including
expenses of a derivative action, in connection with an actual or threatened
proceeding if any of them may be made a party because he or she is or was one
of the Company&#146;s directors, officers or employees.&#160; The Company will be obligated to pay these
amounts only if the officer, director or employee acted in good faith and in a
manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
Company&#146;s best interests.&#160; With respect
to any criminal proceeding, the Company will be obligated to pay these amounts
only if the officer, director or employee had no reasonable cause to believe
his or her conduct was unlawful.&#160; The
indemnification agreements also set forth procedures that will apply in the
event of a claim for indemnification.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 47.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-47.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 8.&#160; Exhibits<a name="Item8_Exhibits_001432"></a></font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following exhibits are filed with or
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:</font></p>

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  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.76%;">
  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading -->Exhibit No.</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <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="86%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.86%;">
  <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:8.0pt;">Description</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.76%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><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:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and Restated
  Certificate of Incorporation of ev3 Inc. (incorporated by reference to
  Exhibit 3.1 to ev3 Inc.&#146;s Amendment No. 5 to Registration Statement on Form
  S-1 (File No. 333-123851))</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.76%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amendment to Amended
  and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of ev3 Inc. (incorporated by
  reference to Exhibit 99.1 to ev3 Inc.&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 27, 2005 (File No. 000-51348))</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.76%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and Restated
  Bylaws of ev3 Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to ev3 Inc.&#146;s
  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 3, 2005 (File No.
  000-51348))</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.76%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Holders Agreement,
  dated as of August&nbsp;29, 2003, among the institutional investors listed on
  Schedule&nbsp;I thereto, Dale&nbsp;A. Spencer, Paul Buckman, the individuals
  whose names and addresses appear from time to time on Schedule&nbsp;II
  thereto, the individuals whose names and addresses appear from time to time
  on Schedule&nbsp;III thereto and ev3&nbsp;LLC (incorporated by reference to
  Exhibit 4.2 to ev3 Inc.&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
  333-123851))</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.76%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Operating Agreement of
  ev3&nbsp;LLC, dated as of August&nbsp;29, 2003, by and among ev3&nbsp;LLC,
  Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners,&nbsp;L.P., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands
  Equity Partners&nbsp;I, C.V., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity
  Partners&nbsp;II, C.V., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners&nbsp;III,
  C.V., Vertical Fund&nbsp;I, L.P., Vertical Fund&nbsp;II, L.P. and certain
  other persons party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to ev3
  Inc.&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-123851))</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Times New Roman;width:100.0%;">
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.76%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading -->4.6</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to
  Operating Agreement of ev3&nbsp;LLC, dated as of March&nbsp;1, 2005, by and
  among ev3&nbsp;LLC, Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners,&nbsp;L.P., Warburg, Pincus
  Netherlands Equity Partners&nbsp;I, C.V., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity
  Partners&nbsp;II, C.V., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners&nbsp;III,
  C.V., Vertical Fund&nbsp;I, L.P., Vertical Fund&nbsp;II, L.P. and certain
  other persons party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to ev3
  Inc.&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-123851))</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.76%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.7</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registration Rights
  Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2005, by and among ev3 Inc., Warburg, Pincus
  Equity Partners, L.P., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners I, C.V.,
  Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners III, C.V., Vertical Fund I, L.P.,
  Vertical Fund II, L.P. and certain other investors party thereto
  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to ev3 Inc.&#146;s Quarterly Report on
  Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 3, 2005 (File No. 000-51348))</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Oppenheimer
  Wolff &amp; Donnelly LLP*</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of
  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP*</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Oppenheimer
  Wolff &amp; Donnelly LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.76%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:86.86%;">
  <p style="margin:7.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of Attorney (included
  on the signature page to this Registration Statement)</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><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; Filed
herewith</font></p>

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

<h3 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The undersigned
registrant hereby undertakes as follows:</font></h3>

<h5 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><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; </font>To file, during any
period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to
this Registration Statement:</h5>

<h6 style="font-weight:normal;margin:12.0pt 0pt 12.0pt 54.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To include any prospectus required
by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;),</font></h6>

<h6 style="font-weight:normal;margin:12.0pt 0pt 12.0pt 54.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To reflect in the prospectus any
facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement
(or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
the Registration Statement.&#160; Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities 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 &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
effective Registration Statement.</font></h6>


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<h6 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 54.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)&#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 the
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the
Registration Statement;</font></h6>

<p style="margin:12.0pt 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><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">, that paragraphs
(a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form
S-8, and 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
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.</font></p>

<h5 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><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; </font>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 <i>bona fide</i>
offering thereof.</h5>

<h5 style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>To remove from registration
by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered
which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</h5>

<h3 style="font-weight:normal;margin:12.0pt 0pt;page-break-after:avoid;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 13(a) or
15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act)
that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed
to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial <i>bona fide</i> offering
thereof.</font></h3>

<h3 style="font-weight:normal;margin:12.0pt 0pt;page-break-after:avoid;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 Securities and Exchange 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></h3>


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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SIGNATURES<a name="Signatures_002355"></a></font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Plymouth, State of Minnesota, on August 25, 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;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:43.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ James M. Corbett</font></p>
  </td>
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  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:43.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">James M. Corbett</font></p>
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  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:43.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President and Chief Executive Officer</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p 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;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each
person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints James M.
Corbett, Patrick D. Spangler and L. Cecily Hines, or either of them, his or her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective&#160; amendments) to this Registration Statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as
he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorney-in-fact and agents or any of them, their, or his or her,
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.</font></p>

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

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  <p style="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:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ James M. Corbett</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President, Chief
  Executive Officer and </font></p>
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  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">August
  25, 2006</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;">James M. Corbett</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director (Principal Executive Officer)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Patrick D. Spangler</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.98%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Financial Officer
  and Treasurer </font></p>
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  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.4%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">August
  25, 2006</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;">Patrick D.
  Spangler</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.4%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ John K. Bakewell</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="32%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.98%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.4%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="35%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John K. Bakewell</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.98%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.4%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">August 24, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Richard B. Emmitt</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="32%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.98%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.4%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="35%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard B.
  Emmitt</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.98%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.4%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">August 25, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Douglas W. Kohrs</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="32%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.98%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.4%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="35%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:35.7%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Douglas W. Kohrs</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.98%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.4%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">August 25, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Dale A. Spencer</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.98%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.4%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dale A. Spencer</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.98%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.4%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">August 25, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Thomas E. Timbie</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.98%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.4%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Thomas E. Timbie</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.98%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.4%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">August 24, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Elizabeth H.
  Weatherman</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.4%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:1.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Elizabeth
  H. Weatherman</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:1.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="32%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:32.98%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:1.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:1.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:1.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">August
  25, 2006</font></p>
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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ev3 Inc.<br>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8<br>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Description</font></b></p>
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  <p style="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;">Method of Filing</font></b></p>
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  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Incorporated by
  reference to Exhibit 3.1 to ev3 Inc.&#146;s Amendment No. 5 to Registration
  Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-123851)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.38%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.96%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amendment to Amended
  and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of ev3 Inc.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Incorporated by
  reference to Exhibit 99.1 to ev3 Inc.&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 27, 2005 (File No. 000-51348),</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.38%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.96%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and Restated
  Bylaws of ev3 Inc.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Incorporated by
  reference to Exhibit 3.3 to ev3 Inc.&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
  quarter ended July 3, 2005 (File No. 000-51348)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.38%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.96%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Holders Agreement,
  dated as of August&nbsp;29, 2003, among the institutional investors listed on
  Schedule&nbsp;I thereto, Dale&nbsp;A. Spencer, Paul Buckman, the individuals
  whose names and addresses appear from time to time on Schedule&nbsp;II
  thereto, the individuals whose names and addresses appear from time to time
  on Schedule&nbsp;III thereto and ev3&nbsp;LLC</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Incorporated by
  reference to Exhibit 4.2 to ev3 Inc.&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1
  (File No. 333-123851)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.38%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.96%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Operating Agreement of
  ev3&nbsp;LLC, dated as of August&nbsp;29, 2003, by and among ev3&nbsp;LLC,
  Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners,&nbsp;L.P., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands
  Equity Partners&nbsp;I, C.V., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity
  Partners&nbsp;II, C.V., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners&nbsp;III,
  C.V., Vertical Fund&nbsp;I, L.P., Vertical Fund&nbsp;II, L.P. and certain
  other persons party thereto</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Incorporated by
  reference to Exhibit 4.3 to ev3 Inc.&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1
  (File No. 333-123851)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.38%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.6</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.96%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to
  Operating Agreement of ev3&nbsp;LLC, dated as of March&nbsp;1, 2005, by and
  among ev3&nbsp;LLC, Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners,&nbsp;L.P., Warburg,
  Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners&nbsp;I, C.V., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands
  Equity Partners&nbsp;II, C.V., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity
  Partners&nbsp;III, C.V., Vertical Fund&nbsp;I, L.P., Vertical Fund&nbsp;II,
  L.P. and certain other persons party thereto</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Incorporated by
  reference to Exhibit 4.4 to ev3 Inc.&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1
  (File No. 333-123851)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.38%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.7</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.96%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registration Rights
  Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2005, by and among ev3 Inc., Warburg, Pincus
  Equity Partners, L.P., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners I, C.V.,
  Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners III, C.V., Vertical Fund I, L.P.,
  Vertical Fund II, L.P. and certain other investors party thereto</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Incorporated by reference
  to Exhibit 4.2 to ev3 Inc.&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
  ended July 3, 2005 (File No. 000-51348)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>


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  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading -->Exhibit No.</p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.96%;">
  <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>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.9%;">
  <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;">Method of Filing</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.96%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Oppenheimer
  Wolff &amp; Donnelly LLP</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Filed herewith</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.96%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of
  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Filed herewith</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.38%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.96%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Oppenheimer
  Wolff &amp; Donnelly LLP</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="36%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:36.9%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Included as part of
  Exhibit 5.1</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.1</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:47.96%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of Attorney</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Included on the
  signature page to this Registration Statement</font></p>
  </td>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 25, 2006
Registration No. 333-_______
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ev3 Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its
Charter)
Delaware
32-0138874
(State or Other
  Jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or
  Organization)
Identification
  Number)
9600 54th Avenue North
Plymouth, Minnesota 55442
(763) 398-7000
(Address of Registrant's Principal Executive
Office) (Zip Code)
ev3
Inc. Amended and Restated 2005 Incentive Stock Plan
(Full title of the plan)
L. Cecily Hines
Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer
ev3 Inc.
9600 54th Avenue North
Plymouth, Minnesota 55442
(763)
398-7000
(Name and
Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of
Agent For Service)
Copies requested to:
Amy E.
Culbert, Esq.
Oppenheimer
Wolff & Donnelly LLP
45
South Seventh Street, Suite 3300
Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55402-1509
(612) 607-7287
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of
  Securities to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered(1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per
Share(2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price(2)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
4,000,000 shares
$15.28
$61,120,000
$6,539.84 (3)
(1)
The number of shares
of common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"), stated above
represents an increase in the total number of shares reserved for issuance
under the ev3 Inc. Amended and Restated 2005 Incentive Stock Plan (the "Plan").  2,000,000 shares have been previously
registered under a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-125990).  In addition, the maximum
number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan is subject
to adjustment in accordance with certain provisions of the Plan. Accordingly,
pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), to the extent additional shares of Common Stock may be issued or
issuable as a result of a stock split or other distribution declared at any
time by the Board of Directors while this Registration Statement is in effect,
this Registration Statement is hereby deemed to cover all such additional shares
of Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for
the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under
the Securities Act and calculated as follows: (i) with respect to stock options
to purchase shares and stock grants previously granted under the Plan, on the
basis of the weighted average exercise price of these stock options and the
fair market value of these stock grants, and (ii) with respect to stock options
and other incentive awards to be granted under the Plan based on the average of
the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock, as reported on the NASDAQ
Global Select Market on August 24, 2006.
(3)
The
Registrant previously paid a filing fee of $27,071 in connection with the
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-123851) filed by the
Registrant on April 5, 2005, for the registration of $230,000,000 in shares of
common stock.  Prior to the termination
of the Registrant's initial public offering under the Form S-1 Registration
Statement, $167,650,000 in shares of common stock were sold thereunder.  Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities
Act, the Registrant is offsetting $4,805.36 of the filing fee due in connection
with this Registration Statement from the $4,805.36 remaining of the $7,338
portion of the filing fee that was previously paid in connection with the Form
S-1 Registration Statement and associated with the unsold securities
thereunder.
STATEMENT UNDER
GENERAL INSTRUCTION E—
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
The registrant, ev3 Inc.
(the "Company" or "Registrant"), previously filed a Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (SEC File No. 333-125990) with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") in connection with the registration of 2,000,000 shares of
the Company's common stock to be issued under the ev3 Inc. Amended and Restated
2005 Incentive Stock Plan (the "Plan").
Pursuant to General
Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement is filed by the Company
solely to register an additional 4,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock
reserved for issuance under the Plan. This increase was approved by the Company's
board of directors and stockholders. 
Pursuant to Instruction E, the contents of the Company's previously
filed Registration Statement on Form S-8 (SEC File No. 333-125990), including
without limitation periodic reports that the Company filed, or will file, after
this Registration Statement to maintain current information about the Company,
are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant
to General Instruction E of Form S-8, with the exception of Items 3, 6 and 9 of
Part II of such prior Registration Statement, each of which is amended and
restated in its entirety herein.
Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents previously filed by the
Company with the Commission are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2005;
(b)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarters ended April 2, 2006 and July 2, 2006;
(c)
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K
filed on January 6, 2006, January 26, 2006, January 31, 2006, February 24,
2006, April 3, 2006, April 5, 2006, May 10, 2006, June 14, 2006, June 28, 2006
(with respect to Items 1.01, 4.01 and 9.01 contained therein only and excluding
any information contained therein that is furnished pursuant to Items 2.02 and
7.01 contained therein) and August 23, 2006; and
(d)
The
description of the Company's common stock contained in the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. No. 000-51348) filed with the
Commission on June 8, 2005 under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.
In
addition, all documents filed with the Commission by the Company (other than
portions of such documents which are furnished and not filed) pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
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incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the time of
filing of such documents.
Any
statement contained in the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded 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 deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this Registration Statement.
Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The Company's amended and restated certificate of
incorporation, as amended, provides that it will, and Delaware law permits the
Company to, under certain situations, indemnify any of its directors, officers,
employees or agents made or threatened to be made a party to a proceeding, by
reason of the former or present official capacity of the person, against
judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses, including
attorney's fees, incurred by the person in connection with the proceeding if
certain statutory standards are met.  Any
of these persons is also entitled, subject to certain limitations, to payment
or reimbursement of reasonable expenses in advance of the final disposition of
the proceeding.  A proceeding means a
threatened, pending or completed civil, criminal, administrative, arbitration
or investigative proceeding, including one by or in the right of the
Company.  Reference is made to
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Company's
amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended.
The Company maintains an insurance policy providing
for indemnification of its officers, directors and certain other persons
against liabilities and expenses incurred by any of them in certain stated
proceedings and under certain stated conditions.  In addition, the Company's consulting
agreement with Dale A. Spencer, one of the Company's directors, provides that
he will be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General
Corporation Law, for any liabilities, costs or expenses arising out of Mr. Spencer's
association with the Company, except to the extent that such liabilities, costs
or expenses arise under or are related to Mr. Spencer's gross negligence
or willful misconduct.  The Company's
change in control agreements with each of its executive officers and certain
other employees provide that, in addition to any other indemnification
obligations that the Company may have, if, following a change in control (as
defined in such agreements), any of such individuals incurs damages, costs or
expenses (including, without limitation, judgments, fines and reasonable
attorney's fees) as a result of such individual's service to the Company or
status as an officer and employee of the Company, such individual will be
indemnified by the Company to the fullest extent permitted by law, except to
the extent that such damages, costs or expenses arose as a result of such
individual's gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Prior to the consummation of the initial public
offering of the Company's common stock, ev3 LLC, a former Delaware limited
liability company and the Company's former parent company, merged with and into
the Company and the Company became the holding company of ev3 LLC's
subsidiaries.  The operating agreement of
ev3 LLC provides that ev3 LLC shall indemnify to the fullest extent permitted
under and in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware any person who
was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of ev3
LLC under certain circumstances) by reason of the fact that the person is or
was a member of the board of managers, officer, employee or agent of ev3 LLC,
or is or was serving at the request of ev3 LLC as a member of the board,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, or of a partnership, joint
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venture,
trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if
the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of ev3 LLC, and, with respect to
any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the
person's conduct was unlawful. In connection with ev3 LLC's merger with and
into the Company, the operating agreement was terminated except for the
indemnification obligations, which survived termination of the operating
agreement.
The Company has entered into agreements with its directors, executive
officers and certain other employees regarding indemnification, in addition to
indemnification provided for in the Company's amended and restated certificate
of incorporation, as amended, and intends to enter into indemnification
agreements with any new directors and executive officers in the future.  Under these agreements, the Company is
required to indemnify them against expenses, judgments, penalties, fines,
settlements and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred, including
expenses of a derivative action, in connection with an actual or threatened
proceeding if any of them may be made a party because he or she is or was one
of the Company's directors, officers or employees.  The Company will be obligated to pay these
amounts only if the officer, director or employee acted in good faith and in a
manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
Company's best interests.  With respect
to any criminal proceeding, the Company will be obligated to pay these amounts
only if the officer, director or employee had no reasonable cause to believe
his or her conduct was unlawful.  The
indemnification agreements also set forth procedures that will apply in the
event of a claim for indemnification.
Item 8.  Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed with or
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated
  Certificate of Incorporation of ev3 Inc. (incorporated by reference to
  Exhibit 3.1 to ev3 Inc.'s Amendment No. 5 to Registration Statement on Form
  S-1 (File No. 333-123851))
4.2
Amendment to Amended
  and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of ev3 Inc. (incorporated by
  reference to Exhibit 99.1 to ev3 Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 27, 2005 (File No. 000-51348))
4.3
Amended and Restated
  Bylaws of ev3 Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to ev3 Inc.'s
  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 3, 2005 (File No.
  000-51348))
4.4
Holders Agreement,
  dated as of August 29, 2003, among the institutional investors listed on
  Schedule I thereto, Dale A. Spencer, Paul Buckman, the individuals
  whose names and addresses appear from time to time on Schedule II
  thereto, the individuals whose names and addresses appear from time to time
  on Schedule III thereto and ev3 LLC (incorporated by reference to
  Exhibit 4.2 to ev3 Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
  333-123851))
4.5
Operating Agreement of
  ev3 LLC, dated as of August 29, 2003, by and among ev3 LLC,
  Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners, L.P., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands
  Equity Partners I, C.V., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity
  Partners II, C.V., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners III,
  C.V., Vertical Fund I, L.P., Vertical Fund II, L.P. and certain
  other persons party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to ev3
  Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-123851))
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4.6
Amendment No. 1 to
  Operating Agreement of ev3 LLC, dated as of March 1, 2005, by and
  among ev3 LLC, Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners, L.P., Warburg, Pincus
  Netherlands Equity Partners I, C.V., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity
  Partners II, C.V., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners III,
  C.V., Vertical Fund I, L.P., Vertical Fund II, L.P. and certain
  other persons party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to ev3
  Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-123851))
4.7
Registration Rights
  Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2005, by and among ev3 Inc., Warburg, Pincus
  Equity Partners, L.P., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners I, C.V.,
  Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners III, C.V., Vertical Fund I, L.P.,
  Vertical Fund II, L.P. and certain other investors party thereto
  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to ev3 Inc.'s Quarterly Report on
  Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 3, 2005 (File No. 000-51348))
5.1
Opinion of Oppenheimer
  Wolff & Donnelly LLP*
23.1
Consent of
  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP*
23.2
Consent of Oppenheimer
  Wolff & Donnelly LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included
  on the signature page to this Registration Statement)
*              Filed
herewith
Item 9.  Undertakings
(a)           The undersigned
registrant hereby undertakes as follows:
(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 the Registration Statement
(or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
the Registration Statement.  Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) 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.
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(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 Registration Statement is on Form
S-8, and 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
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the 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.
(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
benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act)
that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed
to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(c)           Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act 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 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 the City of
Plymouth, State of Minnesota, on August 25, 2006.
ev3 Inc.
By:
/s/ James M. Corbett
James M. Corbett
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each
person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints James M.
Corbett, Patrick D. Spangler and L. Cecily Hines, or either of them, his or her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective  amendments) to this Registration Statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as
he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorney-in-fact and agents or any of them, their, or his or her,
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/ James M. Corbett
President, Chief
  Executive Officer and
August
  25, 2006
James M. Corbett
Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Patrick D. Spangler
Chief Financial Officer
  and Treasurer
August
  25, 2006
Patrick D.
  Spangler
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ John K. Bakewell
John K. Bakewell
Director
August 24, 2006
/s/ Richard B. Emmitt
Richard B.
  Emmitt
Director
August 25, 2006
/s/ Douglas W. Kohrs
Douglas W. Kohrs
Director
August 25, 2006
/s/ Dale A. Spencer
Dale A. Spencer
Director
August 25, 2006
/s/ Thomas E. Timbie
Thomas E. Timbie
Director
August 24, 2006
/s/ Elizabeth H.
  Weatherman
Elizabeth
  H. Weatherman
Director
August
  25, 2006
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ev3 Inc.
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
Method of Filing
4.1
Amended and Restated
  Certificate of Incorporation of ev3 Inc.
Incorporated by
  reference to Exhibit 3.1 to ev3 Inc.'s Amendment No. 5 to Registration
  Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-123851)
4.2
Amendment to Amended
  and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of ev3 Inc.
Incorporated by
  reference to Exhibit 99.1 to ev3 Inc.'s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with
  the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 27, 2005 (File No. 000-51348),
4.3
Amended and Restated
  Bylaws of ev3 Inc.
Incorporated by
  reference to Exhibit 3.3 to ev3 Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
  quarter ended July 3, 2005 (File No. 000-51348)
4.4
Holders Agreement,
  dated as of August 29, 2003, among the institutional investors listed on
  Schedule I thereto, Dale A. Spencer, Paul Buckman, the individuals
  whose names and addresses appear from time to time on Schedule II
  thereto, the individuals whose names and addresses appear from time to time
  on Schedule III thereto and ev3 LLC
Incorporated by
  reference to Exhibit 4.2 to ev3 Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1
  (File No. 333-123851)
4.5
Operating Agreement of
  ev3 LLC, dated as of August 29, 2003, by and among ev3 LLC,
  Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners, L.P., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands
  Equity Partners I, C.V., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity
  Partners II, C.V., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners III,
  C.V., Vertical Fund I, L.P., Vertical Fund II, L.P. and certain
  other persons party thereto
Incorporated by
  reference to Exhibit 4.3 to ev3 Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1
  (File No. 333-123851)
4.6
Amendment No. 1 to
  Operating Agreement of ev3 LLC, dated as of March 1, 2005, by and
  among ev3 LLC, Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners, L.P., Warburg,
  Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners I, C.V., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands
  Equity Partners II, C.V., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity
  Partners III, C.V., Vertical Fund I, L.P., Vertical Fund II,
  L.P. and certain other persons party thereto
Incorporated by
  reference to Exhibit 4.4 to ev3 Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1
  (File No. 333-123851)
4.7
Registration Rights
  Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2005, by and among ev3 Inc., Warburg, Pincus
  Equity Partners, L.P., Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners I, C.V.,
  Warburg, Pincus Netherlands Equity Partners III, C.V., Vertical Fund I, L.P.,
  Vertical Fund II, L.P. and certain other investors party thereto
Incorporated by reference
  to Exhibit 4.2 to ev3 Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
  ended July 3, 2005 (File No. 000-51348)
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Exhibit No.
Description
Method of Filing
5.1
Opinion of Oppenheimer
  Wolff & Donnelly LLP
Filed herewith
23.1
Consent of
  PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Filed herewith
23.2
Consent of Oppenheimer
  Wolff & Donnelly LLP
Included as part of
  Exhibit 5.1
24.1
Power of Attorney
Included on the
  signature page to this Registration Statement
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