<!--Enhanced HTML document created with Toppan Merrill Bridge  9.11.0.85--><!--Created on: 1/13/2022 10:28:10 PM (UTC)--><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"><html><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><title></title></head><body><div style="margin-top:30pt;"></div><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:11.76%;padding-right:11.76%;position:relative;"><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:9pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 13, 2022</font></p><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16pt;height:max-content;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:100%;" align="center"><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:100%;border-bottom:4.5pt double #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG 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style="vertical-align:top;width:48.14%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 18pt 0pt 18pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;line-height:11.75pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">87-0447695</b></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:9pt;line-height:11.75pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';">(I.R.S. Employer</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:9pt;line-height:11.75pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';">Identification No.)</font></p></td></tr></table></div><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="display:inline-block;width:234pt;"></font><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16pt;height:max-content;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:14.99%;" align="center"><tr style="height:1pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:100%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;"><div style="height:1pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td></tr><tr style="height:4pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:100%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:9pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr></table></div><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;line-height:11.75pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="display:inline-block;width:181.37pt;"></font><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';">1600 West Merit Parkway</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;line-height:11.75pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';">South Jordan, Utah 84095</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;line-height:11.75pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';white-space:pre-wrap;">Telephone:  (801) 253-1600</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;line-height:11.75pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';">(Address of Principal Executive Offices,</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;line-height:11.75pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';">including Zip Code)</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;line-height:11.75pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11.75pt;font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Merit Medical Systems, Inc.</b></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan</b></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;line-height:11.75pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';">(Full title of the plan)</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;line-height:11.75pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11.75pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><div style="padding-left:10.2pt;" align="left"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16pt;height:max-content;padding-left:18pt;padding-right:18pt;table-layout:auto;width:107.5%;"><tr style="height:1pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:53.48%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 18pt 0pt 18pt;"><div style="height:1pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG 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Lloyd </p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;line-height:11.75pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary</p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;line-height:11.75pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';">Merit Medical Systems, Inc.</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;line-height:11.75pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';">1600 West Merit Parkway</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;line-height:11.75pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';">South Jordan, Utah 84095</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;line-height:11.75pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';white-space:pre-wrap;"> (801) 253-1600</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:9pt;line-height:11.75pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';">(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.51%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 18pt 0pt 18pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:9pt;line-height:11.75pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';">Copy to:</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;line-height:11.75pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11.75pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;line-height:11.75pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';">Michael J. Schefer</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;line-height:11.75pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';">Parr Brown Gee &amp; Loveless</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;line-height:11.75pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';">101 South 200 East, Suite 700</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;line-height:11.75pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';">Salt Lake City, Utah 84111</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;line-height:11.75pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';">(801) 532-7840</font></p></td></tr></table></div><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16pt;height:max-content;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:14.99%;" align="center"><tr style="height:1pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:100%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;"><div style="height:1pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td></tr><tr style="height:4pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:100%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:9pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr></table></div><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;line-height:11.75pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11.75pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="display:inline-block;text-indent:0pt;width:36pt;"></font><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';white-space:pre-wrap;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.  See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer&#8221;, &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16pt;height:max-content;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:79.61%;" align="center"><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:56.52%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';white-space:pre-wrap;">Large accelerated filer  </font><font style="font-family:'Wingdings';">&#254;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:43.47%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New 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complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  </font><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman';">&#9723;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div><hr style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;color:#000000;height:2pt;line-height:0;margin-bottom:30pt;margin-left:11.76%;margin-right:11.76%;margin-top:30pt;page-break-after:always;width:76.47%;border-width:0;"><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:11.76%;padding-right:11.76%;position:relative;"><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;line-height:11.75pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:11.75pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG 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style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-weight:bold;">Title of Securities to be Registered</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:15.76%;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-top:2.25pt double #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.62pt 0pt 5.62pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-weight:bold;">Amount to be Registered</b><sup style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:6pt;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:top;">(1)</sup></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:16.68%;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-top:2.25pt double #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.62pt 0pt 5.62pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG 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Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-weight:bold;">Amount of Registration Fee</b></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:31.41%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.62pt 0pt 6pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-decoration:underline;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:8pt;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';">Common Stock, no par value</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:15.76%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.62pt 0pt 5.62pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';">100,000 shares</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:16.68%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.62pt 0pt 5.62pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="background-color:#ffff00;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';">$59.26</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:19.44%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-left:1px 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(the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) that become issuable under the Merit Medical Systems, Inc. 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction.</font></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;line-height:11.75pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;table-layout:fixed;text-align:justify;width:100%;border:0pt;"><tr><td style="width:18pt;"></td><td style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:8pt;vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;width:18pt;padding:0pt;">(2)</td><td style="padding:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:11.75pt;text-align:justify;">Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of the high and low sales price for the Registrant&#8217;s common stock, as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on January 12, 2022. </font></td></tr></table><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16pt;height:max-content;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:100%;" align="center"><tr style="height:1pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:100%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;"><div style="height:1pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:100%;border-bottom:4.5pt double #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 5.4pt 0pt 5.4pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:9pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr></table></div><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div><hr style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;color:#000000;height:2pt;line-height:0;margin-bottom:30pt;margin-left:11.76%;margin-right:11.76%;margin-top:30pt;page-break-after:always;width:76.47%;border-width:0;"><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:11.76%;padding-right:11.76%;position:relative;"><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:5pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">EXPLANATORY NOTE</b></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:5pt;margin-top:5pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 for the purpose of registering an additional 100,000 shares of the common stock, no par value, (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), of Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) that may be offered and sold under the Merit Medical Systems, Inc. 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;). &#160;The Registrant&#8217;s shareholders approved the addition of these shares to the Plan at the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on June 17, 2021.</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;"><font style="display:inline-block;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;width:36pt;"></font><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';">Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, this Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant&#8217;s previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-8, File Nos. </font>333-10509 and 333-58162<font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';">, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) on </font>August 20, 1996 and April 2, 2001, respectively,<font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';"> relating to the Plan, to the extent not otherwise amended or superseded by the contents hereof.</font> In accordance with the instructional note to Part I of Form S-8 as promulgated by the Commission, the information specified by Part I of Form S-8 has been omitted from this Registration Statement.</p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG 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New Roman','Times','serif';font-weight:bold;">Incorporation of Documents by Reference</b><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';">. </font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="display:inline-block;text-indent:0pt;width:36pt;"></font><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';">The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are hereby incorporated herein by reference:</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:12pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;table-layout:fixed;width:100%;border:0pt;"><tr><td style="width:36pt;"></td><td style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;width:36pt;padding:0pt;">(1)</td><td style="padding:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:-0.1pt;text-align:left;">The Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form&#160;10-K for the year ended December&#160;31, 2020 filed with the Commission on </font><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/856982/000085698221000003/mmsi-20201231x10k.htm"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:-0.1pt;text-align:left;">March 1, 2021</font></a><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:-0.1pt;text-align:left;"> (our &#8220;2020 Annual Report&#8221;);</font></td></tr></table><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 72pt;"><font style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;table-layout:fixed;width:100%;border:0pt;"><tr><td style="width:36pt;"></td><td style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;width:36pt;padding:0pt;">(2)</td><td style="padding:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:-0.1pt;text-align:left;">The Registrant&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2021, filed with the Commission on </font><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/856982/000085698221000012/mmsi-20210331x10q.htm"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:-0.1pt;text-align:left;">May 7, 2021</font></a><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:-0.1pt;text-align:left;">;</font></td></tr></table><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;"><font style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;table-layout:fixed;width:100%;border:0pt;"><tr><td style="width:36pt;"></td><td 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style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:-0.1pt;text-align:left;">November 5, 2021</font></a></td></tr></table><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;"><font style="margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;table-layout:fixed;width:100%;border:0pt;"><tr><td style="width:36pt;"></td><td style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;width:36pt;padding:0pt;">(5)</td><td style="padding:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">The Registrant&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K, other than with respect to Items 2.02 or 7.01, filed with the Commission on </font><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/856982/000155837021001610/mmsi-20210224x8k.htm"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">February 24, 2021</font></a><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">, </font><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/856982/000155837021005279/mmsi-20210429x8k.htm"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">April 29, 2021</font></a><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">, </font><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/856982/000085698221000016/mmsi-20210617x8k.htm"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">June 23, 2021</font></a><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">, </font><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/856982/000155837021009617/mmsi-20210729x8k.htm"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">July 29, 2021</font></a><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">, </font><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/856982/000085698221000025/mmsi-20211019x8k.htm"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">October 22, 2021</font></a><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">, </font><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/856982/000155837021013732/mmsi-20211028x8k.htm"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">October 28, 2021</font></a><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;"> and </font><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/856982/000085698221000030/mmsi-20211123x8k.htm"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">November 24, 2021</font></a><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">;</font></td></tr></table><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;"><font style="margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;table-layout:fixed;width:100%;border:0pt;"><tr><td style="width:36pt;"></td><td style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;width:36pt;padding:0pt;">(6)</td><td style="padding:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">The Registrant&#8217;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the annual meeting of stockholders held on June 17, 2021, filed with the Commission on </font><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/856982/000085698221000006/mmsi-20210430xdef14a.htm"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">April 30, 2021</font></a><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">;</font></td></tr></table><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt;"><font style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;table-layout:fixed;width:100%;border:0pt;"><tr><td style="width:36pt;"></td><td style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;width:36pt;padding:0pt;">(7)</td><td style="padding:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:-0.1pt;text-align:left;">The description of the Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on May 11, 1990, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</font></td></tr></table><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 72pt;"><font style="margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';">In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;),</font> other than documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules,<font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';white-space:pre-wrap;"> prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.  Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which is also incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part hereof </font></p></div></div><hr style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;color:#000000;height:2pt;line-height:0;margin-bottom:30pt;margin-left:11.76%;margin-right:11.76%;margin-top:30pt;page-break-after:always;width:76.47%;border-width:0;"><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:11.76%;padding-right:11.76%;position:relative;"><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';white-space:pre-wrap;">except as so modified or superseded.</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;">Under no circumstances will any information furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form&#160;8-K&#160;be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form&#160;8-K&#160;expressly provides to the contrary.</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-weight:bold;white-space:pre-wrap;">Item 8.  Exhibits</b><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';">.</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><div align="left"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16pt;height:max-content;padding-left:3.6pt;padding-right:3.6pt;width:100%;"><tr style="height:1pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:6.6%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><div style="height:1pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.99%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><div style="height:1pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.17%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><div style="height:1pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:45.22%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><div style="height:1pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:8.6%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:8pt;line-height:9pt;padding-bottom:1pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-weight:bold;">Exhibit<br></b><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-weight:bold;white-space:pre-wrap;">Number  </b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:46.17%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;line-height:9pt;padding-bottom:1pt;text-align:center;text-indent:7pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt -7pt;"><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-weight:bold;">Description</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:45.22%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="border-bottom-style:none;font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;line-height:9pt;padding-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:9pt;font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;line-height:9pt;padding-bottom:1pt;padding-top:0pt;text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Filing Status</b></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:6.6%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">4.1</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.99%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.17%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/856982/000085698217000011/restatementofthe1996plan-e.htm"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:-0.1pt;text-align:left;">Merit Medical Systems, Inc., Restatement of the 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan dated July 1, 2000</font></a></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:45.22%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">Form 10-K or year ended December 31, 2020 (Exhibit No. 10.19)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:6.6%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">4.2</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.99%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.17%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/856982/000085698217000011/firstamendmentto1996plan-e.htm"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:-0.1pt;text-align:left;">First Amendment to the Merit Medical Systems, Inc., 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan dated April 1, 2001</font></a></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:45.22%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 2020 (Exhibit No. 10.20)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:6.6%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">4.3</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.99%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.17%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/856982/000085698217000011/secondamendementto1996plan.htm"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:-0.1pt;text-align:left;">Second Amendment to the Merit Medical Systems, Inc., 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan dated January 1, 2006*&#8224;</font></a></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:45.22%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 2020 (Exhibit No. 10.21)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:6.6%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">4.4</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.99%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.17%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/856982/000085698217000011/thirdamendmentto1996plan-e.htm"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:-0.1pt;text-align:left;">Third Amendment to the Merit Medical Systems, Inc., 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan dated April 7, 2006</font></a></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:45.22%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 2020 (Exhibit No. 10.22)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:6.6%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">4.5</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.99%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.17%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/856982/000085698217000011/fourthamendmentto1996espp-.htm"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:-0.1pt;text-align:left;">Fourth Amendment to the Merit Medical Systems, Inc., 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan dated February 13, 2015</font></a></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:45.22%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 2020 (Exhibit No. 10.23)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:6.6%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">4.5</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.99%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.17%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/856982/000085698221000006/mmsi-20210430xdef14a.htm"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:-0.1pt;text-align:left;">Fifth Amendment to the Merit Medical Systems, Inc. 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (included as Appendix B to the Registrant&#8217;s Definitive Proxy Statement for its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Commission on April 30, 2021</font></a><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;"> </font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:45.22%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">Schedule 14A, filed April 30, 2021 (Appendix B)</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:6.6%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">5.1</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.99%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.17%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="mmsi-20220113ex51a8083f5.htm"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:-0.1pt;text-align:left;">Opinion of Parr Brown Gee&#160;&amp; Loveless PC</font></a><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;"> </font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:45.22%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">Filed herewith</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:6.6%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">23.1</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.99%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.17%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="mmsi-20220113ex231926c92.htm"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:-0.1pt;text-align:left;">Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP</font></a><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;"> </font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:45.22%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;">Filed herewith</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:6.6%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">23.2</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.99%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.17%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;" href="mmsi-20220113ex51a8083f5.htm"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:-0.1pt;text-align:left;">Consent of Parr Brown Gee&#160;&amp; Loveless</font></a><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;"> </font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:45.22%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;">Included in Exhibit 5.1, which is filed herewith</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:6.6%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">24.1</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.99%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.17%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><a href="#Power_of_Attorney"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:-0.1pt;text-align:left;">Power of Attorney </font></a></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:45.22%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:2pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;">Included in signature pages hereto</p></td></tr></table></div><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div><hr style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;color:#000000;height:2pt;line-height:0;margin-bottom:30pt;margin-left:11.76%;margin-right:11.76%;margin-top:30pt;page-break-after:always;width:76.47%;border-width:0;"><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:11.76%;padding-right:11.76%;position:relative;"><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">SIGNATURES</b></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-0.1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="display:inline-block;text-indent:0pt;width:36pt;"></font><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&#160;S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in South Jordan, State of Utah, on January 13, 2022. </font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16pt;height:max-content;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-left:3.6pt;padding-right:3.6pt;width:100%;" align="center"><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:50%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:50%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.</b></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:50%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:50%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-0.1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:50%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 1pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:50%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3.59pt 0pt 3.59pt;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt 0pt 1pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-variant:small-caps;">/s/ FRED P. LAMPROPOULOS</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 1pt 0pt;">Fred P. Lampropoulos </p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 1pt 0pt;">Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer</p></td></tr></table></div><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';letter-spacing:-0.1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><a name="Power_of_Attorney"></a><b style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-0.1pt;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</b></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-0.1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:40.5pt;margin:0pt;">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature to this registration statement appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Fred P. Lampropoulos (President and Chief Executive Officer), Raul Parra (Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer) and Brian G. Lloyd (<font style="font-family:'inherit';">Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary)</font>, and each of them acting individually, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, to sign on his or her behalf individually and in the capacity stated below and to perform any acts necessary to be done in order to file all amendments (including any post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in connection with this registration statement or the amendments thereto, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto say attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in or about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their respective substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:40.5pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:40.5pt;margin:0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on January 13, 2022. </p><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><div align="left"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16pt;height:max-content;padding-left:0.5pt;padding-right:0.5pt;table-layout:auto;width:97.75%;"><tr style="height:12pt;"><th style="font-weight:normal;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:46.88%;border-bottom:1.0pt solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:12pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:2pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Signature</b></p></div></div></th><th style="font-weight:normal;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:1.96%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:12pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:2pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></th><th style="font-weight:normal;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:51.14%;border-bottom:1.0pt solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:12pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:2pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Capacity in Which Signed</b></p></div></div></th></tr><tr style="height:14pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.88%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:2pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.96%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:2pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:51.14%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:2pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.88%;border-bottom:1.0pt solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:2pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;">/s/ FRED P. LAMPROPOULOS</p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.96%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:2pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:51.14%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:2pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</p></div></div></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.88%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:2pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;">Fred P. Lampropoulos</p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.96%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:2pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:51.14%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:2pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;">(Principal executive officer)</p></div></div></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.88%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:2pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.96%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:2pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:51.14%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:2pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.88%;border-bottom:1.0pt solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:2pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;">/s/ RAUL PARRA</p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.96%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:2pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:51.14%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:2pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;">Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</p></div></div></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt;"><td 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officer)</p></div></div></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.88%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:2pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.96%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:2pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:51.14%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p 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SCOTT ANDERSON</p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.96%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:2pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:51.14%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:2pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;">Director</p></div></div></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.88%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'CG Times';font-size:10pt;margin:2pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;">A. 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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 13, 2022
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under the
Securities Act of 1933
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MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Utah
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
87-0447695
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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1600 West Merit Parkway
South Jordan, Utah 84095
Telephone:  (801) 253-1600
(Address of Principal Executive Offices,
including Zip Code)
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Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
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and Corporate Secretary
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Brian G. Lloyd
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
1600 West Merit Parkway
South Jordan, Utah 84095
(801) 253-1600
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
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Michael J. Schefer
Parr Brown Gee & Loveless
101 South 200 East, Suite 700
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
(801) 532-7840
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.  See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer", "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
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Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
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(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
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Emerging growth company
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registration has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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(1)
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Title of Securities to be Registered
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Amount to be Registered
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Proposed Maximum Offering Price per Share
(2)
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
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Amount of Registration Fee
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Common Stock, no par value
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100,000 shares
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$59.26
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$5,926,000.00
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$549.34
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(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the common stock of Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (the "Registrant") that become issuable under the Merit Medical Systems, Inc. 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction.
(2)
Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of the high and low sales price for the Registrant's common stock, as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on January 12, 2022.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
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This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8 for the purpose of registering an additional 100,000 shares of the common stock, no par value, (the "Common Stock"), of Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (the "Registrant") that may be offered and sold under the Merit Medical Systems, Inc. 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the "Plan").  The Registrant's shareholders approved the addition of these shares to the Plan at the Registrant's Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on June 17, 2021.
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Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, this Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant's previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-8, File Nos.
333-10509 and 333-58162
, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on
August 20, 1996 and April 2, 2001, respectively,
relating to the Plan, to the extent not otherwise amended or superseded by the contents hereof.
In accordance with the instructional note to Part I of Form S-8 as promulgated by the Commission, the information specified by Part I of Form S-8 has been omitted from this Registration Statement.
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PART II
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
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The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission are hereby incorporated herein by reference:
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(1)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 filed with the Commission on
March 1, 2021
(our "2020 Annual Report");
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(2)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2021, filed with the Commission on
May 7, 2021
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(3)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2021, filed with the Commission on
August 6, 2021
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(4)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2021, filed with the Commission on
November 5, 2021
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(5)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K, other than with respect to Items 2.02 or 7.01, filed with the Commission on
February 24, 2021
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April 29, 2021
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June 23, 2021
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July 29, 2021
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October 22, 2021
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October 28, 2021
and
November 24, 2021
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(6)
The Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for the annual meeting of stockholders held on June 17, 2021, filed with the Commission on
April 30, 2021
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(7)
The description of the Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on May 11, 1990, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
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In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
other than documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.  Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which is also incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part hereof
except as so modified or superseded.
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Under no circumstances will any information furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary.
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Item 8.  Exhibits
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Exhibit
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Description
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Filing Status
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Merit Medical Systems, Inc., Restatement of the 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan dated July 1, 2000
Form 10-K or year ended December 31, 2020 (Exhibit No. 10.19)
4.2
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First Amendment to the Merit Medical Systems, Inc., 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan dated April 1, 2001
Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 2020 (Exhibit No. 10.20)
4.3
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Second Amendment to the Merit Medical Systems, Inc., 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan dated January 1, 2006*†
Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 2020 (Exhibit No. 10.21)
4.4
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Third Amendment to the Merit Medical Systems, Inc., 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan dated April 7, 2006
Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 2020 (Exhibit No. 10.22)
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Fourth Amendment to the Merit Medical Systems, Inc., 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan dated February 13, 2015
Form 10-K for year ended December 31, 2020 (Exhibit No. 10.23)
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Fifth Amendment to the Merit Medical Systems, Inc. 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (included as Appendix B to the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement for its 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Commission on April 30, 2021
Schedule 14A, filed April 30, 2021 (Appendix B)
5.1
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Opinion of Parr Brown Gee & Loveless PC
Filed herewith
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Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
Filed herewith
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Consent of Parr Brown Gee & Loveless
Included in Exhibit 5.1, which is filed herewith
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Power of Attorney
Included in signature pages hereto
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SIGNATURES
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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 South Jordan, State of Utah, on January 13, 2022.
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MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
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/s/ FRED P. LAMPROPOULOS
Fred P. Lampropoulos
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature to this registration statement appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Fred P. Lampropoulos (President and Chief Executive Officer), Raul Parra (Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer) and Brian G. Lloyd (
Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary)
, and each of them acting individually, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, to sign on his or her behalf individually and in the capacity stated below and to perform any acts necessary to be done in order to file all amendments (including any post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and any and all instruments or documents filed as part of or in connection with this registration statement or the amendments thereto, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto say attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in or about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and each of the undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their respective substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on January 13, 2022.
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/s/ FRED P. LAMPROPOULOS
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President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Fred P. Lampropoulos
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(Principal executive officer)
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/s/ RAUL PARRA
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Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Raul Parra
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(Principal financial and accounting officer)
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/s/ A. SCOTT ANDERSON
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Director
A. Scott Anderson
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/s/ JILL D. ANDERSON
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Director
Jill D. Anderson
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/s/ LONNY J. CARPENTER
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Director
Lonny J. Carpenter
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/s/ STEPHEN C. EVANS
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Director
Stephen C. Evans
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Capacity in Which Signed
/s/ DAVID K. FLOYD
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Director
David K. Floyd
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/s/ THOMAS J. GUNDERSON
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Director
Thomas J. Gunderson
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/s/ JAMES T. HOGAN
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Director
James T. Hogan
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/s/ F. ANN MILLNER
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Director
F. Ann Millner
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/s/ LYNNE N. WARD
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Director
Lynne N. Ward
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