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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;20, 2025 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;</FONT> </B></P>
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  </DIV><DIV STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </B></P>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13-4151777</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction of</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Incorporation or Organization)</B></P></TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>345&nbsp;East Main Street </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Warsaw, Indiana 46580 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC. 2009 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full Title of the Plan) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center><DIV STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</DIV></center>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chad&nbsp;F. Phipps </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>345&nbsp;East Main Street </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Warsaw, Indiana 46580 </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and address of agent for service) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(574)&nbsp;373-3333</FONT> </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B></B><B><I>Copy to</I></B><B>: </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Juliano Banuelos, Esq. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Orrick, Herrington&nbsp;&amp; Sutcliffe LLP </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>405 Howard Street </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>San
  Francisco, California 94105-2669 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(415) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">773-5700</FONT> </B></P>
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  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
  filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9746;</TD>
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  </TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
  for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#8194;&#9744; </P>
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;1. Plan Information. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Information required by this Item 1 to be contained in the Section&nbsp;10(a) prospectus is omitted from this registration statement on Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (the&nbsp;&#147;<B><I>Registration Statement</I></B>&#148;) in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the&nbsp;&#147;<B><I>Securities Act</I></B>&#148;) and the instructions to
  Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8.</FONT> In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the&nbsp;&#147;<B><I>Commission</I></B>&#148;) and the instructions to Form
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information. </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Information required by this Item 2 to be contained in the Section&nbsp;10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in
  accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the instructions to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8.</FONT> In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions to Form
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed by Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. (the &#147;<B><I>Registrant</I></B>&#148;) with the Commission pursuant to the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;<B><I>Exchange Act</I></B>&#148;), are incorporated herein by reference: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1136869/000095017025026604/zbh-20241231.htm">Annual
   Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2024 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-16407)</FONT> filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;25, 2025;
  </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The information specifically incorporated by reference into the Registrant&#146;s <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1136869/000095017025026604/zbh-20241231.htm">Annual
   Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;
  31, 2024 from its <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1136869/000095017025053494/zbh-20250409.htm">Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A</A> (File
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-16407)</FONT> filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;14, 2025; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1136869/000095017025063509/zbh-20250331.htm">Quarterly
   Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT></A> for the fiscal quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2025 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-16407)</FONT> filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;5, 2025; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">All other reports filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal
  year covered by the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report referred to in (a)&nbsp;above; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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  <TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(e)</TD>
  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1136869/000091205701008093/a2042060z10-12b.txt">Registration
   Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-12B</FONT></A>, filed on March&nbsp;26, 2001, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of
  a post-effective amendment, which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of
  the filing of such documents, except as to specific sections of such statements as set forth therein. </P>
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless expressly incorporated into this Registration Statement, a report furnished on Form <FONT
  STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> prior or subsequent to the date hereof shall not be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except as to specific sections of such statements as set forth therein. Any statement contained in
  a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document, which also
  is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;4. Description of Securities </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;5. Interests of
  Named Experts and Counsel </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;<B><I>DGCL</I></B>&#148;) provides that a corporation may indemnify any
  current or former director, officer, employee or agent against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with civil, criminal,
  administrative or investigative actions, suits or proceedings, other than a derivative action by or in the right of the corporation, if the director, officer, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be
  in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in the case of
  derivative actions, except that indemnification only extends to expenses incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such actions, and the statute requires court approval before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking
  indemnification has been found liable to the corporation. The statute provides that it is not exclusive of other indemnification that may be
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  partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, will be indemnified and held harmless by the Registrant to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as the same exists or may
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was
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  defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt (in the case of a current director or officer) of an undertaking to repay
  all amounts advanced if it is ultimately determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation. The Restated Certificate of Incorporation contains such a provision. </P>
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   <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Such rights are not exclusive of any other right which any person may have or thereafter
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  <TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
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  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. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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  officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
  Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
  successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered hereby, 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
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  <TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ivan Tornos</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">President and Chief Executive
  Officer</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD></TR>
  </TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in their
  respective capacities and on the respective dates indicated opposite their names. Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes each of Ivan Tornos, Suketu Upadhyay and Chad Phipps, each with full power of substitution, to execute in
  the name and on behalf of such person any amendment (including any post-effective amendment) to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, making such changes in this
  Registration Statement as the Registrant deems appropriate, and appoints each of Ivan Tornos, Suketu Upadhyay and Chad Phipps, each with full power of substitution,
  <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> to sign any amendment (including any post-effective amendment) to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other
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  <TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President &#150; Finance, Operations and Supply Chain</P>
  <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Financial Officer)</P></TD>
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text: S-8
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 20, 2025
  Registration
  No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM
  S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  Delaware
  13-4151777
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of
  Incorporation or Organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  345 East Main Street
  Warsaw, Indiana 46580
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC. 2009 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  Chad F. Phipps
  Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
  Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
  345 East Main Street
  Warsaw, Indiana 46580
  (Name and address of agent for service)
  (574) 373-3333
  (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
  Copy to
  :
  Juliano Banuelos, Esq.
  Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
  405 Howard Street
  San
  Francisco, California 94105-2669
  (415)
  773-5700
  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.
  Large accelerated filer
  ☒
  Accelerated filer
  ☐
  Non-accelerated
  filer
  ☐
  Smaller reporting company
  ☐
  Emerging growth company
  ☐
  If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant 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. ☐
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  Item 1. Plan Information.
  Information required by this Item 1 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this registration statement on Form
  S-8
  (the "
  Registration Statement
  ") in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
  Securities Act
  ") and the instructions to
  Form
  S-8.
  In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
  Commission
  ") and the instructions to Form
  S-8,
  such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act.
  Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
  Information required by this Item 2 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in
  accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the instructions to Form
  S-8.
  In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions to Form
  S-8,
  such documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act.
  PART II
  INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
  The following documents filed by Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. (the "
  Registrant
  ") with the Commission pursuant to the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "
  Exchange Act
  "), are incorporated herein by reference:
  (a)
  The Registrant's
  Annual
   Report on Form
  10-K
  for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 (File
  No. 001-16407)
  filed with the Commission on February 25, 2025;
  (b)
  The information specifically incorporated by reference into the Registrant's
  Annual
   Report on Form
  10-K
  for the fiscal year ended December 
  31, 2024 from its
  Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A
  (File
  No. 001-16407)
  filed with the Commission on April 14, 2025;
  (c)
  The Registrant's
  Quarterly
   Report on Form
  10-Q
  for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2025 (File
  No. 001-16407)
  filed with the Commission on May 5, 2025;
  (d)
  All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal
  year covered by the Registrant's Annual Report referred to in (a) above; and
  (e)
  The description of the Registrant's common stock contained in the Registrant's
  Registration
   Statement on Form
  10-12B
  , filed on March 26, 2001, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of
  a post-effective amendment, which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of
  the filing of such documents, except as to specific sections of such statements as set forth therein.
  Unless expressly incorporated into this Registration Statement, a report furnished on Form
  8-K
  prior or subsequent to the date hereof shall not be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except as to specific sections of such statements as set forth therein. Any statement contained in
  a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document, which also
  is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement.
  Item 4. Description of Securities
  Not applicable.
  Item 5. Interests of
  Named Experts and Counsel
  Not applicable.
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
  Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "
  DGCL
  ") provides that a corporation may indemnify any
  current or former director, officer, employee or agent against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with civil, criminal,
  administrative or investigative actions, suits or proceedings, other than a derivative action by or in the right of the corporation, if the director, officer, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be
  in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in the case of
  derivative actions, except that indemnification only extends to expenses incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such actions, and the statute requires court approval before there can be any indemnification where the person seeking
  indemnification has been found liable to the corporation. The statute provides that it is not exclusive of other indemnification that may be
  granted by any by-law, agreement, vote of
  stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
  The Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a
  party to or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person, or a person of whom such person is the legal
  representative, is or was a director or officer of the Registrant or, while a director or officer of the Registrant, is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a
  partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, will be indemnified and held harmless by the Registrant to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, as the same exists or may
  hereafter be amended to provide broader indemnification rights than authorized prior to such amendment. The Registrant will indemnify such persons against the expenses, liabilities and loss, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and
  amounts paid in settlement, reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the action, suit or proceeding if the following standards are met:
  •
  the person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
  Registrant's best interests, and
  •
  with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was
  unlawful.
  Section 145 of the DGCL also permits a corporation to pay expenses of defense incurred by a director or officer in
  defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt (in the case of a current director or officer) of an undertaking to repay
  all amounts advanced if it is ultimately determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation. The Restated Certificate of Incorporation contains such a provision.
  Such rights are not exclusive of any other right which any person may have or thereafter
  acquire under any statute, any provision of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the Registrant's Restated Bylaws, or any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. The Registrant's Restated
  Certificate of Incorporation also specifically authorizes the Registrant to maintain insurance and to grant similar indemnification rights to its employees or agents.
  The Registrant has provided, consistent with the DGCL, in its Restated Certificate of Incorporation that a director of the Registrant shall
  not be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability for:
  •
  any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders;
  •
  acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
  •
  any transactions from which the director derived an improper personal benefit; or
  •
  any matter in respect of which the director would be liable under Section 174 of the DGCL.
  Neither the amendment nor repeal of such provision will eliminate or reduce the effect of such provision in respect of
  any matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for such provision, would accrue or arise prior to such amendment or repeal.
  The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and executive officers providing for mandatory indemnification
  and advancement of expenses to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
  In addition, the Registrant has a directors' and
  officers' liability policy that insures against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, subject to applicable retentions.
  Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
  Not applicable.
  Item 8. Exhibits
  Exhibit Number
  Description
  5.1*
  Opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP.
  23.1*
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
  23.2*
  Consent of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (filed as part of Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
  24.1*
  Powers of Attorney (filed as part of signature page of this Registration Statement).
  99.1
  Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. 2009 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's
   Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 3, 2025).
  107*
  Filing Fee Table.
  *
  Filed herewith.
  Item 9. Undertakings
  a.
  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1)
  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
  Registration Statement:
  (i)
  To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
  (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; and
  (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) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by such paragraphs is contained in 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 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 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 hereby, 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.
  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 Warsaw, State of Indiana
  on the 20th day of June 2025.
  ZIMMER BIOMET HOLDINGS, INC.
  (Registrant)
  By
  /s/ Ivan Tornos
  Ivan Tornos
  President and Chief Executive
  Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  POWER OF ATTORNEY
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in their
  respective capacities and on the respective dates indicated opposite their names. Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes each of Ivan Tornos, Suketu Upadhyay and Chad Phipps, each with full power of substitution, to execute in
  the name and on behalf of such person any amendment (including any post-effective amendment) to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, making such changes in this
  Registration Statement as the Registrant deems appropriate, and appoints each of Ivan Tornos, Suketu Upadhyay and Chad Phipps, each with full power of substitution,
  attorney-in-fact
  to sign any amendment (including any post-effective amendment) to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other
  documents in connection therewith.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Ivan Tornos
  Ivan Tornos
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  June 20, 2025
  /s/ Suketu Upadhyay
  Suketu Upadhyay
  Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President – Finance, Operations and Supply Chain
  (Principal Financial Officer)
  June 20, 2025
  /s/ Paul Stellato
  Paul Stellato
  Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
  (Principal Accounting Officer)
  June 20, 2025
  /s/ Betsy Bernard
  Betsy Bernard
  Director
  June 20, 2025
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Michael Farrell
  Michael Farrell
  Director
  June 20, 2025
  /s/ Robert Hagemann
  Robert Hagemann
  Director
  June 20, 2025
  /s/ Arthur Higgins
  Arthur Higgins
  Director
  June 20, 2025
  /s/ Maria Teresa Hilado
  Maria Teresa Hilado
  Director
  June 20, 2025
  /s/ Syed Jafry
  Syed Jafry
  Director
  June 20, 2025
  /s/ Sreelakshmi Kolli
  Sreelakshmi Kolli
  Director
  June 20, 2025
  /s/ Devdatt Kurdikar
  Devdatt Kurdikar
  Director
  June 20, 2025
  /s/ Louis A. Shapiro
  Louis A. Shapiro
  Director
  June 20, 2025