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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:right;">Registration No. 333-&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2020</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>UNITED STATES </b></p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </b></p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:12pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>AVINGER, INC.</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Delaware</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>20-8873453</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">(State or other jurisdiction of</p>

			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">incorporation or organization)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">(I.R.S. Employer</p>

			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Identification Number)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>400 Chesapeake Drive</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Redwood City, California 94063</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>AMENDED AND RESTATED OFFICER AND DIRECTOR SHARE PURCHASE PLAN</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>&nbsp;Jeffrey M. Soinski</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Chief Executive Officer</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Avinger, Inc.</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>400 Chesapeake Drive</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Redwood City, California 94063</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>(650) 241-7900</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Nolan Taylor</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>David Marx</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Dorsey &amp; Whitney LLP</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>111 South Main Street, Suite 2100</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Salt Lake City, Utah 84111</b></p>

			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>(801) 933-7363</b></p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0.25pt;">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 in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</p>

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			<td style="width: 44%;">Large accelerated filer &#9744;</td>
			<td style="width: 50%;">Accelerated filer &nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</td>
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			<td style="width: 44%;">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746;&nbsp;</td>
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			<td style="width: 50%;">Emerging growth company &#9746;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:12.8pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-12.8pt;">Common Stock $0.001 par value, reserved for issuance pursuant to the Amended and Restated Officer and Director Share Purchase Plan</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">125,000 shares</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;">$0.58</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">$72,500</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">$9.42</p>
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			<p style="margin: 0pt; text-align: left; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 shall also cover any additional shares of Avinger, Inc.&#8217;s common stock that become issuable under the Amended and Restated Officer and Director Share Purchase Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of the registrant&#8217;s outstanding shares of common stock.</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;">Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of $0.58 per share, which represents the average of the high and low prices of the common stock as reported in The Nasdaq Capital Market on March 6, 2020.</p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>PART I</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE</b><b> SECTION 10(a)</b><b> PROSPECTUS</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><b>Item 1.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u><b>Plan Information</b></u><b>.</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:35pt;">Information required by Item 1 to be contained in the Section&nbsp;10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 adopted under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), and the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><b>Item 2.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u><b>Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</b></u><b>.</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:35pt;">Information required by Item 2 to be contained in the Section&nbsp;10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 adopted under the Securities Act and the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>PART II</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><b>Item 3.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u><b>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</b></u><b>.</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:45pt;">Avinger, Inc. (the &#8220;<b>Registrant</b>&#8221;) hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;<b>Commission</b>&#8221;):</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;">the Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506928/000143774920004451/avgr20191231_10k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Form 10-K</a> for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;">the Registrant&#8217;s Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the SEC on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506928/000143774919017254/avgr20190820_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">January 30, 2020</a> and <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506928/000143774919017303/avgr20190822_8k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">January 31, 2020</a>; and</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;font-size:10pt;">the description of the Registrant&#8217;s common stock contained in the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on <a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1506928/000110465915004587/a14-21916_98a12b.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Form 8-A</a> filed with the Commission on January 27, 2015 pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;<b>Exchange Act</b>&#8221;), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">We also incorporate by reference into this Registration Statement all documents that we file with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the completion or termination of the offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we are not incorporating by reference information furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K, including the related exhibits, nor in any documents or other information that is deemed to have been &#8220;furnished&#8221; to and not &#8220;filed&#8221; with the SEC.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">Any statements contained in a previously filed document incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement is deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement, or in a subsequently filed document also incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes that statement.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">The Registrant&#8217;s amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains provisions that eliminate, to the maximum extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the personal liability of the Registrant&#8217;s directors and executive officers for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties as directors or officers. The Registrant&#8217;s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that the Registrant must indemnify its directors and executive officers and may indemnify its employees and other agents to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (&#8220;<b>DGCL</b>&#8221;) provides that a corporation may indemnify any person made a party to an action by reason of the fact that he or she was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of a corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity, against expenses (including attorneys&#8217; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action if he or she 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, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of an action by or in right of the corporation, no indemnification may generally be made in respect of any claim as to which such person is adjudged to be liable to the corporation.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">Section 145 also provides that any indemnification under Section 145 (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 145. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer of the corporation at the time of such determination, (1) by majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum; (2) by a committee of such directors designated by the majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum; (3) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or (4) by the stockholders.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">Section 145 of the DGCL further provides that to the extent a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referenced in Section 145, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys&#8217; fees) he or she actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith and that such expenses may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in Section 145 of the DGCL. Section 145 also provides that indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled and that indemnification provided by, or granted pursuant to, Section 145 shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of such person&#8217;s heirs, executors and administrators.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">Section 102(b)(7)&nbsp;of the DGCL provides that a certificate of incorporation may contain a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director&#8217;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and executive officers in addition to the indemnification provided for in its amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws and intends to enter into indemnification agreements with any new directors and executive officers in the future.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">The Registrant has purchased and intends to maintain insurance on behalf of each and any person who is or was a director or officer of the Registrant against any loss arising from any claim asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, subject to certain exclusions.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36pt;">A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</p>

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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 72pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt;">(i)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)&nbsp;of the Securities Act;</p>

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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 36pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 63pt;">(ii)&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221; table in the effective registration statement; and</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">B.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">C.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">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 Redwood City, State of California, on March 10, 2020.</p>

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			</td>
			<td valign="top" width="35%">
			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;">Jeffrey M. Soinski</p>
			</td>
			<td valign="top" width="12%">
			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></p>
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			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></p>
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			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></p>
			</td>
			<td valign="top" width="35%">
			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;">Chief Executive Officer</p>
			</td>
			<td valign="top" width="12%">
			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">&nbsp;</p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b><a id="poa" name="poa">PO</a>WER OF ATTORNEY</b></p>

<p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">&nbsp;</p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Jeffrey M. Soinski and Mark Weinswig, and each of them acting individually, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, in any and all capacities, for each to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact, proxy and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, proxy and agent, or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</p>

<p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">&nbsp;</p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and the Power of Attorney has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">/s/ Jeffrey M. Soinski</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">President, Chief Executive Officer (Principal</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">March 10, 2020</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 34%;">Jeffrey M. Soinski</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 34%; text-align: center;">Executive Officer); Director</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 34%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">March 10, 2020</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:0pt;margin-right:3.3pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;">/s/ James B. McElwee</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">Director</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">March 10, 2020</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 34%;">James B. McElwee</td>
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avgr20200309_s8.htm
Registration No. 333-
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2020
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AVINGER, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
20-8873453
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
400 Chesapeake Drive
Redwood City, California 94063
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
AMENDED AND RESTATED OFFICER AND DIRECTOR SHARE PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plans)
Jeffrey M. Soinski
Chief Executive Officer
Avinger, Inc.
400 Chesapeake Drive
Redwood City, California 94063
(650) 241-7900
(Name, address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Nolan Taylor
David Marx
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
111 South Main Street, Suite 2100
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
(801) 933-7363
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. ☒
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Securities
to be
Registered
Amount
to be
Registered
(1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price Per
Share
(2)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price
(2)
Amount of
Registration
Fee
Common Stock $0.001 par value, reserved for issuance pursuant to the Amended and Restated Officer and Director Share Purchase Plan
125,000 shares
$0.58
$72,500
$9.42
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 shall also cover any additional shares of Avinger, Inc.'s common stock that become issuable under the Amended and Restated Officer and Director Share Purchase Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt of consideration that increases the number of the registrant's outstanding shares of common stock.
(2)
Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act of 1933 solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of $0.58 per share, which represents the average of the high and low prices of the common stock as reported in The Nasdaq Capital Market on March 6, 2020.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
SECTION 10(a)
PROSPECTUS
Item 1.
Plan Information
.
Information required by Item 1 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 adopted under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
Item 2.
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
.
Information required by Item 2 to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 adopted under the Securities Act and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
Avinger, Inc. (the "
Registrant
") hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
Commission
"):
(1)
the Registrant's Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019;
(2)
the Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on
January 30, 2020
and
January 31, 2020
; and
(3)
the description of the Registrant's common stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form 8-A
filed with the Commission on January 27, 2015 pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "
Exchange Act
"), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
We also incorporate by reference into this Registration Statement all documents that we file with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the completion or termination of the offering. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we are not incorporating by reference information furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K, including the related exhibits, nor in any documents or other information that is deemed to have been "furnished" to and not "filed" with the SEC.
Any statements contained in a previously filed document incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement is deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement, or in a subsequently filed document also incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes that 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
.
The Registrant's amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains provisions that eliminate, to the maximum extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the personal liability of the Registrant's directors and executive officers for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties as directors or officers. The Registrant's amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that the Registrant must indemnify its directors and executive officers and may indemnify its employees and other agents to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware ("
DGCL
") provides that a corporation may indemnify any person made a party to an action by reason of the fact that he or she was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of a corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action if he or she 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, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful, except that, in the case of an action by or in right of the corporation, no indemnification may generally be made in respect of any claim as to which such person is adjudged to be liable to the corporation.
Section 145 also provides that any indemnification under Section 145 (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the present or former director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 145. Such determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or officer of the corporation at the time of such determination, (1) by majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum; (2) by a committee of such directors designated by the majority vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum; (3) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or (4) by the stockholders.
Section 145 of the DGCL further provides that to the extent a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referenced in Section 145, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) he or she actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith and that such expenses may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in Section 145 of the DGCL. Section 145 also provides that indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled and that indemnification provided by, or granted pursuant to, Section 145 shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of such person's heirs, executors and administrators.
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL provides that a certificate of incorporation may contain a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and executive officers in addition to the indemnification provided for in its amended and restated certificate of incorporation and bylaws and intends to enter into indemnification agreements with any new directors and executive officers in the future.
The Registrant has purchased and intends to maintain insurance on behalf of each and any person who is or was a director or officer of the Registrant against any loss arising from any claim asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, subject to certain exclusions.
See also the undertakings set out in response to Item 9 herein.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
(1)
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the registrant
4.2
(1)
Bylaws of the registrant
4.3
(
2
)
Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
4.4
(3
)
Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
4.5
(4
)
Amended and Restated Specimen Common Stock certificate.
5.1
Opinion of Dorsey & Whitney LLP.
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of Dorsey & Whitney LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
24.1
Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto).
99.1
(5)
Amended and Restated Officer and Director Share Purchase Plan
99.2
(6)
Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Officer and Director Share Purchase Plan
(1)
Previously filed as an Exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6, 2015, and incorporated by reference herein.
(2)
Previously filed as an Exhibit to the registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 2, 2018
(3)
Previously filed as an Exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 21, 2019, and incorporated by reference herein.
(4)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 filed with Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-201322), filed with the Commission on January 28, 2015.
(5)
Previously filed as an Exhibit to the registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 5, 2019, and incorporated by reference herein.
(6)
Previously filed as an Exhibit to the registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 5, 2020, and incorporated by reference herein.
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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
(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 those 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 this Registration Statement.
(2)     That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)     To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
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 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
C.     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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 Redwood City, State of California, on March 10, 2020.
AVINGER
, INC.
By:
/s/
Jeffrey M. Soinski
Jeffrey M. Soinski
Chief Executive Officer
PO
WER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Jeffrey M. Soinski and Mark Weinswig, and each of them acting individually, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, in any and all capacities, for each to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including post-effective amendments) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact, proxy and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, proxy and agent, or his or her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and the Power of Attorney has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Jeffrey M. Soinski
President, Chief Executive Officer (Principal
March 10, 2020
Jeffrey M. Soinski
Executive Officer); Director
/s/ Mark Weinswig
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and
March 10, 2020
Mark Weinswig
Accounting Officer)
/s/ James B. McElwee
Director
March 10, 2020
James B. McElwee
/s/ James G. Cullen
Director
March 10, 2020
James G. Cullen
/s/ Tamara N. Elias
Director
March 10, 2020
Tamara N. Elias