<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001104659-12-033299.txt : 20120504
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-12-033299
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120504
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120504
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20120504

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ORTHOFIX INTERNATIONAL N V
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000884624
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-181179
		FILM NUMBER:		12815235

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7 ABRAHAM DE VEERSTRAAT
		STREET 2:		CURACAO
		CITY:			NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
		STATE:			P8
		ZIP:			00000
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<DESCRIPTION>SECURITIES TO BE OFFERED TO EMPLOYEES PURSUANT TO EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;4, 2012</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ORTHOFIX INTERNATIONAL N.V.</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Between</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  <b>Orthofix International N.V. and Vicente Trelles</b></font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Orthofix International N.V.</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">3451 Plano Parkway</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Lewisville, Texas 75056</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(214) 937-2000</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Joseph E. Gilligan</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Hogan Lovells US LLP</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">555 Thirteenth St., NW</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(202) 637-5600</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:27.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one):</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed<br>   Maximum</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;"><br>    </font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Aggregate<br>   Offering</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;"><br>    </font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Price&nbsp;(2)</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount&nbsp;of</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;"><br>    </font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;"><br>    </font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Fee</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;)</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">150,000</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">39.725</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5,958,750</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">682.88</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">150,000 shares of   Common Stock of Orthofix International N.V. (the &#147;Company&#148;) being registered   hereby relate to a certain stock option agreement between the Company and   Vicente Trelles, the Company&#146;s Executive Vice President, Worldwide   Operations, Shared Services and R&amp;D.&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, this   Registration Statement, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a)&nbsp;under the   Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), shall cover any   additional shares of Common Stock that become issuable by reason of any stock   dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction   effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in   the number of shares of Common Stock.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Proposed   Maximum Offering Price Per Share and the Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering   Price are estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration   fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c)&nbsp;and 457(h)&nbsp;under the Securities   Act, on the basis of the average of the high and low prices for the shares of   Common Stock reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on April 27, 2012.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Registration Statement is filed by the Company to register securities issuable upon the exercise of stock options granted to Vicente Trelles (&#147;<u>Trelles</u>&#148;), the Company&#146;s Executive Vice President, Worldwide Operations, Shared Services and R&amp;D, pursuant to that certain Inducement Grant Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement between the Company and Trelles dated April&nbsp;1, 2011.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 2.</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information. *</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 3.</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <b>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</b>.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following documents, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<u>Commission</u>&#148;), are incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Registration Statement; <i>provided</i>, <i>however</i>, that the Company is not incorporating any information furnished pursuant to either Item&nbsp;2.02 or Item&nbsp;7.01 of any current report on Form&nbsp;8-K:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2011, as amended;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), after December&nbsp;31, 2011; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The description of the Company&#146;s shares of Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form F-1&#160; filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;6, 1992.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act (other than information furnished under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any current report on Form&nbsp;8-K), after the date of this Registration Statement but before the Company files a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement, which indicate that all securities offered have been sold or which deregister all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and are a part thereof from the date of filing of such documents.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 4.</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <b>Description of Securities.</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5.</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <b>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 6.</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <b>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company&#146;s Articles of Association generally include provisions related to the indemnification of officers and directors and the Company&#146;s ability to purchase insurance against liability which officers and directors may incur in their capacities as such.&#160; The Company&#146;s standard form of indemnity agreement for officers and directors further outlines the Company&#146;s mandatory and permissive indemnity and insurance obligations.&nbsp;&nbsp;The general effect of the Company&#146;s Articles of Association and form of indemnity agreement are summarized below.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Articles of Association</font></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Article&nbsp;11 of the Company&#146;s Articles of Association generally provides, in relevant part:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company shall promptly indemnify, to the full extent permitted by law, any person made or threatened to be made a party to a threatened, pending or completed action, claim, litigation, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative or investigative, predicated on any applicable law of any jurisdiction, whether a</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">derivative action and/or whether formal or informal, by reason of the fact that the person, or his or her testator or intestate, is or was a director or officer of the Company or serves or served any other enterprise as a director or officer at the request of the Company or any predecessor of the Company against all judgments, amounts incurred in settlement, fines, penalties and, with respect to any employee benefit plan, any excise tax or penalty incurred in connection therewith, and all other reasonable liabilities of every type or nature whatsoever incurred in connection with the subject action and any and all reasonable expenses, fees, costs, charges, attorneys&#146; fees and disbursements, other out-of-pocket costs, reasonable compensation for time spent by the director or officer in connection with the action for which he or she is not otherwise compensated by the Company, any affiliate, any third party or other entity and any and all other reasonable direct and indirect costs of any type or nature whatsoever, he or she may incur in connection with such action, if he did not engage in misconduct.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company shall from time to time pay to or reimburse a director or officer, or such other person or entity as the director or officer may designate in writing to the Company, any and all reasonable expenses, fees, costs, charges, attorneys&#146; fees and disbursements, other out-of-pocket costs, reasonable compensation for time spent by the director or officer in connection with the action for which he or she is not otherwise compensated by the Company, any affiliate, any third party or other entity and any and all other reasonable direct and indirect costs of any type or nature whatsoever incurred by or on behalf of such director or officer in connection with any action in advance of the final disposition or conclusion of any such action within ten days after the receipt of the director&#146;s or officer&#146;s written request therefore; provided, that the director or officer furnishes to the Company an executed written certificate affirming his or her good faith belief that he or she has not engaged in misconduct which would render indemnification impermissible under Article&nbsp;11 or applicable law, and agrees in writing to repay any advances made if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, or other panel or authority consented to by the director or officer, that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company has the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the Company, and/or is or was serving as a director or officer of an affiliate, against any liability asserted against him or her and/or incurred by or on behalf of him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such a director or officer, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liabilities under this Article&nbsp;11 or under applicable law.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The purchase and maintenance of such insurance shall not in any way limit or affect the rights and obligations of the Company and/or any director or officer under Article&nbsp;11. Such insurance may, but need not, be for the benefit of all directors or officers of the Company and those serving as directors or officers of one or more affiliates. The Company may also create a trust fund, grant a security interest and/or use other means (including, without limitation, letters of credit, surety bonds and/or other similar arrangements), as well as enter into contracts providing indemnification to the full extent permitted by law and including as part thereof provisions with respect to any or all of the foregoing to ensure the payment of such amounts as may become necessary to effect indemnification as provided herein, therein or elsewhere. Such contracts may also include, without limitation, procedures for the determination of the right to indemnification (including the choice of venues and courts, agencies, panels or other authorities designated to make such determination), burden of proof, remedies for failure to make prompt payment, and other matters pertaining to both the substance of and procedures for indemnification.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The right to indemnification against liabilities and advancement of expenses provided to a director or officer by Article&nbsp;11 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to indemnification against liabilities and advancement of expenses which any director or officer of the Company and/or of an affiliate may be entitled under any charter provision, written agreement, resolution, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors of the Company or otherwise, both as to acts in his or her official capacity as such director or officer of the Company and/or of an affiliate or as to acts in any other capacity while holding such office or position, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify against liabilities or advance expenses to the director or officer under Article&nbsp;11 or under applicable law.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The terms and provisions of Article&nbsp;11 shall continue as to a director or officer subsequent to the cessation of his or her tenure as such, and such terms and provisions shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, estate, executors and administrators of such director or officer and the successors and assigns of the Company, including, without limitation, any successor to the Company by way of merger, consolidation and/or sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets or capital stock of the Company. Except as provided in Article&nbsp;11,</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">all rights and obligations of the Company and the directors or officers shall continue in full force and effect despite the subsequent amendment or modification of the Company&#146;s Articles of Association, and such rights and obligations shall not be affected by any such amendment or modification, any resolution of directors or shareholders of the Company, or by any other corporate action which conflicts with or purports to amend, modify, limit or eliminate any of the rights or obligations of the Company and/or of the directors or officers.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indemnity Agreement</font></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company has entered into indemnity agreements with certain of its directors and officers, which agreements further clarify, expand and, in some cases, limit the director&#146;s or officer&#146;s rights to indemnification in specific circumstances.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Reference is made to the attached Exhibit&nbsp;Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To file, during   any period in which any offers or sales are being made, a post-effective   amendment to this Registration Statement:</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To include any   prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)&nbsp;of the Securities Act of   1933;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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 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)&nbsp;if, in the aggregate, the   changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the   maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of   Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement; and</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To include any   material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously   disclosed in the registration statement or any other material change to such   information in the registration statement;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;13 or   Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are   incorporated by reference in the registration statement.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">That, for the   purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each   such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration   statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of   such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <i>bona fide </i>offering thereof.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To remove from   registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities   being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each prospectus   filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)(3)&nbsp;shall be deemed   to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus   was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each prospectus   required to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)(2), (b)(5), or   (b)(7)&nbsp;as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule&nbsp;430B   relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule&nbsp;415(a)(l)(i), (vii), or   (x)&nbsp;for the purpose of providing the information required by Section   10(a)&nbsp;of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and   included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such   form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first   contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus.   As provided in Rule&nbsp;430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any   person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a   new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities   in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the   offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <i>bona fide </i>offering thereof. <i>Provided,   however, </i>that no statement made in a registration statement or   prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document   incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration   statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as   to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date,   supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement   or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such   document immediately prior to such effective date; or</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If the Registrant   is subject to Rule&nbsp;430C, each prospectus filed pursuant to   Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;as part of a registration statement relating to an   offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule&nbsp;430B or   other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule&nbsp;430A, shall be deemed   to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is   first used after effectiveness.&nbsp;&nbsp;<i>Provided,   however,</i> that no statement made in a registration statement or   prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document   incorporated or deemed incorporated by </font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">reference into the   registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration   statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to   such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the   registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement   or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned   Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the   undersigned Registrant pursuant to this Registration Statement, regardless of   the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the   securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the   following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the   purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such   purchaser:</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any preliminary   prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the   offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any free writing   prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the   undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The portion of any   other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material   information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or   on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any other   communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned   Registrant to the purchaser.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Filings Incorporating Subsequent Exchange Act   Documents by Reference</font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that,   for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,   each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or   15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each   filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d)   of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in   the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement   relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such   securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <i>bona fide</i> offering thereof.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Filing of Registration Statement on Form S-8</font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Insofar as   indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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 of 1933 and is, therefore,   unenforceable.&nbsp;&nbsp;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 </font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;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 Lewisville, State of Texas, on the </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">th</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;day of May, 2012.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each of the undersigned directors and officers of Orthofix International N.V. hereby appoints each of Robert S. Vaters and Brian McCollum, jointly and severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him and in his name, place and stead, with full power to act alone, to sign on his behalf and in the capacity set forth below, any and all amendments and post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 and to file each such amendment and post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, hereby granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on the&nbsp;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">th</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;day of May, 2012.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certificate of Incorporation   of Orthofix International N.V. (filed as an exhibit to the annual report on   Form&nbsp;20-F of Orthofix International N.V. dated June&nbsp;29, 2001 and   incorporated herein by reference).</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Articles of   Association of Orthofix International N.V., as amended (filed as an exhibit   to the annual report on Form&nbsp;10-K of Orthofix International N.V. for the   fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2011 and incorporated herein by   reference).</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">STvB LAWYERS</font></p>
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">DUTCH CARIBBEAN</font></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Johan van Walbeeckplein 11</font></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cura&#231;ao</font></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">T + 599 9 465 50 55</font></p>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">stvb.curacao@stvb.com</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Orthofix International N.V.</font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3451 Plano Parkway</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Lewisville, Texas 75056</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">U.S.A.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cura&#231;ao, 4 May&nbsp;2012</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dear Sirs,</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We have acted as Cura&#231;ao counsel to Orthofix International N.V., a company organized under the laws of the former Netherlands Antilles and currently existing under the laws of Cura&#231;ao (the &#147;<b>Company</b>&#148;), in connection with the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 to be filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with the Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C., U.S.A., in connection with the registration of 150,000 Common Shares of the par value of US$ 0.10 each in the capital stock of the Company, issuable by the Company pursuant to that certain Inducement Grant Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement between the Company and Vicente Trelles dated 1 April&nbsp;2011 (the &#147;<b>Agreement</b>&#148;).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In our capacity as Cura&#231;ao counsel we have examined a draft of the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (the &#147;<b>Registration Statement</b>&#148;) to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in May&nbsp;2012 and we have also examined the Articles of Association, as amended, of the Company and originals or copies of such corporate records of the Company, certificates of public officials and of the Directors and other representatives of the Company, and such other documents as we have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinion hereinafter expressed.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In our examination of the documents referred to above and in expressing our opinion, we have assumed without independent verification of any kind:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the conformity   with the originals of all documents submitted to us as certified, facsimile   or photo static copies;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">the due authority   of the parties authenticating such documents; and</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">that the   Resolutions (as defined below) have not been amended, cancelled or revoked.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In rendering the following opinion we are opining on the matters hereinafter referred to only insofar as they are governed by the laws of Cura&#231;ao as currently in effect. We have made no investigation of and express no opinion in relation to the laws of any jurisdiction other than Cura&#231;ao.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Based upon and subject to the foregoing and having due regard for such legal consideration as we deem relevant, we are of the opinion, that:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company is a   corporation duly organized and is validly existing under the laws of Cura&#231;ao   with the corporate power and authority under such laws to own, lease and   operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in article 2   of the Articles of Association. The Company has been duly registered with the   Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Cura&#231;ao under number 47379.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Common Shares   to be made available by the Company to the participant under the Agreement   have been duly authorized and when issued and paid for in accordance with the   terms of the Agreement, will be fully paid and non-assessable; and all   corporate action required to be taken for the authorization and issue of such   Common Shares has been validly and sufficiently taken by the Compensation   Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company at a meeting held on 19   March&nbsp;2011 and by the Board of Directors on 9 March&nbsp;2012 (the &#147;<b>Resolutions</b>&#148;).</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Under the laws of   Cura&#231;ao, no personal liability will attach to the holders of the Common   Shares if and when issued solely by reason of their ownership thereof.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This opinion is delivered to you and may not be relied upon or used by you and your counsel for any other purpose, or by any other person, without our written consent.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form&nbsp;S-8) pertaining to the Inducement Grant Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement between Orthofix International N.V. and Vicente Trelles of Orthofix International N.V. of our reports dated February&nbsp;29, 2012, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedules of Orthofix International N.V. and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Orthofix International N.V. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2011, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;4, 2012</font></p>
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