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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001564590-15-002322
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150401
ITEM INFORMATION:		Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150401
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150401

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	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

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		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-19961
		FILM NUMBER:		15743303

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		7 ABRAHAM DE VEERSTRAAT
		STREET 2:		CURACAO
		CITY:			NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
		STATE:			P8
		ZIP:			00000
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:8.72%;color:#252525;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">On April 1, 2015, Orthofix International N.V. (the &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Company</font>&#8221;) received a letter from the Nasdaq Stock Market stating that a Nasdaq Hearings Panel (the &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Hearings Panel</font>&#8221;) had granted the Company&#8217;s request for relief from delisting provided that the Company completes the filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 (the &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">2014 Form 10-K</font>&#8221;) by April 30, 2015.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:8.72%;color:#252525;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">As previously disclosed, the filing of the 2014 Form 10-K has been delayed while the Company worked to complete a restatement of its consolidated financial statements for the <font style="color:#000000;">fiscal years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 (including the interim quarterly periods contained within the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012) and the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014.&nbsp;&nbsp;These restated financial statements were completed and filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on March 31, 2015.&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, on March 31, 2015, the Company filed its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended June 30, 2014 and September 30, 2014, which had also been delayed while the Company worked to complete this restatement.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. <font style="margin-left:36pt;"></font></p>
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