WRIGHT MEDICAL GROUP, INC. - FORM S-8
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 25, 2005
Registration No. 333-_____


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

WRIGHT MEDICAL GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware   13-4088127
(State or other jurisdiction   (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)   Identification No.)
     
5677 Airline Road    
Arlington, Tennessee   38002
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Wright Medical Group, Inc.
Fourth Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)


Laurence Y. Fairey
President and Chief Executive Officer
Wright Medical Group, Inc.
5677 Airline Road
Arlington, Tennessee 38002

(Name and address of agent for service)

(901) 867-9971
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copy to:
Peter H. Kesser, Esq.
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C.
165 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor
Memphis, Tennessee 38103
(901) 526-2000

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                             
 
                  Proposed       Proposed            
  Title of Each     Amount       Maximum       Maximum            
  Class of Securities     to be       Offering Price       Aggregate       Amount of    
  to be Registered     Registered(1)       Per Share(2)       Offering Price(2)       Registration Fee    
 
Common Stock
      1,500,000       $ 25.65       $ 38,475,000       $ 4,528.51    
 

1.   This registration statement covers 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock, $.01 par value per share, of Wright Medical Group, Inc. (the “Common Stock”) issuable pursuant to the Wright Medical Group, Inc. Fourth Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan authorizes the issuance of a maximum of 9,767,051 shares of Common Stock, including the 1,500,000 shares being registered herein. In addition, this registration statement covers such indeterminable number of additional shares of Common Stock as may hereafter be offered or issued pursuant to the Plan to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits or similar transactions effected without receipt of consideration and pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

2.   These figures are estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee. The registration fee has been calculated pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act based upon the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock as reported by the Nasdaq National Market on May 20, 2005.

 


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STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E —
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
PART II
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EX-5 OPINION OF BAKER, DONELSON, BEARMAN, CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ, P.C.
EX-23.1 CONSENT OF KPMG LLP.


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STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E —
REGISTRATION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES

The stockholders of Wright Medical Group, Inc. (the “Company”) originally approved the Company’s 1999 Equity Incentive Plan on December 7, 1999, and it was subsequently amended and restated on July 6, 2001, May 13, 2003, and May 13, 2004 (the “Equity Incentive Plan”). On May 12, 2005, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Equity Incentive Plan which (a) increased the number of shares of Common Stock available for awards thereunder by 1,500,000 shares, which are the subject of this registration statement, and (b) clarified that any and all shares of common stock that may be made subject to awards under the Equity Incentive Plan may be issued pursuant to incentive stock options. The contents of the Company’s earlier registration statements related to the Equity Incentive Plan (File Numbers 333-75176, 333-108638, and 333-115541) are incorporated herein by reference.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) are incorporated by reference into this registration statement:

1.   Annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, filed on March 1, 2005;
 
2.   Current report on Form 8-K filed on February 10, 2005;
 
3.   Current report on Form 8-K filed on April 7, 2005;
 
4.   Current report on Form 8-K filed on April 26, 2005;
 
5.   Current report on Form 8-K filed on April 27, 2005;
 
6.   Quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005, filed on May 2, 2005; and
 
7.   The description of the Common Stock set forth under the heading “Description of Capital Stock – Common Stock” in the Prospectus portion of Amendment No. 2 to the registration statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-81618) filed with the Commission on February 28, 2002.

All documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all the securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents with the Commission.

Item 8. Exhibits.

See the Index to Exhibits following the signature page herein.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company 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 Arlington, State of Tennessee, on May 25, 2005.

         
  WRIGHT MEDICAL GROUP, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Laurence Y. Fairey    
    Laurence Y. Fairey   
    President and Chief Executive Officer   
 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each of the undersigned directors and officers of Wright Medical Group, Inc. hereby severally constitutes and appoints Jason P. Hood and John K. Bakewell, and each of them, as the attorneys-in-fact for the undersigned, in any and all capacities, with full power of substitution, to sign any and all pre- or post-effective amendments to this registration statement, any subsequent registration statement for the same offering which may be filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any and all pre- or post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing 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 may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

         
Signature   Title   Date
 
/s/ LAURENCE Y. FAIREY
Laurence Y. Fairey
  President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director   May 25, 2005
         
/s/ JOHN K. BAKEWELL
John K. Bakewell
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)   May 25, 2005
         
/s/ F. BARRY BAYS
F. Barry Bays
  Executive Chairman of the Board   May 25, 2005
         
/s/ RICHARD B. EMMITT
Richard B. Emmitt
  Director   May 25, 2005
         
/s/ DAVID D. STEVENS
David D. Stevens
  Director   May 25, 2005
         
/s/ JAMES E. THOMAS
James E. Thomas
  Director   May 25, 2005

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Signature   Title   Date
/s/ THOMAS E. TIMBIE
Thomas E. Timbie
  Director   May 25, 2005
         
/s/ JAMES T. TREACE
James T. Treace
  Director   May 25, 2005
         
/s/ ELIZABETH H. WEATHERMAN
Elizabeth H. Weatherman
  Director   May 25, 2005

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

         
Exhibit No.   Description of Exhibits
  4.1    
Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Wright Medical Group, Inc., (1) as amended by Certificate of Amendment of Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Wright Medical Group, Inc.(2)
       
 
  4.2    
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Wright Medical Group, Inc. (3)
       
 
  4.3    
Fourth Amended and Restated 1999 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Equity Incentive Plan”).(4)
       
 
  4.4    
Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement, as amended by form of Amendment No. 1 to Incentive Stock Option Agreement, pursuant to the Equity Incentive Plan. (1)
       
 
  4.5    
Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement pursuant to the Equity Incentive Plan. (1)
       
 
  4.6    
Form of Executive Stock Option Agreement pursuant to the Equity Incentive Plan. (5)
       
 
  4.7    
Form of Non-Employee Director Stock Option Agreement pursuant to the Equity Incentive Plan. (5)
       
 
  5    
Opinion of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C. concerning the legality of the securities being registered.
       
 
  23.1    
Consent of KPMG LLP.
       
 
  23.2    
Consent of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C. (included in Exhibit 5).
       
 
  24    
Power of Attorney (reference is made to the signature page).


(1)   Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-59732), as amended.
 
(2)   Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on May 14, 2004.
 
(3)   Incorporated by reference to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed on March 31, 2004.
 
(4)   Incorporated by reference to the Company’s definitive Proxy Statement filed on April 13, 2005.
 
(5)   Incorporated by reference to the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed on April 27, 2005.

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