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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;13, 2008</DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 9pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 9pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 9pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 9pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
  UNDER<BR>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 9pt"><B>HEARTWARE INTERNATIONAL, INC.</B>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>
  
  
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
  (State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
  incorporation or organization)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>26-3636023</B><BR>
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>205 Newbury Street <BR>
  Framingham, Massachusetts</B><BR>
  (Address of principal executive offices)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>01701</B><BR>
  (Zip Code)</TD>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>HEARTWARE INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2008 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN<BR>
  HEARTWARE INTERNATIONAL, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN<BR>
  HEARTWARE INTERNATIONAL, INC. RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT PLAN<BR>
  HEARTWARE INTERNATIONAL, INC. INCENTIVE OPTION TERMS: NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS</B><BR>
  (Full title of plans)</DIV>
  
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">(Name, address and telephone</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">number of agent for service)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">(Copy to:)</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Douglas Godshall</B>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Marjorie Sybul Adams, Esq.</B></TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Chief Executive Officer</B>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>DLA Piper LLP (US)</B></TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>205 Newbury Street</B>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1251 Avenue of the Americas</B></TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Framingham, Massachusetts 01701</B>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>New York, New York 10020</B></TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(508)&nbsp;739-0950</B>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(212)&nbsp;335-4517</B></TD>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 the definitions of &#147;large
  accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>
  
  
  
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      <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">Accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center">Non-accelerated filer &nbsp; <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>
  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
      <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">Smaller reporting company <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Amount</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Maximum</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Maximum</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
  
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>to be</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Offering</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Aggregate</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Registration</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of Securities to be Registered</B></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Registered (1)</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Price Per Unit (2)</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Offering Price (2)</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Fee (2)</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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                      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">2008 Stock Incentive Plan</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">469,140</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$11.19</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$5,249,677</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$206.31</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
      <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Employee Stock Option Plan</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">648,380</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$17.15</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$11,119,717</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$437.00</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Restricted Stock Unit Plan</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">142,846</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$11.19</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$1,598,447</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$62.82</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
      <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Incentive Option Terms: Includes
  Non-Executive Directors (3)</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">38,568</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$19.93</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$768,880</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$30.21</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">TOTAL</DIV></TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,298,934</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$18,736,501</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$736.34</TD>
      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 1px" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="left" colspan="23" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
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  </DIV>
  
  
  
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  <TR>
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  <TR valign="top">
      <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>In addition, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
  Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock that may be
  offered or issued by reason of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  
  <TR valign="top">
      <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Determined solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and
  (h), as converted from Australian dollars into U.S. dollars based on the prevailing exchange rate
  on the applicable date. For purposes of the 2008 Stock Incentive Plan and the Restricted Stock
  Unit Plan, the proposed maximum offering price per share, proposed maximum aggregate offering price
  and the amount of the registration fee are based on the equivalent average of the high and low
  prices of the CHESS Depositary Interests, or CDIs, each representing an interest in one
  thirty-fifth of a share of Common Stock of HeartWare International, Inc., as calculated using the
  average of the high and low prices on October&nbsp;31, 2008 as reported on the Australian Securities
  Exchange, the most recent date on which the CDIs traded (i.e., ASX:HTW A$0.50 multiplied by 35 or
  A$17.50, US$11.19). The Registrant has based the fee calculation on the October&nbsp;31, 2008 trading
  prices because neither the Common Stock nor the CDIs have traded since that date. For purposes of
  the other plans, the proposed maximum offering price per share, proposed maximum aggregate offering
  price and the amount of the registration fee are based on the weighted average exercise price of
  all outstanding options and other awards that represent all of the shares of Common Stock issuable
  under these plans.</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Covers the non-plan options granted to Robert Thomas, Dr.&nbsp;Christine Bennett, Dr.&nbsp;Denis Wade,
  AM, Dr.&nbsp;Bud Frazier, and Dr.&nbsp;Steven Boyce.</TD>
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  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000"> PART I</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001"> PART II</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b72874hlexv5w1.htm">Ex-5.1 Opinion of DLA Piper LLP</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b72874hlexv23w1.htm">Ex-23.1 Consent of Grant Thornton LLP</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b72874hlexv24w1.htm">Ex-24.1 Power of Attorney</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b72874hlexv99w4.htm">Ex-99.4 Form of HeartWare International, Inc. Incentive Option Terms</A></TD></TR>
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  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
  
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not required to be included in this Form S-8 Registration Statement pursuant to the
  introductory Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8.
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  <DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
  
  </DIV>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents which have been filed by the Registrant or HeartWare Limited, the
  predecessor issuer of the Registrant and an Australian company (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.
  98-0498958), the ordinary shares of which were exchanged for the Common Stock of the Registrant for
  the purpose of causing the reincorporation of HeartWare Limited from Australia to the State of
  Delaware of the United States, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) are
  incorporated herein by reference:
  </DIV>
  
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  <TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>HeartWare Limited&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31,
  2007;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>All other reports filed by the Registrant or HeartWare Limited pursuant to
  Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (&#147;Exchange
  Act&#148;), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred to in (a)
  above; and</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR>
      <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
      <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>Description of Common Stock of the Registrant contained or incorporated in the
  Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November&nbsp;13, 2008, under the Exchange
  Act, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
  description.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  </TABLE>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to
  Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
  amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
  securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration
  Statement and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of filing of such
  documents.
  </DIV>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
  </DIV>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;None.
  </DIV>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court to award, or a
  corporation&#146;s board of directors to grant, indemnity to directors and officers in terms
  sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities
  (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as
  amended.
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Registrant&#146;s certificate of
  incorporation includes a provision that eliminates the personal liability of its directors for
  monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Registrant&#146;s bylaws provide that (1)
  it is required to indemnify its directors and officers, and any individual serving at the request
  of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee, partner, manager or trustee of another entity
  or enterprise, to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, and (2)
  the right to indemnification includes the right of a director or officer to be paid expenses
  incurred in defending the proceeding in advance of its final disposition, contingent upon delivery
  to the Registrant of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all
  amounts so advanced if it should be determined ultimately by final judicial decision from which
  there is no further right to appeal that such director or officer is not entitled to be
  indemnified.
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  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
  </DIV>
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  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Exhibit&nbsp;Index.
  </DIV>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
  amendment to this Registration Statement:
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
  Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;);
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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 this Registration Statement;
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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.
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">Paragraphs (l)(i) and (l)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be
  included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
  filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
  incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(2)&nbsp;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 <U>bona</U> <U>fide</U> offering thereof.
  </DIV>
  
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(3)&nbsp;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.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
  or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
  annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in
  the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the
  securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
  the initial <U>bona</U> <U>fide</U> offering thereof.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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.
  </DIV>
  
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Framingham, Massachusetts, on November&nbsp;13, 2008.
  </DIV>
  
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  <TR>
      <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" align="left">HEARTWARE INTERNATIONAL, INC.<BR>
  &nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Douglas Godshall
  &nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" align="left">Douglas Godshall, Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  </TABLE>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.
  </DIV>
  <DIV align="center">
  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
  <!-- Begin Table Head -->
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      <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Douglas Godshall
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer and
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;13, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Douglas Godshall
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director<BR>
  (principal executive officer)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David McIntyre
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer and
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;13, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  David McIntyre
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Business Officer<BR>
  (principal financial officer)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert Thomas
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman and Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;13, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Robert Thomas
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Dr.&nbsp;Seth Harrison
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;13, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Dr.&nbsp;Seth Harrison
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Dr.&nbsp;Christine Bennett
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;13, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Dr.&nbsp;Christine Bennett
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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  </TR>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Dr.&nbsp;Denis Wade
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;13, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Dr.&nbsp;Denis Wade, AM
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert Stockman
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;13, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Robert Stockman
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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  </TR>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Timothy J. Barberich
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;13, 2008</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Timothy J. Barberich
  </DIV></TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ C. Raymond Larkin, Jr.
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top">November&nbsp;13, 2008</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  C. Raymond Larkin, Jr.
  </DIV></TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">NUMBER</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by
  reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on
  Form&nbsp;8-K filed on November&nbsp;13, 2008).</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2
  to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on November
  13, 2008).</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of DLA Piper LLP (US).</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP.</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of DLA Piper LLP (US) (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this
  Registration Statement).</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney.</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">HeartWare International, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan
  (incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;12 to the Information
  Memorandum contained in HeartWare Limited&#146;s Proxy Statement on
  Form&nbsp;DEF 14A filed on September&nbsp;22, 2008).</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.2
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">HeartWare International, Inc. Employee Stock Option Plan
  (incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;9 to the Information
  Memorandum contained in HeartWare Limited&#146;s Proxy Statement on
  Form&nbsp;DEF 14A filed on September&nbsp;22, 2008).</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.3
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">HeartWare International, Inc. Restricted Stock Unit Plan
  (incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;10 to the Information
  Memorandum contained in HeartWare Limited&#146;s Proxy Statement on
  Form&nbsp;DEF 14A filed on September&nbsp;22, 2008).</TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.4
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of HeartWare International, Inc. Incentive Option Terms.</TD>
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  Table of Contents
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 13, 2008
  Registration No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  HEARTWARE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  (State or other jurisdiction of
  incorporation or organization)
  26-3636023
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  205 Newbury Street
  Framingham, Massachusetts
  (Address of principal executive offices)
  01701
  (Zip Code)
  HEARTWARE INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2008 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
  HEARTWARE INTERNATIONAL, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION PLAN
  HEARTWARE INTERNATIONAL, INC. RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT PLAN
  HEARTWARE INTERNATIONAL, INC. INCENTIVE OPTION TERMS: NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
  (Full title of plans)
  (Name, address and telephone
  number of agent for service)
  (Copy to:)
  Douglas Godshall
  Marjorie Sybul Adams, Esq.
  Chief Executive Officer
  DLA Piper LLP (US)
  205 Newbury Street
  1251 Avenue of the Americas
  Framingham, Massachusetts 01701
  New York, New York 10020
  (508) 739-0950
  (212) 335-4517
  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 the definitions of "large
  accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
  Large accelerated filer
  o
  Accelerated filer
  o
  Non-accelerated filer
  o
  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
  Smaller reporting company
  þ
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed
  Proposed
  Amount
  Maximum
  Maximum
  Amount of
  to be
  Offering
  Aggregate
  Registration
  Title of Securities to be Registered
  Registered (1)
  Price Per Unit (2)
  Offering Price (2)
  Fee (2)
  Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share
  2008 Stock Incentive Plan
  469,140
  $11.19
  $5,249,677
  $206.31
  Employee Stock Option Plan
  648,380
  $17.15
  $11,119,717
  $437.00
  Restricted Stock Unit Plan
  142,846
  $11.19
  $1,598,447
  $62.82
  Incentive Option Terms: Includes
  Non-Executive Directors (3)
  38,568
  $19.93
  $768,880
  $30.21
  TOTAL
  1,298,934
  $18,736,501
  $736.34
  (1)
  In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
  Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock that may be
  offered or issued by reason of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
  (2)
  Determined solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and
  (h), as converted from Australian dollars into U.S. dollars based on the prevailing exchange rate
  on the applicable date. For purposes of the 2008 Stock Incentive Plan and the Restricted Stock
  Unit Plan, the proposed maximum offering price per share, proposed maximum aggregate offering price
  and the amount of the registration fee are based on the equivalent average of the high and low
  prices of the CHESS Depositary Interests, or CDIs, each representing an interest in one
  thirty-fifth of a share of Common Stock of HeartWare International, Inc., as calculated using the
  average of the high and low prices on October 31, 2008 as reported on the Australian Securities
  Exchange, the most recent date on which the CDIs traded (i.e., ASX:HTW A$0.50 multiplied by 35 or
  A$17.50, US$11.19). The Registrant has based the fee calculation on the October 31, 2008 trading
  prices because neither the Common Stock nor the CDIs have traded since that date. For purposes of
  the other plans, the proposed maximum offering price per share, proposed maximum aggregate offering
  price and the amount of the registration fee are based on the weighted average exercise price of
  all outstanding options and other awards that represent all of the shares of Common Stock issuable
  under these plans.
  (3)
  Covers the non-plan options granted to Robert Thomas, Dr. Christine Bennett, Dr. Denis Wade,
  AM, Dr. Bud Frazier, and Dr. Steven Boyce.
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  PART I
  PART II
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
  Item 4. Description of Securities
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
  Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
  Item 8. Exhibits
  Item 9. Undertakings
  SIGNATURES
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Ex-5.1 Opinion of DLA Piper LLP
  Ex-23.1 Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
  Ex-24.1 Power of Attorney
  Ex-99.4 Form of HeartWare International, Inc. Incentive Option Terms
  Table of Contents
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  Not required to be included in this Form S-8 Registration Statement pursuant to the
  introductory Note to Part I of Form S-8.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The following documents which have been filed by the Registrant or HeartWare Limited, the
  predecessor issuer of the Registrant and an Australian company (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.
  98-0498958), the ordinary shares of which were exchanged for the Common Stock of the Registrant for
  the purpose of causing the reincorporation of HeartWare Limited from Australia to the State of
  Delaware of the United States, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are
  incorporated herein by reference:
  (a)
  HeartWare Limited's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
  2007;
  (b)
  All other reports filed by the Registrant or HeartWare Limited pursuant to
  Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange
  Act"), since the end of the fiscal year covered by the document referred to in (a)
  above; and
  (c)
  Description of Common Stock of the Registrant contained or incorporated in the
  Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on November 13, 2008, under the Exchange
  Act, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
  description.
  All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to
  Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
  amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
  securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration
  Statement and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of filing of such
  documents.
  Item 4. Description of Securities.
  Not applicable.
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  None.
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes a court to award, or a
  corporation's board of directors to grant, indemnity to directors and officers in terms
  sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities
  (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as
  amended.
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  As permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Registrant's certificate of
  incorporation includes a provision that eliminates the personal liability of its directors for
  monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.
  As permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Registrant's bylaws provide that (1)
  it is required to indemnify its directors and officers, and any individual serving at the request
  of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee, partner, manager or trustee of another entity
  or enterprise, to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, and (2)
  the right to indemnification includes the right of a director or officer to be paid expenses
  incurred in defending the proceeding in advance of its final disposition, contingent upon delivery
  to the Registrant of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all
  amounts so advanced if it should be determined ultimately by final judicial decision from which
  there is no further right to appeal that such director or officer is not entitled to be
  indemnified.
  Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
  Not applicable.
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  See Exhibit Index.
  Item 9. Undertakings.
  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 of 1933, as amended (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 this Registration Statement;
  (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.
  Paragraphs (l)(i) and (l)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be
  included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
  filed 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.
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  (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.
  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 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
  the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the
  securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
  the initial
  bona
  fide
  offering thereof.
  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.
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  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Framingham, Massachusetts, on November 13, 2008.
  HEARTWARE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
  By:
  /s/ Douglas Godshall
  Douglas Godshall, Chief Executive Officer
  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.
  /s/ Douglas Godshall
  Chief Executive Officer and
  November 13, 2008
  Douglas Godshall
  Director
  (principal executive officer)
  /s/ David McIntyre
  Chief Financial Officer and
  November 13, 2008
  David McIntyre
  Chief Business Officer
  (principal financial officer)
  /s/ Robert Thomas
  Chairman and Director
  November 13, 2008
  Robert Thomas
  /s/ Dr. Seth Harrison
  Director
  November 13, 2008
  Dr. Seth Harrison
  /s/ Dr. Christine Bennett
  Director
  November 13, 2008
  Dr. Christine Bennett
  /s/ Dr. Denis Wade
  Director
  November 13, 2008
  Dr. Denis Wade, AM
  /s/ Robert Stockman
  Director
  November 13, 2008
  Robert Stockman
  /s/ Timothy J. Barberich
  Director
  November 13, 2008
  Timothy J. Barberich
  /s/ C. Raymond Larkin, Jr.
  Director
  November 13, 2008
  C. Raymond Larkin, Jr.
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  EXHIBIT INDEX
  EXHIBIT
  NUMBER
  DESCRIPTION
  4.1
  Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by
  reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on
  Form 8-K filed on November 13, 2008).
  4.2
  Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2
  to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November
  13, 2008).
  5.1
  Opinion of DLA Piper LLP (US).
  23.1
  Consent of Grant Thornton LLP.
  23.2
  Consent of DLA Piper LLP (US) (contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this
  Registration Statement).
  24.1
  Power of Attorney.
  99.1
  HeartWare International, Inc. 2008 Stock Incentive Plan
  (incorporated by reference to Appendix 12 to the Information
  Memorandum contained in HeartWare Limited's Proxy Statement on
  Form DEF 14A filed on September 22, 2008).
  99.2
  HeartWare International, Inc. Employee Stock Option Plan
  (incorporated by reference to Appendix 9 to the Information
  Memorandum contained in HeartWare Limited's Proxy Statement on
  Form DEF 14A filed on September 22, 2008).
  99.3
  HeartWare International, Inc. Restricted Stock Unit Plan
  (incorporated by reference to Appendix 10 to the Information
  Memorandum contained in HeartWare Limited's Proxy Statement on
  Form DEF 14A filed on September 22, 2008).
  99.4
  Form of HeartWare International, Inc. Incentive Option Terms.
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