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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;19, 2007</DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Registration No.&nbsp;333-
  </DIV>
  
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><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<BR>
  <DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
  Under<BR>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>HeartWare Limited</B>
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top:6pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>
  
  
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>State of Victoria, Australia</B>
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>98-0498958</B></TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction <BR>
  of incorporation or organization)
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  Identification No.)</TD>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Level 57, MLC Centre<BR>
  19-29 Martin Place<BR>
  Sydney NSW 2000<BR>
  Australia<BR>
  &#043;61 2 9238 2064</B></DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(Address, including zip code,<BR>
  of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)<BR>
  <DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>HeartWare Limited Performance Rights Plan</B><BR>
  (Full title of the plan)<BR>
  <DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Douglas Godshall<BR>
  Chief Executive Officer<BR>
  205 Newbury Street<BR>
  Framingham, Massachusetts 01701<BR>
  (508)&nbsp;739 0950</B><BR><font style="font-size:6pt">&nbsp;</font><BR>
  (Name, address and telephone number,<BR>
  including area code, of agent for service of process)<BR>
  <DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Copy to:<BR>
  <B>Marjorie Sybul Adams, Esq.<BR>
  DLA Piper US LLP<BR>
  1251 Avenue of the Americas<BR>
  New York, New York 10020<BR>
  Telephone: (212)&nbsp;335-4517</B></DIV>
  
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      <TD nowrap align="center">Proposed maximum</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center">Title of securities to be registered</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center">be registered</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center">offering price per share(1)</TD>
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      <TD nowrap align="center">aggregate offering price(1)</TD>
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                      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Ordinary Shares, no par value</DIV></TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">3,500,000</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$0.649</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$2,271,500</TD>
      <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$69.74</TD>
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      <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule
  457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The proposed maximum aggregate offering
  price is based upon the average of the bid and offer prices of the registrant&#146;s Ordinary
  Shares traded on the Australian Securities Exchange on November&nbsp;14, 2007, which average has
  been converted into U.S. dollars based on the prevailing exchange rate on November&nbsp;14, 2007
  for the purposes of calculating the registration fee.</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="b67579hlexv5w1.htm">Ex-5.1 Opinion of DLA Phillips Fox</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b67579hlexv23w1.htm">Ex-23.1 Consent of Grant Thornton LLP</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b67579hlexv24w1.htm">Ex-24.1 Power of Attorney</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b67579hlexv99w1.htm">Ex-99.1 HeartWare Limited Performance Rights Plan</A></TD></TR>
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  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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  <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">The document(s) containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to
  participants as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act. These documents
  and the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of
  Part&nbsp;II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the
  requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  (the &#147;Commission&#148;) by HeartWare Limited (the &#147;Company&#148;), are incorporated by reference in this
  Registration Statement, as of their respective dates:
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      <TD>the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10 (file no. 000-52595), as
  amended;</TD>
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      <TD>the Company&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended June
  30, 2007 and September&nbsp;30, 2007;</TD>
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      <TD>the Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on July&nbsp;20, 2007 and July&nbsp;27,
  2007; and</TD>
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      <TD>the description of the Company&#146;s Ordinary Shares, no par value, as contained in
  Item&nbsp;11 of the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10 (file no. 000-52595),
  including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description
  filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing
  of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
  which deregisters all securities remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
  herein and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents.
  </DIV>
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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;Not applicable.
  </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;Under Australian law, we may not exempt a director from liability to the Company incurred in
  his or her capacity as a director. Further, we may not indemnify a director or officer against a
  liability owed
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">to the Company or certain related entities. We are also not permitted to indemnify a director or
  officer against the cost of legal proceedings where such proceedings result in them being found to
  have a liability to the Company or certain related entities.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;However, under Australian law, we may indemnify a director or officer against a liability owed
  to someone other than the Company or certain related entities (and also the cost of any related
  legal proceedings), provided the liability does not arise out of conduct involving a lack of good
  faith and is not a penalty or compensation order made under the Australian Corporations Act 2001.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accordingly, we may indemnify each officer, director and company secretary out of the assets
  of the Company against any liability incurred or to be incurred by the officer, director or
  secretary in or arising out of the discharge of their duties. We may pay the insurance premium for
  an officer, director or company secretary in respect of a contract of insurance in relation to
  liability incurred by the officer, director or secretary arising out of the activities of the
  Company and their proper performance of any duty.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We have entered into a Deed of Indemnity, Access and Insurance pursuant to which each of the
  officers, directors and the company secretary are entitled, to the extent permitted by Australian
  law, to the benefit of certain indemnities from the Company. In addition, these persons have
  certain rights of access to our books and records.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We have also paid premiums to insure each of the directors and officers against all
  liabilities for costs and expenses incurred by them in defending any legal proceedings arising out
  of their conduct while acting in the capacity of director of the Company, other than conduct
  involving a willful breach of duty in relation to the Company.
  </DIV>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
  </DIV>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.1
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      <TD align="left" valign="top">Constitution (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
  Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10 (file no. 000-52595)).</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of DLA Phillips Fox (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this
  Registration Statement).</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">HeartWare Limited Performance Rights Plan</TD>
  </TR>
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  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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%">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
  of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
  which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
  information set forth in this Registration Statement; and
  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(iii)&nbsp;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%">provided, however, that 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 with or furnished to the Commission 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 bona fide offering thereof.
  </DIV>
  
  
  <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">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 bona fide offering thereof.
  </DIV>
  
  <DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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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  </DIV>
  
  
  <DIV  style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
  has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
  has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
  thereunto duly authorized in State of Victoria, Australia, on November&nbsp;19, 2007.
  </DIV>
  
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      <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
      <TD valign="top" >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3" ><B>HeartWare Limited</B><BR>
  &nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">By&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" >/s/ Douglas Godshall
  &nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2"  nowrap>Douglas Godshall, Chief Executive Officer</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" >&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
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  <DIV  style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
  been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
  </DIV>
  <DIV align="center">
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      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Douglas Godshall
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Douglas Godshall</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD  valign="top">
  Chief Executive Officer and
  Director
  (principal executive officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD  valign="top">November 19, 2007</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ David McIntyre
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  David McIntyre</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD  valign="top">
  Chief Financial Officer
  (principal financial and
  accounting officer)
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD  valign="top">November 19, 2007</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Robert Thomas
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Robert Thomas</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD  valign="top">
  Chairman and Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD  valign="top">November 19, 2007</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Dr. Seth Harrison
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Dr. Seth Harrison</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD  valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD  valign="top">November 19, 2007</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Dr. Christine Bennett
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Dr. Christine Bennett</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD  valign="top">
  Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD  valign="top">November 19, 2007</TD>
  </TR>
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      <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Dr. Denis Wade
  <DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
  Dr. Denis Wade, AM</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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  Director
  </TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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  Director
  </TD>
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  Table of Contents
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 19, 2007
  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 Limited
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  State of Victoria, Australia
  98-0498958
  (State or other jurisdiction
  of incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  Level 57, MLC Centre
  19-29 Martin Place
  Sydney NSW 2000
  Australia
  +61 2 9238 2064
  (Address, including zip code,
  of registrant's principal executive offices)
  HeartWare Limited Performance Rights Plan
  (Full title of the plan)
  Douglas Godshall
  Chief Executive Officer
  205 Newbury Street
  Framingham, Massachusetts 01701
  (508) 739 0950
  (Name, address and telephone number,
  including area code, of agent for service of process)
  Copy to:
  Marjorie Sybul Adams, Esq.
  DLA Piper US LLP
  1251 Avenue of the Americas
  New York, New York 10020
  Telephone: (212) 335-4517
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Amount to
  Proposed maximum
  Proposed maximum
  Title of securities to be registered
  be registered
  offering price per share(1)
  aggregate offering price(1)
  Amount of registration fee
  Ordinary Shares, no par value
  3,500,000
  $0.649
  $2,271,500
  $69.74
  (1)
  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule
  457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The proposed maximum aggregate offering
  price is based upon the average of the bid and offer prices of the registrant's Ordinary
  Shares traded on the Australian Securities Exchange on November 14, 2007, which average has
  been converted into U.S. dollars based on the prevailing exchange rate on November 14, 2007
  for the purposes of calculating the registration fee.
  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
  Ex-5.1 Opinion of DLA Phillips Fox
  Ex-23.1 Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
  Ex-24.1 Power of Attorney
  Ex-99.1 HeartWare Limited Performance Rights Plan
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  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to
  participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act. These documents
  and the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of
  Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the
  requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The following documents, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  (the "Commission") by HeartWare Limited (the "Company"), are incorporated by reference in this
  Registration Statement, as of their respective dates:
  (a)
  the Company's Registration Statement on Form 10 (file no. 000-52595), as
  amended;
  (b)
  the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended June
  30, 2007 and September 30, 2007;
  (c)
  the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on July 20, 2007 and July 27,
  2007; and
  (d)
  the description of the Company's Ordinary Shares, no par value, as contained in
  Item 11 of the Company's Registration Statement on Form 10 (file no. 000-52595),
  including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description
  filed for the purpose of updating such description.
  All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing
  of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
  which deregisters all securities remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
  herein and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents.
  Item 4. Description of Securities.
  Not applicable.
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  Not applicable.
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  Under Australian law, we may not exempt a director from liability to the Company incurred in
  his or her capacity as a director. Further, we may not indemnify a director or officer against a
  liability owed
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  to the Company or certain related entities. We are also not permitted to indemnify a director or
  officer against the cost of legal proceedings where such proceedings result in them being found to
  have a liability to the Company or certain related entities.
  However, under Australian law, we may indemnify a director or officer against a liability owed
  to someone other than the Company or certain related entities (and also the cost of any related
  legal proceedings), provided the liability does not arise out of conduct involving a lack of good
  faith and is not a penalty or compensation order made under the Australian Corporations Act 2001.
  Accordingly, we may indemnify each officer, director and company secretary out of the assets
  of the Company against any liability incurred or to be incurred by the officer, director or
  secretary in or arising out of the discharge of their duties. We may pay the insurance premium for
  an officer, director or company secretary in respect of a contract of insurance in relation to
  liability incurred by the officer, director or secretary arising out of the activities of the
  Company and their proper performance of any duty.
  We have entered into a Deed of Indemnity, Access and Insurance pursuant to which each of the
  officers, directors and the company secretary are entitled, to the extent permitted by Australian
  law, to the benefit of certain indemnities from the Company. In addition, these persons have
  certain rights of access to our books and records.
  We have also paid premiums to insure each of the directors and officers against all
  liabilities for costs and expenses incurred by them in defending any legal proceedings arising out
  of their conduct while acting in the capacity of director of the Company, other than conduct
  involving a willful breach of duty in relation to the Company.
  Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
  Not applicable.
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  Exhibit
  Number
  Description
  3.1
  Constitution (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
  Registration Statement on Form 10 (file no. 000-52595)).
  5.1
  Opinion of DLA Phillips Fox.
  23.1
  Consent of Grant Thornton LLP.
  23.2
  Consent of DLA Phillips Fox (contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this
  Registration Statement).
  24.1
  Power of Attorney.
  99.1
  HeartWare Limited Performance Rights Plan
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  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;
  (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; and
  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
  previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
  information in the Registration Statement;
  provided, however, that paragraphs (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 with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
  Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this
  Registration Statement.
  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
  post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
  securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
  to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
  being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
  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, 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 State of Victoria, Australia, on November 19, 2007.
  HeartWare Limited
  By
  /s/ Douglas Godshall
  Douglas Godshall, Chief Executive Officer
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
  been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
  /s/ Douglas Godshall
  Douglas Godshall
  Chief Executive Officer and
  Director
  (principal executive officer)
  November 19, 2007
  /s/ David McIntyre
  David McIntyre
  Chief Financial Officer
  (principal financial and
  accounting officer)
  November 19, 2007
  /s/ Robert Thomas
  Robert Thomas
  Chairman and Director
  November 19, 2007
  /s/ Dr. Seth Harrison
  Dr. Seth Harrison
  Director
  November 19, 2007
  /s/ Dr. Christine Bennett
  Dr. Christine Bennett
  Director
  November 19, 2007
  /s/ Dr. Denis Wade
  Dr. Denis Wade, AM
  Director
  November 19, 2007
  /s/ Robert Stockman
  Robert Stockman
  Director
  November 19, 2007