Registration No. 33-_________ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT Under The Securities Act of 1933 AEQUITRON MEDICAL, INC. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) Minnesota 41-1359703 (State or Other Juris- (I.R.S. Employer diction of Incorporation Identification Number) or Organization) 14800 - 28th Avenue North Minneapolis, Minnesota 55447 (Address of Principal Executive Office and Zip Code) Aequitron Medical, Inc. 1988 Stock Option Plan (Full Title of the Plan) James B. Hickey, Jr., President Aequitron Medical, Inc. 14800 - 28th Avenue North Minneapolis, Minnesota 55447 (612) 557-9200 (Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service) Copies to: Elizabeth M. Reiskytl Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. 1100 International Centre Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE Proposed Proposed Maximum Maximum Title of Securities Amount to be Offering Price Aggregate Amount of to be Registered Registered(1) Per Share(2) Offering Price(2) Registration Fee - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Options to Purchase Common Stock under the 1988 Plan Indefinite $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options granted under the 1988 Plan 500,000 shares $ 8.44 $4,220,000.00 $1,455.18 --------- TOTAL: $1,455.18 (1) In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein and any additional securities which may become issuable pursuant to anti-dilution provisions of the plan. (2) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock on October 27, 1995, as reported in the Wall Street Journal. The purpose of this Registration Statement is to register additional shares for issuance under the Registrant's 1988 Stock Option Plan. The contents of the Registrant's Registration Statements on Form S-8, Registration Nos. 33-25981 and 33-89950, are incorporated by reference. SIGNATURES The Registrant. 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 the City of Minneapolis and State of Minnesota, on the 31st day of October, 1995. AEQUITRON MEDICAL, INC. (the "Registrant") By /s/ James B. Hickey, Jr. James B. Hickey, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. (Power of Attorney) Each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints James B. Hickey, Jr. and William M. Milne his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form S-8 Registration Statement of Aequitron Medical, Inc. relating to the Company's 1988 Stock Option Plan and any or all amendments or post-effective amendments to the Form S-8 Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Signature Title Date /s/ James B. Hickey, Jr. President, Chief Executive October 31, 1995 James B. Hickey, Jr. Officer and Director (principal executive officer) /s/ William M. Milne Chief Financial Officer October 31, 1995 William M. Milne (principal financial and accounting officer) /s/ Lawrence A. Lehmkuhl Director October 31, 1995 Lawrence A. Lehmkuhl /s/ David B. Morse Director October 31, 1995 David B. Morse Director Gerald E. Rhodes /s/ Ervin F. Kamm, Jr. Director October 31, 1995 Ervin F. Kamm, Jr. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 AEQUITRON MEDICAL, INC. Form S-8 Registration Statement E X H I B I T I N D E X Exhibit Number Exhibit Description 5 Opinion and Consent of counsel re securities under the Plan 23.1 Consent of counsel (included in Exhibit 5) 23.2 Consent of independent auditors 24 Power of attorney (included on signature page of this Form S-8)