dfan14a06297069_03122009.htm
UNITED STATES
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ORTHOFIX INTERNATIONAL N.V.
(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
 
RAMIUS VALUE AND OPPORTUNITY MASTER FUND LTD
RAMIUS ENTERPRISE MASTER FUND LTD
RAMIUS ADVISORS, LLC
RCG STARBOARD ADVISORS, LLC
RAMIUS LLC
C4S & CO., L.L.C.
PETER A. COHEN
MORGAN B. STARK
JEFFREY M. SOLOMON
THOMAS W. STRAUSS
J. MICHAEL EGAN
PETER A. FELD
STEVEN J. LEE
CHARLES T. ORSATTI
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Ramius Value and Opportunity Master Fund Ltd, an affiliate of Ramius LLC (Ramius), together with the other participants named herein, has made a definitive filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) of a proxy statement and an accompanying GOLD proxy card to be used to solicit votes for proposals to elect four director nominees to replace four current members of the Board of Directors of Orthofix International N.V., a limited liability company organized under the laws of the Netherlands Antilles (the “Company”), at a special general meeting of the Company that Ramius, together with certain other shareholders of the Company, has requested that the Company call pursuant to the Netherlands Antilles Civil Code.
 
Item 1: Presentation to shareholders: