SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* HAYS RUSSELL D (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O LEMAITRE VASCULAR, INC. 63 SECOND AVENUE (Street) BURLINGTON MA 01803 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01/01/2008	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol LEMAITRE VASCULAR INC [ LMAT ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (Right to Buy)	01/01/2008(1)	01/01/2013	Common Stock	20,000	6.2	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. This option is exercisable and vests over a three-year period at a rate of 33.3% after one year of service from the date listed on the table, with the balance vesting in equal annual installments over the remaining two years.

	Christopher H. Martin	01/10/2008
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

      KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Aaron M. Grossman and Christopher H.
Martin, and any one of them acting singly, the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the
undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place, and stead, in any and all
capacities to sign any and all instruments, certificates, and documents verbally
approved by the undersigned that, as a result of the undersigned's service on
the Board of Directors of LeMaitre Vascular, Inc., are required to be executed
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to sections 13 and 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and any 
and all
regulations promulgated thereunder, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, and with any other entity when and if such is mandated
by the Exchange Act or by the By-laws of the National Association of Securities
Dealers, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person
thereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.  This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until it is revoked in
writing or the undersigned has ceased to serve as a member of the Board of
Directors of LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorn
ey has been signed as of the
Second day of January, 2007.

                                  /s/ Russell D. Hays