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PRESENTATIONS AT FORTHCOMING CONFERENCES
Framingham, MA and Sydney, Australia, 18 November, 2008 - HeartWare International, Inc.
(ASX: HIN) advises that Doug Godshall, President and Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting
this week at the Lazard Capital Markets Healthcare Conference and the Canaccord Adams
Cardiovascular Conference, both in New York.
Mr Godshall will present a general overview on the Company’s activities at the Lazard Capital
Markets Healthcare Conference beginning at 1.30pm US Eastern Standard Time on 19 November. A
webcast of the presentation will be available at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/lz5/htw.au/. An
archived version of the presentation will be available on the HeartWare website.
Mr Godshall’s presentation at the Canaccord Adams Cardiovascular Conference will be during a
panel session beginning at 2:30pmUS Eastern Standard Time on 18 November. The panel discussion
is titled “The Last Frontier: Treating End-Stage Heart Failure with Next Generation Medical
Technology” and will include representatives from HeartWare, Thoratec, Paracor Medical and