FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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 *
DOUG RICE
(Last) (First) (Middle)
3451 PLANO PARKWAY
(Street)
LEWISVILLE TX 75056
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
ORTHOFIX INTERNATIONAL N V [ OFIX ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Chief Accounting Officer
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/04/2014
4. 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Restricted Stock Award 09/04/2014   A   2,500 (1) A $ 0 2,500 D  
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (right to buy) $ 32.28 09/04/2014   A   10,000     (2) 09/04/2024 Common Stock 10,000 $ 0 10,000 D  
Explanation of Responses:
1. The awards vest in 25% increments on each of September 4, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
2. The stock options vest in 25% increments on each of September 4, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
/s/ Jeffrey M. Schumm, by power of attorney 09/08/2014
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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DOUG RICE POWER OF ATTORNEY 
EXHIBIT 24


POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these present that the undersigned hereby 
constitutes and appoints each of Jeffrey M. Schumm, Mark A. 
Heggestad, and Geoffrey C. Gillespie, signing singly, the 
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the 
undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and 
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including 
amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or 
appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the 
undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of 
reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for an on behalf of 
the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to 
complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and 
execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file 
such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in 
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such 
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest 
of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being 
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact 
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney 
shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and 
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such 
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact 
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act 
and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be 
done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein 
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the 
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with 
full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying 
and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such 
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully 
do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney 
and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned 
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving 
in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not 
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the 
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect 
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 
4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and 
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless 
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing 
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this 
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 
4th day of September, 2014.




____/s/ Doug Rice______
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____Doug Rice______
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