HORIZON MEDICAL PRODUCTS INC
8-A12B, 1999-11-08
MEDICAL, DENTAL & HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES
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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-A

               FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                   PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                        COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 000-24025


                         HORIZON MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                 GEORGIA                                 58-1882343
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(State of incorporation or organization)      (IRS Employer Identification No.)


                                ONE HORIZON WAY
                                P.O. DRAWER 627
                           MANCHESTER, GEORGIA 31816
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          (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)


Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

                                                       Name of each Exchange on
          Title of Each Class to                        Which each Class is to
             be so Registered                                be Registered
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COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.001 PER SHARE                AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE
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If this Form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to
12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction
A.(c), please check the following box. |X|

If this Form relates to the registration of a class securities pursuant to
Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General
Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. [ ]


Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                                     NONE.
                                ----------------
                                (Title of Class)



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ITEM 1.  DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT'S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED.

The information required by Item 1 is set forth under the caption "Description
of Capital Stock" on pages 47 to 49 of the Prospectus included in the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No.
333-46349), which description is incorporated herein by this reference and
qualified in its entirety by reference to the Registrant's Amended and Restated
Articles of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws, each of which are
attached as Exhibits thereto, which set forth in full the preferences,
limitations and relative rights of each class of the Registrant's capital
stock.


ITEM 2.  EXHIBITS.

1.   Specimen Common Stock Certificate.

2.   Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant
     (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Registration
     Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-46349).

3.   Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference
     to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1,
     File No. 333-46349).

4.   See Articles II, III, VII and IX of the Amended and Restated Articles of
     Incorporation and Articles I, VII, VIII and IX of the Amended and Restated
     Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's
     Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-46349).



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                                   SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

                                       HORIZON MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.


                                       By: /s/  MARSHALL B. HUNT
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                                                Marshall B. Hunt
                                                Chairman of the Board and
                                                Chief Executive Officer

Dated: November 8, 1999



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                                                                       EXHIBIT 1
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     NUMBER                                  [LOGO] HMP                                        SHARES
       HMP                                          Horizon
                                                    Medical
                                                    Products, INC.
  COMMON STOCK                INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA         COMMON STOCK
                                     THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN             CUSIP  439903 10 5
                                        NEW YORK, NY OR ATLANTA, GA

                                                                                       SEE REVERSE FOR
                                                                                      CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
This Certifies that








is the owner of


                   SHARES OF FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE S.001 PER SHARE, OF

                                             HORIZON MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.

transferable on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by duly authorized Attorney upon surrender of this
Certificate properly endorsed.  This Certificate is not valid unless countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and
Registrar
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said Corporation has caused this Certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officers and its Corporate
Seal to be hereunto affixed.

Dated:

   /s/                                       HORIZON MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.               /s/
                                                      CORPORATE
                                                        SEAL
                                                        1990                         Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

                            Secretary                 GEORGIA



                                             Countersigned and Registered:
                                                            SUNTRUST BANK, ATLANTA
                                                                                          Transfer Agent
                                             By                                            and Registrar

                                                                                    Authorized Signature
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                                    HORIZON MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.

     The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they
were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

     TEN COM   - as tenants in common                                UNIF GIFT MIN ACT-                   Custodian
     TEN ENT   - as tenants by the entireties                                          -------------------          ---------------
     JT TEN    - as joint tenants with right of                                              (Cust)                    (Minor)
                 survivorship and not as tenants                                       Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
                 in common
                                                                                       Act
                                                                                          --------------------------
                                                                                                   (State)

                    Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.



For value received,                                                                            hereby sell, assign and transfer unto
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PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
   IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

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                         (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE)

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                                                                                                                              shares
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of the Common Stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint

                                                                                                                         , Attorney,
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to transfer the said stock on the books of the within named Corporation, with full power or substitution in the premises.

Dated
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                                                  NOTICE:   THE SIGNATURE TO THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH THE NAME AS
                                                            WRITTEN UPON THE FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY PARTICULAR, WITHOUT
                                                            ALTERATION OR ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.



                                SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED:
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                                                            THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR
                                                            INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION AND
                                                            CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE
                                                            MEDALLION PROGRAM).  PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.

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