CARETENDERS HEALTH CORP
10-K/A, 1996-07-29
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                                                Amendment No. 1
                                             Filed July 29, 1996

               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                      Washington, D.C. 20549
                          FORM 10-K / A


/ X / ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
      SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

      For the fiscal year ended     March 31, 1996

      OR

/   / TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
      THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

      For the transition period from
      ___________________________to______________________________
                        Commission file number   1-9848

                        CARETENDERS HEALTH CORP.
    (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

              Delaware                      06-1153720
    (State or other jurisdiction of       (IRS Employer
    incorporation or organization)       Identification No.)

      100 Mallard Creek Road, Suite 400, Louisville, Kentucky 40207
                   (Address of principal executive offices)

                             (502) 899-5355
     (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

  Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
    None
  Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

        Title of each class        Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $.10 per share       Nasdaq National Market

  Indicate by check  mark whether the  registrant (1) has  filed
  all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months
  (or for such shorter period  that the registrant was  required
  to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing
  requirements for the past 90 days. Yes  X   No      .

  Indicate by  check mark  if  disclosure of  delinquent  filers
  pursuant to  Item  405  of regulation  S-K  is  not  contained
  herein, and  will  not  be  contained,  to  the  best  of  the
  registrant's knowledge,  in  definitive proxy  or  information
  statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this  Form
  10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.

  As of July  26, 1996, 3,129,413   shares  of the  registrant's
  common stock were outstanding.  The aggregate market value  of
  Registrant's voting common stock held by non-affiliates of the
  registrant as of July  26, 1996 was approximately  $23,395,598
  (based on the last sale price  of a share of the common  stock
  as of  July 26,  1996 ($7.50),  as  reported by  the  National
  Association of  Securities Dealers,  Inc. Automated  Quotation
  ("NASDAQ") system).

               DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
                              None.
<PAGE>    
ITEM 10.  COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION  16(a) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

  Section 16 (a) of  the Securities Exchange  Act of 1934  requires
  the Company's directors and  executive officers, and persons  who
  own more than ten percent of a registered class of the  Company's
  equity  securities,  to   file  with   the  Securities   Exchange
  Commission initial  reports of  stock  ownership and  reports  of
  changes in stock ownership and to provide the company with copies
  of all such forms they file.  Based solely on its review of  such
  copies or  written representations  from reporting  persons,  the
  Company believes that all reports were  filed on a timely  basis,
  with the  exception  of  the late  filing  by  Tyree  Wilburn,  a
  director of the Company, of one Form 3 report disclosing  options
  to purchase common stock of the Company upon becoming a director,
  and at the date  of this filing, the  Company had not received  a
  copy of one Form 5 report  from Robert S. Shulman, who ceased  to
  be a director of the company in December, 1995.

  ITEM 11.  EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

  The   following   table   sets   forth   information   concerning
  compensation paid by  the Company  for services  rendered in  all
  capacities during  the last  three fiscal  periods to  the  Chief
  Executive Officer  and  the  most  highly  compensated  executive
  officers during fiscal year 1996.



<TABLE>
                     Summary Compensation Table
<CAPTION>

                                                                Long-Term
                                                                Compensation

                                                                Securities
                                                                Underlying
                                          Annual Compensation    Options/

    Name and Principal Position    Year    Salary     Bonus   (No. of Shares

<S>                               <C>     <C>        <C>        <C>
  William B. Yarmuth               1996    229,413    126,500(1)     50,000
                                                             
  Chairman of the Board,           1995    230,577     81,000             0
  President and Chief              1994    220,000    108,000             0
  Executive Officer

  Mary A. Yarmuth                  1996    125,000     31,250        15,000
  Senior Vice President-           1995    111,154     25,000             0
  Operations
                                   1994    110,000     40,000             0

  C. Steven Guenthner              1996    125,000     31,250        15,000
  Senior Vice President,           1995    111,154     25,000             0
  Secretary/Treasurer and          1994    103,000     40,000             0
  Chief Financial Officer

  JoAnn Young                      1996    101,858     10,186         4,500
  Vice President-Operations        1995    101,538     15,000         6,000
                                   1994     81,154     25,000         4,000


<FN>

    (1)On  January  1,  1996  Mr.  Yarmuth   entered  into  a  new
       employment agreement with the Company.  Of the bonus  amount
       shown, $60,000  was paid  in  consideration of  Mr.  Yarmuth
       entering  into  the   new  agreement   and  making   certain
       concessions in compensation and  other benefits as  compared
       to his previous agreement  see ``William Yarmuth Employment
       Agreement'' below for more information.
</FN>
</TABLE>
  
<PAGE>
 OPTION GRANTS  IN FISCAL 1996                          

 No stock appreciation rights were awarded to the named executive
 officers during the 1996 fiscal year.  The following table sets 
 forth information with respect to the number of stock options 
 granted to the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation
 Table during the 1996 fiscal year under the Company's 1991 Long-Term
 Incentive Plan, Nonqualified Stock Option Plan and Incentive Stock
 Option Plan.                           

 <TABLE>
 <CAPTION>
                     Number of      % of Total                           Potential Realizable Value     
                    Securities    Options Granted                        at Assumed Annual Rates of     
                Underlying Options     to all     Exercise or            Stock Price Appreciation   
                      Granted       employees in   Base Price Expiration   for Option Term (5)   
 Name             number of shares   Fiscal 1996  $ per share   Date(4)      5%          10%
 ---------------- ---------------- ------------- ------------ ---------- --------- --------------
 <S>                <C>            <C>            <C>         <C>        <C>         <C>
 William B. Yarmuth  17,000(1)         13.6%          6.25    10/22/05     66,820     169,335 
 William B. Yarmuth   8,000(2)          6.4%          6.25    10/22/05     31,445      79,687 
 William B. Yarmuth  25,000(3)         20.0%          5.88    12/31/05     92,448     234,280 
 Mary A. Yarmuth     15,000(1)         12.0%          6.25    10/22/05     58,959     149,413 
 C. Steven Guenthner 15,000(1)         12.0%          6.25    10/22/05     58,959     149,413 
 JoAnn Young          4,500(2)          3.6%          6.25    10/22/05     17,688      44,824 

<FN>
 (1) Options granted under the 1986 incentive stock plan.  Options vest 34% one year from                       
     date of grant and 33% at the second and third anniversary dates for the date of the grant.                         

 (2) Options granted under the 1987 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan. Options vest 25% at date                        
     of grant and 25% at each of the first, second and third anniversary dates of the grant.                        

 (3) Options granted under the 1987 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan.  Options vest 25% at six                        
     months from the date of grant and 25% at each of the first, second and third anniversary                       
     dates of the grant.                        

(4)  Options expire upon the earlier of the expiration date or 90 days following termination of                         
     employment.                        

(5)  Based upon actual option term and annual compounding, without regard to taxes                      
     associated with gains upon option exercises.  These amounts assume the stated rates of                         
     appreciation will be realized; acctual gains, if any, are dependent upon future performance                        
     of the Company's Common Stock, as well as continued employment of the option holder                        
     through the vesting period.                        
</FN>
</TABLE>


  Compensation of Directors

  Directors who are not also employees of the Company are  entitled
  to compensation at a rate of  $1,250 for each Board of  Directors
  meeting attended  and $250  for each  committee meeting  attended
  that is  scheduled  independently.    In  addition,  non-employee
  directors  are  eligible  to  receive  stock  options  under  the
  Caretenders Health Corp. 1993 Stock Option Plan for  Non-Employee
  Directors (the Directors' Plan  ) adopted by  the  Board  on
  February 17,  1993, and  subsequently approved  by  stockholders.
  Pursuant to  the terms  of the  Directors' Plan,   Mr.  Bing  was
  granted options to purchase 10,000 shares of the Company's Common
  Stock at $9.69, Messrs. McGinnis and McClinton were each  granted
  options to purchase 10,000 shares  of the Company's Common  Stock
  at $8.13  per  share, and  Mr.  Wilburn was  granted  options  to
  purchase 10,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock at $7.88 per
  share.  The Directors'  options vest 25%,  the day following  six
  months after the  date of grant,  and 25% on  each of the  first,
  second, and third anniversary dates of the grant.

<PAGE>  
  William Yarmuth Employment Agreement

  On January 1,  1996, the Company  entered into  a new  employment
  agreement with William  B. Yarmuth,  its Chairman  of the  Board,
  President and Chief Executive Officer.   The initial term of  the
  agreement is  three  years  with  subsequent  automatic  one-year
  renewals.    This  agreement  replaced  Mr.  Yarmuth's   previous
  agreement which was not scheduled to expire until 1998  Under the
  terms of the new agreement, Mr. Yarmuth will earn an annual  base
  salary of $190,000 and be eligible  for a performance based  cash
  incentive of 35% of annual base salary.  The agreement includes a
  covenant not to compete for a  period of two years and  potential
  termination payments of two times annual salary.

  Upon entering into  this new  agreement, Mr.  Yarmuth received  a
  one-time cash payment  of $60,000 and  was awarded  an option  to
  purchase 25,000 shares of the Company's common stock pursuant  to
  the 1987 Nonqualified Stock Option plan at fair value at the date
  of grant January 1, 1996 ($5.88).

     Aggregate Option Exercises in Last Fiscal Year and Year-End
                            Option Values

  Set forth below is information with respect to unexercised  stock
  options held  by  the executive  officers  named in  the  Summary
  Compensation Table  at  March  31,  1996.    None  of  the  named
  executive officers exercised  any stock options  during the  1996
  fiscal year.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>


                                                                Value of Unexercised
                                     Number of Unexercised      In-the-Money Options
                Shares             Options at Fiscal Yearend    at Fiscal Yearend (1)
                  on        Value  ------------------------- -------------------------
Name           exercise   Realized Exercisable Unexercisable Exercisable Unexercisable
- - -------------- --------  --------- ----------- ------------- ----------- -------------
<S>            <C>       <C>       <C>         <C>           <C>          <C>
William B.           0           0     100,000        50,000      $2,260       $65,750
Yarmuth
Mary A.              0           0      43,500        15,000    $105,885       $16,950
Yarmuth                                                                     
C. Steven            0           0      20,000        15,000           0       $16,950
Guenthner
JoAnn                0           0       8,625         7,375      $1,271        $3,814
Young


<FN>
(1)   These  amounts  represent  the  market  value  less  the
      exercise price.   The market value  of the common  stock was
      $7.38 based on the closing bid price per  share at March 31,
      1996, on the NASDAQ over-the-counter market.
</FN>
</TABLE>

<PAGE>
  ITEM 12.  SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

  Based on information filed with the Securities and  Exchange
  Commission and the Company's  stock records, the following  table
  sets forth the  beneficial ownership of  the Common  Stock as  of
  June __, 1996, by (I) beneficial owners of more than five percent
  of the Common Stock, (ii) each director and nominee for director,
  (iii) current named executive officers and (iv) all directors and
  officers of the Company as a group.


 <TABLE>
 <CAPTION>

                                           Shares of Capital
                                     Stock Beneficially Owned(1)(2)
                                    ------------------------------
                                          Amount    Percentage
  Name and Address                  -------------- ---------------
  Directors and Executive Officers  
  of Beneficial Ownership of Class

  <S>                               <C>             <C>
  William B. Yarmuth                    305,633(3)       9.03%
  100 Mallard Creek Road, Suite 400
  Louisville, KY 40207

  Mary A. Yarmuth                       305,633(4)       9.03%
  C. Steven Guenthner                    28,694(5)       *
  Steven B. Bing                         10,340(6)       *
  Patrick B. McGinnis                    11,000(7)       *
  Donald G. McClinton                    10,000(7)       *
  Tyree Wilburn                           7,500(8)       *
  Directors and Officers
  as a Group (11 Persons)               409,721(10)     11.14%

  Additional Five Percent Beneficial Owners

  HEALTHSOUTH                         1,015,101 (9)     29.83%
  Rehabilitation Corporation
  Two Perimeter Park South
  Birmingham, AL 35243

  Wellington Management Company
  75 State Street
  Boston, MA 02109                      170,120          5.45%
  Heartland Fund Advisors               329,000         10.55%

  Robert N. Yarmuth                     157,723          5.06%
  100 Mallard Creek Road, Suite 400
  Louisville, KY 40207

 
  <FN>

  *  Represents less than 1% of the class.
 </FN>
 </TABLE>
 <PAGE>

  (1)  Based upon information furnished to the Company by the named
       persons, and  information  contained  in  filings  with  the
       Securities and  Exchange  Commission  (the  ``Commission'').
       Under the rules  of the Commission,  a person  is deemed  to
       beneficially own shares over which the person has or  shares
       voting or  investment  power or  has  the right  to  acquire
       beneficial ownership  within  60  days.    Unless  otherwise
       indicated,  the  named  person  has  the  sole  voting   and
       investment power with  respect to  the number  of shares  of
       Common Stock set forth opposite such person's name.

  (2)  Assumes inclusion  of the  shares of  common stock  issuable
       upon exercise  of outstanding  redeemable warrants;  assumes
       conversion of  series  A Convertible  Preferred  Stock  into
       Common Stock.

  (3)  Includes 8,886 shares as to which Mr. Yarmuth shares  voting
       and investment powers as  a family trust  and an option  for
       108,250  shares   vested   and   exercisable,   and   43,500
       exercisable options  owned by  Mrs. Yarmuth  in addition  to
       12,927 shares owned directly by Mrs. Yarmuth.

  (4)  Includes the  same ownership  components as  stated for  Mr.
       Yarmuth.

  (5)  Includes 20,000  shares  subject  to  currently  exercisable
       options.

  (6)  Includes 10,000  shares  subject  to  currently  exercisable
       options.

  (7)  Includes  5,000  shares  subject  to  currently  exercisable
       options.

  (8)  Includes  2,500  shares  subject  to  currently  exercisable
       options.

  (9)  Includes currently exercisable warrants for the purchase of
       200,000 shares of  Common Stock.   In addition,  HEALTHSOUTH
       owns warrants for an additional 66,600 Series A  Convertible
       Preferred Shares.

  (10) Includes currently exercisable options held by all directors
       and officers as a group to purchase 226,350 shares of Common
       Stock.
 

  ITEM 13.  CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

  The  Company  has  an  agreement  with  HEALTHSOUTH  under  which
  HEALTHSOUTH purchases   certain durable   medical  equipment  and
  prosthetic and orthotic appliances (to fill HEALTHSOUTH's  normal
  business requirements of such items)from the Company. During  the
  years ended March 31, 1996, 1995  and 1994, the Company  realized
  sales  of  $84,000,   $391,000  and   $503,000  to   HEALTHSOUTH,
  respectively, at  terms  the   Company    normally  offers    its
  customers.    The  outstanding  receivable from  HEALTHSOUTH  was
  $17,000 and $109,000 as of March 31, 1996 and 1995.


<PAGE>
 SIGNATURES

  Pursuant to the  requirements to the  Securities Exchange Act  of
  1934, the registrant has duly caused this amendment to be  signed
  on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.



  Date:  July 26, 1996          Caretenders Health Corp.
                                (Registrant)



                                By:  /S/    C. Steven Guenthner
                                     (Signature)

                                C. Steven Guenthner
                                Senior Vice President, Chief
                                Financial Officer, and
                                Secretary/Treasurer





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