AMERICAN HOMEPATIENT INC
S-3MEF, 1996-05-22
HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES
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      AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MAY 22, 1996
 
                                                       REGISTRATION NO. 33-
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM S-3
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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                           AMERICAN HOMEPATIENT, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
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           DELAWARE                         8082                        62-1474680
(State or other jurisdiction of  (Primary Standard Industrial        (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)      Classification Code)            Identification No.)
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                          5200 MARYLAND WAY, SUITE 400
                           BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE 37027
                                 (615) 221-8884
 
  (Address, including ZIP Code, and telephone number, including area code, of
                   registrant's principal executive offices)
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                               EDWARD K. WISSING
                     PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                           AMERICAN HOMEPATIENT, INC.
                          5200 MARYLAND WAY, SUITE 400
                           BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE 37027
                                 (615) 221-8884
 (Name, address, including ZIP Code, and telephone number, including area code,
                             of agent for service)
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                                   COPIES TO:
 
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                M. DAVID COX                                   JAMES R. TANENBAUM
 HARWELL HOWARD HYNE GABBERT & MANNER, P.C.                 STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN
         1800 FIRST AMERICAN CENTER                             7 HANOVER SQUARE
         NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37238                       NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10004-2696
               (615) 256-0500                                    (212) 806-5400
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     Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as
practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
 
     If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of
1933, check the following box.  / /
 
     If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and
list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective
registration statement for the same offering.  /X/  333-3964
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                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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                                                                      MAXIMUM
                                                                     AGGREGATE       AMOUNT OF
TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF SECURITIES    AMOUNT TO BE  OFFERING PRICE     OFFERING     REGISTRATION
TO BE REGISTERED                   REGISTERED(1)    PER SHARE(1)      PRICE(1)          FEE
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Common Stock ($.01 per share)....   100,000 shares     $42.00        $4,200,000       $1,449
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(1) Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(o).
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     THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL
FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, ACTING
PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE.
 
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               INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE
 
     The information in the Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed by American
HomePatient, Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(File No. 333-3964) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. The 100,000 shares
of Common Stock registered pursuant to this Registration Statement are being
registered in connection with the Underwriters' option to purchase additional
shares, solely to cover over-allotments, if any.
 
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                                   SIGNATURES
 
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Brentwood, State of Tennessee, on May 21, 1996.
 
                                          AMERICAN HOMEPATIENT, INC.
 
                                          By:    /s/  MARY ELLEN RODGERS
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                                                     Mary Ellen Rodgers
                                                   Senior Vice President,
                                                Chief Financial Officer and
                                                          Secretary
 
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:
 
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                  SIGNATURE                                  TITLE                     DATE
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                     *                                      Chairman                May 21, 1996
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              Morris A. Perlis

                    *                              President, Chief Executive       May 21, 1996
- ---------------------------------------------         Officer and Director
              Edward K. Wissing                    (Chief Executive Officer)

          /s/  MARY ELLEN RODGERS                 Senior Vice President, Chief      May 21, 1996
- ---------------------------------------------   Financial Officer and Secretary
             Mary Ellen Rodgers                       (Chief Financial and
                                                      Accounting Officer)

                    *                                       Director                May 21, 1996
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               Allan C. Silber

                    *                                       Director                May 21, 1996
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             Henry T. Blackstock

                    *                                       Director                May 21, 1996
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            Joseph F. Furlong III

                    *                                       Director                May 21, 1996
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              Thomas A. Dattilo

                    *                                       Director                May 21, 1996
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               Edward Sonshine

                    *                                       Director                May 21, 1996
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                 Mark Manner

       *By:  /s/  MARY ELLEN RODGERS
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             as Attorney-in-Fact
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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
 
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EXHIBIT
NUMBER                               DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBITS
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 *1    --   Form of Underwriting Agreement.
 *5    --   Opinion of Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner, P.C.
*23.1  --   Consent of Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner, P.C. (contained in their
            opinion filed as Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement).
*23.2  --   Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
*23.3  --   Consent of Coopers and Lybrand L.L.P.
*23.4  --   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
*23.5  --   Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
*24    --   Power of Attorney.
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* Incorporated by reference from Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No.
  333-3964) dated May 17, 1996.


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