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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
American HomePatient, Inc.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware 62-1474680
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(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
5200 Maryland Way, Suite 400, Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
American HomePatient, Inc.
1991 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan
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(Full Name of the Plan)
Edward K. Wissing, 5200 Maryland Way, Suite 400, Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
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(Name and address of agent for service)
(615) 221-8884
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(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed Proposed Maximum Amount of
Title of Securities Amount to be Maximum Offering Aggregate Offering Registration
to be Registered Registered (1) Price Per Share (2) Price (2) Fee
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Common Stock 2,028,500 shares $16.81 $34,099,085.00 $10,060.00
$.01 par value
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(1) In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement also covers an indeterminable number of additional shares
that may become issuable pursuant to the stock option plan described herein
pursuant to the antidilution adjustment provisions of the plan.
(2) Pursuant to Rule 457, the offering price is calculated on the basis of the
average of the high and low prices for the Common Stock on the NASDAQ National
Market System on June 1, 1998.
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The purpose of this Registration Statement is to register 2,028,500
additional shares of American HomePatient, Inc. Common Stock authorized for
issuance by amendment to the Company's 1991 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan (the
"Plan") as approved at the Annual Shareholders Meeting held on May 14, 1996 and
May 14, 1997. The Registrant's registration statement on Form S-8 relating to
500,000 shares of Common Stock (file number 33-64292), as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on June 9, 1993, is hereby incorporated by
reference in its entirety and is modified only in respect to the number of
shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the Plan, which is now
3,200,000 shares.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 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 28, 1998.
AMERICAN HOMEPATIENT, INC.
By: /s/ Edward K. Wissing
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Edward K. Wissing President
and Chief Executive Officer
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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 date indicated.
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/s/ Edward K. Wissing May 28, 1998
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Edward K. Wissing Date
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Allan C. Silber May 28, 1998
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Allan C. Silber Date
Chairman of the Board
/s/ Mary Ellen Rodgers May 13, 1998
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Mary Ellen Rodgers Date
Senior Vice President of Finance,
Chief Financial/Accounting Officer and Secretary
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Henry T. Blackstock May 28, 1998
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Henry T. Blackstock Date
Director
/s/ Morris A. Perlis May 28, 1998
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Morris A. Perlis Date
Director
/s/ Joseph F. Furlong III May 28, 1998
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Joseph F. Furlong III Date
Director
/s/ Thomas A. Dattilo May 28, 1998
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Thomas A. Dattilo Date
Director
/s/ Edward Sonshine, Q.C. May 11, 1998
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Edward Sonshine, Q.C. Date
Director
/s/ Mark Manner May 28, 1998
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Mark Manner Date
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit
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4.1.1......................Certificate of Incorporation of the Company. (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.1 filed with the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-1 No. 33-42777, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
under the Securities Act of 1933, on November 8, 1991.)
4.1.2......................Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
dated October 31, 1991 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 filed
with Amendment No. 2 to the Company's Registration Statement on
Form S-1 No. 33-42777, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, on November 8, 1991.)
4.1.3......................Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
dated May 14, 1992. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1.3 to the
Company's Form S-8, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, on February 17, 1993.)
4.1.4......................Certificate of Ownership and Merger merging American HomePatient,
Inc. into Diversicare Inc. dated May 11, 1994. (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 4.4 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-2 No.
33-89568, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Act of 1933.)
4.1.5......................Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
dated July 8, 1996. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the
Company's Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on August 14, 1996.)
4.2........................Bylaws of the Company. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3, filed
with the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 No. 33-42777
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities
Act of 1933, on November 8, 1991.)
4.3.1......................The Company's 1991 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan, as amended.
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 filed with the Company's Form
S-8 filed May 31, 1995.)
4.3.2......................Amendment No. 4 to the Company's 1991 Nonqualified Stock Option
Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit A of Schedule 14A dated
April 17, 1995.)
4.3.3......................Amendment No. 5 to the Company's 1991 Nonqualified Stock Option
Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed with the
Company's Form 10-Q filed August 14, 1996.)
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4.3.4......................Amendment No. 6 to the Company's 1991 Nonqualified Stock Option
Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit A of Schedule 14A dated
April 14, 1997.)
4.3.5......................Amendment No. 7 to the Company's 1991 Nonqualified Stock Option
Plan. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed with the
Company's Form 10-Q filed May 15, 1998.)
5..........................Opinion of Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner, P.C. (including
consent of such counsel).
23.........................Consent of Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner, P.C. (see Exhibit
5).
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EXHIBIT 5
HARWELL HOWARD HYNE
GABBERT & MANNER, P.C.
JONATHAN HARWELL 1800 FIRST AMERICAN CENTER D. ALEXANDER FARDON
LIN S. HOWARD 315 DEADERICK STREET MICHAEL R. HILL
ERNEST E. HYNE II NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37238 JOSEPH ALLEN KELLY
CRAIG V. GABBERT, JR. M. DAVID COX
MARK MANNER -------------------- LEILANI BOULWARE
JAMES W. CAMERON III CURTIS J. CAPELING
L. GLENN WORLEY TELEPHONE (615) 256-0500 ALIX COULTER CROSS
PETER M. OLDHAM FACSIMILE (615) 251-1059 DEAN BLACKWOOD
GLEN ALLEN CIVITTS DONNA J. TORSNEY
GLENN B. ROSE KIMBERLY A. CHANCE
BENJAMIN C. FORDHAM GARY N. MEADE, JR.
LEE C. DILWORTH KRISTOPHER W. KEMP
LAUREN W. ANDERSON J. GREG GIFFEN
JOHN N. POPHAM IV
JOHN M. BRITTINGHAM ---------------
KAAREN H. ENGEL
SUSAN V. SIDWELL BARBARA HOLMES
JOHN F. BLACKWOOD OF COUNSEL
June 8, 1998
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as legal counsel to American HomePatient, Inc., (the
"Company") in connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement on
Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Registration
Statement"), relating to up to 2,028,500 shares of the Company's common stock,
par value $.01 per share (the "Shares"), to be issued by the Company under its
1991 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan.
We have examined and are familiar with the Certificate of Incorporation
and the By-Laws of the Company, and the various corporate records and
proceedings relating to the organization of the Company and the filing of the
Registration Statement. We have also examined such other documents and
proceedings as we have considered necessary for the purpose of this opinion.
Based on the foregoing it is our opinion that the Shares will, when
sold, be legally issued, fully paid, and non-assessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.
Very truly yours,
HARWELL HOWARD HYNE GABBERT
& MANNER, P.C.
/s/
LWA/SVS
