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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;21, 2005


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>MATRIA HEALTHCARE, INC.</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>20-2091331</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1850 Parkway Place, 12th Floor<BR>
Marietta, Georgia</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><BR><B>30067</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>MATRIA HEALTHCARE, INC.<BR>
LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)<BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Roberta L. McCaw<BR>
Matria Healthcare, Inc.<BR>
1850 Parkway Place, 12th Floor<BR>
Marietta, Georgia 30067</B><BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">The Commission is requested to mail signed copies of all orders, notices and communications to:



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Roberta L. McCaw<BR>
Matria Healthcare, Inc.<BR>
1850 Parkway Place, 12th Floor<BR>
Marietta, Georgia 30067<BR>
Telephone:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(770)&nbsp;767-8332<BR>
Facsimile:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(770)&nbsp;767-7769</B>



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B><BR></DIV>
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    <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Amount of</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">offering price per</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, $0.01 par
value (together with
associated common stock
purchase rights)
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">42,780,400</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">5,035.26</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement covers the
registration of 1,235,000 shares of Common Stock in addition to shares previously registered
under Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-117875.</TD>
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    <TD>In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of
additional shares which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock
splits, stock dividends or similar transactions as provided in the plan described herein.</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1) under the Securities Act, these figures are based upon the average
of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on July 18, 2005, as reported in the Nasdaq
National Market System, and are used solely for the purpose of calculating the registration
fee.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">As permitted by Rule&nbsp;429 under the Securities Act, the prospectus related to this Registration
Statement also covers securities registered under Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-117875.



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed to register 1,235,000 additional
shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), of Matria Healthcare, Inc.
which have been reserved for issuance under the Matria Healthcare, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan
(formerly known as the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan) (the &#147;Plan&#148;). A total of 375,000 shares of the
Common Stock reserved under the Plan have previously been registered on Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-117875), filed on August&nbsp;2, 2004 (the &#147;Original Form&nbsp;S-8&#148;).
Pursuant to and as permitted by General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Original
Form S-8 are hereby incorporated by reference herein, and the opinions and consents listed at Item
8 below are annexed hereto.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ITEM 8. </B><U><B>Exhibits.</B></U>


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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Consent of Troutman Sanders LLP (contained in opinion filed
in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant 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 Marietta, State of Georgia, on July&nbsp;20, 2005.


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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">MATRIA HEALTHCARE, INC.<BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">Parker H. Petit
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    <TD align="left">Parker H. Petit&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">Stephen M. Mengert
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">Stephen M. Mengert&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left">Vice President &#150; Finance and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial
Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/&nbsp;</TD>
<TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">Joseph A. Blankenship
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Joseph A. Blankenship&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Vice President &#150; Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Parker H. Petit and Stephen M. Mengert, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this
registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and
purposes as he might or would do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Parker H. Petit
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Parker H. Petit
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman of the Board and<br>
Chief Executive Officer
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2005</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Joseph G. Bleser
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Joseph G. Bleser
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2005</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Frederick E. Cooper
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Frederick E. Cooper
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2005</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Guy W. Millner
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Guy W. Millner
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2005</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Carl E. Sanders
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Carl E. Sanders
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2005</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas S. Stribling
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Thomas S. Stribling
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2005</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kaaren J. Street
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Kaaren J. Street
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2005</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Donald W. Weber
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Donald W. Weber
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2005</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Morris S. Weeden
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Morris S. Weeden
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Wayne P.Yetter
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Wayne P. Yetter
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2005</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Frederick P. Zuspan
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Frederick P. Zuspan, M.D.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July&nbsp;20, 2005</TD>
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MATRIA HEALTHCARE, INC
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 21, 2005
Registration No. 333-_____
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MATRIA HEALTHCARE, INC.
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
20-2091331
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1850 Parkway Place, 12th Floor
Marietta, Georgia
(Address of principal executive offices)
30067
(Zip Code)
MATRIA HEALTHCARE, INC.
LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Roberta L. McCaw
Matria Healthcare, Inc.
1850 Parkway Place, 12th Floor
Marietta, Georgia 30067
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
The Commission is requested to mail signed copies of all orders, notices and communications to:
Roberta L. McCaw
Matria Healthcare, Inc.
1850 Parkway Place, 12th Floor
Marietta, Georgia 30067
Telephone:     (770) 767-8332
Facsimile:     (770) 767-7769
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Title of each class of
Amount to be
Proposed maximum
Maximum
Amount of
securities to be registered
registered(1)(2)
offering price per
aggregate offering
registration fee
share(3)
price(3)
Common Stock, $0.01 par
value (together with
associated common stock
purchase rights)
1,235,000 shares
$
34.64
$
42,780,400
$
5,035.26
(1)
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement covers the
registration of 1,235,000 shares of Common Stock in addition to shares previously registered
under Registration Statement No. 333-117875.
(2)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of
additional shares which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock
splits, stock dividends or similar transactions as provided in the plan described herein.
(3)
Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act, these figures are based upon the average
of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on July 18, 2005, as reported in the Nasdaq
National Market System, and are used solely for the purpose of calculating the registration
fee.
As permitted by Rule 429 under the Securities Act, the prospectus related to this Registration
Statement also covers securities registered under Registration Statement No. 333-117875.
PART II
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed to register 1,235,000 additional
shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), of Matria Healthcare, Inc.
which have been reserved for issuance under the Matria Healthcare, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan
(formerly known as the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan) (the "Plan"). A total of 375,000 shares of the
Common Stock reserved under the Plan have previously been registered on Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-117875), filed on August 2, 2004 (the "Original Form S-8").
Pursuant to and as permitted by General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Original
Form S-8 are hereby incorporated by reference herein, and the opinions and consents listed at Item
8 below are annexed hereto.
II-1
ITEM 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
5.1
Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2
Consent of Troutman Sanders LLP (contained in opinion filed
in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney (contained on the signature page hereof).
II-2
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant 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 Marietta, State of Georgia, on July 20, 2005.
MATRIA HEALTHCARE, INC.
By:
/s/
Parker H. Petit
Parker H. Petit
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
By:
/s/
Stephen M. Mengert
Stephen M. Mengert
Vice President – Finance and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial
Officer)
By:
/s/
Joseph A. Blankenship
Joseph A. Blankenship
Vice President – Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Parker H. Petit and Stephen M. Mengert, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this
registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and
purposes as he might or would do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
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.
II-3
SIGNATURES
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ Parker H. Petit
Parker H. Petit
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
July 20, 2005
/s/ Joseph G. Bleser
Joseph G. Bleser
Director
July 20, 2005
/s/ Frederick E. Cooper
Frederick E. Cooper
Director
July 20, 2005
/s/ Guy W. Millner
Guy W. Millner
Director
July 20, 2005
/s/ Carl E. Sanders
Carl E. Sanders
Director
July 20, 2005
/s/ Thomas S. Stribling
Thomas S. Stribling
Director
July 20, 2005
/s/ Kaaren J. Street
Kaaren J. Street
Director
July 20, 2005
/s/ Donald W. Weber
Donald W. Weber
Director
July 20, 2005
/s/ Morris S. Weeden
Morris S. Weeden
Director
July 20, 2005
/s/ Wayne P.Yetter
Wayne P. Yetter
Director
July 20, 2005
/s/ Frederick P. Zuspan
Frederick P. Zuspan, M.D.
Director
July 20, 2005
II-4
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP.