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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><U>Advocat Inc.</U></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><u>Delaware</u>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><u>62-1559667</u></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U>1621 Galleria Boulevard, Brentwood, Tennessee 37027</U><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)<BR>
(Zip Code)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U>Advocat Inc. 2008 Stock Purchase Plan for Key Personnel </U><BR>
(Full title of the plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U>L. Glynn Riddle, Jr., 1621 Galleria Boulevard, Brentwood, Tennessee 37027</U><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U>(615)&nbsp;771-7575</U><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerate
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">per share <SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $.01 per
share,
including preferred
share purchase
rights
<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">150,000 shares <SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(4)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">11.63</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,744,500</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">69</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also covers any additional shares of Advocat Inc. common
stock, $0.01 per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), that become issuable under the Advocat Inc. 2008
Stock Purchase Plan for Key Personnel (&#147;Plan&#148;) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other similar transaction. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the
Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.</TD>
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    <TD>This estimation is solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to
Rules&nbsp;457 (c)&nbsp;and (h)&nbsp;and is based on 150,000 shares of Common Stock being offered at an
exercise price of $11.63 based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock
on June&nbsp;4, 2008, as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealer&#146;s automated
quotation system.</TD>
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    <TD>Prior to the occurrence of certain events, the preferred share purchase rights will not be
evidenced separately from the Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD>Represents shares of Common Stock reserved for future grant under the Plan.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">Part I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">Part II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="g13841exv5w1.htm">Ex-5.1 Opinion of Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner, P.C.</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Part I</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to the Note to Part
I of Form S-8.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to the Note to Part
I of Form S-8.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(&#147;Commission&#148;) by Advocat Inc. (the &#147;Company,&#148; the &#147;Registrant&#148; or &#147;Advocat&#148;) pursuant to the
Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31,
2007 as filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;11, 2008;</TD>
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    <TD>All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act since the filing of the Form 10-K referred to in (a)&nbsp;above; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s shares of Common Stock as contained in the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A dated April&nbsp;28, 1994, filed under
Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose
of updating such description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents subsequently filed by Advocat pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a
part thereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the Company&#146;s certificate of incorporation, and in accordance with Section&nbsp;145 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law (&#147;DGCL&#148;), Advocat will indemnify any person who was or is a party,
or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">investigative (other than a &#147;derivative&#148; action by or in the right of Advocat) by reason of the fact that such
person is or was a director of Advocat, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such
person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of Advocat, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe such action was unlawful.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The certificate of incorporation provides that Advocat will pay for the expenses incurred by
an indemnified director in defending the proceedings specified above in advance of their final
disposition, provided that such person agrees to reimburse Advocat if it is ultimately determined
that such person is not entitled to indemnification. The certificate of incorporation also
provides that Advocat may, in its sole discretion, indemnify any person who is or was one of its
employees and agents or any person who is or was serving at the request of Advocat as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise to the same degree as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers. In
addition, Advocat may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of Advocat or another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against and incurred by such person in
such capacity, or arising out of the person&#146;s status as such whether or not Advocat would have the
power or obligation to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of the
DGCL. Advocat maintains insurance for the benefit of Advocat&#146;s officers and directors insuring
such persons against various liabilities, including liabilities under the securities laws.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, Advocat has entered into indemnification agreements with certain officers,
directors and key employees.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit&nbsp;Index immediately
following the signature page, which Exhibit&nbsp;Index is incorporated herein by reference.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company hereby undertakes:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
Registration Statement;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
the Registration Statement;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) of this section do not apply
if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act
to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the Company pursuant to
this Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to
the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the
following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be
considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the Company relating to the offering required
to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the
Company or used or referred to by the Company;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing
material information about the Company or its securities provided by or on behalf of the Company;
and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv)&nbsp;Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the Company to the
purchaser.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5)&nbsp;The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the Company&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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-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 June&nbsp;3, 2008.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Advocat Inc.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ William R. Council, III
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">William R. Council, III&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Date: </B>June&nbsp;3, 2008
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</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature to this Registration Statement appears below hereby appoints
William R. Council, III who may act as his attorney-in-fact to execute in the name and behalf of
any such person, individually and in the capacity stated below, and to file all amendments and
post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, which amendment or amendments may make
such changes and additions in this Registration Statement as such attorney-in-fact may deem
necessary or appropriate.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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.
</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William R. Council, III</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 3, 2008</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ L Glynn Riddle, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
L. Glynn Riddle, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Secretary
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 3, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Wallace E. Olson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Wallace E. Olson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 3, 2008</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Robert Z. Hensley
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert Z. Hensley</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 3, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ William C. O&#146;Neil, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William C. O&#146;Neil, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 3, 2008</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Richard M. Brame
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard M. Brame</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 3, 2008</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Chad A. McCurdy
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Chad A. McCurdy</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 3, 2008</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit No.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">3.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to
the Company&#146;s Registration Statement No.&nbsp;33-76150 on Form&nbsp;S-1).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">3.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Designation of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.5 to the
Company&#146;s quarterly report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2006).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">3.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement No.&nbsp;33-76150 on Form&nbsp;S-1).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">3.4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated March&nbsp;23, 1995 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;A of Exhibit&nbsp;1 to the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-A filed March&nbsp;30, 1995).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">3.5</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Designation of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to the
Company&#146;s quarterly report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2001).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4 to the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement No.&nbsp;33-76150 on Form&nbsp;S-1).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Rights Agreement dated March&nbsp;13, 1995, between the Company and Third National Bank in
Nashville (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K
dated March&nbsp;13, 1995).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Summary of Shareholder Rights Plan adopted March&nbsp;13, 1995 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;B of Exhibit&nbsp;1 to Form&nbsp;8-A filed March&nbsp;30, 1995).</DIV></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Rights Agreement of Advocat Inc. dated March&nbsp;23, 1995 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;1
to Form&nbsp;8-A filed March&nbsp;30, 1995).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.5</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Rights Agreement dated as of December&nbsp;7, 1998 (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;1 to Form&nbsp;8-A/A filed December&nbsp;7, 1998).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert &#038; Manner, P.C.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert &#038; Manner, P.C. (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">24</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (see signature page).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">99</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Advocat Inc. 2008 Stock Purchase Plan for Key Personnel (incorporated by reference to
Appendix&nbsp;A to the Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;2, 2008).</DIV></TD>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Advocat Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
62-1559667
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
1621 Galleria Boulevard, Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Advocat Inc. 2008 Stock Purchase Plan for Key Personnel
(Full title of the plan)
L. Glynn Riddle, Jr., 1621 Galleria Boulevard, Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
(Name and address of agent for service)
(615) 771-7575
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerate
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
x
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller Reporting Company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price
Proposed maximum
Amount of
to be registered
Registered
(1)
per share
(2)
aggregate offering price
registration fee
Common Stock, par
value $.01 per
share,
including preferred
share purchase
rights
(3)
150,000 shares
(4)
$
11.63
$
1,744,500
$
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(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), this Registration Statement also covers any additional shares of Advocat Inc. common
stock, $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"), that become issuable under the Advocat Inc. 2008
Stock Purchase Plan for Key Personnel ("Plan") by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other similar transaction. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the
Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of
interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.
(2)
This estimation is solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to
Rules 457 (c) and (h) and is based on 150,000 shares of Common Stock being offered at an
exercise price of $11.63 based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock
on June 4, 2008, as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealer's automated
quotation system.
(3)
Prior to the occurrence of certain events, the preferred share purchase rights will not be
evidenced separately from the Common Stock.
(4)
Represents shares of Common Stock reserved for future grant under the Plan.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part I
Part II
SIGNATURES
Power of Attorney
Exhibit Index
Ex-5.1 Opinion of Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner, P.C.
Ex-23.1 Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP
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Part I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to the Note to Part
I of Form S-8.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to the Note to Part
I of Form S-8.
Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
("Commission") by Advocat Inc. (the "Company," the "Registrant" or "Advocat") pursuant to the
Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2007 as filed with the Commission on March 11, 2008;
(b)
All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act since the filing of the Form 10-K referred to in (a) above; and
(c)
The description of the Company's shares of Common Stock as contained in the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A dated April 28, 1994, filed under
Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose
of updating such description.
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by Advocat pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a
part thereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Under the Company's certificate of incorporation, and in accordance with Section 145 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL"), Advocat will indemnify any person who was or is a party,
or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
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investigative (other than a "derivative" action by or in the right of Advocat) by reason of the fact that such
person is or was a director of Advocat, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such
person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of Advocat, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe such action was unlawful.
The certificate of incorporation provides that Advocat will pay for the expenses incurred by
an indemnified director in defending the proceedings specified above in advance of their final
disposition, provided that such person agrees to reimburse Advocat if it is ultimately determined
that such person is not entitled to indemnification. The certificate of incorporation also
provides that Advocat may, in its sole discretion, indemnify any person who is or was one of its
employees and agents or any person who is or was serving at the request of Advocat as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise to the same degree as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers. In
addition, Advocat may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of Advocat or another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against and incurred by such person in
such capacity, or arising out of the person's status as such whether or not Advocat would have the
power or obligation to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of the
DGCL. Advocat maintains insurance for the benefit of Advocat's officers and directors insuring
such persons against various liabilities, including liabilities under the securities laws.
In addition, Advocat has entered into indemnification agreements with certain officers,
directors and key employees.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The Exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit Index immediately
following the signature page, which Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Undertakings.
The Company hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
Registration Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
the Registration Statement;
Provided, however
, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) of this section do not apply
if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
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Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement; and
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act
to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:
The Company undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the Company pursuant to
this Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to
the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the
following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be
considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the Company relating to the offering required
to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the
Company or used or referred to by the Company;
(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing
material information about the Company or its securities provided by or on behalf of the Company;
and
(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the Company to the
purchaser.
(5) The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(6) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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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-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 June 3, 2008.
Advocat Inc.
/s/ William R. Council, III
William R. Council, III
President and Chief Executive Officer
Date:
June 3, 2008
Power of Attorney
Each person whose signature to this Registration Statement appears below hereby appoints
William R. Council, III who may act as his attorney-in-fact to execute in the name and behalf of
any such person, individually and in the capacity stated below, and to file all amendments and
post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement, which amendment or amendments may make
such changes and additions in this Registration Statement as such attorney-in-fact may deem
necessary or appropriate.
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.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ William R. Council, III
William R. Council, III
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director
June 3, 2008
/s/ L Glynn Riddle, Jr.
L. Glynn Riddle, Jr.
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Secretary
June 3, 2008
/s/ Wallace E. Olson
Wallace E. Olson
Chairman of the Board
June 3, 2008
/s/ Robert Z. Hensley
Robert Z. Hensley
Director
June 3, 2008
/s/ William C. O'Neil, Jr.
William C. O'Neil, Jr.
Director
June 3, 2008
/s/ Richard M. Brame
Richard M. Brame
Director
June 3, 2008
/s/ Chad A. McCurdy
Chad A. McCurdy
Director
June 3, 2008
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit No.
Description
3.1
Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
the Company's Registration Statement No. 33-76150 on Form S-1).
3.2
Certificate of Designation of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 to the
Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2006).
3.3
Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Registration
Statement No. 33-76150 on Form S-1).
3.4
Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation dated March 23, 1995 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit A of Exhibit 1 to the Company's Form 8-A filed March 30, 1995).
3.5
Certificate of Designation of Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the
Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2001).
4.1
Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to the Company's
Registration Statement No. 33-76150 on Form S-1).
4.2
Rights Agreement dated March 13, 1995, between the Company and Third National Bank in
Nashville (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K
dated March 13, 1995).
4.3
Summary of Shareholder Rights Plan adopted March 13, 1995 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit B of Exhibit 1 to Form 8-A filed March 30, 1995).
4.4
Rights Agreement of Advocat Inc. dated March 23, 1995 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1
to Form 8-A filed March 30, 1995).
4.5
Amended and Restated Rights Agreement dated as of December 7, 1998 (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 1 to Form 8-A/A filed December 7, 1998).
5.1
Opinion of Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner, P.C.
23.1
Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP.
23.2
Consent of Harwell Howard Hyne Gabbert & Manner, P.C. (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
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Power of Attorney (see signature page).
99
Advocat Inc. 2008 Stock Purchase Plan for Key Personnel (incorporated by reference to
Appendix A to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2008).
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