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<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:3pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SURGICAL CARE AFFILIATES, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>20-8740447</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>520 Lake Cook Road, Suite 250 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Deerfield, IL 60015 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(847) 238-0921 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address
of Registrant&#146;s Principal Executive Offices) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SURGICAL CARE AFFILIATES TEAMMATE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Richard L. Sharff, Jr., Esq. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>3000 Riverchase Galleria, Suite 500 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Birmingham, AL 35244 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(205) 545-2572 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name,
address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copies to: </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Timothy W. Gregg, Esq. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Maynard, Cooper&nbsp;&amp; Gale, P.C. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1901 Sixth Avenue North </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2400 Regions/Harbert Plaza </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Birmingham, AL 35203 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(205) 254-1212 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark 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 accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting
company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">Accelerated&nbsp;filer&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="middle" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"><B>Title of securities to be registered</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>&nbsp;Amount&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;<BR></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>registered<BR>(1)(2)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proposed<BR>maximum<BR></B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(3)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; padding-right:8pt"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amount
of<BR></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>&nbsp;registration&nbsp;fee&nbsp;<BR>(3)</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc. Common Stock,<BR>par
value $0.01 per share</P> <P STYLE="font-size:3pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt">&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">500,000&nbsp;shares</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">$27.71&nbsp;per&nbsp;share&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">$13,855,000</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; padding-right:8pt"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">$1,785</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">This registration statement (this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) registers the issuance of 500,000 shares of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), of Surgical Care Affiliates,
Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), which are issuable pursuant to the Surgical Care Affiliates Teammate Stock Purchase Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also covers such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock that become
issuable under the Plan by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or other similar transaction affected without the receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of Common Stock.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Estimated pursuant to paragraphs (c)&nbsp;and (h)&nbsp;of Rule 457 under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the average of the high and low sales prices of the
Common Stock reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as of a date (June 3, 2014) within five business days prior to the filing of this Registration Statement. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.* </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;2.
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.* </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The information specified in Items 1 and 2 of Part I of Form
S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given
to participants in the Plan in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act. Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;), either as part of this Registration
Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents, and the documents incorporated by reference in this Form S-8 Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part II hereof,
taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a) of the Securities Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Upon written or oral
request, any of the documents incorporated by reference in Item&nbsp;3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, which are also incorporated by reference in the Section&nbsp;10(a) prospectus, other documents required to be delivered to eligible
participants pursuant to Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act, or additional information about the Plan, will be available without charge by contacting Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc., 520 Lake Cook Road, Suite 250, Deerfield, Illinois 60015;
telephone (847)&nbsp;236-0921, Attention: Corporate Secretary. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents, which previously have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission, are incorporated by reference and made a part
hereof: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2014; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January&nbsp;7, 2014 (two reports), March&nbsp;10, 2014,&nbsp;March&nbsp;19, 2014 and June 6, 2014; and </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The description of the Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on October&nbsp;25, 2013 with the Commission under Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) (File No.&nbsp;001-36154), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant is not incorporating by reference any Current Reports on Form 8-K through which it furnished, rather than filed, information
with the Commission. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Additionally, all reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the effective date of this Registration Statement, and </P>

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prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement 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 part hereof from the date of filing of such reports and other documents. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained herein or in any document to be 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 so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of
Named Experts and Counsel. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">None. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) grants corporations the power to 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 investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the
corporation), by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe
the person&#146;s conduct was unlawful. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the case of an action by or in the right of the corporation, Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL
grants corporations the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146;
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or
the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL also empowers a corporation to
purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was </P>
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serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted
against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person&#146;s status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under Section&nbsp;145 of
the DGCL. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL allows a corporation to eliminate or limit the personal liability of directors to a
corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law,
authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase or redemption in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant limits the liability of the Registrant&#146;s directors to the fullest extent permitted by
the DGCL and requires that the Registrant will provide its directors with customary indemnification. The By-Laws of the Registrant provide for indemnification of the Registrant&#146;s directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by law,
including payment of expenses in advance of resolution of any such matter. The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its executive officers and directors that provide them with customary indemnification in connection
with their service to the Registrant or on the Registrant&#146;s behalf. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant currently maintains management liability
insurance in the aggregate amount of $10 million, excess director and officer liability insurance in the aggregate amount of $10 million and Side A director and officer liability insurance in the aggregate amount of $10 million. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For a list of all exhibits filed or included as part of this Registration Statement, see &#147;Index to Exhibits&#148; at the end of
this Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to
this Registration Statement: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">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 </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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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 a 20 percent change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement; and </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">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;
</TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) 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 Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, 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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,
officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant 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 Registrant 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 of 1933 and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 Village of Deerfield, State of Illinois, on June 6, 2014. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">SURGICAL CARE AFFILIATES, INC.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Andrew P. Hayek</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Name: Andrew P. Hayek</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Title: &nbsp;&nbsp;President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">POWER OF ATTORNEY </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Andrew P. Hayek and Richard L. Sharff,
Jr., 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 (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and any and all additional registration statements pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or each of them or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Form S-8 Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities indicated on the 6<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> day of June, 2014. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Andrew P. Hayek</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Andrew P. Hayek</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Peter J. Clemens IV</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Todd B. Sisitsky</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Thomas C. Geiser</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Frederick A. Hessler</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Certification of Incorporation of Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 4, 2013)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By-Laws of Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 4, 2013)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>4.3</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Surgical Care Affiliates Teammate Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 6, 2014)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Maynard, Cooper &amp; Gale, P.C., counsel to the Registrant</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, independent registered public accounting firm</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, independent registered public accounting firm</TD></TR>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 6, 2014
Registration
No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SURGICAL CARE AFFILIATES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
20-8740447
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
520 Lake Cook Road, Suite 250
Deerfield, IL 60015
(847) 238-0921
(Address
of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
SURGICAL CARE AFFILIATES TEAMMATE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Richard L. Sharff, Jr., Esq.
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
3000 Riverchase Galleria, Suite 500
Birmingham, AL 35244
(205) 545-2572
(Name,
address, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Timothy W. Gregg, Esq.
Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C.
1901 Sixth Avenue North
2400 Regions/Harbert Plaza
Birmingham, AL 35203
(205) 254-1212
Indicate by check mark 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 accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting
company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
¨
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
x
Smaller reporting company
¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to be registered
Amount to be
registered
(1)(2)
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share
(2)(3)
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price
(3)
Amount
of
registration fee
(3)
Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc. Common Stock,
par
value $0.01 per share
500,000 shares
$27.71 per share
$13,855,000
$1,785
(1)
This registration statement (this "Registration Statement") registers the issuance of 500,000 shares of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of Surgical Care Affiliates,
Inc. (the "Registrant"), which are issuable pursuant to the Surgical Care Affiliates Teammate Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan").
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock that become
issuable under the Plan by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or other similar transaction affected without the receipt of consideration that increases the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(3)
Estimated pursuant to paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the average of the high and low sales prices of the
Common Stock reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market as of a date (June 3, 2014) within five business days prior to the filing of this Registration Statement.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2.
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
*     The information specified in Items 1 and 2 of Part I of Form
S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given
to participants in the Plan in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act. Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), either as part of this Registration
Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents, and the documents incorporated by reference in this Form S-8 Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof,
taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
Upon written or oral
request, any of the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, which are also incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a) prospectus, other documents required to be delivered to eligible
participants pursuant to Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act, or additional information about the Plan, will be available without charge by contacting Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc., 520 Lake Cook Road, Suite 250, Deerfield, Illinois 60015;
telephone (847) 236-0921, Attention: Corporate Secretary.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which previously have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission, are incorporated by reference and made a part
hereof:
(i)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013;
(ii)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014;
(iii)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 7, 2014 (two reports), March 10, 2014, March 19, 2014 and June 6, 2014; and
(iv)
The description of the Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on October 25, 2013 with the Commission under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act") (File No. 001-36154), including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
The Registrant is not incorporating by reference any Current Reports on Form 8-K through which it furnished, rather than filed, information
with the Commission.
Additionally, all reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act on or after the effective date of this Registration Statement, and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement 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 part hereof from the date of filing of such reports and other documents.
Any statement contained herein or in any document to be 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 so 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.
None.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL") grants corporations the power to 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 investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the
corporation), by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe
the person's conduct was unlawful.
In the case of an action by or in the right of the corporation, Section 145 of the DGCL
grants corporations the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys'
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or
the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
Section 145 of the DGCL also empowers a corporation to
purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was
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serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted
against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under Section 145 of
the DGCL.
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL allows a corporation to eliminate or limit the personal liability of directors to a
corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law,
authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase or redemption in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit.
The Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant limits the liability of the Registrant's directors to the fullest extent permitted by
the DGCL and requires that the Registrant will provide its directors with customary indemnification. The By-Laws of the Registrant provide for indemnification of the Registrant's directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by law,
including payment of expenses in advance of resolution of any such matter. The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its executive officers and directors that provide them with customary indemnification in connection
with their service to the Registrant or on the Registrant's behalf.
The Registrant currently maintains management liability
insurance in the aggregate amount of $10 million, excess director and officer liability insurance in the aggregate amount of $10 million and Side A director and officer liability insurance in the aggregate amount of $10 million.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
For a list of all exhibits filed or included as part of this Registration Statement, see "Index to Exhibits" at the end of
this Registration Statement.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)    The undersigned Registrant 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 of 1933;
(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
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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 a 20 percent change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
(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 (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) 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 Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement.
(2)    That, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, 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.
(b)    The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) 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.
(c)    Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,
officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant 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 Registrant 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 of 1933 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 Village of Deerfield, State of Illinois, on June 6, 2014.
SURGICAL CARE AFFILIATES, INC.
By:
/s/ Andrew P. Hayek
Name: Andrew P. Hayek
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Andrew P. Hayek and Richard L. Sharff,
Jr., 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 (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and any and all additional registration statements pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection
therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or each of them or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Form S-8 Registration Statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities indicated on the 6
th
day of June, 2014.
Signature
Title
/s/ Andrew P. Hayek
Andrew P. Hayek
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Peter J. Clemens IV
Peter J. Clemens IV
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Todd B. Sisitsky
Todd B. Sisitsky
Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors
/s/ Thomas C. Geiser
Thomas C. Geiser
Director
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/s/ Sharad Mansukani, M.D.
Sharad Mansukani, M.D.
Director
/s/ Jeffrey K. Rhodes
Jeffrey K. Rhodes
Director
/s/ Curtis S. Lane
Curtis S. Lane
Director
/s/ Frederick A. Hessler
Frederick A. Hessler
Director
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Certification of Incorporation of Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 4, 2013)
4.2
By-Laws of Surgical Care Affiliates, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 4, 2013)
4.3
Surgical Care Affiliates Teammate Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 6, 2014)
5.1
Opinion of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., counsel to the Registrant
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, independent registered public accounting firm
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, independent registered public accounting firm
23.3
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers, independent registered public accounting firm
23.4
Consent of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C. (contained in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement)
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this Registration Statement)
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