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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on July 23, 2003.<BR>
File No.&nbsp;333-______
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<div align="center"><FONT size="4">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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<div align="center"><FONT size="3">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549<BR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="5"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<div align="center"><FONT size="3">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="5"><B>RENAL CARE GROUP, INC.</B>
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<div align="center"><FONT size="2">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</FONT>
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<B>62-1622383</B></FONT></TD>
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(I.R.S. Employer</FONT></TD>
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Identification Number)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>2525 West End Avenue, Suite&nbsp;600<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37203<BR>
(615)&nbsp;345-5500</B><BR>
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number of Principal Executive Offices)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Renal Care Group, Inc. 1999 Long-Term Incentive Plan</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">(Full Title of the Plan)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>R. Dirk Allison<BR>
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
Renal Care Group, Inc.<BR>
2525 West End Avenue, Suite&nbsp;600<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37203<BR>
(615)&nbsp;345-5500</B><BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">_________________________________________</font>



<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Title of Securities</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>Amount to</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>Offering Price</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>Aggregate</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>Amount of</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>to be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>be Registered(1)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>Per Share</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>Offering Price</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Common Stock, $.01
par value per share
(including rights
to purchase shares
of Series&nbsp;A Junior
Participating
Preferred Stock)</FONT></TD>
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1,897,000
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<br>
</FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">$
</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">28.39
</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top"><FONT size="2">(2)
</FONT></TD>
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$</FONT></TD>
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53,855,830
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<br>
</FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">$
</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">4,357
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par value per share
(including rights
to purchase shares
of Series&nbsp;A Junior
Participating
Preferred Stock)</FONT></TD>
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2,103,000<br>
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    <TD nowrap valign="top"><FONT size="2">(3)<br>
</FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">$
</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">36.09
</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top"><FONT size="2">(3)
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$</FONT></TD>
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75,897,270
</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top"><FONT size="2"><br>
<br>
</FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">$
</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">6,141
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4,000,000<br>
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 <TD><FONT size="2">An aggregate of 7,500,000 shares of Renal Care Group, Inc. Common Stock
(&#147;RCG Common Stock&#148;) are issuable under the Renal Care Group, Inc. 1999
Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#147;RCG Plan&#148;). The Registrant has previously
filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 with respect to 3,500,000
shares issuable under the RCG Plan. This Registration Statement registers
4,000,000 shares under the RCG Plan and any additional shares that may
hereafter become issuable as a result of the adjustment and anti-dilution
provisions of the RCG Plan.
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       <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">(2)
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 <TD><FONT size="2">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, in
accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1), based on the exercise price per share of
outstanding options issued under the RCG Plan.
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 <TD><FONT size="2">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, in
accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1), based on the average of the high and low
sales price of $36.09 per share for the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on
the New York Stock Exchange on July 18, 2003. Such computation is
based on the number of shares newly reserved but not subject to
outstanding awards under the RCG Plan.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>PART I. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents constituting Part&nbsp;I of this Registration Statement will be
sent or given to participants in the plan as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Upon written or oral request, the
registrant will provide, without charge, the documents incorporated by
reference in Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this Registration Statement. The documents
are incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a) prospectus. The registrant
will also provide, without charge, upon written or oral request, other
documents required to be delivered to employees pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b).
Requests for the above mentioned information should be directed to the
registrant:
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">Renal Care Group, Inc.<BR>
2525 West End Avenue, Suite&nbsp;600<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37203<BR>
Attention: Investor Relations<BR>
Telephone: (615)&nbsp;345-5500<BR>
Facsimile: (615)&nbsp;345-5505
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>PART II. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;3. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement and are deemed to be a part hereof from the date of the
filing of such documents:
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       <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">(1)
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       <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
       <TD><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2002;
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       <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">(2)
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       <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
       <TD><FONT size="2">All other reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), since December&nbsp;31, 2002;
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       <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">(3)
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       <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
       <TD><FONT size="2">The description of Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on January&nbsp;26, 1996, and
any amendment or report filed with the purpose of updating any such
description; and
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       <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">(4)
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       <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
       <TD><FONT size="2">The description of Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock Purchase Rights contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed on May&nbsp;5, 1997, and any amendment or
report filed with the purpose of updating any such description.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from
the date of filing of such documents.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated
herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the
purpose of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be,
incorporated herein by reference 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.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;4. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Description of Securities. </B>Not Applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;5. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </B>Not Applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;6. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Renal Care Group&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended, provides that Renal Care Group shall to the fullest extent permitted
by Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as
amended from time to time, indemnify its officers and directors.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
permits a corporation, under specified circumstances, to indemnify its
directors, officers, employees or agents against expenses (including attorney&#146;s
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlements actually and reasonably
incurred by them in connection with any action, suit or proceeding brought by
third parties by reason of the fact that they were or are directors, officers,
employees or agents, if such directors, officers, employees or agents acted in
good faith and in a manner they 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 reason to believe their conduct was unlawful. In a
derivative action, i.e., one by or in the right of the corporation,
indemnification may be made only for expenses actually and reasonably incurred
by directors, officers, employees or agents in connection with the defense or
settlement of an action or suit, and only with respect to a matter as to which
they shall have acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no
indemnification shall be made if such person shall have been adjudged liable to
the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the
action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that the defendant
directors, officers, employees or agents are fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnify for such expenses despite such adjudication of liability.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Renal Care Group&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended, contains a provision which eliminates, to the fullest extent permitted
by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, director liability for
monetary damages for breaches of the fiduciary duty of care or any other duty
as a director.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;7. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exemption from Registration Claimed. </B>Not Applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exhibits</B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The exhibits included as part of this Registration Statement are as follows:
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><FONT size="1"><B>Exhibit Number</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">4(a)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Specimen stock certificate for the Common Stock of the
Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 of the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, Registration
No.&nbsp;333-80221)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">II-2
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Shareholder Rights Protection Agreement, dated May&nbsp;2, 1997
between the Registrant and First Union National Bank of North
Carolina, as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
99.1 of the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed May
5, 1997, Commission File No.&nbsp;0-27640)</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Alston &#038; Bird</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5(a))</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (included in Part II of this Registration
Statement)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;9. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Undertakings.</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</FONT>
<P align="left" style="margin-left:0%; margin-right:0%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) &nbsp;&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:
</FONT>
<P align="left" style="margin-left:2%; margin-right:0%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
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<P align="left" style="margin-left:2%; margin-right:0%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of this 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
this Registration Statement;
</FONT>
<P align="left" style="margin-left:2%; margin-right:0%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in this Registration
Statement;
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply
if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
</FONT>

<P align="left" style="margin-left:0%; margin-right:0%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) &nbsp;&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 being offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</FONT>
<P align="left" style="margin-left:0%; margin-right:0%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) &nbsp;&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.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 13(a) or Section 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 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this
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.
</FONT>
<P align="center"><FONT size="2">II-3
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 Act 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 Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">II-4
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&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 Nashville, State of Tennessee, on July 21, 2003.
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Gary A. Brukardt</FONT></TD>
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Gary A. Brukardt<br>
President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">II-5
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Gary A. Brukardt and R. Dirk Allison, and either
of them (with full power in each to act alone), as true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this
Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, or
their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
thereof.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&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 indicated on July&nbsp;21, 2003.
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    <TD nowrap valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Gary A. Brukardt<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Gary A. Brukardt</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director<BR>(principal
executive officer)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ R. Dirk Allison<BR>
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R. Dirk Allison</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and <br>Treasurer (principal financial
and accounting officer)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Joseph C. Hutts<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Joseph C. Hutts</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Harry R. Jacobson, M.D.<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Harry R. Jacobson, M.D.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director</FONT></TD>
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Kenneth E. Johnson, Jr., M.D.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director</FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ William P. Johnston<BR>
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William P. Johnston</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Chairman of the Board, Director</FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ William V. Lapham<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
William V. Lapham</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Thomas A. Lowery, M.D.<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Thomas A. Lowery, M.D.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director</FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Stephen D. McMurray, M.D.<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Stephen D. McMurray, M.D.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director</FONT></TD>
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<div align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>TO<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</B>
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Specimen stock certificate for the Common Stock of the
Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 of the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, Registration
No.&nbsp;333-80221)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Shareholder Rights Protection Agreement, dated May&nbsp;2, 1997
between the Registrant and First Union National Bank of North
Carolina, as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
99.1 of the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed May
5, 1997, Commission File No.&nbsp;0-27640)</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Alston &#038; Bird</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5(a))</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (included in Part II of this Registration
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RENAL CARE GROUP, INC.
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on July 23, 2003.
File No. 333-______
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
_________________________________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
_________________________________________
RENAL CARE GROUP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
62-1622383
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)
Identification Number)
2525 West End Avenue, Suite 600
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
(615) 345-5500
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number of Principal Executive Offices)
Renal Care Group, Inc. 1999 Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
R. Dirk Allison
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Renal Care Group, Inc.
2525 West End Avenue, Suite 600
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
(615) 345-5500
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
_________________________________________
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
to be Registered
be Registered(1)
Per Share
Offering Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $.01
par value per share
(including rights
to purchase shares
of Series A Junior
Participating
Preferred Stock)
1,897,000
$
28.39
(2)
$
53,855,830
$
4,357
Common Stock, $.01
par value per share
(including rights
to purchase shares
of Series A Junior
Participating
Preferred Stock)
2,103,000
(3)
$
36.09
(3)
$
75,897,270
$
6,141
TOTAL
4,000,000
(1)
An aggregate of 7,500,000 shares of Renal Care Group, Inc. Common Stock
("RCG Common Stock") are issuable under the Renal Care Group, Inc. 1999
Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "RCG Plan"). The Registrant has previously
filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 with respect to 3,500,000
shares issuable under the RCG Plan. This Registration Statement registers
4,000,000 shares under the RCG Plan and any additional shares that may
hereafter become issuable as a result of the adjustment and anti-dilution
provisions of the RCG Plan.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, in
accordance with Rule 457(h)(1), based on the exercise price per share of
outstanding options issued under the RCG Plan.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, in
accordance with Rule 457(h)(1), based on the average of the high and low
sales price of $36.09 per share for the Registrant's Common Stock on
the New York Stock Exchange on July 18, 2003. Such computation is
based on the number of shares newly reserved but not subject to
outstanding awards under the RCG Plan.
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SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.A  OPINION OF ALSTON & BIRD
EX-23.B  CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG
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PART I.       INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents constituting Part I of this Registration Statement will be
sent or given to participants in the plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Upon written or oral request, the
registrant will provide, without charge, the documents incorporated by
reference in Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement. The documents
are incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a) prospectus. The registrant
will also provide, without charge, upon written or oral request, other
documents required to be delivered to employees pursuant to Rule 428(b).
Requests for the above mentioned information should be directed to the
registrant:
Renal Care Group, Inc.
2525 West End Avenue, Suite 600
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
Attention: Investor Relations
Telephone: (615) 345-5500
Facsimile: (615) 345-5505
PART II.       INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.       Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement and are deemed to be a part hereof from the date of the
filing of such documents:
(1)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2002;
(2)
All other reports filed by the registrant pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), since December 31, 2002;
(3)
The description of Common Stock contained in the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed on January 26, 1996, and
any amendment or report filed with the purpose of updating any such
description; and
(4)
The description of Series A Junior Participating Preferred
Stock Purchase Rights contained in the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed on May 5, 1997, and any amendment or
report filed with the purpose of updating any such description.
All other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from
the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated
herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the
purpose of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be,
incorporated herein by reference 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.
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Item 5.       Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not Applicable.
Item 6.       Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Renal Care Group's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended, provides that Renal Care Group shall to the fullest extent permitted
by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as
amended from time to time, indemnify its officers and directors.
Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware
permits a corporation, under specified circumstances, to indemnify its
directors, officers, employees or agents against expenses (including attorney's
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlements actually and reasonably
incurred by them in connection with any action, suit or proceeding brought by
third parties by reason of the fact that they were or are directors, officers,
employees or agents, if such directors, officers, employees or agents acted in
good faith and in a manner they 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 reason to believe their conduct was unlawful. In a
derivative action, i.e., one by or in the right of the corporation,
indemnification may be made only for expenses actually and reasonably incurred
by directors, officers, employees or agents in connection with the defense or
settlement of an action or suit, and only with respect to a matter as to which
they shall have acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no
indemnification shall be made if such person shall have been adjudged liable to
the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the
action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that the defendant
directors, officers, employees or agents are fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnify for such expenses despite such adjudication of liability.
Renal Care Group's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended, contains a provision which eliminates, to the fullest extent permitted
by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, director liability for
monetary damages for breaches of the fiduciary duty of care or any other duty
as a director.
Item 7.       Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8.       Exhibits
The exhibits included as part of this Registration Statement are as follows:
Exhibit Number
Description
4(a)
Specimen stock certificate for the Common Stock of the
Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, Registration
No. 333-80221)
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4(b)
Shareholder Rights Protection Agreement, dated May 2, 1997
between the Registrant and First Union National Bank of North
Carolina, as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
99.1 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed May
5, 1997, Commission File No. 0-27640)
5(a)
Opinion of Alston & Bird
23(a)
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5(a))
23(b)
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
24
Power of Attorney (included in Part II 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 this 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
this Registration Statement;
(iii)       To include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in this Registration
Statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply
if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
that are incorporated by reference in this 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 being 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 Section 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 this
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.
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(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 Act 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 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 Nashville, State of Tennessee, on July 21, 2003.
RENAL CARE GROUP, INC
By:
/s/ Gary A. Brukardt
Gary A. Brukardt
President and Chief Executive Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Gary A. Brukardt and R. Dirk Allison, and either
of them (with full power in each to act alone), as true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any amendments to this
Registration Statement and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, or
their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on July 21, 2003.
Signature
Capacity
/s/ Gary A. Brukardt
Gary A. Brukardt
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(principal
executive officer)
/s/ R. Dirk Allison
R. Dirk Allison
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and
Treasurer (principal financial
and accounting officer)
/s/ Joseph C. Hutts
Joseph C. Hutts
Director
/s/ Harry R. Jacobson, M.D.
Harry R. Jacobson, M.D.
Director
Kenneth E. Johnson, Jr., M.D.
Director
/s/ William P. Johnston
William P. Johnston
Chairman of the Board, Director
/s/ William V. Lapham
William V. Lapham
Director
/s/ Thomas A. Lowery, M.D.
Thomas A. Lowery, M.D.
Director
/s/ Stephen D. McMurray, M.D.
Stephen D. McMurray, M.D.
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
TO
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
Exhibit Number
Description
4(a)
Specimen stock certificate for the Common Stock of the
Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, Registration
No. 333-80221)
4(b)
Shareholder Rights Protection Agreement, dated May 2, 1997
between the Registrant and First Union National Bank of North
Carolina, as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
99.1 of the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed May
5, 1997, Commission File No. 0-27640)
5(a)
Opinion of Alston & Bird
23(a)
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5(a))
23(b)
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
24
Power of Attorney (included in Part II of this Registration
Statement)