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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;8, 2002</FONT>


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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>MedCath Corporation</B><BR>
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)&nbsp;<BR><BR>
<B>10720 Sikes Place, Suite&nbsp;300<BR>
Charlotte, North Carolina</B><BR>
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<B>56-2249852</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)<BR><BR><BR>
<B>28277</B><BR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Outside Directors&#146; Stock Option Plan</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>James E. Harris<BR>
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
MedCath Corporation<BR>
10720 Sikes Place, Suite&nbsp;300<BR>
Charlotte, North Carolina 28277</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>(704)&nbsp;708-6600</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">Copy to:
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Dumont Clarke<BR>
Moore &#038; Van Allen PLLC<BR>
100 North Tryon Street, Suite&nbsp;4700<BR>
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202-4003<BR>
(704)&nbsp;331-1000</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><FONT size="1"><B>Title of Securities to be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Common stock, par value $0.01 per share</FONT></DIV></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">50,000</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">19.00</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">950,000</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">87</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">15.80</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">55,300</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">5</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">189,000</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">21.13</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">3,993,570</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">368</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Based on options to purchase
50,000 shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common
Stock, par value $.01 per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), outstanding under the
Outside Director&#146;s Stock Option Plan assumed by the Registrant at the
time of its initial public offering of Common Stock on July&nbsp;24, 2001.
All of such shares are issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options
to purchase the number of shares at the exercise prices listed above.
Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1), the aggregate offering price and the fee have
been computed upon the basis of the price at which the options may be
exercised.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
based upon the average high and low bid and asked prices reported on the
Nasdaq National Market on February&nbsp;5, 2002 which prices were $21.70 and
$20.55, respectively.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART I</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in this Item&nbsp;1 will be
sent or given to employees, directors or others as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b).
In accordance with the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) and the instructions to Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission
either as part of this Registration Statement or as a prospectus pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;424.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in this Item&nbsp;2 will be
sent or given to employees as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b). In accordance with the
rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions to Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission
either as part of this Registration Statement or as a prospectus pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;424.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents By Reference.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Commission are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement:
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        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">The section entitled &#147;Description of the Registrant&#146;s
Securities to be Registered&#148; contained in our Registration Statement
on Form&nbsp;8-A (File No.&nbsp;00026281) filed on July&nbsp;20, 2001, pursuant to
Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Exchange Act (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;); and</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">Annual Report on
Form&nbsp;10-K filed December&nbsp;24, 2001, as amended by Form
10-K/A filed January&nbsp;25, 2002.</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered herein have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part thereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Delaware General Corporation Law and the Registrant&#146;s Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide for indemnification of
the Registrant&#146;s directors and officers for liabilities and expenses that they
may incur in such capacities. In general, directors and officers are
indemnified with respect to actions taken in good faith in a manner reasonably
believed to be in, or not</FONT>
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<P><FONT size="2">opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, and with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, actions that the indemnitee had no reasonable
cause to believe were unlawful. Reference is made to the Registrant&#146;s Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Registration Statement and the Registrant&#146;s Bylaws filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the
Registration Statement.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has in effect a directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability
insurance policy.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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Opinion of Moore &#038; Van Allen, PLLC</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Moore &#038; Van Allen, PLLC (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">24</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page of
this Registration Statement)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant hereby undertakes to file, during any period in which
offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:
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        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;);</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">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. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the
form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)
if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set
forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
effective Registration Statement; and</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="5%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(iii)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="91%"><FONT size="2">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></TD>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant hereby undertakes (i)&nbsp;that, for the purpose of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and (ii)&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><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is
incorporated by reference herein 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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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act 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 Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the 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 and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;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 Charlotte in the State of North Carolina, on this
8th day of February, 2002.
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        <TD width="50%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="50%"><FONT size="2">MEDCATH CORPORATION</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="50%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="50%"><FONT size="2">By:
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ James E. Harris
<HR size="1" width="80%" noshade>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;James E. Harris<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES</B>
</FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of MedCath Corporation, hereby
severally constitute and appoint James E. Harris, our true and lawful attorney,
with full power to him, to sign for us in our names in the capacities indicated
below, any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (including
post-effective amendments and any additional registration statement pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;)), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and
generally to do all things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as
officers and directors to enable MedCath Corporation, to comply with the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 hereby ratifying and confirming our
signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said
Registration Statement and all amendments thereto.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
date indicated.
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ David Crane<HR
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David Crane<br>
President and Chief Executive Officer and Director
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">February 8, 2002</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ James E. Harris<HR
size="1" noshade></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
James E. Harris<br>
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">February 8, 2002</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ David W. Perry<HR
size="1" noshade></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
David W. Perry<br>
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
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        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">February 8, 2002</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Stephen R. Puckett<HR
size="1" noshade></FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Stephen R. Puckett<br>
Chairman of the Board of Directors
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        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">February 8, 2002</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ David Chung<HR
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        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
David Chung<br>
Director
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        <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">February 8, 2002</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Edward A. Gilhuly<HR
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        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Edward A. Gilhuly<br>
Director
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        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">February 8, 2002</FONT></TD>
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Galen Powers<br>
Director
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size="1" noshade></FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Paul B. Queally<br>
Director
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        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">February 8, 2002</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Donald E. Steen<HR
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Donald E. Steen<br>
Director
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ D. Scott Mackesy<HR
size="1" noshade></FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
D. Scott Mackesy<br>
Director
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        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">February 8, 2002</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ John B. McKinnon<HR
size="1" noshade></FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
John B. McKinnon<br>
Director
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        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">February 8, 2002</FONT></TD>
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John Casey<br>
Director
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        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">February 8, 2002</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Moore &#038; Van Allen, PLLC</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Moore &#038; Van Allen, PLLC (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page of
this Registration Statement).</FONT></TD>
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MedCath Corporation
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 8, 2002
Registration No. 333-________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MedCath Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
10720 Sikes Place, Suite 300
Charlotte, North Carolina
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
56-2249852
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
28277
(Zip Code)
Outside Directors' Stock Option Plan
(Full title of the plan)
James E. Harris
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
MedCath Corporation
10720 Sikes Place, Suite 300
Charlotte, North Carolina 28277
(Name and address of agent for service of process)
(704) 708-6600
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Dumont Clarke
Moore & Van Allen PLLC
100 North Tryon Street, Suite 4700
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202-4003
(704) 331-1000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount To Be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered
Registered
Share
Price
Registration Fee
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
50,000
$
19.00
(1)
$
950,000
(1)
$
87
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
3,500
15.80
55,300
$
5
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share
189,000
21.13
(2)
3,993,570
(2)
$
368
Total
242,500
$
4,998,870
$
460
(1)
Based on options to purchase
50,000 shares of the Registrant's Common
Stock, par value $.01 per share ("Common Stock"), outstanding under the
Outside Director's Stock Option Plan assumed by the Registrant at the
time of its initial public offering of Common Stock on July 24, 2001.
All of such shares are issuable upon the exercise of outstanding options
to purchase the number of shares at the exercise prices listed above.
Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1), the aggregate offering price and the fee have
been computed upon the basis of the price at which the options may be
exercised.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
based upon the average high and low bid and asked prices reported on the
Nasdaq National Market on February 5, 2002 which prices were $21.70 and
$20.55, respectively.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
The documents containing the information specified in this Item 1 will be
sent or given to employees, directors or others as specified by Rule 428(b).
In accordance with the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and the instructions to Registration
Statement on Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission
either as part of this Registration Statement or as a prospectus pursuant to
Rule 424.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
The documents containing the information specified in this Item 2 will be
sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b). In accordance with the
rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions to Registration
Statement on Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Commission
either as part of this Registration Statement or as a prospectus pursuant to
Rule 424.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents By Reference.
The following documents filed with the Commission are incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement:
(a)
The section entitled "Description of the Registrant's
Securities to be Registered" contained in our Registration Statement
on Form 8-A (File No. 00026281) filed on July 20, 2001, pursuant to
Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act (the "Registration Statement"); and
(b)
Annual Report on
Form 10-K filed December 24, 2001, as amended by Form
10-K/A filed January 25, 2002.
All documents subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered herein have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part thereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Delaware General Corporation Law and the Registrant's Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide for indemnification of
the Registrant's directors and officers for liabilities and expenses that they
may incur in such capacities. In general, directors and officers are
indemnified with respect to actions taken in good faith in a manner reasonably
believed to be in, or not
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opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, and with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, actions that the indemnitee had no reasonable
cause to believe were unlawful. Reference is made to the Registrant's Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registration Statement and the Registrant's Bylaws filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the
Registration Statement.
The Registrant has in effect a directors' and officers' liability
insurance policy.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
5
Opinion of Moore & Van Allen, PLLC
23.1
Consent of Moore & Van Allen, PLLC (included in Exhibit 5)
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
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Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page of
this Registration Statement)
Item 9. Undertakings.
The Registrant hereby undertakes 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, as amended (the "Securities Act");
(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. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed
that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the
form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
more than a 20% 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 this Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in this
Registration Statement;
The Registrant hereby undertakes (i) that, for the purpose of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and (ii) 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.
The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is
incorporated by reference herein 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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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act 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 Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the 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 and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Charlotte in the State of North Carolina, on this
8th day of February, 2002.
MEDCATH CORPORATION
By:
     /s/ James E. Harris
James E. Harris
Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
We, the undersigned officers and directors of MedCath Corporation, hereby
severally constitute and appoint James E. Harris, our true and lawful attorney,
with full power to him, to sign for us in our names in the capacities indicated
below, any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including
post-effective amendments and any additional registration statement pursuant to
Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act")), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and
generally to do all things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as
officers and directors to enable MedCath Corporation, to comply with the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 hereby ratifying and confirming our
signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said
Registration Statement and all amendments thereto.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ David Crane
David Crane
President and Chief Executive Officer and Director
February 8, 2002
/s/ James E. Harris
James E. Harris
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
February 8, 2002
/s/ David W. Perry
David W. Perry
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
February 8, 2002
/s/ Stephen R. Puckett
Stephen R. Puckett
Chairman of the Board of Directors
February 8, 2002
/s/ David Chung
David Chung
Director
February 8, 2002
/s/ Edward A. Gilhuly
Edward A. Gilhuly
Director
February 8, 2002
/s/ Galen Powers
Galen Powers
Director
February 8, 2002
/s/ Paul B. Queally
Paul B. Queally
Director
February 8, 2002
/s/ Donald E. Steen
Donald E. Steen
Director
February 8, 2002
/s/ D. Scott Mackesy
D. Scott Mackesy
Director
February 8, 2002
/s/ John B. McKinnon
John B. McKinnon
Director
February 8, 2002
/s/ John Casey
John Casey
Director
February 8, 2002
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Description
5
Opinion of Moore & Van Allen, PLLC
23.1
Consent of Moore & Van Allen, PLLC (included in Exhibit 5).
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
24
Power of Attorney (included as part of the signature page of
this Registration Statement).