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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on November 12, 2002</FONT>

<P align="right"><FONT size="2">Registration No.&nbsp;333-__________</FONT>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B><BR>
Washington, DC 20549<BR>
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<B>FORM S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>
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MARINER HEALTH CARE, INC.<BR>
(formerly Mariner Post-Acute Network, Inc.)</B><BR>
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT>

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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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<B>74-2012902</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>One Ravinia Drive<BR>
Suite&nbsp;1500<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)</FONT></TD>
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<B>30346</B><BR>
(Zip code)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Mariner Health Care, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)<BR>
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<B>Stefano M. Miele, Esq.<BR>
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
Mariner Health Care, Inc.<BR>
One Ravinia Drive, Suite&nbsp;1500<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30346</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)<BR>
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<B>(678)&nbsp;443-7000</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)<BR>
<B>Copies of Communications to:</B></FONT>

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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Stefano M. Miele, Esq.<BR>
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary</B></FONT></TD>
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<B>Richard H. Miller, Esq.<BR>
Richard E. Green, Esq</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Mariner Health Care, Inc.<BR>
One Ravinia Drive<BR>
Suite&nbsp;1500<BR>
Atlanta, GA 30346</B></FONT></TD>
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<B>Powell, Goldstein, Frazer &#038; Murphy LLP<BR>
Sixteenth Floor<BR>
191 Peachtree Street, N.E.<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30303</B></FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></FONT>

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        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>Amount</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 $.01 per share</FONT></DIV></TD>
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        <TD colspan="3" align="right"><FONT size="2">269,962 shares</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">4.725</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,275,570</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">117</FONT></TD>
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        <TD colspan="3" align="right"><FONT size="2">1,708,060&nbsp;shares</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">20.12</FONT></TD>
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        <TD colspan="3" align="right"><FONT size="2">1,978,022 shares</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">35,641,737</FONT></TD>
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        <TD colspan="1" align="right"><FONT size="2">3,280</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="1">The shares registered pursuant to this registration statement are to be
issued pursuant to the Mariner Health Care, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan
(the &#147;Plan&#148;). This registration statement also covers such additional
shares as may be issued by the Registrant under the Plan pursuant to any
stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or similar event involving
the Registrant&#146;s common stock.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="1">Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). With respect to 1,708,060 of the shares to be
registered, which are subject to outstanding options, the offering price
is calculated based on the weighted average exercise price of those
options, and with respect to the remaining 239,962 shares, upon the
average of the bid and ask price of the common stock on the OTC Bulletin
Board on November&nbsp;8, 2002, a date within 5 business days prior to the
filing of this registration statement.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="1">The registration fee is calculated by multiplying the product of the
proposed maximum aggregate offering price per share and the number of
shares to be registered by .000092.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART I</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The document(s) containing the information required to be set forth in the
Section&nbsp;10(a) prospectus will be sent or given to plan participants as
specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART II</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;Commission&#148;) by the Registrant are incorporated herein by reference:
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        <TD width="90%"><FONT size="2">Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended
September&nbsp;30, 2001 (File No.&nbsp;1-10968);</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="90%"><FONT size="2">Transition Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the Transition Period from
October&nbsp;1, 2001 to December&nbsp;31, 2001 (File No.&nbsp;1-10968);</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="90%"><FONT size="2">Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the Quarter Ended March&nbsp;31,
2002 (File No.&nbsp;0-49813);</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="90%"><FONT size="2">Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the Quarter Ended June&nbsp;30,
2002 (File No.&nbsp;0-49813);</FONT></TD>
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1-10968);</FONT></TD>
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0-49813); and</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="90%"><FONT size="2">The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock, par value
$.01 per share, contained in the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A,
as filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;13, 2002 (File No.&nbsp;0-49813).</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
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 in this
Registration Statement and to be part thereof from the date of filing such
documents.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&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></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&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></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant is a Delaware corporation. Reference is made to Section&nbsp;145
of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;), which provides that a
corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to
be made a party to any threatened,
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<P><FONT size="2">pending or completed action or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of
such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at its
request in such capacity of another corporation or business organization
against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in
a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interest of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that such person&#146;s conduct was
unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify officers and directors in an
action by or in the right of a corporation under the same conditions, except
that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer
or director is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or
director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action
referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against the
expenses that he or she actually and reasonably incurred.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reference is also made to Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL, which permits a
corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of
the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of the director&#146;s fiduciary duty
as a director, except for liability (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&#146;s duty
of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions
not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL, or (iv)&nbsp;for any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;Seventh of the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (the &#147;Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation&#148;)
of the Registrant provides for the elimination of personal liability of a
director for breach of fiduciary duty as permitted by Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the
DGCL, as it may be amended from time to time.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;Eighth of the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation provides that the Registrant shall indemnify and hold harmless
each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to
or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she
is or was a director or officer of the Registrant or is or was serving at the
request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee, partner or agent of
another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether
or not the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity
while serving as a director, officer, employee, partner or agent, to the
fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as it may be amended from time to time.
Article&nbsp;Eighth also provides that the rights to indemnification are contract
rights and include the right for an indemnified person to be paid by the
Registrant for reasonable expenses incurred by such person in defending any
applicable proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding;
subject to the indemnified person providing any undertakings required by the
DGCL to return amounts advanced if it is ultimately determined that the
indemnified person was not entitled to receive any amount advanced pursuant to
Article&nbsp;Eighth. Article&nbsp;Eighth also provides that indemnified persons have the
right to sue the Registrant for advancement of expenses and to be reimbursed
for the cost of bringing such a suit if they prevail in whole or in part.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant maintains at its expense a policy of insurance that insures
its directors and officers, subject to certain exclusions and deductions as are
usual in such insurance policies, against certain liabilities which may be
incurred in those capacities.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;601 of Regulation&nbsp;S-K:
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        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Warrant Agreement, dated as of May&nbsp;13, 2002,
between Mariner Health Care, Inc. and American
Stock Transfer &#038; Trust Company, as Warrant Agent
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1
to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2002 (the &#147;March
2002 10-Q&#148;)).</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <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">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <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">
4.2
</FONT></TD>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Indenture, dated as of May&nbsp;13, 2002, among Mariner
Health Care, Inc., the Guarantors listed on
Schedule&nbsp;I thereto, and the Bank of New York with
respect to the issuance of $150,000,000 in
principal amount of Second Priority Secured Notes
due 2009 (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to the March 2002 10-Q).</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <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">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <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">
4.3
</FONT></TD>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Note issued in connection with the Indenture dated
as of May&nbsp;13, 2002, among Mariner Health Care,
Inc., the Guarantors listed on Schedule&nbsp;I thereto
and the Bank of New York with respect to the
issuance of $150,000,000 in Principal Amount of
Second Priority Secured Notes due 2009 (included
in Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 hereto).</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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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">
4.4
</FONT></TD>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Common Stock certificate for the Common Stock of
Mariner Health Care, Inc., par value $.01 per
share (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4.4 to the March 2002 10-Q).</FONT></TD>
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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">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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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">
5
</FONT></TD>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Opinion of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer &#038; Murphy LLP.*</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <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">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <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">
23.1
</FONT></TD>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.*</FONT></TD>
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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">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <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">
23.2
</FONT></TD>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Consent of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer &#038; Murphy LLP
(contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5).*</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <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">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <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">
24
</FONT></TD>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Power of attorney (included in signature page).*</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <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">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <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">
99.1
</FONT></TD>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Mariner Health Care, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive
Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
10.11 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2002).&#043;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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      <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">*</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Filed herewith.</FONT></TD>

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      <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&#043;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Management contract or compensatory plan, contract or arrangement.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">II-3</FONT>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp; The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</FONT>
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        <TD width="3%"></TD>
        <TD width="97%"></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD width="6%"></TD>
        <TD width="94%"></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the law 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&nbsp;percent change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration
Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD width="3%"></TD>
        <TD width="97%"></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona
fide </I>offering thereof.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned 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 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.
</FONT>
<P align="center"><FONT size="2">II-4</FONT>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)&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.
</FONT>
<P align="center"><FONT size="2">II-5</FONT>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SIGNATURES</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
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, hereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on this
8th day of
November 2002.
</FONT>
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        <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="73%">&nbsp;</TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><FONT size="2">MARINER HEALTH CARE, INC.</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
By:
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ William C. Straub<BR>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Name:    William C. Straub<BR>
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accounting Officer</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Stefano M. Miele and William C. Straub, or
either 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 or all amendments to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or her substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&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 below on November&nbsp;8, 2002.
</FONT>
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        <TD width="34%">&nbsp;</TD>
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        <TD width="61%">&nbsp;</TD>
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        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="left"><FONT size="1"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="left"><HR size="1" noshade width="13%"></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/  C. Christian Winkle<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
C. Christian Winkle</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
President, Chief Executive Officer<BR>
and Director<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Victor L. Lund<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Victor L. Lund</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chairman of the Board and Director</FONT></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD width="34%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD width="61%">&nbsp;</TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Patrick H. Daugherty<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Patrick H. Daugherty</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Earl P. Holland<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Earl P. Holland</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Philip L. Maslowe<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Philip L. Maslowe</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Mohsin Y. Meghji<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Mohsin Y. Meghji</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ M. Edward Stearns<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
M. Edward Stearns</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 valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ William C. Straub<BR>
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William C. Straub</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Senior Vice President and<BR>
Chief Accounting Officer<BR>
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
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</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Warrant Agreement, dated as of May&nbsp;13, 2002,
between Mariner Health Care, Inc. and American
Stock Transfer &#038; Trust Company, as Warrant Agent
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1
to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2002 (the &#147;March
2002 10-Q&#148;)).</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="right" valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.2
</FONT></TD>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Indenture, dated as of May&nbsp;13, 2002, among Mariner
Health Care, Inc., the Guarantors listed on
Schedule&nbsp;I thereto, and the Bank of New York with
respect to the issuance of $150,000,000 in
Principal Amount of Second Priority Secured Notes
due 2009 (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to the March 2002 10-Q).</FONT></TD>
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4.3
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Note issued in connection with the Indenture dated
as of May&nbsp;13, 2002, among Mariner Health Care,
Inc., the Guarantors listed on Schedule&nbsp;I thereto
and the Bank of New York with respect to the
issuance of $150,000,000 in principal amount of
Second Priority Secured Notes due 2009 (included
in Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 hereto).</FONT></TD>
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4.4
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Common Stock certificate for the Common Stock of
Mariner Health Care, Inc., par value $.01 per
share (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4.4 to the March 2002 10-Q).</FONT></TD>
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5
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Opinion of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer &#038; Murphy LLP.*</FONT></TD>
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23.1
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.*</FONT></TD>
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23.2
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Consent of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer &#038; Murphy LLP
(contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5).*</FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Power of attorney (included in signature page).*</FONT></TD>
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99.1
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Mariner Health Care, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive
Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
10.11 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2002).&#043;</FONT></TD>
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MARINER HEALTH CARE, INC.
As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on November 12, 2002
Registration No. 333-__________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MARINER HEALTH CARE, INC.
(formerly Mariner Post-Acute Network, Inc.)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
74-2012902
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
One Ravinia Drive
Suite 1500
Atlanta, Georgia
(Address of principal executive offices)
30346
(Zip code)
Mariner Health Care, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Stefano M. Miele, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Mariner Health Care, Inc.
One Ravinia Drive, Suite 1500
Atlanta, Georgia 30346
(Name and address of agent for service)
(678) 443-7000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies of Communications to:
Stefano M. Miele, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Richard H. Miller, Esq.
Richard E. Green, Esq
Mariner Health Care, Inc.
One Ravinia Drive
Suite 1500
Atlanta, GA 30346
Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP
Sixteenth Floor
191 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount
Offering Price
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
To Be Registered
To Be Registered(1)
Per Share(2)
Price(2)
Registration Fee(3)
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
269,962 shares
$
4.725
$
1,275,570
$
117
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
1,708,060 shares
$
20.12
$
34,366,167
$
3,162
Total
1,978,022 shares
$
35,641,737
$
3,280
(1)
The shares registered pursuant to this registration statement are to be
issued pursuant to the Mariner Health Care, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive Plan
(the "Plan"). This registration statement also covers such additional
shares as may be issued by the Registrant under the Plan pursuant to any
stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or similar event involving
the Registrant's common stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"). With respect to 1,708,060 of the shares to be
registered, which are subject to outstanding options, the offering price
is calculated based on the weighted average exercise price of those
options, and with respect to the remaining 239,962 shares, upon the
average of the bid and ask price of the common stock on the OTC Bulletin
Board on November 8, 2002, a date within 5 business days prior to the
filing of this registration statement.
(3)
The registration fee is calculated by multiplying the product of the
proposed maximum aggregate offering price per share and the number of
shares to be registered by .000092.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information required to be set forth in the
Section 10(a) prospectus will be sent or given to plan participants as
specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") by the Registrant are incorporated herein by reference:
(1)
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2001 (File No. 1-10968);
(2)
Transition Report on Form 10-K for the Transition Period from
October 1, 2001 to December 31, 2001 (File No. 1-10968);
(3)
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Quarter Ended March 31,
2002 (File No. 0-49813);
(4)
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Quarter Ended June 30,
2002 (File No. 0-49813);
(5)
Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 17, 2002 (File No.
1-10968);
(6)
Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 28, 2002 (File No.
0-49813); and
(7)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock, par value
$.01 per share, contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A,
as filed with the Commission on May 13, 2002 (File No. 0-49813).
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
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 in this
Registration Statement and to be part thereof from the date of filing 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 Registrant is a Delaware corporation. Reference is made to Section 145
of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), which provides that a
corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to
be made a party to any threatened,
II-1
pending or completed action or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of
such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director,
officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at its
request in such capacity of another corporation or business organization
against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in
a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interest of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that such person's conduct was
unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify officers and directors in an
action by or in the right of a corporation under the same conditions, except
that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer
or director is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or
director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action
referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him or her against the
expenses that he or she actually and reasonably incurred.
Reference is also made to Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, which permits a
corporation to provide in its certificate of incorporation that a director of
the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of the director's fiduciary duty
as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty
of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions
not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
Article Seventh of the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (the "Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation")
of the Registrant provides for the elimination of personal liability of a
director for breach of fiduciary duty as permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the
DGCL, as it may be amended from time to time.
Article Eighth of the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation provides that the Registrant shall indemnify and hold harmless
each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to
or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she
is or was a director or officer of the Registrant or is or was serving at the
request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee, partner or agent of
another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether
or not the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity
while serving as a director, officer, employee, partner or agent, to the
fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as it may be amended from time to time.
Article Eighth also provides that the rights to indemnification are contract
rights and include the right for an indemnified person to be paid by the
Registrant for reasonable expenses incurred by such person in defending any
applicable proceeding in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding;
subject to the indemnified person providing any undertakings required by the
DGCL to return amounts advanced if it is ultimately determined that the
indemnified person was not entitled to receive any amount advanced pursuant to
Article Eighth. Article Eighth also provides that indemnified persons have the
right to sue the Registrant for advancement of expenses and to be reimbursed
for the cost of bringing such a suit if they prevail in whole or in part.
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The Registrant maintains at its expense a policy of insurance that insures
its directors and officers, subject to certain exclusions and deductions as are
usual in such insurance policies, against certain liabilities which may be
incurred in those capacities.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K:
Exhibit No.:
Description
4.1
Warrant Agreement, dated as of May 13, 2002,
between Mariner Health Care, Inc. and American
Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Warrant Agent
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1
to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2002 (the "March
2002 10-Q")).
4.2
Indenture, dated as of May 13, 2002, among Mariner
Health Care, Inc., the Guarantors listed on
Schedule I thereto, and the Bank of New York with
respect to the issuance of $150,000,000 in
principal amount of Second Priority Secured Notes
due 2009 (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 4.2 to the March 2002 10-Q).
4.3
Note issued in connection with the Indenture dated
as of May 13, 2002, among Mariner Health Care,
Inc., the Guarantors listed on Schedule I thereto
and the Bank of New York with respect to the
issuance of $150,000,000 in Principal Amount of
Second Priority Secured Notes due 2009 (included
in Exhibit 4.2 hereto).
4.4
Common Stock certificate for the Common Stock of
Mariner Health Care, Inc., par value $.01 per
share (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4.4 to the March 2002 10-Q).
5
Opinion of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP.*
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.*
23.2
Consent of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP
(contained in Exhibit 5).*
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Power of attorney (included in signature page).*
99.1
Mariner Health Care, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive
Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
10.11 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002).+
*
Filed herewith.
+
Management contract or compensatory plan, contract or arrangement.
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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;
(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 law 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 percent change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona
fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
(b) The undersigned 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 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.
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(h)  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, as amended,
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, hereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on this
8th day of
November 2002.
MARINER HEALTH CARE, INC.
By:
/s/ William C. Straub
Name:    William C. Straub
Title: Senior Vice President and Chief
Accounting Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Stefano M. Miele and William C. Straub, or
either 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 or all amendments to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or his or her 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
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated below on November 8, 2002.
Signature
Title
/s/  C. Christian Winkle
C. Christian Winkle
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Victor L. Lund
Victor L. Lund
Chairman of the Board and Director
/s/ Patrick H. Daugherty
Patrick H. Daugherty
Director
/s/ Earl P. Holland
Earl P. Holland
Director
/s/ Philip L. Maslowe
Philip L. Maslowe
Director
/s/ Mohsin Y. Meghji
Mohsin Y. Meghji
Director
/s/ M. Edward Stearns
M. Edward Stearns
Director
/s/ William C. Straub
William C. Straub
Senior Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.:
Description
4.1
Warrant Agreement, dated as of May 13, 2002,
between Mariner Health Care, Inc. and American
Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Warrant Agent
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1
to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2002 (the "March
2002 10-Q")).
4.2
Indenture, dated as of May 13, 2002, among Mariner
Health Care, Inc., the Guarantors listed on
Schedule I thereto, and the Bank of New York with
respect to the issuance of $150,000,000 in
Principal Amount of Second Priority Secured Notes
due 2009 (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 4.2 to the March 2002 10-Q).
4.3
Note issued in connection with the Indenture dated
as of May 13, 2002, among Mariner Health Care,
Inc., the Guarantors listed on Schedule I thereto
and the Bank of New York with respect to the
issuance of $150,000,000 in principal amount of
Second Priority Secured Notes due 2009 (included
in Exhibit 4.2 hereto).
4.4
Common Stock certificate for the Common Stock of
Mariner Health Care, Inc., par value $.01 per
share (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
4.4 to the March 2002 10-Q).
5
Opinion of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP.*
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.*
23.2
Consent of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP
(contained in Exhibit 5).*
24
Power of attorney (included in signature page).*
99.1
Mariner Health Care, Inc. 2002 Stock Incentive
Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
10.11 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002).+
*
Filed herewith.
+
Management contract or compensatory plan, contract or arrangement.