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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;6, 2003</B></FONT>
<div align="right"><FONT size="2"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-________</B></FONT>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT>
<div align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549</B></FONT>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="5"><B>Form&nbsp;S-8</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></FONT>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="6"><B>LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.</B></FONT>
<div align="center"><FONT size="2">(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<BR>
Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></TD>
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<B>52-2165845</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>103 Powell Court, Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Brentwood, Tennessee</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></TD>
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<B>37027</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan<BR>
LifePoint Hospitals Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</FONT>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">William F. Carpenter III, Esq.<BR>
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.<BR>
103 Powell Court, Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027<BR>
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2">(615)&nbsp;372-8500<BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2">Copy to:<BR>
J. Chase Cole, Esq.<BR>
Waller Lansden Dortch &#038; Davis,<BR>
A Professional Limited Liability Company<BR>
511 Union Street, Suite&nbsp;2100<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37219-1760<BR>
(615)&nbsp;244-6380</FONT>

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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>Maximum Aggregate</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><FONT size="1"><B>Securities to be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Common Stock, $0.01 par value (3)</FONT></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">2,500,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">(4)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">20.95</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">52,375,000</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">4,238</FONT></TD>
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    <TD colspan="2"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Common Stock $0.01 par value (3)</FONT></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">200,000</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap><FONT size="2">(5)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">20.95</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">4,190,000</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">339</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">2,700,000</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">20.95</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">56,565,000</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">4,577</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of
common stock which become issuable by reason of any stock dividend, stock
split, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or reorganization of or by
the Registrant.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Estimated pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c) and Rule&nbsp;457(h) solely for purposes of
calculating the amount of the registration fee, based upon the average of
the high and low prices reported on May&nbsp;27, 2003, as reported on the
Nasdaq Stock Market.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(3)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Includes associated preferred stock purchase rights which, prior to the
occurrence of certain events, will not be exercisable or evidenced
separately from the common stock.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Shares registered for issuance pursuant to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended. The LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended, authorizes the issuance of a
maximum of 9,625,000 shares, of which 7,125,000 shares were registered
pursuant to Registration Statements on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File Nos. 333-78187 and
333-63140), for which the registration fee was previously paid in full.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Shares registered for issuance pursuant to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended. The LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended, authorizes the issuance of a
maximum of 300,000 shares, of which 100,000 shares were registered
pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-91732), for
which the registration fee was previously paid in full.</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">EXPLANATORY NOTE</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) filed this Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 to register an additional 2,500,000 shares of the
Company&#146;s common stock, $0.01 par value (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), issuable pursuant to
the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended (the
&#147;Incentive Plan&#148;), and an additional 200,000 shares of Common Stock issuable
pursuant to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as
amended (the &#147;ESPP&#148;). The contents of the Company&#146;s Registration Statements on
Form&nbsp;S-8 (File Nos. 333-78187 and 333-63140) registering shares of Common Stock
issuable pursuant to the Incentive Plan and filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;11, 1999 and June&nbsp;15, 2001, respectively, are hereby
incorporated by reference pursuant to Instruction E to Form&nbsp;S-8. The contents
of the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-91732)
registering shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the ESPP and filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;1, 2002 are hereby incorporated
by reference pursuant to Instruction E to Form&nbsp;S-8. Also pursuant to
Instruction E to Form&nbsp;S-8, the filing fee is being paid only with respect to
the 2,700,000 shares of Common Stock not previously registered.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART II<br>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 align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the Company with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are incorporated herein by reference:
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp; The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2002;
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp; The Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A relating to
the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May&nbsp;21, 2003;
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp; The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended
March&nbsp;31, 2003; and
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp; The description of the Company&#146;s Capital Stock contained in the
Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10, dated December&nbsp;11, 1998, as
amended.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to
Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date
of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities
offered 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 a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents. Any statement contained herein or incorporated by reference herein
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B></FONT>

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Certificate of Incorporation (a)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.2</FONT></TD>
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Bylaws (a)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.3</FONT></TD>
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Form of Specimen Stock Certificate (b)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.4</FONT></TD>
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Rights Agreement dated as of May&nbsp;11, 1999 between LifePoint Hospitals,
Inc. and National City Bank as rights agent (a)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">5.1</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Waller Lansden Dortch &#038; Davis, A Professional Limited
Liability Company</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Waller Lansden Dortch &#038; Davis, A Professional Limited
Liability Company (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">24.1</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">99.1</FONT></TD>
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LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (a)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">99.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Amendment to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (c)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">99.3</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Second Amendment to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (c)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">99.4</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Third Amendment to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (d)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">99.5</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (e)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">99.6</FONT></TD>
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First Amendment to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(a)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Incorporated by reference from exhibits to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report
on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 1999, File No.&nbsp;0-29818.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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      <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(b)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Incorporated by reference from exhibits to the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;10 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, File No.&nbsp;0-29818.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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      <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(c)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Incorporated by reference from exhibits to the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1933, File
No.&nbsp;333-63140.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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      <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(d)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Incorporated by reference from exhibits to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on
Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2002, File No.&nbsp;0-29818.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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      <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(e)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Incorporated by reference from exhibits to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on
Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2001, File No.&nbsp;0-29818.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">II-2</FONT>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SIGNATURES</B></FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form&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 Brentwood, State of Tennessee, on May&nbsp;30, 2003.
</FONT>
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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">LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, 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><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/ Kenneth D. Donahey</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"><HR size="1" noshade></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">Kenneth C. Donahey<br>
<I>Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President</I></FONT></TD>
</TR>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Michael J. Culotta and William F. Carpenter III,
and both or either of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and
in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and
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 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 and to
all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or each of
their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><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 and on the dates indicated.
</FONT>
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&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="center"><FONT size="1"><B>TITLE</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>DATE</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ Kenneth C. Donahey<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Kenneth C. Donahey</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer<BR>
and President (Principal Executive Officer)
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 30, 2003</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ Michael J. Culotta<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Michael J. Culotta</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial<BR>
Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting<BR>
Officer)
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 30, 2003</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ Richard H. Evans<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Richard H. Evans</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 30, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ DeWitt Ezell, Jr.<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
DeWitt Ezell, Jr.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 30, 2003</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ Ricki Tigert Helfer<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Ricki Tigert Helfer</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 30, 2003</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ William V. Lapham<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
William V. Lapham</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 30, 2003</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD width="20%">&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="center"><FONT size="1"><B>TITLE</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>DATE</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ John E. Maupin, Jr., D.D.S.<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
John E. Maupin, Jr., D.D.S</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 30, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><FONT size="2">/s/ Owen G. Shell, Jr.<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Owen G. Shell, Jr.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">May 30, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Exhibit</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Number</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Description of Exhibits</B></FONT></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Certificate of Incorporation (a)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Bylaws (a)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.3</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Form of Specimen Stock Certificate (b)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.4</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Rights Agreement dated as of May&nbsp;11, 1999 between LifePoint Hospitals,
Inc. and National City Bank as rights agent (a)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">5.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Opinion of Waller Lansden Dortch &#038; Davis, A Professional Limited
Liability Company</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.1</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>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Waller Lansden Dortch &#038; Davis, A Professional Limited
Liability Company (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">24.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</FONT></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (a)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">99.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Amendment to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (c)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">99.3</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Second Amendment to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (c)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">99.4</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Third Amendment to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (d)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">99.5</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (e)</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">99.6</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
First Amendment to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="top">
      <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(a)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Incorporated by reference from exhibits to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report
on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 1999, File No.&nbsp;0-29818.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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      <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(b)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Incorporated by reference from exhibits to the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;10 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, File No.&nbsp;0-29818.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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      <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(c)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Incorporated by reference from exhibits to the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1933, File
No.&nbsp;333-63140.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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      <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(d)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Incorporated by reference from exhibits to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on
Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2002, File No.&nbsp;0-29818.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(e)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Incorporated by reference from exhibits to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on
Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2001, File No.&nbsp;0-29818.</FONT></TD>
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LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS - FORM S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on June 6, 2003
Registration No. 333-________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
52-2165845
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
103 Powell Court, Suite 200
Brentwood, Tennessee
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
37027
(Zip Code)
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan
LifePoint Hospitals Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
William F. Carpenter III, Esq.
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
103 Powell Court, Suite 200
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(615) 372-8500
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copy to:
J. Chase Cole, Esq.
Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis,
A Professional Limited Liability Company
511 Union Street, Suite 2100
Nashville, Tennessee 37219-1760
(615) 244-6380
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed
Title of Each Class of
Amount to be
Offering Price
Maximum Aggregate
Amount of
Securities to be Registered
Registered (1)
Per Unit (2)
Offering Price (2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.01 par value (3)
2,500,000
(4)
$
20.95
$
52,375,000
$
4,238
Common Stock $0.01 par value (3)
200,000
(5)
$
20.95
$
4,190,000
$
339
Total
2,700,000
$
20.95
$
56,565,000
$
4,577
(1)
This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of
common stock which become issuable by reason of any stock dividend, stock
split, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or reorganization of or by
the Registrant.
(2)
Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) solely for purposes of
calculating the amount of the registration fee, based upon the average of
the high and low prices reported on May 27, 2003, as reported on the
Nasdaq Stock Market.
(3)
Includes associated preferred stock purchase rights which, prior to the
occurrence of certain events, will not be exercisable or evidenced
separately from the common stock.
(4)
Shares registered for issuance pursuant to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended. The LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended, authorizes the issuance of a
maximum of 9,625,000 shares, of which 7,125,000 shares were registered
pursuant to Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-78187 and
333-63140), for which the registration fee was previously paid in full.
(5)
Shares registered for issuance pursuant to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended. The LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended, authorizes the issuance of a
maximum of 300,000 shares, of which 100,000 shares were registered
pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-91732), for
which the registration fee was previously paid in full.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EX-5.1 OPINION OF WALLER LANSDEN DORTCH & DAVIS
EX-23.1 CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
EX-99.6 FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYEE STOCK PLAN
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (the "Company") filed this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 to register an additional 2,500,000 shares of the
Company's common stock, $0.01 par value ("Common Stock"), issuable pursuant to
the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended (the
"Incentive Plan"), and an additional 200,000 shares of Common Stock issuable
pursuant to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as
amended (the "ESPP"). The contents of the Company's Registration Statements on
Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-78187 and 333-63140) registering shares of Common Stock
issuable pursuant to the Incentive Plan and filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May 11, 1999 and June 15, 2001, respectively, are hereby
incorporated by reference pursuant to Instruction E to Form S-8. The contents
of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-91732)
registering shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the ESPP and filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1, 2002 are hereby incorporated
by reference pursuant to Instruction E to Form S-8. Also pursuant to
Instruction E to Form S-8, the filing fee is being paid only with respect to
the 2,700,000 shares of Common Stock not previously registered.
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Company with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)  The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2002;
(b)  The Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A relating to
the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 21, 2003;
(c)  The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2003; and
(d)  The description of the Company's Capital Stock contained in the
Company's Registration Statement on Form 10, dated December 11, 1998, as
amended.
All documents filed with the Commission by the Company pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date
of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities
offered 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 a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents. Any statement contained herein or incorporated by reference herein
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibits
4.1
Certificate of Incorporation (a)
4.2
Bylaws (a)
4.3
Form of Specimen Stock Certificate (b)
4.4
Rights Agreement dated as of May 11, 1999 between LifePoint Hospitals,
Inc. and National City Bank as rights agent (a)
5.1
Opinion of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, A Professional Limited
Liability Company
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2
Consent of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, A Professional Limited
Liability Company (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
99.1
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (a)
99.2
Amendment to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (c)
99.3
Second Amendment to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (c)
99.4
Third Amendment to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (d)
99.5
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (e)
99.6
First Amendment to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(a)
Incorporated by reference from exhibits to the Company's Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1999, File No. 0-29818.
(b)
Incorporated by reference from exhibits to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form 10 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, File No. 0-29818.
(c)
Incorporated by reference from exhibits to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1933, File
No. 333-63140.
(d)
Incorporated by reference from exhibits to the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002, File No. 0-29818.
(e)
Incorporated by reference from exhibits to the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001, File No. 0-29818.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Brentwood, State of Tennessee, on May 30, 2003.
LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
By:
/s/ Kenneth D. Donahey
Kenneth C. Donahey
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Michael J. Culotta and William F. Carpenter III,
and both or either of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and
in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and
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 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 and to
all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or each of
their 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 and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ Kenneth C. Donahey
Kenneth C. Donahey
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
and President (Principal Executive Officer)
May 30, 2003
/s/ Michael J. Culotta
Michael J. Culotta
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting
Officer)
May 30, 2003
/s/ Richard H. Evans
Richard H. Evans
Director
May 30, 2003
/s/ DeWitt Ezell, Jr.
DeWitt Ezell, Jr.
Director
May 30, 2003
/s/ Ricki Tigert Helfer
Ricki Tigert Helfer
Director
May 30, 2003
/s/ William V. Lapham
William V. Lapham
Director
May 30, 2003
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SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ John E. Maupin, Jr., D.D.S.
John E. Maupin, Jr., D.D.S
Director
May 30, 2003
/s/ Owen G. Shell, Jr.
Owen G. Shell, Jr.
Director
May 30, 2003
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibits
4.1
Certificate of Incorporation (a)
4.2
Bylaws (a)
4.3
Form of Specimen Stock Certificate (b)
4.4
Rights Agreement dated as of May 11, 1999 between LifePoint Hospitals,
Inc. and National City Bank as rights agent (a)
5.1
Opinion of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, A Professional Limited
Liability Company
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2
Consent of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, A Professional Limited
Liability Company (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
99.1
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (a)
99.2
Amendment to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (c)
99.3
Second Amendment to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (c)
99.4
Third Amendment to LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (d)
99.5
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (e)
99.6
First Amendment to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(a)
Incorporated by reference from exhibits to the Company's Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1999, File No. 0-29818.
(b)
Incorporated by reference from exhibits to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form 10 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, File No. 0-29818.
(c)
Incorporated by reference from exhibits to the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1933, File
No. 333-63140.
(d)
Incorporated by reference from exhibits to the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002, File No. 0-29818.
(e)
Incorporated by reference from exhibits to the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001, File No. 0-29818.