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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the
Securities And Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;4, 2004</B>



<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-______</B>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
WASHINGTON, DC 20549<BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>FORM S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE<BR>
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SYMBION, INC.</B><BR>
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>&nbsp;<br>40 Burton Hills Boulevard, Suite&nbsp;500<BR>
Nashville, TN 37215</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>62-1625480</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Symbion Stock Incentive Plan<BR>
Symbion Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan<BR>
Symbion Employee Stock Purchase Plan<BR>
Ambulatory Resource Centres, Inc. Nonqualified Initial Option Plan<BR>
Amended and Restated Ambulatory Resource Centres, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)



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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Richard E. Francis, Jr.</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">With copies to:</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Chairman of the Board and<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>
40 Burton Hills Boulevard, Suite&nbsp;500<BR>
Nashville, TN 37215</B><BR>
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Donald R. Moody, Esq.<BR>
Waller Lansden Dortch &#038; Davis, PLLC<BR>
511 Union Street, Suite&nbsp;2100<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37219-1760<BR>
(615)&nbsp;244-6380</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(615)&nbsp;234-5900</B><BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title Of Each Class Of Securities To Be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount To Be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Maximum Offering Price</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Maximum Aggregate</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registration</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Registered (1) (2)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Per Unit</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Offering Price</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (3)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,685,268</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">11.89</TD>
    <TD nowrap>&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">20,037,837</TD>
    <TD nowrap>&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">2,539</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (3)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,920,991</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">19.09</TD>
    <TD nowrap>&nbsp;&nbsp;(5)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">36,671,719</TD>
    <TD nowrap>&nbsp;&nbsp;(5)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">4,647</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:20px; text-indent:-10px">Total</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right">3,606,259</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#151;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">56,709,556</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">7,186</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Amount to be registered includes 2,857,218 shares of common stock to be
issued pursuant to the grant or exercise of awards under the Symbion Stock
Incentive Plan, 171,433 shares of common stock to be issued pursuant to
the grant or exercise of options under the Symbion Non-Employee Directors
Stock Option Plan, 372,435 shares of common stock to be issued under the
Symbion Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 86,996 shares of common stock to be
issued pursuant to the exercise of options outstanding under the
Ambulatory Resource Centres, Inc. Nonqualified Initial Option Plan and
118,177 shares of common stock to be issued pursuant to the exercise of
options outstanding under the Amended and Restated Ambulatory Resource
Centres, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(2)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of
common stock which become issuable under such plans by reason of any stock
dividend, stock split, recapitalization or similar transaction effected
without receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the
number of outstanding shares of common stock.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(3)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">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.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee, based
upon the exercise price of options that are currently outstanding under
such plans.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(5)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities
Act of 1993, as amended, solely for the purpose of determining the amount
of the registration fee, based upon the average of the high and low prices
per share of common stock on February&nbsp;26, 2004, as quoted on the Nasdaq
National Market, with respect to shares of common stock reserved for
issuance upon exercise of options that may be granted in the future under
such plans.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8
(plan information and registrant information) will be sent or given to
participants of the Symbion Stock Incentive Plan, Symbion Non-Employee
Directors Stock Option Plan, Symbion Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Ambulatory
Resource Centres, Inc. Nonqualified Initial Option Plan and Amended and
Restated Ambulatory Resource Centres, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan, as specified
by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;). Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) either as part of this Registration Statement or as
prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the
Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this Registration
Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements
of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents are incorporated by reference herein:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;The Prospectus, dated February&nbsp;5, 2004, filed by the Registrant with
the SEC on February&nbsp;6, 2004 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act;
and


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;The description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, $.01 par value per
share, contained in Item&nbsp;1 of the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
8-A filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;4, 2004 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;).


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant
to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of
the initial filing of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any 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" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law 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, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other
than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact
that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The
indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines
and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person
in connection with the action, suit or proceeding, provided the person acted in
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the corporation&#146;s best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. A
similar standard of care is applicable in the case of actions by or in the
right of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect
of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged
to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Delaware
Court of Chancery or the court in which such action was brought determines
that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the
circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for expenses that the Delaware Court of Chancery or other court shall
deem proper.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that it
will indemnify and advance expenses to its directors, officers and employees to
the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law in connection with


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding to which such person was or is
a party or is threatened to be made a party by reason of the fact that he or
she is or was a director, officer or employee of the Registrant, or is or was
serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or enterprise.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant maintains a directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance
policy to insure its directors and officers against liability for actions or
omissions occurring in their capacity as a director or officer, subject to
certain exclusions and limitations.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</B>


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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation (a)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Designation of Rights and Preferences of Series&nbsp;A
Convertible Preferred Stock and Series&nbsp;B Convertible Preferred Stock (a)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Designation of Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating Preferred Stock</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws (a)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Common Stock Certificate (a)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Investors&#146; Rights Agreement, dated as of June&nbsp;25,
1999, among Symbion, Inc. and the security holders named therein (b)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.8
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Amended and Restated Investors&#146; Rights Agreement,
dated as of August&nbsp;11, 1999, among Symbion, Inc. and the security holders
named therein (b)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.9
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to Amended and Restated Investors&#146; Rights Agreement,
dated as of April&nbsp;1, 2002, among Symbion, Inc. and the security holders
named therein (b)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.10
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Warrant for the purchase of shares of Symbion, Inc. common stock (b)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.11
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement, dated as of February&nbsp;6, 2004, between Symbion, Inc. and
SunTrust Bank (c)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.12
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director Nomination Agreement, dated as of April&nbsp;1, 2002, among Symbion,
Inc., J.H. Whitney III, L.P., J.H. Whitney IV, L.P. and Whitney Strategic
Partners III, L.P. (b)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Waller Lansden Dortch &#038; Davis, PLLC</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Waller Lansden Dortch &#038; Davis, PLLC (included in opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on page II-5)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Ambulatory Resource Centres, Inc. Nonqualified Initial Option Plan (b)</TD>
</TR>




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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-2
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<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="85%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="91%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Ambulatory Resource Centres, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan (b)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Symbion Stock Incentive Plan (b)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Symbion Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan (b)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Symbion Employee Stock Purchase Plan (b)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">First Amendment to Symbion Employee Stock Purchase Plan (b)</TD>
</TR>

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<P>
<HR size="1" width="18%" align="left" noshade color="#000000">

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-110555), and incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-89554), and incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
8-A filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;6, 2004 (Registration No.
000-50574), and incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(A)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement; and


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in this Registration Statement;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) above do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC
by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act
that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, 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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(B)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-3
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and this
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona
fide </I>offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(C)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
event that a claim against such liabilities (other than payment by the
Registrant of expenses paid or incurred 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.


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-4
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Nashville, State of Tennessee, on
March&nbsp;4, 2004.

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="46%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">SYMBION, INC.
</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">/s/ Richard E. Francis, Jr.

</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 13px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left"><HR noshade size="1"></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Richard E. Francis, Jr.<br>
<I>Chairman of the Board and<br>
Chief Executive Officer</I></TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints each of Richard E. Francis, Jr. and Clifford G.
Adlerz, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, as agent and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacity, to sign any or all amendments to this Registration
Statement and any registration statement related to the same offering as 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 attorney-in-fact and agents in 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 they might or be in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and their substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

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    <TD width="31%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="41%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="31%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">SIGNATURE</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">TITLE</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">DATE</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Richard E. Francis, Jr.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer,
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;4, 2004</TD>
</TR>



<TR style="font-size: 13px">
    <TD align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
Richard E. Francis, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director (principal executive officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>






<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Kenneth C. Mitchell
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;4, 2004</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="font-size: 13px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
Kenneth C. Mitchell</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Finance (principal financial and accounting</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="font-size: 13px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>



<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Clifford G. Adlerz
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">President, Chief Operating Officer, Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;4, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 13px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
Clifford G. Adlerz</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ William V.B. Webb
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Development Officer, Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;4, 2004</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 13px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
William V. B. Webb</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Frederick L. Bryant
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;4, 2004</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 13px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
Frederick L. Bryant</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-5
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<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="85%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="31%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="31%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="31%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">/s/ Donald W. Burton<br>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;4, 2004</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="font-size: 13px">
    <TD align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
Donald W. Burton</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Eve M. Kurtin
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;4, 2004</TD>
</TR>



<TR style="font-size: 13px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
Eve M. Kurtin</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>




<TR style="font-size: 13px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
Charles N. Martin, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Jack Tyrrell
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;4, 2004</TD>
</TR>




<TR style="font-size: 13px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
Jack Tyrrell</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>



<TR style="font-size: 13px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
David M. Wilds</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>
<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-6
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>


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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="91%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation (a)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Designation of Rights and Preferences of Series&nbsp;A
Convertible Preferred Stock and Series&nbsp;B Convertible Preferred Stock (a)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Designation of Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating Preferred Stock</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws (a)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Common Stock Certificate (a)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Investors&#146; Rights Agreement, dated as of June&nbsp;25,
1999, among Symbion, Inc. and the security holders named therein (b)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.8
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Amended and Restated Investors&#146; Rights Agreement,
dated as of August&nbsp;11, 1999, among Symbion, Inc. and the security holders
named therein (b)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.9
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to Amended and Restated Investors&#146; Rights Agreement,
dated as of April&nbsp;1, 2002, among Symbion, Inc. and the security holders
named therein (b)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.10
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Warrant for the purchase of shares of Symbion, Inc. common stock
(b)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.11
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement, dated as of February&nbsp;6, 2004, between Symbion, Inc. and
SunTrust Bank (c)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.12
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director Nomination Agreement, dated as of April&nbsp;1, 2002, among Symbion,
Inc., J.H. Whitney III, L.P., J.H. Whitney IV, L.P. and Whitney Strategic
Partners III, L.P. (b)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Waller Lansden Dortch &#038; Davis, PLLC</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Waller Lansden Dortch &#038; Davis, PLLC (included in opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on page II-5)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Ambulatory Resource Centres, Inc. Nonqualified Initial Option Plan (b)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Ambulatory Resource Centres, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan (b)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Symbion Stock Incentive Plan (b)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Symbion Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan (b)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Symbion Employee Stock Purchase Plan (b)</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">First Amendment to Symbion Employee Stock Purchase Plan (b)</TD>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-110555), and incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-89554), and incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form
8-A filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;6, 2004 (Registration No.
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SYMBION, INC.
As filed with the
Securities And Exchange Commission on March 4, 2004
Registration No. 333-______
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
______________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
______________
SYMBION, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
40 Burton Hills Boulevard, Suite 500
Nashville, TN 37215
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)
62-1625480
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
Symbion Stock Incentive Plan
Symbion Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan
Symbion Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Ambulatory Resource Centres, Inc. Nonqualified Initial Option Plan
Amended and Restated Ambulatory Resource Centres, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
______________
Richard E. Francis, Jr.
With copies to:
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
40 Burton Hills Boulevard, Suite 500
Nashville, TN 37215
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
Donald R. Moody, Esq.
Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, PLLC
511 Union Street, Suite 2100
Nashville, Tennessee 37219-1760
(615) 244-6380
(615) 234-5900
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
________________________________
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Amount of
Title Of Each Class Of Securities To Be
Amount To Be
Maximum Offering Price
Maximum Aggregate
Registration
Registered
Registered (1) (2)
Per Unit
Offering Price
Fee
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (3)
1,685,268
$
11.89
(4)
$
20,037,837
(4)
$
2,539
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (3)
1,920,991
$
19.09
(5)
$
36,671,719
(5)
$
4,647
Total
3,606,259
—
$
56,709,556
$
7,186
(1)
Amount to be registered includes 2,857,218 shares of common stock to be
issued pursuant to the grant or exercise of awards under the Symbion Stock
Incentive Plan, 171,433 shares of common stock to be issued pursuant to
the grant or exercise of options under the Symbion Non-Employee Directors
Stock Option Plan, 372,435 shares of common stock to be issued under the
Symbion Employee Stock Purchase Plan, 86,996 shares of common stock to be
issued pursuant to the exercise of options outstanding under the
Ambulatory Resource Centres, Inc. Nonqualified Initial Option Plan and
118,177 shares of common stock to be issued pursuant to the exercise of
options outstanding under the Amended and Restated Ambulatory Resource
Centres, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan.
(2)
This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of
common stock which become issuable under such plans by reason of any stock
dividend, stock split, recapitalization or similar transaction effected
without receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the
number of outstanding shares of common stock.
(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)
Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee, based
upon the exercise price of options that are currently outstanding under
such plans.
(5)
Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities
Act of 1993, as amended, solely for the purpose of determining the amount
of the registration fee, based upon the average of the high and low prices
per share of common stock on February 26, 2004, as quoted on the Nasdaq
National Market, with respect to shares of common stock reserved for
issuance upon exercise of options that may be granted in the future under
such plans.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8
(plan information and registrant information) will be sent or given to
participants of the Symbion Stock Incentive Plan, Symbion Non-Employee
Directors Stock Option Plan, Symbion Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Ambulatory
Resource Centres, Inc. Nonqualified Initial Option Plan and Amended and
Restated Ambulatory Resource Centres, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan, as specified
by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"). Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") either as part of this Registration Statement or as
prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the
Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration
Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements
of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents are incorporated by reference herein:
(1) The Prospectus, dated February 5, 2004, filed by the Registrant with
the SEC on February 6, 2004 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act;
and
(2) The description of the Registrant's common stock, $.01 par value per
share, contained in Item 1 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
8-A filed with the SEC on February 4, 2004 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of
the initial filing of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof shall be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law 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, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other
than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact
that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise. The
indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines
and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person
in connection with the action, suit or proceeding, provided the person acted in
good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the corporation's best interests and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. A
similar standard of care is applicable in the case of actions by or in the
right of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect
of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged
to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Delaware
Court of Chancery or the court in which such action was brought determines
that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the
circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for expenses that the Delaware Court of Chancery or other court shall
deem proper.
The Registrant's certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that it
will indemnify and advance expenses to its directors, officers and employees to
the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law in connection with
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any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding to which such person was or is
a party or is threatened to be made a party by reason of the fact that he or
she is or was a director, officer or employee of the Registrant, or is or was
serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or enterprise.
The Registrant maintains a directors' and officers' liability insurance
policy to insure its directors and officers against liability for actions or
omissions occurring in their capacity as a director or officer, subject to
certain exclusions and limitations.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
Number
Description
4.1
Certificate of Incorporation (a)
4.2
Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation
4.3
Certificate of Designation of Rights and Preferences of Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock and Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (a)
4.4
Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock
4.5
Bylaws (a)
4.6
Form of Common Stock Certificate (a)
4.7
Amended and Restated Investors' Rights Agreement, dated as of June 25,
1999, among Symbion, Inc. and the security holders named therein (b)
4.8
Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Investors' Rights Agreement,
dated as of August 11, 1999, among Symbion, Inc. and the security holders
named therein (b)
4.9
Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Investors' Rights Agreement,
dated as of April 1, 2002, among Symbion, Inc. and the security holders
named therein (b)
4.10
Form of Warrant for the purchase of shares of Symbion, Inc. common stock (b)
4.11
Rights Agreement, dated as of February 6, 2004, between Symbion, Inc. and
SunTrust Bank (c)
4.12
Director Nomination Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2002, among Symbion,
Inc., J.H. Whitney III, L.P., J.H. Whitney IV, L.P. and Whitney Strategic
Partners III, L.P. (b)
5.1
Opinion of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, PLLC
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2
Consent of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, PLLC (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on page II-5)
99.1
Ambulatory Resource Centres, Inc. Nonqualified Initial Option Plan (b)
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Number
Description
99.2
Amended and Restated Ambulatory Resource Centres, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan (b)
99.3
Symbion Stock Incentive Plan (b)
99.4
Symbion Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan (b)
99.5
Symbion Employee Stock Purchase Plan (b)
99.5
First Amendment to Symbion Employee Stock Purchase Plan (b)
(a)
Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (Registration No. 333-110555), and incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement.
(b)
Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (Registration No. 333-89554), and incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement.
(c)
Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
8-A filed with the SEC on February 6, 2004 (Registration No.
000-50574), and incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
Item 9. Undertakings
(A)     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)     To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)     To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)    To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement; and
(iii)   To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) above do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC
by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act
that are incorporated by reference in this 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 the purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
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new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and this
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona
fide
offering thereof.
(C)     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
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 SEC such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
event that a claim against such liabilities (other than payment by the
Registrant of expenses paid or incurred by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Nashville, State of Tennessee, on
March 4, 2004.
SYMBION, INC.
By:
/s/ Richard E. Francis, Jr.
Richard E. Francis, Jr.
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints each of Richard E. Francis, Jr. and Clifford G.
Adlerz, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, as agent and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacity, to sign any or all amendments to this Registration
Statement and any registration statement related to the same offering as 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 attorney-in-fact and agents in 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 they might or be in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and 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 below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ Richard E. Francis, Jr.
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer,
March 4, 2004
Richard E. Francis, Jr.
Director (principal executive officer)
/s/ Kenneth C. Mitchell
Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of
March 4, 2004
Kenneth C. Mitchell
Finance (principal financial and accounting
officer)
/s/ Clifford G. Adlerz
President, Chief Operating Officer, Director
March 4, 2004
Clifford G. Adlerz
/s/ William V.B. Webb
Chief Development Officer, Director
March 4, 2004
William V. B. Webb
/s/ Frederick L. Bryant
Director
March 4, 2004
Frederick L. Bryant
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/s/ Donald W. Burton
Director
March 4, 2004
Donald W. Burton
/s/ Eve M. Kurtin
Director
March 4, 2004
Eve M. Kurtin
Director
Charles N. Martin, Jr.
/s/ Jack Tyrrell
Director
March 4, 2004
Jack Tyrrell
Director
David M. Wilds
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Number
Description
4.1
Certificate of Incorporation (a)
4.2
Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation
4.3
Certificate of Designation of Rights and Preferences of Series A
Convertible Preferred Stock and Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (a)
4.4
Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock
4.5
Bylaws (a)
4.6
Form of Common Stock Certificate (a)
4.7
Amended and Restated Investors' Rights Agreement, dated as of June 25,
1999, among Symbion, Inc. and the security holders named therein (b)
4.8
Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Investors' Rights Agreement,
dated as of August 11, 1999, among Symbion, Inc. and the security holders
named therein (b)
4.9
Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Investors' Rights Agreement,
dated as of April 1, 2002, among Symbion, Inc. and the security holders
named therein (b)
4.10
Form of Warrant for the purchase of shares of Symbion, Inc. common stock
(b)
4.11
Rights Agreement, dated as of February 6, 2004, between Symbion, Inc. and
SunTrust Bank (c)
4.12
Director Nomination Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2002, among Symbion,
Inc., J.H. Whitney III, L.P., J.H. Whitney IV, L.P. and Whitney Strategic
Partners III, L.P. (b)
5.1
Opinion of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, PLLC
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2
Consent of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, PLLC (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on page II-5)
99.1
Ambulatory Resource Centres, Inc. Nonqualified Initial Option Plan (b)
99.2
Amended and Restated Ambulatory Resource Centres, Inc. 1997 Stock Option Plan (b)
99.3
Symbion Stock Incentive Plan (b)
99.4
Symbion Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan (b)
99.5
Symbion Employee Stock Purchase Plan (b)
99.5
First Amendment to Symbion Employee Stock Purchase Plan (b)
(a)
Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (Registration No. 333-110555), and incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement.
(b)
Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (Registration No. 333-89554), and incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement.
(c)
Filed as an exhibit to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form
8-A filed with the SEC on February 6, 2004 (Registration No.
000-50574), and incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.