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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;21, 2005



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>MATRIA HEALTHCARE, INC.</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>20-2091331</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1850 Parkway Place, 12th Floor</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Marietta, Georgia</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>30067</B></TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>MATRIA HEALTHCARE, INC.<BR>
2005 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)<BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Roberta L. McCaw<BR>
Matria Healthcare, Inc.<BR>
1850 Parkway Place, 12th Floor<BR>
Marietta, Georgia 30067</B>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">The Commission is requested to mail signed copies of all orders, notices and communications to:



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Roberta L. McCaw<BR>
Matria Healthcare, Inc.<BR>
1850 Parkway Place, 12th Floor<BR>
Marietta, Georgia 30067<BR>
Telephone: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (770)&nbsp;767-8332<BR>
Facsimile: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (770)&nbsp;767-7769</B>


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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, $0.01 par
value (together with
associated common stock
purchase rights)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of
additional shares which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock
splits, stock dividends or similar transactions as provided in the plans described herein.</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1) under the Securities Act, these figures are based upon the average
of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on July&nbsp;18, 2005, as reported in the Nasdaq
National Market System, and are used solely for the purpose of calculating the registration
fee.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>



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


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The information required by Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 (plan information and registrant information and
plan annual information) to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this
registration statement in accordance with the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.



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



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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ITEM 3. </B><U><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></U>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Matria Healthcare, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) hereby incorporates by reference into this
registration statement the following documents:



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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2004;</TD>
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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on May&nbsp;2,
2005, May&nbsp;24, 2005 and June&nbsp;2, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD>the description of Matria&#146;s capital stock contained in Post-
Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;3 to Matria&#146;s Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-116200 on
Form S-3, filed with the SEC February&nbsp;22, 2005, and as it may be amended by any
amendment or report filed subsequent to the date of this registration statement
for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents filed subsequent to the date of this registration statement by the
undersigned Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
hereto which either indicates that all shares of common stock offered hereby have been sold or
deregisters any shares of such common stock then remaining, shall also be deemed to be incorporated
by reference into this registration statement and to be a part hereof from their respective dates
of filing. Any statement in a document incorporated or deemed to be 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 other subsequently filed document that also
is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement contained in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to
the extent that a statement contained in a subsequently filed document which is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any


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or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this registration statement.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ITEM 4. </B><U><B>Description of Securities.</B></U>



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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ITEM 5. </B><U><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></U>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The legality of the shares offered hereby is being passed upon for the Registrant by Troutman
Sanders LLP, Atlanta, Georgia. Carl E. Sanders, a director of the Registrant and the Chairman of
Troutman Sanders LLP, is the beneficial owner of 62,087 shares of the Common Stock of the
Registrant.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ITEM 6. </B><U><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></U>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) permits a corporation to
indemnify officers, directors, employees and agents against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement if such person acted in good faith and in a manner
the person reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation,
and with respect to any criminal actions, had no reasonable cause to believe was unlawful. In the
case of an action brought by or in the right of a corporation, the corporation may indemnify a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation against expenses (including attorneys&#146;
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her if he or she acted in good faith and in a
manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, except that no indemnification shall 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 a court
finds that, in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court shall deem proper. The DGCL provides that a
corporation may advance expenses of defense (upon receipt of a written undertaking to reimburse the
corporation if indemnification is not appropriate) and must reimburse a successful defendant for
expenses, including attorney&#146;s fees, actually and reasonably incurred, and permits a corporation to
purchase and maintain liability insurance for its directors and officers.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation provides that Registrant shall, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, indemnify its directors and officers against any liability, losses or
related expenses which they may incur by reason of serving or having served as directors and
officers of Registrant. The Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation limits Registrant&#146;s
directors&#146; liability for monetary damages to Registrant and its stockholders for breaches of
fiduciary duty to the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL. The DGCL permits Delaware
corporations to include in their certificate of incorporation a provision eliminating or limiting
director liability for monetary damages arising from breaches of fiduciary duty. The only
limitations imposed under the statute are that the provision may not eliminate or limit a
director&#146;s liability (i)&nbsp;for breaches of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or
known violations of law, (iii)&nbsp;for the


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">payment of unlawful dividends or unlawful stock purchases or
redemptions or (iv)&nbsp;for transactions in which the director received an improper personal benefit.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Bylaws provide that each person who is involved in any action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he
or she is or was a director or officer of Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit
plan, will be indemnified by the corporation to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as the
same exists or may hereafter be amended, against all costs, charges, expenses, liabilities and
losses reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith, and such
indemnification will continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or
agent and will inure to the benefit or his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided,
however, that Registrant will indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with
a proceeding initiated by such person only if such proceeding was authorized by Registrant&#146;s Board
of Directors. The right to indemnification is a contract right and includes the right to be paid
by Registrant the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final
disposition; provided, however, that if the DGCL so requires, the payment of such expenses incurred
by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding will be made only upon
delivery to Registrant of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all
amounts so advanced if it will ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not
entitled to be indemnified. The Registrant may provide indemnification to employees and agents of
Registrant with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and
officers.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The indemnification rights conferred by the Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation and
Bylaws are not exclusive of any other right to which a person seeking indemnification may be
entitled under any law, bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise. Registrant maintains an insurance policy on behalf of its directors and officers
insuring against certain liabilities including liabilities arising under the Securities Act.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ITEM 7. </B><U><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B></U>



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




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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ITEM 8. </B><U><B>Exhibits.</B></U>


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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">Matria Healthcare, Inc. 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan ,as
amended.</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 Incorporation, dated as of December&nbsp;28, 2004
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed January&nbsp;6, 2005).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of Matria Healthcare, Inc., dated as of December&nbsp;28, 2004
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the Registrant&#146;s
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed January&nbsp;6, 2005).</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">Rights Agreement between Matria Healthcare, Inc. (formerly Matria
Holding Company, Inc.) and SunTrust Bank, dated December&nbsp;31, 2004
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to the Registrant&#146;s
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed January&nbsp;6, 2005).</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 Troutman Sanders LLP.</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 KPMG 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 Troutman Sanders LLP (contained in opinion filed in
Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ITEM 9. </B><U><B>Undertakings.</B></U>




<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">(a)&nbsp;Rule&nbsp;415 offerings. The undersigned Registrant hereby
undertakes:



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">(1)&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="margin-left:9%; font-size: 10pt">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:9%; font-size: 10pt">(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which
was


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<P align="left" style="margin-left:9%; font-size: 10pt">registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than
20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
registration statement.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:9%; font-size: 10pt">(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement
or any material change to such information in the registration
statement;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">(b)&nbsp;Filings incorporating subsequent Exchange Act documents by reference. The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated
by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">(c)&nbsp;Filing of registration statement on Form S-8. Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers
and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions or
otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or

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<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


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<P 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, 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 Marietta, State of Georgia, on July&nbsp;20, 2005.


<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">MATRIA HEALTHCARE, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">Parker H. Petit
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Parker H. Petit&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">Stephen M. Mengert
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Stephen M. Mengert&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Vice President &#150; Finance and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial
Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">Joseph A. Blankenship
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Joseph A. Blankenship&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Vice President &#150; Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<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 Parker H. Petit and Stephen M. Mengert, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any 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 to 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 might or would do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their 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 by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.


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


<DIV align="center">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signatures</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">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Parker H. Petit
<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 1pt; width: 100%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Parker H. Petit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Joseph G. Bleser
<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 1pt; width: 100%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Joseph G. Bleser</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Frederick E. Cooper
<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 1pt; width: 100%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Frederick E. Cooper</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Guy W. Millner
<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 1pt; width: 100%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Guy W. Millner</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Carl E. Sanders
<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 1pt; width: 100%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Carl E. Sanders</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Thomas S. Stribling
<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 1pt; width: 100%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas S. Stribling</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Kaaren J. Street
<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 1pt; width: 100%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kaaren J. Street</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Donald W. Weber
<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 1pt; width: 100%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Donald W. Weber</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Morris S. Weeden
<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 1pt; width: 100%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Morris S. Weeden</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Wayne P.Yetter
<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 1pt; width: 100%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Wayne P. Yetter</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Frederick P. Zuspan
<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 1pt; width: 100%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Frederick P. Zuspan, M.D.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 20, 2005</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><U><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B></U>


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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="92%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Matria Healthcare, Inc. 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&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 Troutman Sanders LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&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 KPMG LLP.</TD>
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MATRIA HEALTHCARE, INC.
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 21, 2005
Registration No. 333- _____
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
MATRIA HEALTHCARE, INC.
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
Delaware
20-2091331
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
1850 Parkway Place, 12th Floor
Marietta, Georgia
30067
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
MATRIA HEALTHCARE, INC.
2005 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Roberta L. McCaw
Matria Healthcare, Inc.
1850 Parkway Place, 12th Floor
Marietta, Georgia 30067
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
The Commission is requested to mail signed copies of all orders, notices and communications to:
Roberta L. McCaw
Matria Healthcare, Inc.
1850 Parkway Place, 12th Floor
Marietta, Georgia 30067
Telephone:       (770) 767-8332
Facsimile:       (770) 767-7769
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each class of
Amount to be
Proposed maximum
Proposed
Amount of
securities to be registered
registered(1)
offering price per
Maximum aggregate
registration fee
share(2)
offering price(2)
Common Stock, $0.01 par
value (together with
associated common stock
purchase rights)
150,000 shares
$
34.64
$
5,196,000
$
611.57
(1)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of
additional shares which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock
splits, stock dividends or similar transactions as provided in the plans described herein.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act, these figures are based upon the average
of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on July 18, 2005, as reported in the Nasdaq
National Market System, and are used solely for the purpose of calculating the registration
fee.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information required by Part I of Form S-8 (plan information and registrant information and
plan annual information) to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this
registration statement in accordance with the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Matria Healthcare, Inc. (the "Registrant") hereby incorporates by reference into this
registration statement the following documents:
(a)
the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2004;
(b)
the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended March 31, 2005;
(c)
the Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on May 2,
2005, May 24, 2005 and June 2, 2005;
(d)
the description of Matria's capital stock contained in Post-
Effective Amendment No. 3 to Matria's Registration Statement No. 333-116200 on
Form S-3, filed with the SEC February 22, 2005, and as it may be amended by any
amendment or report filed subsequent to the date of this registration statement
for the purpose of updating such description.
In addition, all documents filed subsequent to the date of this registration statement by the
undersigned Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
hereto which either indicates that all shares of common stock offered hereby have been sold or
deregisters any shares of such common stock then remaining, shall also be deemed to be incorporated
by reference into this registration statement and to be a part hereof from their respective dates
of filing. Any statement in a document incorporated or deemed to be 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 other subsequently filed document that also
is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement contained in this registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to
the extent that a statement contained in a subsequently filed document which is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
II-1
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.
The legality of the shares offered hereby is being passed upon for the Registrant by Troutman
Sanders LLP, Atlanta, Georgia. Carl E. Sanders, a director of the Registrant and the Chairman of
Troutman Sanders LLP, is the beneficial owner of 62,087 shares of the Common Stock of the
Registrant.
ITEM 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL") permits a corporation to
indemnify officers, directors, employees and agents against expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement if such person acted in good faith and in a manner
the person reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation,
and with respect to any criminal actions, had no reasonable cause to believe was unlawful. In the
case of an action brought by or in the right of a corporation, the corporation may indemnify a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation against expenses (including attorneys'
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her if he or she acted in good faith and in a
manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, except that no indemnification shall 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 a court
finds that, in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court shall deem proper. The DGCL provides that a
corporation may advance expenses of defense (upon receipt of a written undertaking to reimburse the
corporation if indemnification is not appropriate) and must reimburse a successful defendant for
expenses, including attorney's fees, actually and reasonably incurred, and permits a corporation to
purchase and maintain liability insurance for its directors and officers.
The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation provides that Registrant shall, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, indemnify its directors and officers against any liability, losses or
related expenses which they may incur by reason of serving or having served as directors and
officers of Registrant. The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation limits Registrant's
directors' liability for monetary damages to Registrant and its stockholders for breaches of
fiduciary duty to the fullest extent permitted under the DGCL. The DGCL permits Delaware
corporations to include in their certificate of incorporation a provision eliminating or limiting
director liability for monetary damages arising from breaches of fiduciary duty. The only
limitations imposed under the statute are that the provision may not eliminate or limit a
director's liability (i) for breaches of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or
known violations of law, (iii) for the
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payment of unlawful dividends or unlawful stock purchases or
redemptions or (iv) for transactions in which the director received an improper personal benefit.
The Registrant's Bylaws provide that each person who is involved in any action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he
or she is or was a director or officer of Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit
plan, will be indemnified by the corporation to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as the
same exists or may hereafter be amended, against all costs, charges, expenses, liabilities and
losses reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith, and such
indemnification will continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or
agent and will inure to the benefit or his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided,
however, that Registrant will indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with
a proceeding initiated by such person only if such proceeding was authorized by Registrant's Board
of Directors. The right to indemnification is a contract right and includes the right to be paid
by Registrant the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final
disposition; provided, however, that if the DGCL so requires, the payment of such expenses incurred
by a director or officer in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding will be made only upon
delivery to Registrant of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all
amounts so advanced if it will ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not
entitled to be indemnified. The Registrant may provide indemnification to employees and agents of
Registrant with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and
officers.
The indemnification rights conferred by the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation and
Bylaws are not exclusive of any other right to which a person seeking indemnification may be
entitled under any law, bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise. Registrant maintains an insurance policy on behalf of its directors and officers
insuring against certain liabilities including liabilities arising under the Securities Act.
ITEM 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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ITEM 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
4.1
Matria Healthcare, Inc. 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan ,as
amended.
4.2
Certificate of Incorporation, dated as of December 28, 2004
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's
Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 6, 2005).
4.3
Bylaws of Matria Healthcare, Inc., dated as of December 28, 2004
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant's
Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 6, 2005).
4.4
Rights Agreement between Matria Healthcare, Inc. (formerly Matria
Holding Company, Inc.) and SunTrust Bank, dated December 31, 2004
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant's
Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 6, 2005).
5.1
Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2
Consent of Troutman Sanders LLP (contained in opinion filed in
Exhibit 5.1).
ITEM 9.
Undertakings.
(a) Rule 415 offerings. The undersigned Registrant hereby
undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which
was
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registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than
20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement.
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement
or any material change to such information in the registration
statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
(b) Filings incorporating subsequent Exchange Act documents by reference. The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated
by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(c) Filing of registration statement on Form S-8. Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers
and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions or
otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director,
officer or
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controlling person in connection with the securities being registered,
the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Marietta, State of Georgia, on July 20, 2005.
MATRIA HEALTHCARE, INC.
By:
/s/
Parker H. Petit
Parker H. Petit
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
By:
/s/
Stephen M. Mengert
Stephen M. Mengert
Vice President – Finance and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial
Officer)
By:
/s/
Joseph A. Blankenship
Joseph A. Blankenship
Vice President – Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Parker H. Petit and Stephen M. Mengert, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any 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 to 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 might or would do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their 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 date indicated.
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SIGNATURES
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ Parker H. Petit
Parker H. Petit
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
July 20, 2005
/s/ Joseph G. Bleser
Joseph G. Bleser
Director
July 20, 2005
/s/ Frederick E. Cooper
Frederick E. Cooper
Director
July 20, 2005
/s/ Guy W. Millner
Guy W. Millner
Director
July 20, 2005
/s/ Carl E. Sanders
Carl E. Sanders
Director
July 20, 2005
/s/ Thomas S. Stribling
Thomas S. Stribling
Director
July 20, 2005
/s/ Kaaren J. Street
Kaaren J. Street
Director
July 20, 2005
/s/ Donald W. Weber
Donald W. Weber
Director
July 20, 2005
/s/ Morris S. Weeden
Morris S. Weeden
Director
July 20, 2005
/s/ Wayne P.Yetter
Wayne P. Yetter
Director
July 20, 2005
/s/ Frederick P. Zuspan
Frederick P. Zuspan, M.D.
Director
July 20, 2005
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Matria Healthcare, Inc. 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended.
5.1
Opinion of Troutman Sanders LLP.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP.