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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>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>NATIONSHEALTH, INC.</B>


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


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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>06-1688360</B></TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>13650 NW 8th Street<BR>
Suite&nbsp;109<BR>
Sunrise, Florida 33325<BR>
(954)&nbsp;903-5000</B>


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Code and Telephone Number)</DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>NationsHealth, Inc. 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan</B>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Glenn M. Parker, M.D.<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>
NationsHealth, Inc.<BR>
13650 NW 8th Street<BR>
Suite&nbsp;109<BR>
Sunrise, Florida 33325<BR>
(954)&nbsp;903-5000</B>


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Number, including Area Code,
of Agent for Service)</DIV>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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value $0.0001 per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right">2,100,000</TD>
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    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">5.455</TD>
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    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">11,455,500</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Plus such additional number of shares as may be required in the event of a stock dividend,
split-up of shares or similar change in the Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration fee under Rule
457(c) and (h). The Plan establishes a purchase price equal to 100% of the fair market value
of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock. Accordingly, the price per share and the aggregate offering
price are based on $5.455 per share, the average of the high and low price per share of the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on the Small Cap Market of The Nasdaq Stock Market on July&nbsp;12 2005.</TD>
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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>



<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 filed with the Commission by the Registrant, pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement:


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    <TD>The Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2004
filed on March&nbsp;25, 2005, as amended by Form 10-KSB/A filed on May&nbsp;13, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD>The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2005 filed on
May&nbsp;16, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD>The Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed on March&nbsp;4, 2005, April&nbsp;21, 2005, May
11, 2005, May&nbsp;13, 2005 and June&nbsp;17, 2005; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share,
contained in the Section entitled &#147;Description of Registrant&#146;s Securities to Be
Registered&#148;, incorporated by reference from the Registrant&#146;s definitive Proxy Statement
filed on August&nbsp;13, 2004 into the Registrant&#146;s Amended Registration Statement on Form
8-A/A, filed with the Commission on September&nbsp;8, 2004, including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating the description of the Registrant&#146;s Common
Stock.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered 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 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
such statement so modified 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&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>



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


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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the shares registered hereunder has been passed upon by McDermott Will &#038; Emery
LLP, Chicago, Illinois. As of the initial filing date of this registration statement, Ira Coleman,
a partner of McDermott Will &#038; Emery LLP had beneficial ownership with respect to 23,417 shares of
the Registrant&#146;s common stock.


<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;The Registrant&#146;s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the &#147;Charter&#148;),
provides that to the extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law (&#147;DGCL&#148;), directors
of the Registrant shall not be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL, however, states
that such a provision may not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i)&nbsp;for any breach of
the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions
not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)
under Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL relating to unlawful dividends, distributions or the repurchase or
redemption of stock or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derives an improper
personal benefit.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL empowers a Delaware corporation to indemnify its officers and
directors and specific other persons to the extent and under the circumstances set forth therein.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated By-laws (the &#147;By-laws&#148;) provide that the Registrant
shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, any person against
expenses (including attorney&#146;s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually and
reasonably incurred in connection with any threatened, pending or completed legal proceedings in
which such person is involved by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent of the Registrant (or serving in any such capacity with another business organization at
the request of the Registrant) if he acted in good faith and in a manner that he reasonably
believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to
any criminal action or proceeding, if he had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was
unlawful. If the legal proceeding, however, is by or in the right of the Registrant, such
director, officer, employee or agent may not be indemnified in respect of any claim, issue or
matter as to which he shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Registrant unless a court
determines otherwise.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant maintains insurance policies that insure its directors and officers against
damages arising out of claims which might be made against them based on their negligent acts or
omissions while acting in their capacity as officers and directors.


<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.


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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See the Exhibit&nbsp;Index immediately following the signature pages, which is incorporated herein
by reference.


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



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    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
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    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement 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.</TD>
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    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, 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.</TD>
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    <TD>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.</TD>
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    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated
by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
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    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised
that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</TD>
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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, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Sunrise, State of Florida, on July&nbsp;13,
2005.


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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">NationsHealth, Inc.<BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/   Timothy Fairbanks
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    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Timothy Fairbanks&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned directors and officers hereby constitute and appoint Glenn M. Parker, M.D. and
Timothy Fairbanks, and each of them with full power to act without the other and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, as our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full
power to execute in our name in the capacities indicated below any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to sign any and all additional
registration statements relating to the same offering of securities as this Form S-8 that are filed
pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
and hereby ratify and confirm all that such attorneys-in fact and agents, or either of them, or
their substitutes shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of July&nbsp;13, 2005.

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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/   Arthur Spector
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Arthur Spector</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board and Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/   Glenn M. Parker, M.D.
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Glenn M. Parker, M.D.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/   Timothy Fairbanks
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Timothy Fairbanks</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chief Financial Officer and Director
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/   Lewis P. Stone
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Lewis P. Stone</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
President and Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/   Don K. Rice
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Don K. Rice</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/   Elliot F. Hahn, Ph.D.
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Elliot F. Hahn, Ph.D.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/   George F. Raymond
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
George F. Raymond</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/   Richard R. Howard
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Richard R. Howard</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/   Gary D. Small, D.P.M.
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Gary D. Small, D.P.M</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/   Raymond N. Steinman
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Raymond N. Steinman</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/   Michael D. Tabris
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Michael D. Tabris</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></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">Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June&nbsp;22, 2003, as amended on March&nbsp;9, 2004 among
Registrant and the Investors named therein. Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.12 to the Registrant&#146;s
S-1/A Registration Statement (File No.&nbsp;333-105388) filed on August&nbsp;1, 2003 and incorporated
herein by reference.</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">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Stockholders Agreement, dated as of March&nbsp;9, 2004, as amended on June&nbsp;2, 2004 among
Registrant, RGGPLS Holding, Inc. and GRH Holdings, L.L.C. Filed as Annex E to the
Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement (File No.&nbsp;000-50348) filed on August&nbsp;13, 2004 and
incorporated herein by reference.</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">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March&nbsp;9, 2004, as amended on June&nbsp;2, 2004, by
and among Registrant, RGGPLS Holding, Inc., GRH Holdings, L.L.C., and Becton, Dickinson and
the Registrant. Filed as Annex F to the Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement (File No.
000-50348) filed on August&nbsp;13, 2004 and incorporated herein by reference.</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">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Governance Agreement, dated as of August&nbsp;10, 2004, among Registrant,
RGGPLS Holding, Inc., and Arthur Spector. Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.02(a) to the Registrant&#146;s
Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.&nbsp;000-50348) filed September&nbsp;7, 2004 and incorporated herein by reference.</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">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Investment Unit Purchase Agreement, dated as of February&nbsp;28, 2005, by and among Registrant,
NationsHealth Holdings, L.L.C., United States Pharmaceutical Group, L.L.C., MHR Capital
Partners LP, OTQ LLC and MHR Capital Partners (100)&nbsp;LP. Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.&nbsp;000-50348) filed March&nbsp;4, 2005 and incorporated herein by
reference.</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">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February&nbsp;28, 2005, by and among the Registrant
and the Holders (as defined therein) of Registrable Securities (as defined therein). Filed
as Exhibit&nbsp;10.4 to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.&nbsp;000-50348) filed March&nbsp;4, 2005 and
incorporated herein by reference.</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">4.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Stockholders Agreement, dated as of February&nbsp;28, 2005, by and among the Registrant, RGGPLS
Holding, Inc., GRH Holdings, L.L.C., MHR Capital Partners LP, OTQ LLC and MHR Capital
Partners (100)&nbsp;LP. Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.5 to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.&nbsp;000-50348)
filed March&nbsp;4, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference.</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">4.8
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent and Waiver, dated as of February&nbsp;28, 2005, by and among the Registrant and the
stockholders of the Registrant named therein. Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.6 to the Registrant&#146;s
Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.&nbsp;000-50348) filed March&nbsp;4, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference.</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">Legal Opinion of McDermott Will &#038; Emery 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">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">NationsHealth, Inc. 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan. Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.&nbsp;000-50348) filed June&nbsp;17, 2005 and incorporated herein by
reference.</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 McDermott Will &#038; Emery LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto).</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">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Rachlin Cohen &#038; Holtz LLP independent registered public accounting firm<FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">.</FONT></TD>
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    <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">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages to this Registration Statement).</TD>
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NATIONSHEALTH, INC. FORM S-8
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NATIONSHEALTH, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
06-1688360
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or
Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification
Number)
13650 NW 8th Street
Suite 109
Sunrise, Florida 33325
(954) 903-5000
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip
Code and Telephone Number)
NationsHealth, Inc. 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Glenn M. Parker, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer
NationsHealth, Inc.
13650 NW 8th Street
Suite 109
Sunrise, Florida 33325
(954) 903-5000
(Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone
Number, including Area Code,
of Agent for Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate Offering
Registration
Title of Securities to be Registered
Registered(1)
Per Share(2)
Price(2)
Fee
Common Stock, par
value $0.0001 per share
2,100,000
$
5.455
$
11,455,500
$
1,348.32
(1)
Plus such additional number of shares as may be required in the event of a stock dividend,
split-up of shares or similar change in the Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration fee under Rule
457(c) and (h). The Plan establishes a purchase price equal to 100% of the fair market value
of the Registrant's Common Stock. Accordingly, the price per share and the aggregate offering
price are based on $5.455 per share, the average of the high and low price per share of the
Registrant's Common Stock on the Small Cap Market of The Nasdaq Stock Market on July 12 2005.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents By Reference.
The following documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant, pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement:
(a)
The Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004
filed on March 25, 2005, as amended by Form 10-KSB/A filed on May 13, 2005;
(b)
The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005 filed on
May 16, 2005;
(c)
The Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed on March 4, 2005, April 21, 2005, May
11, 2005, May 13, 2005 and June 17, 2005; and
(d)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share,
contained in the Section entitled "Description of Registrant's Securities to Be
Registered", incorporated by reference from the Registrant's definitive Proxy Statement
filed on August 13, 2004 into the Registrant's Amended Registration Statement on Form
8-A/A, filed with the Commission on September 8, 2004, including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating the description of the Registrant's Common
Stock.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered 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 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
such 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 validity of the shares registered hereunder has been passed upon by McDermott Will & Emery
LLP, Chicago, Illinois. As of the initial filing date of this registration statement, Ira Coleman,
a partner of McDermott Will & Emery LLP had beneficial ownership with respect to 23,417 shares of
the Registrant's common stock.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant's Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the "Charter"),
provides that to the extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL"), directors
of the Registrant shall not be personally liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary
damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, however, states
that such a provision may not eliminate or limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of
the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions
not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)
under Section 174 of the DGCL relating to unlawful dividends, distributions or the repurchase or
redemption of stock or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derives an improper
personal benefit.
Section 145 of the DGCL empowers a Delaware corporation to indemnify its officers and
directors and specific other persons to the extent and under the circumstances set forth therein.
The Registrant's Amended and Restated By-laws (the "By-laws") provide that the Registrant
shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, any person against
expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually and
reasonably incurred in connection with any threatened, pending or completed legal proceedings in
which such person is involved by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent of the Registrant (or serving in any such capacity with another business organization at
the request of the Registrant) if he acted in good faith and in a manner that he reasonably
believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to
any criminal action or proceeding, if he had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was
unlawful. If the legal proceeding, however, is by or in the right of the Registrant, such
director, officer, employee or agent may not be indemnified in respect of any claim, issue or
matter as to which he shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Registrant unless a court
determines otherwise.
The Registrant maintains insurance policies that insure its directors and officers against
damages arising out of claims which might be made against them based on their negligent acts or
omissions while acting in their capacity as officers and directors.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See the Exhibit Index immediately following the signature pages, which is incorporated herein
by reference.
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 to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(b)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated
by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised
that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Sunrise, State of Florida, on July 13,
2005.
NationsHealth, Inc.
By:
/s/   Timothy Fairbanks
Name:
Timothy Fairbanks
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned directors and officers hereby constitute and appoint Glenn M. Parker, M.D. and
Timothy Fairbanks, and each of them with full power to act without the other and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, as our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full
power to execute in our name in the capacities indicated below any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to sign any and all additional
registration statements relating to the same offering of securities as this Form S-8 that are filed
pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
and hereby ratify and confirm all that such attorneys-in fact and agents, or either of them, or
their substitutes shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of July 13, 2005.
Signature
Title
/s/   Arthur Spector
Arthur Spector
Chairman of the Board and Director
/s/   Glenn M. Parker, M.D.
Glenn M. Parker, M.D.
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/   Timothy Fairbanks
Timothy Fairbanks
Chief Financial Officer and Director
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/   Lewis P. Stone
Lewis P. Stone
President and Director
/s/   Don K. Rice
Don K. Rice
Director
/s/   Elliot F. Hahn, Ph.D.
Elliot F. Hahn, Ph.D.
Director
/s/   George F. Raymond
George F. Raymond
Director
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Signature
Title
/s/   Richard R. Howard
Richard R. Howard
Director
/s/   Gary D. Small, D.P.M.
Gary D. Small, D.P.M
Director
/s/   Raymond N. Steinman
Raymond N. Steinman
Director
/s/   Michael D. Tabris
Michael D. Tabris
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2003, as amended on March 9, 2004 among
Registrant and the Investors named therein. Filed as Exhibit 10.12 to the Registrant's
S-1/A Registration Statement (File No. 333-105388) filed on August 1, 2003 and incorporated
herein by reference.
4.2
Stockholders Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2004, as amended on June 2, 2004 among
Registrant, RGGPLS Holding, Inc. and GRH Holdings, L.L.C. Filed as Annex E to the
Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement (File No. 000-50348) filed on August 13, 2004 and
incorporated herein by reference.
4.3
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2004, as amended on June 2, 2004, by
and among Registrant, RGGPLS Holding, Inc., GRH Holdings, L.L.C., and Becton, Dickinson and
the Registrant. Filed as Annex F to the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement (File No.
000-50348) filed on August 13, 2004 and incorporated herein by reference.
4.4
Amended and Restated Governance Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2004, among Registrant,
RGGPLS Holding, Inc., and Arthur Spector. Filed as Exhibit 5.02(a) to the Registrant's
Form 8-K (File No. 000-50348) filed September 7, 2004 and incorporated herein by reference.
4.5
Investment Unit Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2005, by and among Registrant,
NationsHealth Holdings, L.L.C., United States Pharmaceutical Group, L.L.C., MHR Capital
Partners LP, OTQ LLC and MHR Capital Partners (100) LP. Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the
Registrant's Form 8-K (File No. 000-50348) filed March 4, 2005 and incorporated herein by
reference.
4.6
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2005, by and among the Registrant
and the Holders (as defined therein) of Registrable Securities (as defined therein). Filed
as Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant's Form 8-K (File No. 000-50348) filed March 4, 2005 and
incorporated herein by reference.
4.7
Stockholders Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2005, by and among the Registrant, RGGPLS
Holding, Inc., GRH Holdings, L.L.C., MHR Capital Partners LP, OTQ LLC and MHR Capital
Partners (100) LP. Filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant's Form 8-K (File No. 000-50348)
filed March 4, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference.
4.8
Consent and Waiver, dated as of February 28, 2005, by and among the Registrant and the
stockholders of the Registrant named therein. Filed as Exhibit 10.6 to the Registrant's
Form 8-K (File No. 000-50348) filed March 4, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference.
5.1
Legal Opinion of McDermott Will & Emery LLP.
10.1
NationsHealth, Inc. 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan. Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the
Registrant's Form 8-K (File No. 000-50348) filed June 17, 2005 and incorporated herein by
reference.
23.1
Consent of McDermott Will & Emery LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
23.2
Consent of Rachlin Cohen & Holtz LLP independent registered public accounting firm
.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in the signature pages to this Registration Statement).