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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission<BR>
on June 1, 2005



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
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: 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>HCA INC.</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant 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">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>One Park Plaza<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37203</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>HCA 2005 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>John M. Franck II<BR>
Vice President &#150; Legal and Corporate Secretary<BR>
HCA Inc.<BR>
One Park Plaza<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37203<BR>
(615)&nbsp;344-9551</B><BR>
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Registrant&#146;s agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Copy to:



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>J. Allen Overby<BR>
Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC<BR>
315 Deaderick Street, Suite&nbsp;2700<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37238-0002</B>



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


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    <TD nowrap align="left">Title of securities</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Amount to be</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">maximum aggregate</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">to be registered</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">registered<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</sup></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">price per share<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">fee<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $0.01 par value</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">34,000,000</TD>
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    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">53.10</TD>
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<TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,805,400,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">212,496</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), includes an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be offered and
issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1) under the Securities Act, the offering price is
estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the average of
the high and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on the
New York Stock Exchange on May 25,
2005.</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act,
the registration fee of $212,496
is offset by registration fees of $142,801 previously paid by the
Registrant with respect to 13,479,022 unissued shares of common stock registered for issuance under the Registrant&#146;s 2000 Equity
Incentive Plan under Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-48246) (the &#147;2000
Registration Statement&#148;) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;19, 2000, but
which have not been issued and are not subject to outstanding awards under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan.
Contemporaneously with the filing of this registration statement, a post-effective amendment to the
2000 Registration Statement is being filed to deregister such shares of common stock.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Information Required in the Section&nbsp;10(a) Prospectus</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;HCA Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) has sent or given or will send or give documents containing the
information specified by Part&nbsp;I of this Form S-8 Registration Statement (the &#147;Registration
Statement&#148;) to participants in the plan to which this Registration Statement relates, as specified
in Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). The Registrant is not filing such
documents with the SEC, but these documents constitute (along with the documents incorporated by
reference into the Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II hereof) a prospectus that
meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Information Required in the Registration Statement</B>



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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC, pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are hereby incorporated by reference and
shall be deemed to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such document:



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    <TD width="96%">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 width="96%">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March&nbsp;31, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January&nbsp;12, 2005, February
1, 2005, February&nbsp;2, 2005, March&nbsp;29, 2005, March&nbsp;30, 2005 and April&nbsp;21, 2005; and</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, contained in the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A, Amendment No.&nbsp;2, filed with the SEC on
March&nbsp;11, 2004, and including all other amendments and reports filed for the purpose of
updating such description.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statements contained
in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
modified or replaced for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein) modifies or replaces such statement. Any statement so modified or replaced shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or replaced, to constitute a part hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding the foregoing, information furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 of any Current
Report on Form 8-K, including the related exhibits, is not incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement or the related prospectus.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;4. <u>Description of Securities</u>.



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


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



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


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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that we will indemnify and hold harmless,
to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, which we will refer to as
the DGCL, each person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved in,
any action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she was a director of officer (or
was serving at our request as a director, officer, employee or agent for another entity).


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL, a corporation may indemnify a director, officer, employee or
agent of the corporation against liability actually and reasonably incurred 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. In connection with a criminal proceeding, a corporation may
indemnify any director, officer, employee or agent who had no reasonable cause to


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">believe his or her conduct was unlawful. In actions brought by or in the right of a corporation,
however, the DGCL does not allow indemnification if the person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the corporation. However, a court may find that, in light of all circumstances, the
person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for expenses.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by
the DGCL, a director shall not be liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breach
of fiduciary duty as a director. The DGCL permits these limitations of a director&#146;s liability, but
does not permit a corporation to eliminate or limit a director&#146;s liability for the following:


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    <TD>Breaches of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or known violations of law;</TD>
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    <TD>The payment of unlawful dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions; or</TD>
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    <TD>Transactions in which the director received an improper personal benefit.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We are insured against liabilities that we may incur by reason of our indemnification of
officers and directors in accordance with our Restated Certificate of Incorporation. We also
insure directors and officers against liabilities that might arise out of their employment and are
not subject to indemnification under our Restated Certificate of Incorporation.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The foregoing summaries are subject to the complete text of the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation and the DGCL and are qualified in their entirety by reference thereto.


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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;None.


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


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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Restated Certificate of Incorporation.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended March&nbsp;24, 2005.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">10.1</TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">HCA
2005 Equity Incentive Plan.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney.</DIV></TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;9. <u>Undertakings</u>.



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


<P align="left" style="margin-left: 8%; text-indent: -5%; margin-right: 0%; 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: 8%; text-indent: -2%; margin-right: 0%; 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: 8%; text-indent: -2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt">(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes
in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set
forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement; and


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<P align="left" style="margin-left: 9%; text-indent: -3%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt">(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
this Registration Statement;

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



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


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


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B.&nbsp;The 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 15(d) of
the Exchange Act (and where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C.&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 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 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 of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8, and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Nashville, State of
Tennessee, on this 31st day of May,
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"><B>HCA INC.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">
/s/ R. Milton Johnson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">R. Milton Johnson&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Executive Vice President and<br>
Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, </B>each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints John M. Franck II, R. Milton Johnson and David G. Anderson and each of them, his or
her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective 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, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them,
or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


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

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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <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>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Jack O. Bovender, Jr.<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Jack O. Bovender, Jr.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 31, 2005</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>
    <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/ Richard M. Bracken<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Richard M. Bracken</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
President, Chief Operating
Officer and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 31, 2005</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>
    <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/ R. Milton Johnson<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
R. Milton Johnson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 31, 2005</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>
    <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/ C. Michael Armstrong<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
C. Michael Armstrong</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 31, 2005</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>
    <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/ Magdalena H. Averhoff, M.D.<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Magdalena H. Averhoff, M.D.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 31, 2005</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>
    <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/ Martin Feldstein<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Martin Feldstein</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 31, 2005</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <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>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Thomas F. Frist, Jr., M.D.<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Thomas F. Frist, Jr., M.D.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 31, 2005</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>
    <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/ Frederick W. Gluck<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Frederick W. Gluck</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 31, 2005</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>
    <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/ Glenda A. Hatchett<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Glenda A. Hatchett</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 31, 2005</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>
    <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/ Charles O. Holliday, Jr.<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Charles O. Holliday, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 31, 2005</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>
    <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/ T. Michael Long<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
T. Michael Long</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 31, 2005</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>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
John H. McArthur</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May &#95;&#95;&#95;, 2005</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>
    <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/ Kent C. Nelson<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Kent C. Nelson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 31, 2005</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>
    <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/ Frank S. Royal, M.D.<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Frank S. Royal, M.D.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 31, 2005</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>
    <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/ Harold T. Shapiro<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Harold T. Shapiro</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 31, 2005</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-5
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>


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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Restated Certificate of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;1 to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-A/A,
Amendment No.&nbsp;2, dated March&nbsp;11, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended March&nbsp;24, 2005 (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3 to the
Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal period ended March&nbsp;31, 2005, and incorporated herein by
reference)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">10.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">HCA
2005 Equity Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;B to the
Registrant&#146;s Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of
Shareholders held on May&nbsp;26, 2005, and incorporated herein by
reference).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>




<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24</TD>
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HCA INC.
Table of Contents
As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission
on June 1, 2005
Registration No. 333-________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
HCA INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
75-2497104
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
One Park Plaza
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
HCA 2005 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
John M. Franck II
Vice President – Legal and Corporate Secretary
HCA Inc.
One Park Plaza
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
(615) 344-9551
(Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Registrant's agent for service)
Copy to:
J. Allen Overby
Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
315 Deaderick Street, Suite 2700
Nashville, Tennessee 37238-0002
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Amount of
Title of securities
Amount to be
maximum offering
maximum aggregate
registration
to be registered
registered
(1)
price per share
(2)
offering price
fee
(3)
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
34,000,000
$
53.10
$
1,805,400,000
$
212,496
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), includes an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be offered and
issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act, the offering price is
estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the average of
the high and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock on the
New York Stock Exchange on May 25,
2005.
(3)
Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act,
the registration fee of $212,496
is offset by registration fees of $142,801 previously paid by the
Registrant with respect to 13,479,022 unissued shares of common stock registered for issuance under the Registrant's 2000 Equity
Incentive Plan under Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-48246) (the "2000
Registration Statement") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 19, 2000, but
which have not been issued and are not subject to outstanding awards under the 2000 Equity Incentive Plan.
Contemporaneously with the filing of this registration statement, a post-effective amendment to the
2000 Registration Statement is being filed to deregister such shares of common stock.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
PART II
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-23.1 CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
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PART I
Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus
HCA Inc. (the "Registrant") has sent or given or will send or give documents containing the
information specified by Part I of this Form S-8 Registration Statement (the "Registration
Statement") to participants in the plan to which this Registration Statement relates, as specified
in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The Registrant is not filing such
documents with the SEC, but these documents constitute (along with the documents incorporated by
reference into the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus that
meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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PART II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the SEC, pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are hereby incorporated by reference and
shall be deemed to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such document:
(1)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004;
(2)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2005;
(3)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 12, 2005, February
1, 2005, February 2, 2005, March 29, 2005, March 30, 2005 and April 21, 2005; and
(4)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, contained in the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A, Amendment No. 2, filed with the SEC on
March 11, 2004, and including all other amendments and reports filed for the purpose of
updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statements contained
in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be
modified or replaced for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any
other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein) modifies or replaces such statement. Any statement so modified or replaced shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or replaced, to constitute a part hereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, information furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 of any Current
Report on Form 8-K, including the related exhibits, is not incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement or the related prospectus.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
Our Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that we will indemnify and hold harmless,
to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, which we will refer to as
the DGCL, each person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved in,
any action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she was a director of officer (or
was serving at our request as a director, officer, employee or agent for another entity).
Under Section 145 of the DGCL, a corporation may indemnify a director, officer, employee or
agent of the corporation against liability actually and reasonably incurred 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. In connection with a criminal proceeding, a corporation may
indemnify any director, officer, employee or agent who had no reasonable cause to
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believe his or her conduct was unlawful. In actions brought by or in the right of a corporation,
however, the DGCL does not allow indemnification if the person shall have been adjudged to be
liable to the corporation. However, a court may find that, in light of all circumstances, the
person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for expenses.
Our Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by
the DGCL, a director shall not be liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breach
of fiduciary duty as a director. The DGCL permits these limitations of a director's liability, but
does not permit a corporation to eliminate or limit a director's liability for the following:
•
Breaches of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders;
•
Acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or known violations of law;
•
The payment of unlawful dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions; or
•
Transactions in which the director received an improper personal benefit.
We are insured against liabilities that we may incur by reason of our indemnification of
officers and directors in accordance with our Restated Certificate of Incorporation. We also
insure directors and officers against liabilities that might arise out of their employment and are
not subject to indemnification under our Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
The foregoing summaries are subject to the complete text of the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation and the DGCL and are qualified in their entirety by reference thereto.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
None.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
4.2
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended March 24, 2005.
10.1
HCA
2005 Equity Incentive Plan.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
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Power of Attorney.
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
A. The Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes
in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set
forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
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(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
this Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that clauses (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
B. The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act (and where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this
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 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 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 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 of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8, and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Nashville, State of
Tennessee, on this 31st day of May,
2005.
HCA INC.
By:
/s/ R. Milton Johnson
R. Milton Johnson
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS,
each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints John M. Franck II, R. Milton Johnson and David G. Anderson and each of them, his or
her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective 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, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them,
or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated below.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
Jack O. Bovender, Jr.
Jack O. Bovender, Jr.
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
May 31, 2005
/s/ Richard M. Bracken
Richard M. Bracken
President, Chief Operating
Officer and Director
May 31, 2005
/s/ R. Milton Johnson
R. Milton Johnson
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
May 31, 2005
/s/ C. Michael Armstrong
C. Michael Armstrong
Director
May 31, 2005
/s/ Magdalena H. Averhoff, M.D.
Magdalena H. Averhoff, M.D.
Director
May 31, 2005
/s/ Martin Feldstein
Martin Feldstein
Director
May 31, 2005
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Thomas F. Frist, Jr., M.D.
Thomas F. Frist, Jr., M.D.
Director
May 31, 2005
/s/ Frederick W. Gluck
Frederick W. Gluck
Director
May 31, 2005
/s/ Glenda A. Hatchett
Glenda A. Hatchett
Director
May 31, 2005
/s/ Charles O. Holliday, Jr.
Charles O. Holliday, Jr.
Director
May 31, 2005
/s/ T. Michael Long
T. Michael Long
Director
May 31, 2005
John H. McArthur
Director
May ___, 2005
/s/ Kent C. Nelson
Kent C. Nelson
Director
May 31, 2005
/s/ Frank S. Royal, M.D.
Frank S. Royal, M.D.
Director
May 31, 2005
/s/ Harold T. Shapiro
Harold T. Shapiro
Director
May 31, 2005
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EXHIBIT INDEX
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation (filed as Exhibit 1 to the Registrant's Form 8-A/A,
Amendment No. 2, dated March 11, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference)
4.2
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended March 24, 2005 (filed as Exhibit 3 to the
Registrant's Form 10-Q for the fiscal period ended March 31, 2005, and incorporated herein by
reference)
10.1
HCA
2005 Equity Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit B to the
Registrant's Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of
Shareholders held on May 26, 2005, and incorporated herein by
reference).
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm
24
Power of Attorney (included on signature page to this Registration Statement)
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