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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;7, 2009</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>AMERIGROUP Corporation</B>
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<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><BR>
(State of Incorporation)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>54-1739323</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>4425 Corporation Lane<BR>
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23462<BR>
(757)&nbsp;490-6900</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>2009 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full Titles of the Plan)<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Stanley F. Baldwin<BR>
Executive Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
AMERIGROUP Corporation<BR>
4425 Corporation Lane<BR>
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23462<BR>
(757)&nbsp;490-6900</B><BR>
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)<BR>


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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 0%">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Large accelerated filer
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Securities</B></TD>
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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">10,573,977 shares
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$28.28
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$299,032,070
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$16,686</TD>
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    <TD>Represents 3,635,000&nbsp;shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the&nbsp;&#147;Common Stock&#148;) of
AMERIGROUP Corporation (the&nbsp;&#147;Registrant&#148;) issuable pursuant to the Registrant&#146;s 2009 Equity
Incentive Plan (the&nbsp;&#147;Plan&#148;) and 6,938,977 shares, in the aggregate, issuable pursuant to the
Registrants 1994 Stock Plan, 2000 Equity Incentive Plan, 2003 Equity Incentive Plan and&nbsp;2005 Equity
Incentive Plan. The maximum number of shares which may be issued under the Plan is subject to
equitable adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events pursuant to the Plan. Accordingly,
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this
registration statement includes, in addition to the number of shares stated above, an indeterminate
number of shares which may be subject to grant or otherwise issuable after the occurrence of any
such corporate transaction or event.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule
457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act as follows: the fee is calculated on the basis of the
average of the high and low sale prices per share of Common Stock as quoted on the New York Stock
Exchange on May 1, 2009 (within 5 business days prior to filing this registration statement).</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I on Form S-8 will be delivered to
participants in the Plan in accordance with Form S-8 and Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.
Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or
prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the
documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II
of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements
of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents By Reference</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents which have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission, pursuant
to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are incorporated by
reference in this registration statement as of their respective dates.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2008.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March&nbsp;31,
2009.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February&nbsp;17, 2009, March&nbsp;16, 2009,
March&nbsp;20, 2009 and May 4, 2009.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)&nbsp;The
Registrant&#146;s Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A dated&nbsp;March&nbsp;27, 2009, filed on&nbsp;March&nbsp;26,
2009.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Form 8-A filed with the Commission on December&nbsp;20, 2002 pursuant to
Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or reports filed for the purpose of
updating such information.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed or subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this registration statement and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities described herein have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference in this registration statement and to be a part thereof from the date of filing of
such documents with the Commission. Any statement in a document 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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the issuance of the shares of common stock to be registered in connection with
this registration statement will be passed upon by Stanley F. Baldwin, Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary of the Registrant. Mr.&nbsp;Baldwin directly or indirectly owns 18,863 shares of Common Stock and has
options to acquire an aggregate of 98,166 shares of Common Stock.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (&#147;DGCL&#148;) as amended allows a corporation
to eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director of a corporation to the corporation or
its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the
director breached his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional
misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock
repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that the Registrant may indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of AMERIGROUP) by
reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, agent or employee of AMERIGROUP
or is or was serving at the Registrant&#146;s request as a director, officer, agent, or employee of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses,
(including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding. The power to
indemnify applies (a)&nbsp;if such person is successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any
action, suit or proceeding, or (b)&nbsp;if such person acted in good faith and in a manner which the
person reasonably believed to be in the best interest, or not opposed to the best interest, of
AMERIGROUP, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe such conduct was unlawful. The power to indemnify applies to actions brought by or in the
right of AMERIGROUP as well but only to the extent of defense expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees
but excluding amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred and not to any
satisfaction of judgment or settlement of the claim itself, and with the further limitation that in
such actions no indemnification shall be made in the event of any adjudication of negligence or
misconduct in the performance of his duties to AMERIGROUP, unless the court believes that in light
of all the circumstances indemnification should apply.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that a director, who willfully or
negligently approves of an unlawful payment of dividends or an unlawful stock purchase or
redemption, may be held liable for such actions. A director who was either absent when the unlawful
actions were approved or dissented at the time, may avoid liability by causing his or her dissent
to such actions to be entered in the books containing the minutes of the meetings of the board of
directors at the time such action occurred or immediately after such absent director receives
notice of the unlawful acts.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by Delaware law, Article&nbsp;Sixth of the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registration Statement
on Form S-3, as amended (File No.&nbsp;333-108831), which is incorporated herein by reference, includes
a provision that eliminates, to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware law, the personal
liability of the Registrant&#146;s directors for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director. This provision in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation does not
eliminate the directors&#146; fiduciary duty, and in appropriate circumstances equitable remedies such
as injunctive or other forms of non-monetary relief will remain available under Delaware law. In
addition, each director will continue to be subject to liability for breach of the director&#146;s duty
of loyalty to the Registrant for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional
misconduct, for knowing violations of law, for actions leading to improper personal benefit to the
director, and for payment of dividends or approval of stock repurchases or redemptions that are
unlawful under Delaware law. The provision also does not affect a director&#146;s responsibilities under
any other law, such as the Federal securities laws or state or Federal environmental laws.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by Delaware law, Article&nbsp;Seventh of the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation provides that (1)&nbsp;the Registrant is required to indemnify its
directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by law, subject to certain
very limited exceptions; (2)&nbsp;the Registrant is permitted, to the extent authorized by its board of
directors, to provide rights to indemnification to its employees and agents similar to those
conferred to its directors and officers; (3)&nbsp;the Registrant is required to advance expenses, as
incurred, to its directors and officers in connection with a legal proceeding to the fullest extent
permitted by Delaware law, subject to certain very limited exceptions; and (4)&nbsp;the rights conferred
in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation are not exclusive.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by Delaware law, the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated By-Laws, a copy of which
is filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February&nbsp;14, 2008,
which is incorporated herein by reference, provides that (1)&nbsp;the Registrant is required to
indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, subject to
certain very limited exceptions; (2)&nbsp;the Registrant is required to advance expenses, as incurred,
to its directors and officers in connection with a legal proceeding to the fullest extent permitted
by Delaware law, subject to certain
very limited exceptions; and (3)&nbsp;the rights to indemnification conferred in the Amended and
Restated By-Laws are not exclusive.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by Delaware law, the Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with
all of its directors and executive officers, in addition to the indemnification provided for in the
Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated By-Laws,
and intends to enter into indemnification agreements with any new directors and executive officers
in the future.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The indemnification provisions contained in the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation and Amended and Restated By-laws are not exclusive of any other rights to which a
person may be entitled by law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise. In addition, the Registrant maintains insurance on behalf of its directors and executive
officers insuring them against any liability asserted against them in their capacities as directors
or officers or arising out of such status.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">5.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Stanley F. Baldwin, Esq.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of KPMG LLP with respect to the financial statements of the registrant</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Stanley F. Baldwin, Esq. (included with Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">24.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Power of Attorney for Thomas E. Capps</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">24.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Power of Attorney for Jeffrey B. Child</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">24.3</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Power of Attorney for Emerson U. Fullwood</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">24.4</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Power of Attorney for Kay Coles James</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">24.5</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Power of Attorney for William J. McBride</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">24.6</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Power of Attorney for Uwe E. Reinhardt, Ph.D.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">24.7</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Power of Attorney for Richard D. Shirk</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">99.1 </TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>AMERIGROUP Corporation 2009 Equity Incentive Plan <SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left">
<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Previously filed as an exhibit to the Proxy Statement on March&nbsp;26, 2009, and
incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Required Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement; and
</DIV>

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</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed 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 in the registration statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a 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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or 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.
</DIV>



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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 Virginia Beach, Commonwealth of Virginia, on this 7th day of
May, 2009.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="47%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">AMERIGROUP CORPORATION</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" 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">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ James G. Carlson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&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">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>Name:</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>James G. Carlson</B></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">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>Title:</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>President and Chief
Executive Officer</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signatures</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 align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;James G. Carlson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>James G. Carlson</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">Chairman, Chief Executive
Officer and President
<I>(Principal Executive Officer)</I>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">May&nbsp;7, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;James W. Truess&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>James W. Truess</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">Chief Financial Officer
and Executive Vice President
<I>(Principal Financial Officer)</I>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">May&nbsp;7, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Margaret M. Roomsburg&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<B>Margaret M. Roomsburg</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">Chief Accounting Officer
and Senior Vice President
<I>(Principal Accounting Officer)</I>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">May&nbsp;7, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">May&nbsp;7, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Thomas E. Capps</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">May&nbsp;7, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Jeffrey B. Child</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">May&nbsp;7, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Emerson U. Fullwood</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">May&nbsp;7, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Kay Coles James</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">May&nbsp;7, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>William J. McBride</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">May&nbsp;7, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Uwe E. Reinhardt, Ph.D.</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">May&nbsp;7, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>Richard D. Shirk</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>James W. Truess, by signing his name hereto, signs this document on behalf of each of the persons
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 7, 2009
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AMERIGROUP Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State of Incorporation)
54-1739323
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
4425 Corporation Lane
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23462
(757) 490-6900
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
2009 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Titles of the Plan)
Stanley F. Baldwin
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
AMERIGROUP Corporation
4425 Corporation Lane
Virginia Beach, Virginia 23462
(757) 490-6900
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate Offering
Registration
to be Registered
Registered(1)
Per Share(2)
Price
Fee
Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share
10,573,977 shares
$28.28
$299,032,070
$16,686
(1)
Represents 3,635,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock") of
AMERIGROUP Corporation (the "Registrant") issuable pursuant to the Registrant's 2009 Equity
Incentive Plan (the "Plan") and 6,938,977 shares, in the aggregate, issuable pursuant to the
Registrants 1994 Stock Plan, 2000 Equity Incentive Plan, 2003 Equity Incentive Plan and 2005 Equity
Incentive Plan. The maximum number of shares which may be issued under the Plan is subject to
equitable adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events pursuant to the Plan. Accordingly,
pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this
registration statement includes, in addition to the number of shares stated above, an indeterminate
number of shares which may be subject to grant or otherwise issuable after the occurrence of any
such corporate transaction or event.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule
457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act as follows: the fee is calculated on the basis of the
average of the high and low sale prices per share of Common Stock as quoted on the New York Stock
Exchange on May 1, 2009 (within 5 business days prior to filing this registration statement).
PART I
The documents containing the information specified in Part I on Form S-8 will be delivered to
participants in the Plan in accordance with Form S-8 and Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act.
Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or
prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These documents and the
documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II
of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements
of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents By Reference
The following documents which have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission, pursuant
to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated by
reference in this registration statement as of their respective dates.
(1) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.
(2) The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31,
2009.
(3) The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 17, 2009, March 16, 2009,
March 20, 2009 and May 4, 2009.
(4) The
Registrant's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A dated March 27, 2009, filed on March 26,
2009.
(5) The Registrant's Form 8-A filed with the Commission on December 20, 2002 pursuant to
Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or reports filed for the purpose of
updating such information.
All documents filed or subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this registration statement and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities described herein have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference in this registration statement and to be a part thereof from the date of filing of
such documents with the Commission. Any statement in a document 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.
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Item 4. Description of Securities
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
The validity of the issuance of the shares of common stock to be registered in connection with
this registration statement will be passed upon by Stanley F. Baldwin, Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary of the Registrant. Mr. Baldwin directly or indirectly owns 18,863 shares of Common Stock and has
options to acquire an aggregate of 98,166 shares of Common Stock.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL") as amended allows a corporation
to eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director of a corporation to the corporation or
its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the
director breached his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional
misconduct or knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock
repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit.
Section 145 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that the Registrant may indemnify any
person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of AMERIGROUP) by
reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, agent or employee of AMERIGROUP
or is or was serving at the Registrant's request as a director, officer, agent, or employee of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses,
(including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding. The power to
indemnify applies (a) if such person is successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any
action, suit or proceeding, or (b) if such person acted in good faith and in a manner which the
person reasonably believed to be in the best interest, or not opposed to the best interest, of
AMERIGROUP, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe such conduct was unlawful. The power to indemnify applies to actions brought by or in the
right of AMERIGROUP as well but only to the extent of defense expenses (including attorneys' fees
but excluding amounts paid in settlement) actually and reasonably incurred and not to any
satisfaction of judgment or settlement of the claim itself, and with the further limitation that in
such actions no indemnification shall be made in the event of any adjudication of negligence or
misconduct in the performance of his duties to AMERIGROUP, unless the court believes that in light
of all the circumstances indemnification should apply.
Section 174 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that a director, who willfully or
negligently approves of an unlawful payment of dividends or an unlawful stock purchase or
redemption, may be held liable for such actions. A director who was either absent when the unlawful
actions were approved or dissented at the time, may avoid liability by causing his or her dissent
to such actions to be entered in the books containing the minutes of the meetings of the board of
directors at the time such action occurred or immediately after such absent director receives
notice of the unlawful acts.
As permitted by Delaware law, Article Sixth of the Registrant's Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registration Statement
on Form S-3, as amended (File No. 333-108831), which is incorporated herein by reference, includes
a provision that eliminates, to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware law, the personal
liability of the Registrant's directors for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director. This provision in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation does not
eliminate the directors' fiduciary duty, and in appropriate circumstances equitable remedies such
as injunctive or other forms of non-monetary relief will remain available under Delaware law. In
addition, each director will continue to be subject to liability for breach of the director's duty
of loyalty to the Registrant for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional
misconduct, for knowing violations of law, for actions leading to improper personal benefit to the
director, and for payment of dividends or approval of stock repurchases or redemptions that are
unlawful under Delaware law. The provision also does not affect a director's responsibilities under
any other law, such as the Federal securities laws or state or Federal environmental laws.
As permitted by Delaware law, Article Seventh of the Registrant's Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation provides that (1) the Registrant is required to indemnify its
directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized or permitted by law, subject to certain
very limited exceptions; (2) the Registrant is permitted, to the extent authorized by its board of
directors, to provide rights to indemnification to its employees and agents similar to those
conferred to its directors and officers; (3) the Registrant is required to advance expenses, as
incurred, to its directors and officers in connection with a legal proceeding to the fullest extent
permitted by Delaware law, subject to certain very limited exceptions; and (4) the rights conferred
in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation are not exclusive.
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As permitted by Delaware law, the Registrant's Amended and Restated By-Laws, a copy of which
is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 14, 2008,
which is incorporated herein by reference, provides that (1) the Registrant is required to
indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL, subject to
certain very limited exceptions; (2) the Registrant is required to advance expenses, as incurred,
to its directors and officers in connection with a legal proceeding to the fullest extent permitted
by Delaware law, subject to certain
very limited exceptions; and (3) the rights to indemnification conferred in the Amended and
Restated By-Laws are not exclusive.
As permitted by Delaware law, the Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with
all of its directors and executive officers, in addition to the indemnification provided for in the
Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated By-Laws,
and intends to enter into indemnification agreements with any new directors and executive officers
in the future.
The indemnification provisions contained in the Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation and Amended and Restated By-laws are not exclusive of any other rights to which a
person may be entitled by law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise. In addition, the Registrant maintains insurance on behalf of its directors and executive
officers insuring them against any liability asserted against them in their capacities as directors
or officers or arising out of such status.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
5.1
Opinion of Stanley F. Baldwin, Esq.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP with respect to the financial statements of the registrant
23.2
Consent of Stanley F. Baldwin, Esq. (included with Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney for Thomas E. Capps
24.2
Power of Attorney for Jeffrey B. Child
24.3
Power of Attorney for Emerson U. Fullwood
24.4
Power of Attorney for Kay Coles James
24.5
Power of Attorney for William J. McBride
24.6
Power of Attorney for Uwe E. Reinhardt, Ph.D.
24.7
Power of Attorney for Richard D. Shirk
99.1
AMERIGROUP Corporation 2009 Equity Incentive Plan
(1)
(1)
Previously filed as an exhibit to the Proxy Statement on March 26, 2009, and
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Required Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
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(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed 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 in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a 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
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or 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 Virginia Beach, Commonwealth of Virginia, on this 7th day of
May, 2009.
AMERIGROUP CORPORATION
By:
/s/ James G. Carlson
Name:
James G. Carlson
Title:
President and Chief
Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/   James G. Carlson
James G. Carlson
Chairman, Chief Executive
Officer and President
(Principal Executive Officer)
May 7, 2009
/s/    James W. Truess
James W. Truess
Chief Financial Officer
and Executive Vice President
(Principal Financial Officer)
May 7, 2009
/s/    Margaret M. Roomsburg
Margaret M. Roomsburg
Chief Accounting Officer
and Senior Vice President
(Principal Accounting Officer)
May 7, 2009
*
Director
May 7, 2009
Thomas E. Capps
*
Director
May 7, 2009
Jeffrey B. Child
*
Director
May 7, 2009
Emerson U. Fullwood
*
Director
May 7, 2009
Kay Coles James
*
Director
May 7, 2009
William J. McBride
*
Director
May 7, 2009
Uwe E. Reinhardt, Ph.D.
*
Director
May 7, 2009
Richard D. Shirk
*
James W. Truess, by signing his name hereto, signs this document on behalf of each of the persons
indicated by an asterisk above pursuant to powers of attorney duly executed by such persons and
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of this Registration Statement.
Date: May 7, 2009
/s/ James W. Truess
Attorney-in-Fact
Exhibit Index
5.1
Opinion of Stanley F. Baldwin, Esq.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP with respect to the financial statements of the registrant
23.2
Consent of Stanley F. Baldwin, Esq. (included with Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney for Thomas E. Capps
24.2
Power of Attorney for Jeffrey B. Child
24.3
Power of Attorney for Emerson U. Fullwood
24.4
Power of Attorney for Kay Coles James
24.5
Power of Attorney for William J. McBride
24.6
Power of Attorney for Uwe E. Reinhardt, Ph.D.
24.7
Power of Attorney for Richard D. Shirk
99.1
AMERIGROUP Corporation 2009 Equity Incentive Plan
(1)
(1)
Previously filed as an exhibit to the Proxy Statement on March 26, 2009, and
incorporated herein by reference.