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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><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">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&#091;<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>&#093;</DIV>


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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</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">UNDER</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc.</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 nowrap align="center"><B>20-3934755</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>27442 Portola Parkway, Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Foothill Ranch, California 92610</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>AMENDED AND RESTATED SKILLED HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.<BR>
2007 INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(Full Title of the Plan)

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Roland Rapp <BR>
General Counsel, Secretary and <BR>
Chief Administrative Officer <BR>
Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. <BR>
27442 Portola Parkway, Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Foothill Ranch, California 92610<BR>
(949)&nbsp;282-5800</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B><I>Copies to:</I></B><BR><BR>
<B>R. Scott Shean, Esq.<BR>
Latham &#038; Watkins LLP<BR>
650 Town Center Drive, 20<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> Floor<BR>
Costa Mesa, California 92626-1925<BR>
(714)&nbsp;540-1235</B></TD>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(Name and Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,<BR>
Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 file&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Class&nbsp;A Common Stock,
par value $0.001 per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right">1,500,000</TD>
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    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">8.79</TD>
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    <TD>The Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. Amended and Restated 2007 Incentive Award Plan authorizes
the issuance of shares of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Skilled
Healthcare Group, Inc., of which 1,500,000 shares are being registered hereunder, and
1,123,181 shares have been registered previously. In accordance with Rule 416(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement will also cover any additional
shares of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock that become issuable under the Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc.
2007 Incentive Award Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or
similar transaction.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
and (c)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The price per share and aggregate
offering price for the shares of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock are calculated on the basis of the
average of the high and low selling price per share of Class&nbsp;A Common Stock, as reported on
the New York Stock Exchange on May&nbsp;1, 2009.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INTRODUCTION</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (referred to herein as the &#147;Company,&#148; &#147;our&#148; or &#147;we&#148;) is filing
this registration statement (this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) on Form S-8 relating to 1,500,000
shares of our Class&nbsp;A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), issuable under
the Amended and Restated Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. 2007 Incentive Award Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We are not filing or including in this Registration Statement the information called for in
Part&nbsp;I of the Form S-8 (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules
and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;).
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has previously registered 1,123,181 shares of Common Stock, issuable under the
Plan by a registration statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;18, 2007,
Registration No.&nbsp;333-143069 (the &#147;Prior Registration Statement&#148;). Under this Registration
Statement, the Company is registering an additional 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under
the Plan. The contents of the Prior Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein to
the extent not modified or superseded hereby or by any subsequently filed document that is
incorporated by reference herein or therein.
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<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, as amended, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Foothill Ranch, State of California, on
this 7th day of May, 2009.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>SKILLED HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.</B><BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">                 /s/  Boyd W. Hendrickson
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Boyd W. Hendrickson&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
and Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">                          /s/  Devasis Ghose
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Devasis Ghose&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">                                              /s/  Christopher N. Felfe
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Christopher N. Felfe&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief
Accounting  Officer&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints Boyd Hendrickson,
Devasis Ghose and Roland Rapp as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full powers
of substitution to sign on his behalf, individually and in the capacities stated below, and to file
any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement and
other documents in connection with the registration statement, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting to those attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to perform any
other act on behalf of the undersigned required to be done.
</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, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities as of May&nbsp;7, 2009.
</DIV>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Boyd W. Hendrickson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Boyd W. Hendrickson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive
Officer) and Chairman of the Board of Directors</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Devasis Ghose
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Devasis Ghose
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Chris N. Felfe
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Chris N. Felfe
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief
Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jose C. Lynch
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Operating Officer and Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
Jose C. Lynch</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael E. Boxer
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael E. Boxer
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert M. Le Blanc
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert M. Le Blanc
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John M. Miller, V
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John M. Miller, V
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ M. Bernard Puckett
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
M. Bernard Puckett
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <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">/s/ Glenn S. Schafer
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Glenn S. Schafer
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William C. Scott
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William C. Scott
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael D. Stephens
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael D. Stephens
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December&nbsp;27, 2005, by
and among SHG Acquisition Corp., all the subsidiaries of Skilled
Healthcare Group, Inc. listed therein, Credit Suisse First Boston,
LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to the
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, No.&nbsp;333-137897, filed on
October&nbsp;10, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Investor Stockholders&#146; Agreement, dated as of December&nbsp;27, 2005,
among SHG Holding Solutions, Inc., Onex Partners LP and the
stockholders listed on the signature pages thereto (filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;4.4 to the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, No.
333-137897, filed on October&nbsp;10, 2006, and incorporated herein by
reference).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Registration Agreement dated as of December&nbsp;27, 2005, among SHG
Holding Solutions, Inc. and the persons listed thereon (filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;4.5 to the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, No.
333-137897, filed on October&nbsp;10, 2006, and incorporated herein by
reference).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1&#043;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Roland G. Rapp, Executive Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary, regarding the legality of the securities
being registered.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1&#043;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24&#043;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included with the signature page to this
Registration Statement).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. 2007 Incentive
Award Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;A to the
Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement filed on April&nbsp;7, 2008).</TD>
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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
Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
20-3934755
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
27442 Portola Parkway, Suite 200
Foothill Ranch, California 92610
(Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code)
AMENDED AND RESTATED SKILLED HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.
2007 INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Roland Rapp
General Counsel, Secretary and
Chief Administrative Officer
Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc.
27442 Portola Parkway, Suite 200
Foothill Ranch, California 92610
(949) 282-5800
Copies to:
R. Scott Shean, Esq.
Latham & Watkins LLP
650 Town Center Drive, 20
th
Floor
Costa Mesa, California 92626-1925
(714) 540-1235
(Name and Address, Including Zip Code, 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 file" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Amount
Maximum
Aggregate
Amount of
to be
Offering Price
Offering
Registration
Registered(1)
Per Share (2)
Price (2)
Fee
Class A Common Stock,
par value $0.001 per share
1,500,000
$
8.79
$
13,185,000
$
735.72
(1)
The Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. Amended and Restated 2007 Incentive Award Plan authorizes
the issuance of shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Skilled
Healthcare Group, Inc., of which 1,500,000 shares are being registered hereunder, and
1,123,181 shares have been registered previously. In accordance with Rule 416(a) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement will also cover any additional
shares of Class A Common Stock that become issuable under the Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc.
2007 Incentive Award Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or
similar transaction.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
and (c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The price per share and aggregate
offering price for the shares of Class A Common Stock are calculated on the basis of the
average of the high and low selling price per share of Class A Common Stock, as reported on
the New York Stock Exchange on May 1, 2009.
INTRODUCTION
Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (referred to herein as the "Company," "our" or "we") is filing
this registration statement (this "Registration Statement") on Form S-8 relating to 1,500,000
shares of our Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Common Stock"), issuable under
the Amended and Restated Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. 2007 Incentive Award Plan (the "Plan").
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
We are not filing or including in this Registration Statement the information called for in
Part I of the Form S-8 (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules
and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission").
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Registration of Additional Securities
The Company has previously registered 1,123,181 shares of Common Stock, issuable under the
Plan by a registration statement on Form S-8 filed with the Commission on May 18, 2007,
Registration No. 333-143069 (the "Prior Registration Statement"). Under this Registration
Statement, the Company is registering an additional 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under
the Plan. The contents of the Prior Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein to
the extent not modified or superseded hereby or by any subsequently filed document that is
incorporated by reference herein or therein.
Item 8.
Exhibits
See Index to Exhibits on page 5.
2
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Foothill Ranch, State of California, on
this 7th day of May, 2009.
SKILLED HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/  Boyd W. Hendrickson
Boyd W. Hendrickson
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
and Director
By:
/s/  Devasis Ghose
Devasis Ghose
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer
By:
/s/  Christopher N. Felfe
Christopher N. Felfe
Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief
Accounting  Officer
3
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints Boyd Hendrickson,
Devasis Ghose and Roland Rapp as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full powers
of substitution to sign on his behalf, individually and in the capacities stated below, and to file
any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement and
other documents in connection with the registration statement, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting to those attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to perform any
other act on behalf of the undersigned required to be done.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities as of May 7, 2009.
Signature
Title
/s/ Boyd W. Hendrickson
Boyd W. Hendrickson
Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive
Officer) and Chairman of the Board of Directors
/s/ Devasis Ghose
Devasis Ghose
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Chris N. Felfe
Chris N. Felfe
Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief
Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Jose C. Lynch
President, Chief Operating Officer and Director
Jose C. Lynch
/s/ Michael E. Boxer
Michael E. Boxer
Director
/s/ Robert M. Le Blanc
Robert M. Le Blanc
Director
/s/ John M. Miller, V
John M. Miller, V
Director
/s/ M. Bernard Puckett
M. Bernard Puckett
Director
/s/ Glenn S. Schafer
Glenn S. Schafer
Director
/s/ William C. Scott
William C. Scott
Director
/s/ Michael D. Stephens
Michael D. Stephens
Director
4
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
4.1
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 27, 2005, by
and among SHG Acquisition Corp., all the subsidiaries of Skilled
Healthcare Group, Inc. listed therein, Credit Suisse First Boston,
LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. (filed as Exhibit 4.3 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-1, No. 333-137897, filed on
October 10, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.2
Investor Stockholders' Agreement, dated as of December 27, 2005,
among SHG Holding Solutions, Inc., Onex Partners LP and the
stockholders listed on the signature pages thereto (filed as
Exhibit 4.4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, No.
333-137897, filed on October 10, 2006, and incorporated herein by
reference).
4.3
Registration Agreement dated as of December 27, 2005, among SHG
Holding Solutions, Inc. and the persons listed thereon (filed as
Exhibit 4.5 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, No.
333-137897, filed on October 10, 2006, and incorporated herein by
reference).
5.1+
Opinion of Roland G. Rapp, Executive Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary, regarding the legality of the securities
being registered.
23.1+
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24+
Power of Attorney (included with the signature page to this
Registration Statement).
99.1
Amended and Restated Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. 2007 Incentive
Award Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the
Company's Definitive Proxy Statement filed on April 7, 2008).
+
Filed herewith
5