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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;11, 2008</B></DIV>


<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 3pt; margin-right: 10%"><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</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: 12pt; margin-top:02pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>HEALTH GRADES, 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 align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>62-1623449</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>500 Golden Ridge Road, Suite&nbsp;100<BR>
Golden, Colorado 80401</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Health Grades, Inc. 2006 Equity Compensation Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Kerry R. Hicks<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>
500 Golden Ridge Road, Suite&nbsp;100<BR>
Golden, Colorado 80401<BR>
(303)&nbsp;716-0041</B><BR>
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,<BR>
of agent for service)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Copy to</B>:<BR>
<B>Douglas R. Wright, Esq.<BR>
Faegre &#038; Benson LLP<BR>
3200 Wells Fargo Center<BR>
1700 Lincoln Street<BR>
Denver, Colorado 80203<BR>
(303)&nbsp;607-3500</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>

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<TR valign="top"><TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
<TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="center">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
<TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Calculation of Registration Fee</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">Title of securities</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Amount to</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Proposed maximum</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Proposed maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">To be registered</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">be registered (1)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">offering price per share (2)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">aggregate offering price (2)</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $.001 per
share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">4,767,845</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">3.52</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">16,782,814</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">660</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also
covers any additional securities that may be offered or issued in connection with any stock
split, stock dividend or similar transaction.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) and 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933. The proposed
maximum offering price per share represents the average of the high and low prices of the Common
Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on August&nbsp;5, 2008.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.*</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011"><U>SIGNATURES</U></A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">Index of Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="d59346exv5w1.htm">Opinion of Faegre & Benson LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>

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    <TD>Information required by Part&nbsp;I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from
the Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.</TD>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Health Grades, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) incorporates by reference the following documents filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;):
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March&nbsp;31, 2008 and June&nbsp;30, 2008;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;10, 2008;
and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)&nbsp;The description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, par value $0.001, contained in the
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;20, 2005, as the same may be
amended from time to time.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all other reports and documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission
pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
&#147;Exchange Act&#148;) subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement (except for portions of the
Registrant&#146;s current reports furnished, as opposed to filed, on Form 8-K) and prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all the securities offered have been sold or that
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by
reference and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents with the
Commission.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference
in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement or
incorporated by reference or in any other
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference modifies or
supersedes the statement. Any 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: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (&#147;DGCL&#148;), a corporation may
indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents and its former directors, officers,
employees and agents and those who serve, at the corporation&#146;s request, in such capacities with
another enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), as well as judgments, fines and
settlements in nonderivative lawsuits, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the
defense of any action, suit or proceeding in which they or any of them were or are made parties or
are threatened to be made parties by reason of their serving or having served in such capacity. The
DGCL provides, however, that such person must have acted in good faith and in a manner such person
reasonably believed to be in (or not opposed to) the best interests of the corporation and, in the
case of a criminal action, such person must have had no reasonable cause to believe his or her
conduct was unlawful. In addition, the DGCL does not permit indemnification in an action or suit by
or in the right of the corporation, where such person has been adjudged liable to the corporation,
unless, and only to the extent that, a court determines that such person fairly and reasonably is
entitled to indemnity for costs the court deems proper in light of liability adjudication.
Indemnity is mandatory to the extent a claim, issue or matter has been successfully defended.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s bylaws, as amended, require it to indemnify any person who was or is an
authorized representative of the Registrant to the same extent permitted by the DGCL. The
Registrant has also purchased directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to include in its certificate of
incorporation a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the
corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director: (1)&nbsp;for any
breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; (2)&nbsp;for acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
(3)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL (relating to unlawful payment of dividends and unlawful stock
purchase and redemption); or (4)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derived an improper
personal benefit.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;7 of the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that,
to the full extent that the DGCL (as it now exists or may hereafter be amended) permits the
limitation or elimination of the liability of directors, a director of the Registrant shall not be
liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director. Neither the amendment nor repeal of such Article&nbsp;7, nor the adoption of any provision to
the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with Article&nbsp;7 will
eliminate or reduce the effect of Article&nbsp;7 in respect of any acts or omissions of a director of
the Registrant occurring prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following is a list of all exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement or, as
noted, incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
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    <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">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Health Grades,
Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s
Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2001).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD 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">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Health Grades, Inc. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registrant&#146;s
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30,
2004, filed on May&nbsp;2, 2005).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD 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">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Faegre &#038; Benson LLP.</DIV></TD>
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    <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">10.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Health Grades, Inc. 2006 Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated by
reference to the Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement filed on
June&nbsp;26, 2006).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <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 Grant Thornton LLP.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD 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">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Faegre &#038; Benson LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(1)&nbsp;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: 4%">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in 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 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>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
change to such information in the registration statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%"><I>provided, however, </I>that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in 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 this registration
statement;
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(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.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of the
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 bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act of 1933 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: 18pt"><U><B>SIGNATURES</B></U>
</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 Golden, Colorado, on this eleventh day of August, 2008.
</DIV>

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    <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"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Health Grades, Inc.</FONT><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/ Kerry R. Hicks
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Kerry R. Hicks&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left"><I>Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</I>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Kerry R. Hicks and Allen Dodge or either of them (with full power to each of them to
act alone), as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf to sign any and all
amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and any documents required to be filed
with respect therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any regulatory authority,
granting unto such 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 to be done in connection therewith
and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause 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, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant in the capacities indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <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">/s/ Kerry R. Hicks
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kerry R. Hicks<br>
<I>Principal Executive Officer</I>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief
Executive Officer
and Chairman of the
Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;11, 2008</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Allen Dodge
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Allen Dodge<br>
<I>Principal Accounting and Financial Officer</I>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice
President, Chief
Financial Officer,
Secretary and
Treasurer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;11, 2008</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Mary Boland
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;11, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR >
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
Mary Boland</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <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">/s/ Leslie S. Matthews, M.D.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;11, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
Leslie S. Matthews, M.D.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <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">/s/ John Quattrone
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;11, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR >
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
John Quattrone</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <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">/s/ Michael Beaudoin
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;11, 2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR >
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
Michael Beaudoin</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Index of Exhibits</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Exhibits (including those incorporated by reference):
</DIV>

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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></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">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Health Grades,
Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s
Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2001).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD 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">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Health Grades, Inc. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registrant&#146;s
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30,
2004, filed on May&nbsp;2, 2005).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD 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">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Faegre &#038; Benson LLP.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD 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">Health Grades, Inc. 2006 Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated by
reference to the Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement filed on
June&nbsp;26, 2006).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD 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 Grant Thornton LLP.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD 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">23.2</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 11, 2008
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
HEALTH GRADES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
62-1623449
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
500 Golden Ridge Road, Suite 100
Golden, Colorado 80401
(Address of principal executive offices)
Health Grades, Inc. 2006 Equity Compensation Plan
(Full title of plan)
Kerry R. Hicks
Chief Executive Officer
500 Golden Ridge Road, Suite 100
Golden, Colorado 80401
(303) 716-0041
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
Copy to
:
Douglas R. Wright, Esq.
Faegre & Benson LLP
3200 Wells Fargo Center
1700 Lincoln Street
Denver, Colorado 80203
(303) 607-3500
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
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
Calculation of Registration Fee
Title of securities
Amount to
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
To be registered
be registered (1)
offering price per share (2)
aggregate offering price (2)
registration fee
Common Stock, par
value $.001 per
share
4,767,845
$
3.52
$
16,782,814
$
660
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also
covers any additional securities that may be offered or issued in connection with any stock
split, stock dividend or similar transaction.
(2)
Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) and 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933. The proposed
maximum offering price per share represents the average of the high and low prices of the Common
Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on August 5, 2008.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
Index of Exhibits
Opinion of Faegre & Benson LLP
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
*
*
Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from
the Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Health Grades, Inc. (the "Registrant") incorporates by reference the following documents filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"):
(1) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007;
(2) Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2008 and June 30, 2008;
(3) Amendment No. 1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 10, 2008;
and
(4) The description of the Registrant's common stock, par value $0.001, contained in the
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on April 20, 2005, as the same may be
amended from time to time.
In addition, all other reports and documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
"Exchange Act") subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement (except for portions of the
Registrant's current reports furnished, as opposed to filed, on Form 8-K) and prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all the securities offered have been sold or that
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by
reference and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents with the
Commission.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference
in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in this Registration Statement or
incorporated by reference or in any other
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subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference modifies or
supersedes the statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as
so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL"), a corporation may
indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents and its former directors, officers,
employees and agents and those who serve, at the corporation's request, in such capacities with
another enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), as well as judgments, fines and
settlements in nonderivative lawsuits, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the
defense of any action, suit or proceeding in which they or any of them were or are made parties or
are threatened to be made parties by reason of their serving or having served in such capacity. The
DGCL provides, however, that such person must have acted in good faith and in a manner such person
reasonably believed to be in (or not opposed to) the best interests of the corporation and, in the
case of a criminal action, such person must have had no reasonable cause to believe his or her
conduct was unlawful. In addition, the DGCL does not permit indemnification in an action or suit by
or in the right of the corporation, where such person has been adjudged liable to the corporation,
unless, and only to the extent that, a court determines that such person fairly and reasonably is
entitled to indemnity for costs the court deems proper in light of liability adjudication.
Indemnity is mandatory to the extent a claim, issue or matter has been successfully defended.
The Registrant's bylaws, as amended, require it to indemnify any person who was or is an
authorized representative of the Registrant to the same extent permitted by the DGCL. The
Registrant has also purchased directors' and officers' liability insurance.
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to include in its certificate of
incorporation a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director to the
corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
provided that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director: (1) for any
breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; (2) for acts or
omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
(3) under Section 174 of the DGCL (relating to unlawful payment of dividends and unlawful stock
purchase and redemption); or (4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper
personal benefit.
Article 7 of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that,
to the full extent that the DGCL (as it now exists or may hereafter be amended) permits the
limitation or elimination of the liability of directors, a director of the Registrant shall not be
liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director. Neither the amendment nor repeal of such Article 7, nor the adoption of any provision to
the Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with Article 7 will
eliminate or reduce the effect of Article 7 in respect of any acts or omissions of a director of
the Registrant occurring prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption of an inconsistent provision.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
The following is a list of all exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement or, as
noted, incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Health Grades,
Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001).
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Health Grades, Inc. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
2004, filed on May 2, 2005).
5.1
Opinion of Faegre & Benson LLP.
10.1
Health Grades, Inc. 2006 Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated by
reference to the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement filed on
June 26, 2006).
23.1
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP.
23.2
Consent of Faegre & Benson LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(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 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 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
(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 the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in 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 this registration
statement;
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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of the
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 of 1933
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act of 1933 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 Golden, Colorado, on this eleventh day of August, 2008.
Health Grades, Inc.
By:
/s/ Kerry R. Hicks
Kerry R. Hicks
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Kerry R. Hicks and Allen Dodge or either of them (with full power to each of them to
act alone), as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and on his or her behalf to sign any and all
amendments (including, without limitation, post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and any documents required to be filed
with respect therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any regulatory authority,
granting unto such 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 to be done in connection therewith
and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant in the capacities indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Kerry R. Hicks
Kerry R. Hicks
Principal Executive Officer
President, Chief
Executive Officer
and Chairman of the
Board
August 11, 2008
/s/ Allen Dodge
Allen Dodge
Principal Accounting and Financial Officer
Executive Vice
President, Chief
Financial Officer,
Secretary and
Treasurer
August 11, 2008
/s/ Mary Boland
Director
August 11, 2008
Mary Boland
/s/ Leslie S. Matthews, M.D.
Director
August 11, 2008
Leslie S. Matthews, M.D.
/s/ John Quattrone
Director
August 11, 2008
John Quattrone
/s/ Michael Beaudoin
Director
August 11, 2008
Michael Beaudoin
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Index of Exhibits
Exhibits (including those incorporated by reference):
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Health Grades,
Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001).
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Health Grades, Inc. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
2004, filed on May 2, 2005).
5.1
Opinion of Faegre & Benson LLP.
10.1
Health Grades, Inc. 2006 Equity Compensation Plan (incorporated by
reference to the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement filed on
June 26, 2006).
23.1
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP.
23.2
Consent of Faegre & Benson LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).