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<P ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>Registration No.
333-</B>____________ </FONT><HR WIDTH=100% SIZE=1 color=black NOSHADE></P>


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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION  <BR>Washington, D.C. 20549  </FONT></H1>

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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=3><B>FORM S-8</B>  <BR>REGISTRATION
STATEMENT <BR>Under <BR>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </FONT></P>

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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=4>MSO Holdings, Inc.</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD WIDTH=50% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Delaware</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=50% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>74-3134651</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>(State or other jurisdiction of</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>(I.R.S. Employer</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR>2333 Waukegan Road</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Suite 175</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Bannockburn, Illinois</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>60015</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>(Address of principal executive offices)</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>(Zip Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=3>MSO Holdings, Inc.</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=3>2004 Equity Incentive Plan</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=3>Warrants to purchase 691,072 shares of Common Stock</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>(Full title of the plan)</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD WIDTH=50% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Copy to:</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Albert Henry</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Kenneth D. Polin, Esq.</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>MSO Holdings, Inc.</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Foley &amp; Lardner LLP</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>2333 Waukegan Road, Suite 175</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>402 W. Broadway, 23rd Floor</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Bannockburn, Illinois 60015</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>San Diego, California 92101</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(847) 267-0801</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(619) 234-6655</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>(Name, address and telephone number,</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>including area code, of agent for service)</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TH COLSPAN=5><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</FONT><HR WIDTH=100% SIZE=2 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TH></TR>
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     <TH><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>Title of<BR>
Securities to be<BR>
Registered</FONT><HR WIDTH=100% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TH>
     <TH><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>Amount<BR>
to be<BR>
Registered</FONT><HR WIDTH=100% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TH>
     <TH><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Offering Price<BR>
Per Share</FONT><HR WIDTH=100% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TH>
     <TH><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Aggregate Offering<BR>
Price</FONT><HR WIDTH=100% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TH>
     <TH><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>Amount of<BR>
Registration Fee</FONT><HR WIDTH=100% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TH></TR>
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     <TD WIDTH=20% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>Common Stock,</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=20% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>2,305,356</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=20% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>$1.23(1)</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=20% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>$2,835,587.80(1)</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=20% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>$333.75</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>$.001 par value</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD COLSPAN=5><HR NOSHADE COLOR=#000000 SIZE=1></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>Common Stock underlying</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>691,072</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>$1.23(1)</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>$850,018.56(1)</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>$100.05</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>warrants</FONT></TD></TR>
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          Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933
          solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based on the average
          of the high and low prices for MSO Holdings, Inc. on September 30, 2005. </FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In
addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of additional shares of Common Stock that
may be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein as a result
of stock splits or stock dividends. </FONT></P>


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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>PART I </FONT></H1>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
document or documents containing the information specified in Part I are not required to
be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of this Form S-8 Registration
Statement. </FONT></P>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>PART II </FONT></H1>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </FONT></H1>

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<H1 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Incorporation of Documents
by Reference</U>. </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by MSO Holdings,
Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the &#147;Company&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;)
are hereby incorporated herein by reference: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          The
Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 2, 2005.  </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          The
Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 7, 2005.  </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          The
Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 4, 2005.  </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          The
Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated August 5, 2005.  </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          The
Company&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB for the quarterly period           ended
December 31, 2004 (Commission File No. 002-98395); for the quarterly           period
ended March 31, 2005 (Commission File No. 002-98395); and for the           quarterly
period ended June 30, 2005 (Commission File No. 002-98395).  </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after the date of filing of this
Registration Statement and prior to such time as the Company files a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents. </FONT></P>

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<H1 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Description of
Securities</U>. </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Holders
of the Company&#146;s common stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters to be
voted upon by the stockholder. In the event of a Company liquidation, dissolution, or
winding up, holders of common stock are entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining
after payment of liabilities, subject to the liquidation preference of any outstanding
preferred stock. The common stock has no preemptive, conversion, or other rights to
subscribe for additional securities. There are no redemption or sinking funds provisions
applicable to the common stock. All outstanding shares of common stock are validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable. The rights, preferences and privileges of holders of common
stock are subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of
shares of any series of preferred stock that the Company may designate and issue in the
future. </FONT></P>

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<H1 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Interests of
Named Experts and Counsel</U>. </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not
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<H1 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Indemnification
of Directors and Officers</U>. </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Set
forth below is a description of certain provisions of the Company&#146;s Amended
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws and the Delaware General Corporation Law
(&#147;DGCL&#148;), as such provisions relate to the indemnification of the directors and
officers of the Company. This description is intended only as a summary and is qualified
in its entirety by reference to the Amended Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, and the
DGCL. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Company&#146;s Bylaws provides that the Company shall, to the full extent permitted by the
DGCL, as amended from time to time, indemnify its directors, officers and certain other
persons (subject to certain conditions and qualifications) and eliminates the personal
liability of its directors to the full extent permitted by Section 102 (b) (7) of the
DGCL, as amended from time to time. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section
145 of the DGCL permits a corporation to indemnify its directors and officers against
expenses (including attorney&#146;s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlements actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with any action, suit
or proceeding brought by third parties, if such directors or officers acted in good faith
and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable
cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. In a derivative action, <I>i.e.,</I> one by
or in the right of the corporation, indemnification may be made only for expenses actually
and reasonably incurred by directors and officers in connection with the defense or
settlement of an action or suit, and only with respect to a matter as to which they shall
have acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made if
such person shall have been adjudged liable for negligence or misconduct in the
performance of his respective duties to the corporation, although the court in which the
action or suit was brought may determine upon application that the defendant officers or
directors are reasonably entitled to indemnification for such expenses despite such
adjudication of liability. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In
accordance with Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation contains a provision limiting the personal liability of a
director to the Company 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 (i) for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the
corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which
involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of
the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit. No such provision shall eliminate or limit the ability of a director for any act
or omission occurring prior to the date which such provision becomes effective. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Company maintains insurance on behalf of its officers and directors which, subject to
certain exceptions, covers liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933. </FONT></P>

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<H1 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Exemption from
Registration Claimed</U>. </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not
applicable. </FONT></P>


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<H1 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Exhibits</U>. </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
exhibits filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference are set forth in the attached
Exhibit Index. </FONT></P>

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<H1 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Undertakings</U>. </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:  </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
          post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:  </FONT></P>





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<TD WIDTH=95%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
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<TD WIDTH=95%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 the Registration
Statement;  </FONT>
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<TD WIDTH=95%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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;  </FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=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 Securities and Exchange Commission by the
Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 herein, and the           offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona           fide offering
thereof.  </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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.  </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this           Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement           relating to the
securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities           at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.  </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 Securities and Exchange Commission           such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 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 Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of           such issue.  </FONT></P>



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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><U>SIGNATURES</U> </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 Bannockburn, State of Illinois, on
this 22nd day of September, 2005. </FONT></P>

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     <TD WIDTH=50% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>MSO Holdings, Inc.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>By:&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>/s/ Albert Henry</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Albert J. Henry</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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. Each person
whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Albert J. Henry and Tom Mason and
each of them individually, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and any additional registration
statement to be filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or
her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </FONT></P>



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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><U>Title</U></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><U>Date</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD WIDTH=30% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR><BR>/s/ Albert Henry</FONT><HR WIDTH=60% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=30% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=40% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>September 22, 2005</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Albert Henry</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR><BR>/s/ Steven Straus</FONT><HR WIDTH=60% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>President, Chief Operating Officer and</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>September 22, 2005</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Steven Straus</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR><BR>/s/ Tom Mason</FONT><HR WIDTH=60% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>September 22, 2005</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Tom Mason</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR><BR>/s/ Randolph C. Steer, Ph. D</FONT><HR WIDTH=60% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>September 22, 2005</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Randolph C. Steer, Ph.D</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR><BR>/s/ Eugene Terry</FONT><HR WIDTH=60% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>September 22, 2005</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Eugene Terry</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR><BR>/s/ Craig Jeffries</FONT><HR WIDTH=60% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>September 22, 2005</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Craig Jeffries</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD WIDTH=65% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><U>Number</U></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=10%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>3.1  </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of MSO Holdings,  Inc. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to                   the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K
filed on June 2, 2005).</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Bylaws
of MSO Holdings,  Inc.  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's
 Current Report on Form 8-K                   filed on June 2, 2005).</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Opinion
of Foley &amp; Lardner LLP.*</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>2004
Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Company&#146;s
registration statement on Form SB-2 filed August 25, 2005). </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Form
of Option under the MSO Holdings, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Company&#146;s registration statement on Form SB-2 filed
August 25, 2005). </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Consent
of BDO Seidman, LLP.*</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Consent
of Foley &amp; Lardner (contained in Exhibit 5).*</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Power
of Attorney (contained on the signature page hereto).*</FONT></TD>
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Registration No.
333-
____________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
_________________
MSO Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
74-3134651
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
2333 Waukegan Road
Suite 175
Bannockburn, Illinois
60015
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
MSO Holdings, Inc.
2004 Equity Incentive Plan
Warrants to purchase 691,072 shares of Common Stock
(Full title of the plan)
_________________
Copy to:
Albert Henry
Chief Executive Officer
Kenneth D. Polin, Esq.
MSO Holdings, Inc.
Foley & Lardner LLP
2333 Waukegan Road, Suite 175
402 W. Broadway, 23rd Floor
Bannockburn, Illinois 60015
San Diego, California 92101
(847) 267-0801
(619) 234-6655
(Name, address and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
_________________
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Securities to be
Registered
Amount
to be
Registered
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock,
2,305,356
$1.23(1)
$2,835,587.80(1)
$333.75
$.001 par value
Common Stock underlying
691,072
$1.23(1)
$850,018.56(1)
$100.05
warrants
(1)
Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933
          solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based on the average
          of the high and low prices for MSO Holdings, Inc. on September 30, 2005.
_________________
In
addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of additional shares of Common Stock that
may be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein as a result
of stock splits or stock dividends.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The
document or documents containing the information specified in Part I are not required to
be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of this Form S-8 Registration
Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents
by Reference
.
The
following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by MSO Holdings,
Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the "Company" or the "Registrant")
are hereby incorporated herein by reference:
1.                 The
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 2, 2005.
2.                 The
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 7, 2005.
3.                 The
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 4, 2005.
4.                 The
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated August 5, 2005.
5.                 The
Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-QSB for the quarterly period           ended
December 31, 2004 (Commission File No. 002-98395); for the quarterly           period
ended March 31, 2005 (Commission File No. 002-98395); and for the           quarterly
period ended June 30, 2005 (Commission File No. 002-98395).
All
documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after the date of filing of this
Registration Statement and prior to such time as the Company files a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4.
Description of
Securities
.
Holders
of the Company's common stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters to be
voted upon by the stockholder. In the event of a Company liquidation, dissolution, or
winding up, holders of common stock are entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining
after payment of liabilities, subject to the liquidation preference of any outstanding
preferred stock. The common stock has no preemptive, conversion, or other rights to
subscribe for additional securities. There are no redemption or sinking funds provisions
applicable to the common stock. All outstanding shares of common stock are validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable. The rights, preferences and privileges of holders of common
stock are subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of
shares of any series of preferred stock that the Company may designate and issue in the
future.
Item 5.
Interests of
Named Experts and Counsel
.
Not
Applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification
of Directors and Officers
.
Set
forth below is a description of certain provisions of the Company's Amended
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws and the Delaware General Corporation Law
("DGCL"), as such provisions relate to the indemnification of the directors and
officers of the Company. This description is intended only as a summary and is qualified
in its entirety by reference to the Amended Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, and the
DGCL.
The
Company's Bylaws provides that the Company shall, to the full extent permitted by the
DGCL, as amended from time to time, indemnify its directors, officers and certain other
persons (subject to certain conditions and qualifications) and eliminates the personal
liability of its directors to the full extent permitted by Section 102 (b) (7) of the
DGCL, as amended from time to time.
Section
145 of the DGCL permits a corporation to indemnify its directors and officers against
expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlements actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with any action, suit
or proceeding brought by third parties, if such directors or officers acted in good faith
and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable
cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. In a derivative action,
i.e.,
one by
or in the right of the corporation, indemnification may be made only for expenses actually
and reasonably incurred by directors and officers in connection with the defense or
settlement of an action or suit, and only with respect to a matter as to which they shall
have acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made if
such person shall have been adjudged liable for negligence or misconduct in the
performance of his respective duties to the corporation, although the court in which the
action or suit was brought may determine upon application that the defendant officers or
directors are reasonably entitled to indemnification for such expenses despite such
adjudication of liability.
In
accordance with Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL the Company's Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation contains a provision limiting the personal liability of a
director to the Company 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 (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the
corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which
involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of
the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit. No such provision shall eliminate or limit the ability of a director for any act
or omission occurring prior to the date which such provision becomes effective.
The
Company maintains insurance on behalf of its officers and directors which, subject to
certain exceptions, covers liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933.
Item 7.
Exemption from
Registration Claimed
.
Not
applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
The
exhibits filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference are set forth in the attached
Exhibit Index.
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 the Registration
Statement;
(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 Securities and Exchange Commission by the
Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2)                 That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of           1933,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new           registration
statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the           offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona           fide offering
thereof.
(3)                 To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
          securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
          offering.
(b)                 The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining           any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the           Registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of           the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in this           Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement           relating to the
securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities           at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)                 Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of           1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the           Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant           has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission           such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the 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 Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of           such issue.
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 Bannockburn, State of Illinois, on
this 22nd day of September, 2005.
MSO Holdings, Inc.
By:
/s/ Albert Henry
Albert J. Henry
Chairman 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. Each person
whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Albert J. Henry and Tom Mason and
each of them individually, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and any additional registration
statement to be filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his or
her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Albert Henry
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
September 22, 2005
Albert Henry
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Steven Straus
President, Chief Operating Officer and
September 22, 2005
Steven Straus
Director
/s/ Tom Mason
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial
September 22, 2005
Tom Mason
Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Randolph C. Steer, Ph. D
Director
September 22, 2005
Randolph C. Steer, Ph.D
/s/ Eugene Terry
Director
September 22, 2005
Eugene Terry
/s/ Craig Jeffries
Director
September 22, 2005
Craig Jeffries
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
3.1
Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of MSO Holdings,  Inc. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to                   the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K
filed on June 2, 2005).
3.2
Bylaws
of MSO Holdings,  Inc.  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's
 Current Report on Form 8-K                   filed on June 2, 2005).
5.1
Opinion
of Foley & Lardner LLP.*
10.8
2004
Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Company's
registration statement on Form SB-2 filed August 25, 2005).
10.9
Form
of Option under the MSO Holdings, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Company's registration statement on Form SB-2 filed
August 25, 2005).
23.1
Consent
of BDO Seidman, LLP.*
23.2
Consent
of Foley & Lardner (contained in Exhibit 5).*
24.1
Power
of Attorney (contained on the signature page hereto).*
* Filed Herewith