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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 17, 2007</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333- </B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>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: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of <BR>
Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>20-3934755</B><BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>27442 Portola Parkway, Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Foothill Ranch, California 92610</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SKILLED HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC. 2007 INCENTIVE AWARD<BR>
PLAN</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(</B>Full Title of the Plan)<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Roland Rapp<BR>
General Counsel, Secretary and Chief<BR>
Administrative Officer<BR>
Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc.<BR>
27442 Portola Parkway, Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Foothill Ranch, California 92610<BR>
(949)&nbsp;282-5800</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><I>Copies to:</I></B><BR>
<B>Jonn R. Beeson, Esq.<BR>
Latham &#038; Watkins LLP<BR>
650 Town Center Drive, 20<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th </SUP> Floor<BR>
Costa Mesa, California 92626-1925<BR>
(714)&nbsp;540-1235</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(Name and Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,<BR>
Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Class&nbsp;A Common
Stock, par value
$0.001 per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" nowrap>18,139,373.15</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">556.88</TD>
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    <TD>Represents 1,123,181 shares issuable under the Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. 2007
Incentive Award Plan (the &#147;2007 Plan&#148;). In accordance with Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, this registration statement will also cover any additional shares of
Class&nbsp;A Common Stock which become issuable under the Plan by reason of any stock dividend,
stock split, recapitalization or similar transaction.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee under Rule 457(h) and
(c)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), and is based on (i)
the weighted average exercise price of $15.50 per share for 134,000&nbsp;shares subject to
outstanding options, and (ii)&nbsp;the average of the high and low sales prices ($16.24) of a share
of our Class&nbsp;A Common Stock, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May&nbsp;15, 2007, for the
remaining 989,181 shares of our Class&nbsp;A Common Stock available for future issuance under
the 2007 Plan.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INTRODUCTION</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This registration statement on Form S-8 is filed by Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (referred
to herein as &#147;our,&#148; &#147;we&#148; or &#147;us&#148;) relating to 1,123,181 shares of our Class&nbsp;A Common
Stock, $0.001 par value per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), issuable to our eligible employees, directors
and consultants under the Plan.
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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: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We are not filing or including in this Form S-8 the information called for in Part&nbsp;I of the
Form S-8 (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations
of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;).
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. </B><U><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Commission allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with it, which
means that we can disclose important information to you by referring to those documents. The
information incorporated by reference is an important part of this registration statement, and
information that we file later with the Commission will automatically update and supersede this
information. We incorporate by reference the following documents we have filed, or may file, with
the Commission:
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    <TD>The description of the Common Stock contained in our Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;8-A (No.&nbsp;001-33459) filed on May&nbsp;10, 2007, under the
Section 12(b) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description; and</TD>
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    <TD>Prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) promulgated under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), on May&nbsp;16, 2007, in
connection with our Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended
(No.&nbsp;333-137897).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, this registration statement will incorporate by reference all documents we file
under Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this registration
statement and before the filing of a post-effective amendment stating that all securities offered
have been sold or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold. All those documents will be
considered a part of this registration statement from the respective dates we file them. A Current
Report on Form 8-K furnished to the Commission will not be incorporated by reference into this
registration statement. Any statement in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this registration statement will be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent
that a statement contained in this registration statement or in any other later filed document that
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference modifies or supersedes the statement. Any
statement modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to be a part
of this registration statement.
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<U>Description of Securities</U></B>
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<U>Named Experts and Counsel</U></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6.
<U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that the personal liability of
our directors is eliminated to the fullest extent permitted under the Delaware General Corporation
Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;). This provision of our Certificate does not eliminate all fiduciary duties of our
directors to us and, in appropriate circumstances, equitable remedies such as injunctive or other
forms of nonmonetary relief will remain available to us.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL empowers a corporation to indemnify its directors and officers
and to purchase insurance with respect to liability arising out of their capacity or status as
directors and officers, provided that the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person
reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the company, and, with respect to any criminal
action, had no reasonable cause to believe the person&#146;s actions were unlawful. The DGCL provides
further that the indemnification permitted thereunder shall not be deemed exclusive of any other
rights to which the directors and officers may be entitled under the corporation&#146;s bylaws, any
agreement, a vote of stockholders or otherwise. Our amended and restated bylaws require us to fully
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of ours, or is or was serving at our request as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses
(including attorney&#146;s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, we have entered into separate indemnification agreements with our directors,
officers and certain employees which requires us, among other things, to indemnify them against
certain liabilities which may arise by reason of their status as directors, officers or certain
other employees. We maintain liability insurance for our officers and directors.
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;These indemnification provisions and the indemnification agreements entered into between us
and our officers and directors may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of our officers
and directors for liabilities (including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the
Securities Act. The foregoing statements are subject to the detailed provisions of the DGCL and to
the applicable provisions of our Certificate and bylaws.
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<U>Exemption From Registration Claimed</U></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<U>Exhibits</U></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Index to Exhibits on page 7.
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<U>Undertakings</U></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;(a)&nbsp;We hereby undertake:
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the matters stated above, any increase or decrease
in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed the value we registered) and any deviation from the
low or high
end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
a </TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #textcolor#; background: #bgcolor#">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>prospectus filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 424(b) if, in
the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20
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</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 6pt">
<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to include any material information with respect to the plan
of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to that information in the registration statement;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant in accordance with Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement.
</DIV>


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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;We hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each filing of our annual report under Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act
(and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report under Section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement will be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the offered securities, and the offering of
securities at that time will be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;To the extent that indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant in accordance with the
provisions mentioned above, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission indemnification under those circumstances is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against those 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 the 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 indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of the issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant, Skilled
Healthcare Group, Inc., 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 and authorized the officers whose
signatures appear below to sign this Registration Statement on its behalf by, in the City of
Foothill Ranch, State of California, on May 17, 2007.
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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>SKILLED HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Boyd Hendrickson
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Boyd Hendrickson, Chief Executive Officer and&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairman of the Board of Directors&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <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">&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/ John E. King
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" nowrap>John E. King, Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints Boyd Hendrickson and
John E. King as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full powers of substitution
to sign on his behalf, individually and in the capacities stated below, and to file any and all
amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement and other documents
in connection with the registration statement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting to those attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to perform any other act on
behalf of the undersigned required to be done.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated
as of May 17, 2007
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    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <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>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Boyd Hendrickson&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)&nbsp;and</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Boyd Hendrickson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board of Directors</TD>
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<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>
</TR>

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jose Lynch</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jose Lynch
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;President
and Chief Operating Officer and Director</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John E. King</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000"></DIV>
John E. King
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal&nbsp;Financial
Officer)</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Peter A. Reynolds&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Peter A. Reynolds
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting&nbsp;Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert M. Le Blanc</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert M. Le Blanc
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;Lead
Director</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael E. Boxer</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael E. Boxer
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John M. Miller, V</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John M. Miller, V
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;Director</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Glenn S. Schafer</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Glenn S. Schafer
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;Director</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William Scott</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William Scott
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;Director</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>EXHIBIT</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1&#043;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Roland Rapp, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief
Administrative Officer, regarding the legality of the securities being
registered.</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1&#043;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Roland Rapp, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief
Administrative Officer (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2&#043;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Skilled
Healthcare Group, Inc.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3&#043;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Sunset Healthcare</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24&#043;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included with the signature page to this Registration
Statement).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Skilled Healthcare Group 2007 Incentive Award Plan. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.3 to the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1/A
filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;27, 2007)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 17, 2007
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
20-3934755
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
27442 Portola Parkway, Suite 200
Foothill Ranch, California 92610
(Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code)
SKILLED HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC. 2007 INCENTIVE AWARD
PLAN
(
Full Title of the Plan)
Roland Rapp
General Counsel, Secretary and Chief
Administrative Officer
Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc.
27442 Portola Parkway, Suite 200
Foothill Ranch, California 92610
(949) 282-5800
Copies to:
Jonn R. Beeson, Esq.
Latham & Watkins LLP
650 Town Center Drive, 20
th
Floor
Costa Mesa, California 92626-1925
(714) 540-1235
(Name and Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Amount
Maximum
Aggregate
Amount of
to be
Offering Price
Offering
Registration
Registered (1)
Per Share (2)
Price (2)
Fee
Class A Common
Stock, par value
$0.001 per share
1,123,181
$
16.15
$
18,139,373.15
$
556.88
(1)
Represents 1,123,181 shares issuable under the Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. 2007
Incentive Award Plan (the "2007 Plan"). In accordance with Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, this registration statement will also cover any additional shares of
Class A Common Stock which become issuable under the Plan by reason of any stock dividend,
stock split, recapitalization or similar transaction.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee under Rule 457(h) and
(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and is based on (i)
the weighted average exercise price of $15.50 per share for 134,000 shares subject to
outstanding options, and (ii) the average of the high and low sales prices ($16.24) of a share
of our Class A Common Stock, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May 15, 2007, for the
remaining 989,181 shares of our Class A Common Stock available for future issuance under
the 2007 Plan.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.2
EXHIBIT 23.3
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INTRODUCTION
This registration statement on Form S-8 is filed by Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (referred
to herein as "our," "we" or "us") relating to 1,123,181 shares of our Class A Common
Stock, $0.001 par value per share ("Common Stock"), issuable to our eligible employees, directors
and consultants under the Plan.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
We are not filing or including in this Form S-8 the information called for in Part I of the
Form S-8 (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and regulations
of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission").
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The Commission allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with it, which
means that we can disclose important information to you by referring to those documents. The
information incorporated by reference is an important part of this registration statement, and
information that we file later with the Commission will automatically update and supersede this
information. We incorporate by reference the following documents we have filed, or may file, with
the Commission:
(a)
The description of the Common Stock contained in our Registration Statement on
Form 8-A (No. 001-33459) filed on May 10, 2007, under the
Section 12(b) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description; and
(b)
Prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) promulgated under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), on May 16, 2007, in
connection with our Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended
(No. 333-137897).
In addition, this registration statement will incorporate by reference all documents we file
under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this registration
statement and before the filing of a post-effective amendment stating that all securities offered
have been sold or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold. All those documents will be
considered a part of this registration statement from the respective dates we file them. A Current
Report on Form 8-K furnished to the Commission will not be incorporated by reference into this
registration statement. Any statement in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this registration statement will be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent
that a statement contained in this registration statement or in any other later filed document that
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference modifies or supersedes the statement. Any
statement modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to be a part
of this registration statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
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Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that the personal liability of
our directors is eliminated to the fullest extent permitted under the Delaware General Corporation
Law (the "DGCL"). This provision of our Certificate does not eliminate all fiduciary duties of our
directors to us and, in appropriate circumstances, equitable remedies such as injunctive or other
forms of nonmonetary relief will remain available to us.
Section 145 of the DGCL empowers a corporation to indemnify its directors and officers
and to purchase insurance with respect to liability arising out of their capacity or status as
directors and officers, provided that the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person
reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the company, and, with respect to any criminal
action, had no reasonable cause to believe the person's actions were unlawful. The DGCL provides
further that the indemnification permitted thereunder shall not be deemed exclusive of any other
rights to which the directors and officers may be entitled under the corporation's bylaws, any
agreement, a vote of stockholders or otherwise. Our amended and restated bylaws require us to fully
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of ours, or is or was serving at our request as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses
(including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
In addition, we have entered into separate indemnification agreements with our directors,
officers and certain employees which requires us, among other things, to indemnify them against
certain liabilities which may arise by reason of their status as directors, officers or certain
other employees. We maintain liability insurance for our officers and directors.
These indemnification provisions and the indemnification agreements entered into between us
and our officers and directors may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of our officers
and directors for liabilities (including reimbursement of expenses incurred) arising under the
Securities Act. The foregoing statements are subject to the detailed provisions of the DGCL and to
the applicable provisions of our Certificate and bylaws.
Item 7.
Exemption From Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
See Index to Exhibits on page 7.
Item 9.
Undertakings
(a) We hereby undertake:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i)
to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;
(ii)
to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the matters stated above, any increase or decrease
in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed the value we registered) and any deviation from the
low or high
end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
a
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prospectus filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 424(b) if, in
the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 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 that 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
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant in accordance with Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
post-effective amendment will be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
offered securities, and the offering of the securities at that time will 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) We hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act, each filing of our annual report under Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act
(and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report under Section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement will be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the offered securities, and the offering of
securities at that time will be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) To the extent that indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant in accordance with the
provisions mentioned above, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission indemnification under those circumstances is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against those 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 the 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 indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of the issue.
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SIGNATURES
In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant, Skilled
Healthcare Group, Inc., 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 and authorized the officers whose
signatures appear below to sign this Registration Statement on its behalf by, in the City of
Foothill Ranch, State of California, on May 17, 2007.
SKILLED HEALTHCARE GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/ Boyd Hendrickson
Boyd Hendrickson, Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of Directors
By:
/s/ John E. King
John E. King, Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints Boyd Hendrickson and
John E. King as attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full powers of substitution
to sign on his behalf, individually and in the capacities stated below, and to file any and all
amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this registration statement and other documents
in connection with the registration statement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting to those attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to perform any other act on
behalf of the undersigned required to be done.
In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated
as of May 17, 2007
Signature
Title
/s/ Boyd Hendrickson
Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and
Boyd Hendrickson
Chairman of the Board of Directors
/s/ Jose Lynch
Jose Lynch
President
and Chief Operating Officer and Director
/s/ John E. King
John E. King
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial
Officer)
/s/ Peter A. Reynolds
Peter A. Reynolds
Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Robert M. Le Blanc
Robert M. Le Blanc
Lead
Director
/s/ Michael E. Boxer
Michael E. Boxer
Director
/s/ John M. Miller, V
John M. Miller, V
Director
/s/ Glenn S. Schafer
Glenn S. Schafer
Director
/s/ William Scott
William Scott
Director
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
5.1+
Opinion of Roland Rapp, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief
Administrative Officer, regarding the legality of the securities being
registered.
23.1+
Consent of Roland Rapp, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief
Administrative Officer (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2+
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Skilled
Healthcare Group, Inc.
23.3+
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, Sunset Healthcare
24+
Power of Attorney (included with the signature page to this Registration
Statement).
99.1
Skilled Healthcare Group 2007 Incentive Award Plan. (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1/A
filed with the Commission on April 27, 2007)
+
Filed herewith
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