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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;15, 2005</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(formerly Lakers Holding Corp.)</B><br>
<I>(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)</I><br></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(State or Other Jurisdiction</I>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(I.R.S. Employer</I></TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>103 Powell Court, Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027<BR>
(615)&nbsp;372-8500</B><BR>
<I>(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)</I><BR>
<B>Kenneth C. Donahey<BR>
President<BR>
103 Powell Court, Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027<BR>
(615)&nbsp;372-8500</B><BR>
<I>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</I><BR>
<B>LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC. 1998 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN<BR>
LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN<BR>
LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC. MANAGEMENT STOCK PURCHASE PLAN<BR>
LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN<BR>
LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC. OUTSIDE DIRECTOR&#146;S STOCK AND<BR>
INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN</B><BR>
<I>(Full titles of the plans)</I><BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>Copies to:</I><br>
<B>Morton A. Pierce, Esq.<br>
Jack S. Bodner, Esq.<br>
Dewey Ballantine LLP<br>
1301 Avenue of the Americas<br>
New York, New York 10019<br>
(212)&nbsp;259-8000</B>
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<B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>


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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Registered</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Offering Price Per Share</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Aggregate Offering Price</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" align="justify" nowrap><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan<br>
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
share<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP>.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">7,352,434 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$45.45</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$334,168,125.30</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$39,331.59</TD>
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<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" align="justify"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Employee
Stock Purchase Plan<br>
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
share<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP>.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">135,904 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$45.45</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$6,176,836.80</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$727.01</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" align="justify"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Management Stock Purchase Plan<BR>
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
share<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP>.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">114,680 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$45.45</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$5,212,206</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$613.48</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" align="justify"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Retirement Plan<BR>
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
share<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP>.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.</DIV></TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">700,000&nbsp;shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$45.45</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$31,815,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$3,744.63</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" align="justify"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Outside Director&#146;s Stock and Incentive
Compensation Plan<BR>
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
share<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP>.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">212,841 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$45.45</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$9,673,623.50</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$1,138.59</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Includes Preferred Stock Purchase Rights which, prior to the occurrence of certain events,
will not be exercisable or evidenced separately from the Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which
become issuable under the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan, LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Management Stock
Purchase Plan, LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Retirement Plan and LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Outside
Director&#146;s Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization, merger, consolidation or reorganization of or by the Registrant which
results in an increase in the number of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of Common Stock or
shares issuable pursuant to awards granted under any of the plans. In addition, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(c) under the
Securities Act, this Registration Statement also covers an
indeterminate number of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to
the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Retirement Plan.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Estimated for the sole purpose of computing the registration fee. Pursuant to Rules 457(c)
and 457(h) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price per unit is
calculated as the average of the high and low selling prices, as reported on the Nasdaq
National Market, of the Common Stock of the Registrant as of April&nbsp;13, 2005, a date within
five business days prior to the filing of this Registration
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Calculated by multiplying the proposed maximum aggregate offering price for the shares of
Common Stock issuable under each Plan by 0.0001177.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (formerly Lakers Holding Corp.) (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) hereby files this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to its Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, which
may be sold upon the exercise of options or pursuant to other types of equity-based awards granted
under the plans listed below (collectively, the &#147;Plans&#148;).


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August&nbsp;15, 2004, by and among
Historic LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (formerly LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.) (&#147;Historic LifePoint&#148;), the
Registrant, Lakers Acquisition Corp. (&#147;LifePoint Merger Sub&#148;), Pacers Acquisition Corp. (&#147;Province
Merger Sub&#148;) and Province Healthcare Company (&#147;Province&#148;), as amended by Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January&nbsp;25, 2005, and Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to Agreement and
Plan of Merger, dated as of March&nbsp;15, 2005, on April&nbsp;15, 2005, LifePoint Merger Sub will merge with
and into Historic LifePoint, with Historic LifePoint continuing as the surviving entity (the
&#147;LifePoint Merger&#148;), and Province Merger Sub will merge with and into Province, with Province
continuing as the surviving entity (the &#147;Province Merger&#148; and, together with the LifePoint Merger,
the &#147;Mergers&#148;). As a result of the Mergers, Historic LifePoint and Province each will become a
wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant. In addition, once both Mergers have been consummated,
the Registrant will assume the obligations of Historic LifePoint under the Plans, each option to
purchase the common stock of Historic LifePoint outstanding immediately prior to the effective time
of the Mergers will become an option to acquire an equal number of shares of the Registrant&#146;s
Common Stock at a price per share equal to the per share exercise price specified in each such
option, and each other equity-based award issued under the Plans providing for the right to
purchase or receive shares of common stock of Historic LifePoint outstanding immediately prior to
the effective time of the Mergers will be converted into an equivalent equity-based award
providing for the right to purchase or receive shares of the Common Stock of the Registrant.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement relates to the Common Stock of the Registrant issuable pursuant to
the Plans as follows:


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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>7,352,434 shares subject to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>135,904 shares subject to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>114,680 shares subject to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Management Stock Purchase Plan;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>700,000&nbsp;shares subject to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Retirement Plan; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>212,841 shares subject to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Outside Director&#146;s
Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000"> PART I</A></TD></TR>
<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>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004"> Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005"> Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006"> Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007"> Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009"> SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y07789exv3w1.htm">EX-3.1: AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y07789exv3w2.htm">EX-3.2: AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y07789exv4w2.htm">EX-4.2: RIGHTS AGREEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y07789exv5w1.htm">EX-5.1: OPINION OF DEWEY BALLANTINE LLP</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y07789exv23w1.htm">EX-23.1: CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B></DIV>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The document(s) containing information specified by Part&nbsp;I of this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) will be sent or given to participants in the Plans listed
on the cover of the Registration Statement as specified in Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). Such documents are not being filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as
prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 but constitute (along with the
documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II
hereof), taken together, a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the
Securities Act.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></DIV>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Registrant or
Historic LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (formerly LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.) (File No.&nbsp;0-29818) pursuant
to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), or as otherwise indicated,
are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:


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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Historic LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2004;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Historic LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February&nbsp;9,
2005, March&nbsp;16, 2005, March&nbsp;18, 2005, March&nbsp;21, 2005, March&nbsp;28, 2005, April&nbsp;1, 2005, April
4, 2005 and April&nbsp;13, 2005; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock included in the Registration Statement
on Form S-4 (Reg. No.&nbsp;333-119929) filed by the Registrant under the Securities Act,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered 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.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
and to be a part hereof shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant is a Delaware corporation. Reference is made to Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) as to indemnification by the Registrant of its officers and
directors. The general effect of such law is to empower a corporation to indemnify any of its
officers and directors against certain expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person to be indemnified in
connection with certain actions, suits or proceedings (threatened, pending or completed) if the
person to be indemnified acted in good faith and in a manner he or she 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 his or her conduct was unlawful.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;Thirteenth of the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
(which Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is incorporated by reference as Exhibit
3.1 to this Registration Statement) provides for the indemnification of the Registrant&#146;s officers
and directors in


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-1



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">accordance with the DGCL. Article&nbsp;Tenth of Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation includes, as permitted by the DGCL, certain limitations on the potential personal
liability of members of the Registrant&#146;s Board of Directors for monetary damages as a result of
actions taken in their capacity as Board members.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The directors and officers of the Registrant are covered by insurance policies indemnifying
them against certain liabilities arising under the Securities Act, which might be incurred by them
in such capacities.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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    <TD width="92%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
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<TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;3.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of LifePoint Hospitals,
Inc. (formerly Lakers Holding Corp.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;3.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated By-Laws of LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (formerly Lakers
Holding Corp.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Specimen Stock Certificate of LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (formerly
Lakers Holding Corp.)(a)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement, dated as of April&nbsp;15, 2005, between LifePoint Hospitals,
Inc. (formerly Lakers Holding Corp.) and National City Bank, as Rights
Agent</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Dewey Ballantine LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-0px">15.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Letter re unaudited interim financial information(b)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Dewey Ballantine LLP(c)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney(d)</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed by
the Registrant on February&nbsp;18, 2005 (Reg. No.&nbsp;333-119929).</TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Not applicable.</TD>
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<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Included in Opinion of Dewey Ballantine LLP filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto.</TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Included on the signature page of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and incorporated
herein by reference.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:




<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&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:



<P align="left" style="margin-left:9%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;i. To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:9%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ii. To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information in this registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from
the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the
form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant


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<P align="left" style="margin-left:9%; font-size: 10pt">to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
more than 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:9%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;iii. To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do
not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the registration statement.




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



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;b. The undersigned registrant hereby further undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-3




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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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 Brentwood, State of Tennessee, on this 15th day of April,
2005.

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    <TD colspan="5" valign="top" align="left">LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Kenneth C. Donahey</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Name:
</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Kenneth C. Donahey</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Title:
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of the
Registrant whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints William F. Carpenter III
his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, and with
power to act alone, to sign and execute on behalf of the undersigned one or more Registration
Statements on Form S-3, Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any other appropriate form and any and all
amendments to any such Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the registration under the provisions of the
Securities Act, as amended, of the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the
Registrant, deferred compensation obligations of the Registrant and/or interests in certain
employee benefit plans of the Registrant, as the case may be, to be issued in connection with
certain employee benefit plans of the Registrant and/or its subsidiaries, including:


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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Management Stock Purchase Plan;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Retirement Plan; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Outside Director&#146;s Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan;</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">and any other employee stock incentive, stock option, restricted stock, deferred compensation and
benefit plans or successor plans maintained for the benefit of employees of the Registrant or any
of its subsidiaries with power where appropriate to affix thereto the corporate seal of the
Registrant and to attest said seal, and to file any such Registration Statement, including a form
of prospectus, and any and all amendments and post-effective amendments to any such Registration
Statement, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Kenneth C. Donahey
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman of the Board, President
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;15, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Kenneth C. Donahey
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(principal executive officer) of</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Michael J. Culotta
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer (principal
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;15, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Michael J. Culotta
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">financial officer) of LifePoint</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Hospitals, Inc.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ William F. Carpenter III
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director of LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;15, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">William F. Carpenter III</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">REPRESENTING A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B>


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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="92%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;3.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of LifePoint Hospitals,
Inc. (formerly Lakers Holding Corp.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;3.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated By-Laws of LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (formerly Lakers
Holding Corp.)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Specimen Stock Certificate of LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (formerly
Lakers Holding Corp.)(a)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement, dated as of April&nbsp;15, 2005, between LifePoint Hospitals,
Inc. (formerly Lakers Holding Corp.) and National City Bank, as Rights
Agent</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Dewey Ballantine LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-0px">15.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Letter re unaudited interim financial information(b)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Dewey Ballantine LLP(c)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney(d)</TD>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed by
the Registrant on February&nbsp;18, 2005 (Reg. No.&nbsp;333-119929).</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Included in Opinion of Dewey Ballantine LLP filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Included on the signature page of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and incorporated
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FORM S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2005
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
(formerly Lakers Holding Corp.)
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware
20-1538254
(State or Other Jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation or Organization)
Identification No.)
103 Powell Court, Suite 200
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
(615) 372-8500
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
Kenneth C. Donahey
President
103 Powell Court, Suite 200
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
(615) 372-8500
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC. 1998 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC. MANAGEMENT STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN
LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC. OUTSIDE DIRECTOR'S STOCK AND
INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full titles of the plans)
Copies to:
Morton A. Pierce, Esq.
Jack S. Bodner, Esq.
Dewey Ballantine LLP
1301 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019
(212) 259-8000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Amount to be
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Title of Securities to Be Registered
Registered
(2)
Offering Price Per Share
(3)
Aggregate Offering Price
(3)
Registration Fee
(3)
1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
share
(1)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7,352,434 shares
$45.45
$334,168,125.30
$39,331.59
Employee
Stock Purchase Plan
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
share
(1)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
135,904 shares
$45.45
$6,176,836.80
$727.01
Management Stock Purchase Plan
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
share
(1)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
114,680 shares
$45.45
$5,212,206
$613.48
Retirement Plan
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
share
(1)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
700,000 shares
$45.45
$31,815,000
$3,744.63
Outside Director's Stock and Incentive
Compensation Plan
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per
share
(1)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
212,841 shares
$45.45
$9,673,623.50
$1,138.59
(1)
Includes Preferred Stock Purchase Rights which, prior to the occurrence of certain events,
will not be exercisable or evidenced separately from the Common Stock.
(2)
This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which
become issuable under the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan, LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Management Stock
Purchase Plan, LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Retirement Plan and LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Outside
Director's Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization, merger, consolidation or reorganization of or by the Registrant which
results in an increase in the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock or
shares issuable pursuant to awards granted under any of the plans. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the
Securities Act, this Registration Statement also covers an
indeterminate number of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to
the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Retirement Plan.
(3)
Estimated for the sole purpose of computing the registration fee. Pursuant to Rules 457(c)
and 457(h) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price per unit is
calculated as the average of the high and low selling prices, as reported on the Nasdaq
National Market, of the Common Stock of the Registrant as of April 13, 2005, a date within
five business days prior to the filing of this Registration
Statement.
(4)
Calculated by multiplying the proposed maximum aggregate offering price for the shares of
Common Stock issuable under each Plan by 0.0001177.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (formerly Lakers Holding Corp.) (the "Registrant") hereby files this
Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to its Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, which
may be sold upon the exercise of options or pursuant to other types of equity-based awards granted
under the plans listed below (collectively, the "Plans").
Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 15, 2004, by and among
Historic LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (formerly LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.) ("Historic LifePoint"), the
Registrant, Lakers Acquisition Corp. ("LifePoint Merger Sub"), Pacers Acquisition Corp. ("Province
Merger Sub") and Province Healthcare Company ("Province"), as amended by Amendment No. 1 to
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of January 25, 2005, and Amendment No. 2 to Agreement and
Plan of Merger, dated as of March 15, 2005, on April 15, 2005, LifePoint Merger Sub will merge with
and into Historic LifePoint, with Historic LifePoint continuing as the surviving entity (the
"LifePoint Merger"), and Province Merger Sub will merge with and into Province, with Province
continuing as the surviving entity (the "Province Merger" and, together with the LifePoint Merger,
the "Mergers"). As a result of the Mergers, Historic LifePoint and Province each will become a
wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant. In addition, once both Mergers have been consummated,
the Registrant will assume the obligations of Historic LifePoint under the Plans, each option to
purchase the common stock of Historic LifePoint outstanding immediately prior to the effective time
of the Mergers will become an option to acquire an equal number of shares of the Registrant's
Common Stock at a price per share equal to the per share exercise price specified in each such
option, and each other equity-based award issued under the Plans providing for the right to
purchase or receive shares of common stock of Historic LifePoint outstanding immediately prior to
the effective time of the Mergers will be converted into an equivalent equity-based award
providing for the right to purchase or receive shares of the Common Stock of the Registrant.
This Registration Statement relates to the Common Stock of the Registrant issuable pursuant to
the Plans as follows:
•
7,352,434 shares subject to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan;
•
135,904 shares subject to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan;
•
114,680 shares subject to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Management Stock Purchase Plan;
•
700,000 shares subject to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Retirement Plan; and
•
212,841 shares subject to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Outside Director's
Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan.
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PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EX-3.1: AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
EX-3.2: AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS
EX-4.2: RIGHTS AGREEMENT
EX-5.1: OPINION OF DEWEY BALLANTINE LLP
EX-23.1: CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing information specified by Part I of this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") will be sent or given to participants in the Plans listed
on the cover of the Registration Statement as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Such documents are not being filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as
prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 but constitute (along with the
documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II
hereof), taken together, a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the
Securities Act.
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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 the Registrant or
Historic LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (formerly LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.) (File No. 0-29818) pursuant
to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or as otherwise indicated,
are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
(a)
Historic LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2004;
(b)
Historic LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.'s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 9,
2005, March 16, 2005, March 18, 2005, March 21, 2005, March 28, 2005, April 1, 2005, April
4, 2005 and April 13, 2005; and
(c)
Description of the Registrant's Common Stock included in the Registration Statement
on Form S-4 (Reg. No. 333-119929) filed by the Registrant under the Securities Act,
including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered 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.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
and to be a part hereof shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed,
except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
The Registrant is a Delaware corporation. Reference is made to Section 145 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") as to indemnification by the Registrant of its officers and
directors. The general effect of such law is to empower a corporation to indemnify any of its
officers and directors against certain expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person to be indemnified in
connection with certain actions, suits or proceedings (threatened, pending or completed) if the
person to be indemnified acted in good faith and in a manner he or she 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 his or her conduct was unlawful.
Article Thirteenth of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
(which Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is incorporated by reference as Exhibit
3.1 to this Registration Statement) provides for the indemnification of the Registrant's officers
and directors in
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accordance with the DGCL. Article Tenth of Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation includes, as permitted by the DGCL, certain limitations on the potential personal
liability of members of the Registrant's Board of Directors for monetary damages as a result of
actions taken in their capacity as Board members.
The directors and officers of the Registrant are covered by insurance policies indemnifying
them against certain liabilities arising under the Securities Act, which might be incurred by them
in such capacities.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
3.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of LifePoint Hospitals,
Inc. (formerly Lakers Holding Corp.)
3.2
Amended and Restated By-Laws of LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (formerly Lakers
Holding Corp.)
4.1
Form of Specimen Stock Certificate of LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (formerly
Lakers Holding Corp.)(a)
4.2
Rights Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2005, between LifePoint Hospitals,
Inc. (formerly Lakers Holding Corp.) and National City Bank, as Rights
Agent
5.1
Opinion of Dewey Ballantine LLP
15.1
Letter re unaudited interim financial information(b)
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Dewey Ballantine LLP(c)
24.1
Power of Attorney(d)
(a)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed by
the Registrant on February 18, 2005 (Reg. No. 333-119929).
(b)
Not applicable.
(c)
Included in Opinion of Dewey Ballantine LLP filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.
(d)
Included on the signature page of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and incorporated
herein by reference.
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 in this registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from
the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the
form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
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to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
iii. To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do
not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference in the registration statement.
2. That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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 further undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
c. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act 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 Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Brentwood, State of Tennessee, on this 15th day of April,
2005.
LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
By:
/s/
Kenneth C. Donahey
Name:
Kenneth C. Donahey
Title:
President
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of the
Registrant whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints William F. Carpenter III
his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution, and with
power to act alone, to sign and execute on behalf of the undersigned one or more Registration
Statements on Form S-3, Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any other appropriate form and any and all
amendments to any such Registration Statement (including post-effective amendments), to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the registration under the provisions of the
Securities Act, as amended, of the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the
Registrant, deferred compensation obligations of the Registrant and/or interests in certain
employee benefit plans of the Registrant, as the case may be, to be issued in connection with
certain employee benefit plans of the Registrant and/or its subsidiaries, including:
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LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan;
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LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan;
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LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Management Stock Purchase Plan;
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LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Retirement Plan; and
•
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Outside Director's Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan;
and any other employee stock incentive, stock option, restricted stock, deferred compensation and
benefit plans or successor plans maintained for the benefit of employees of the Registrant or any
of its subsidiaries with power where appropriate to affix thereto the corporate seal of the
Registrant and to attest said seal, and to file any such Registration Statement, including a form
of prospectus, and any and all amendments and post-effective amendments to any such Registration
Statement, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Kenneth C. Donahey
Chairman of the Board, President
April 15, 2005
Kenneth C. Donahey
and Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer) of
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
/s/ Michael J. Culotta
Chief Financial Officer (principal
April 15, 2005
Michael J. Culotta
financial officer) of LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc.
/s/ William F. Carpenter III
Director of LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
April 15, 2005
William F. Carpenter III
REPRESENTING A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
3.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of LifePoint Hospitals,
Inc. (formerly Lakers Holding Corp.)
3.2
Amended and Restated By-Laws of LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (formerly Lakers
Holding Corp.)
4.1
Form of Specimen Stock Certificate of LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (formerly
Lakers Holding Corp.)(a)
4.2
Rights Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2005, between LifePoint Hospitals,
Inc. (formerly Lakers Holding Corp.) and National City Bank, as Rights
Agent
5.1
Opinion of Dewey Ballantine LLP
15.1
Letter re unaudited interim financial information(b)
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Dewey Ballantine LLP(c)
24.1
Power of Attorney(d)
(a)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed by
the Registrant on February 18, 2005 (Reg. No. 333-119929).
(b)
Not applicable.
(c)
Included in Opinion of Dewey Ballantine LLP filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto.
(d)
Included on the signature page of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and incorporated
herein by reference.