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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-_____</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">81-4717209</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>400 Interstate North Parkway SE</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Atlanta, Georgia</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>30339</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Zip Code)</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Matthew Buckhalter </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chief Financial Officer </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>400 Interstate North Parkway SE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Suite 1600 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Atlanta,
Georgia 30339 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(770) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">441-1580</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copies to: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Drew
M. Altman, Esq. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Win Rutherfurd, Esq. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Greenberg Traurig, P.A. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>333 S.E. 2nd Avenue, Suite 4400 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Miami, Florida 33131 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(305) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">579-0500</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT> filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act.: </P>
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for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.<B>&#8194;</B>&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement is filed by Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (the &#147;<U>Registrant</U>&#148;) for the purpose of registering additional shares
of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (&#147;<U>Common Stock</U>&#148;) under the Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the &#147;<U>Plan</U>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan is subject to an automatic annual increase on the first day of each fiscal year
during the term of the Plan equal to the lesser of (i) 1,801,642, which is the number equal to 1% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock as of April&nbsp;28, 2021, the Plan&#146;s effective date, (ii) 1% of the issued and outstanding
shares of Common Stock as of the last day of the prior fiscal year, and (iii)&nbsp;such lesser amount determined by the Registrant&#146;s Board of Directors, in its discretion (the &#147;<U>ESPP Evergreen Provision</U>&#148;). Pursuant to the ESPP
Evergreen Provision, the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan increased on December&nbsp;31, 2023 by an aggregate of 1,801,642 shares, and this Registration Statement registers the issuance of such additional
shares. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to Instruction E of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> the contents of the Registrant&#146;s prior registration statement
on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> registering shares of Common Stock under the Plan (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-257678)</FONT> (the &#147;<U>Prior Registration Statement</U>&#148;) are hereby incorporated by
reference herein, and the information required by Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> is omitted, except that the provisions contained in Part II of the Prior Registration Statement are modified as set forth in this Registration
Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;<U>Commission</U>&#148;): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year
ended December&nbsp;30, 2023, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;14, 2024, pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;<U>Exchange Act</U>&#148;); </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1832332/000095017024004820/avah-20240115.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT></A> filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;17, 2024; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1832332/000119312523086750/d394378ddef14a.htm">Schedule
 14A</A> filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;
31, 2023 (solely to the extent incorporated by reference into Part III of the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1832332/000095017024031321/avah-20231230.htm">Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2022); and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1832332/000119312521131262/d170155d8a12b.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT></A> filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;26, 2021 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-40362),</FONT> in which there is described the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the
shares of the Common Stock, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description, including the description of the Common Stock filed as <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1832332/000095017022004799/avah-ex4_1.htm">Exhibit
 4.1</A> to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> filed on March&nbsp;28, 2022. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Additionally, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (not including any
information furnished under Items 2.02, 7.01 or 9.01 of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> which information is not incorporated by reference herein), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part of the Registration Statement from the date of filing of such documents. Any
statement contained in a document incorporated herein by reference will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of the Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in a subsequently filed document
incorporated herein by reference, modifies or supersedes the statement. Any statement modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to constitute a part of the Registration Statement. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1832332/000119312521121965/d63831dex33.htm">Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Registration Statement
 on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-1,</FONT> as amended (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-254981),</FONT> and incorporated herein by reference). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1832332/000119312521121965/d63831dex35.htm">Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (filed as Exhibit 3.5 to the Registration Statement on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-1,</FONT> as amended (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-254981),</FONT> and incorporated herein by reference). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1832332/000119312521121965/d63831dex1021.htm">Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.21 to the Registration Statement on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-1,</FONT> as amended (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-254981),</FONT> and incorporated herein by reference). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d644228dex231.htm">Consent of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d644228dexfilingfees.htm">Calculation of Filing Fee Tables </A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on
March&nbsp;14, 2024. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">AVEANNA HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS INC.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Jeff Shaner</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Jeff Shaner</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">President, Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jeff Shaner and Matthew Buckhalter, and each of
them any of whom may act without joinder of the other, with full power to act as such person&#146;s true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such person&#146;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement, and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), and to file
the same, with exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">said&nbsp;attorneys-in-fact&nbsp;and</FONT></FONT> agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
date indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Jeff Shaner</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jeff Shaner</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">March&nbsp;14, 2024</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Matthew Buckhalter</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Matthew Buckhalter</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Chief Financial Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Financial Officer)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Deborah Stewart</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Deborah Stewart</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Accounting Officer)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Victor F. Ganzi</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Victor F. Ganzi</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Christopher R. Gordon</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Christopher R. Gordon</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Devin O&#146;Reilly</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Devin O&#146;Reilly</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">March&nbsp;14, 2024</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Sheldon M. Retchin, M.D., M.S.P.H.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Steven E. Rodgers</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Steven E. Rodgers</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Richard C. Zoretic</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Erica Schwartz, M.D., J.D., M.P.H.</P></TD>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2024
Registration
No. 333-_____
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
81-4717209
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
400 Interstate North Parkway SE
Atlanta, Georgia
30339
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Matthew Buckhalter
Chief Financial Officer
400 Interstate North Parkway SE
Suite 1600
Atlanta,
Georgia 30339
(770)
441-1580
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Drew
M. Altman, Esq.
Win Rutherfurd, Esq.
Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
333 S.E. 2nd Avenue, Suite 4400
Miami, Florida 33131
(305)
579-0500
Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act.:
Large accelerated filer
☐
Accelerated filer
☒
Non-accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☒
Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
☐
STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
This Registration Statement is filed by Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (the "
Registrant
") for the purpose of registering additional shares
of the Registrant's common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("
Common Stock
") under the Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "
Plan
").
The number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan is subject to an automatic annual increase on the first day of each fiscal year
during the term of the Plan equal to the lesser of (i) 1,801,642, which is the number equal to 1% of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock as of April 28, 2021, the Plan's effective date, (ii) 1% of the issued and outstanding
shares of Common Stock as of the last day of the prior fiscal year, and (iii) such lesser amount determined by the Registrant's Board of Directors, in its discretion (the "
ESPP Evergreen Provision
"). Pursuant to the ESPP
Evergreen Provision, the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan increased on December 31, 2023 by an aggregate of 1,801,642 shares, and this Registration Statement registers the issuance of such additional
shares.
Pursuant to Instruction E of Form
S-8,
the contents of the Registrant's prior registration statement
on Form
S-8
registering shares of Common Stock under the Plan (File
No. 333-257678)
(the "
Prior Registration Statement
") are hereby incorporated by
reference herein, and the information required by Form
S-8
is omitted, except that the provisions contained in Part II of the Prior Registration Statement are modified as set forth in this Registration
Statement.
PART II
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "
Commission
"):
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the fiscal year
ended December 30, 2023, filed with the Commission on March 14, 2024, pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "
Exchange Act
");
(b)
The Registrant's Current Report on
Form
8-K
filed with the Commission on January 17, 2024;
(c)
The Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on
Schedule
 14A
filed with the Commission on March 
31, 2023 (solely to the extent incorporated by reference into Part III of the Registrant's Annual Report on
Form
10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2022); and
(d)
The Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form
8-A
filed with the Commission on April 26, 2021 (File
No. 001-40362),
in which there is described the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the
shares of the Common Stock, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description, including the description of the Common Stock filed as
Exhibit
 4.1
to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K
filed on March 28, 2022.
Additionally, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (not including any
information furnished under Items 2.02, 7.01 or 9.01 of Form
8-K,
which information is not incorporated by reference herein), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part of the Registration Statement from the date of filing of such documents. Any
statement contained in a document incorporated herein by reference will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of the Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in a subsequently filed document
incorporated herein by reference, modifies or supersedes the statement. Any statement modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to constitute a part of the Registration Statement.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
The following are the exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation
S-K:
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Registration Statement
 on Form
S-1,
as amended (File
No. 333-254981),
and incorporated herein by reference).
4.2
Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (filed as Exhibit 3.5 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-1,
as amended (File
No. 333-254981),
and incorporated herein by reference).
4.3
Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.21 to the Registration Statement on Form
S-1,
as amended (File
No. 333-254981),
and incorporated herein by reference).
5.1*
Opinion of Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
23.1*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2*
Consent of Greenberg Traurig, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included on signature pages hereto).
107.1*
Calculation of Filing Fee Tables
*
Filed herewith.
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 Atlanta, State of Georgia, on
March 14, 2024.
AVEANNA HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS INC.
By:
/s/ Jeff Shaner
Name:
Jeff Shaner
Title:
President, Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jeff Shaner and Matthew Buckhalter, and each of
them any of whom may act without joinder of the other, with full power to act as such person's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact
and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement, and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), and to file
the same, with exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and
agent or his substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Jeff Shaner
Jeff Shaner
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
March 14, 2024
/s/ Matthew Buckhalter
Matthew Buckhalter
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
March 14, 2024
/s/ Deborah Stewart
Deborah Stewart
Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
March 14, 2024
/s/ Victor F. Ganzi
Victor F. Ganzi
Director
March 14, 2024
/s/ Christopher R. Gordon
Christopher R. Gordon
Director
March 14, 2024
/s/ Devin O'Reilly
Devin O'Reilly
Director
March 14, 2024
/s/ Sheldon M. Retchin
Sheldon M. Retchin, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Director
March 14, 2024
/s/ Steven E. Rodgers
Steven E. Rodgers
Director
March 14, 2024
/s/ Richard C. Zoretic
Richard C. Zoretic
Director
March 14, 2024
/s/ Erica Schwartz
Erica Schwartz, M.D., J.D., M.P.H.
Director
March 14, 2024
/s/ Robert M. Williams, Jr.
Robert M. Williams, Jr.
Director
March 14, 2024