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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>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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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>Shannon Drake, Esq. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chief Legal 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>(678) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">385-4005</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>&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>STATEMENT OF INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE </B></P>
<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, or (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 was increased by an aggregate of 3,603,284 shares pursuant to the increases on January&nbsp;2, 2022 and January&nbsp;1, 2023. This Registration Statement
registers the additional shares available for issuance under the Plan as a result of the ESPP Evergreen Provision. </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 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1832332/000119312521207736/d34443ds8.htm">File
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-257678</FONT></A>) (the &#147;<U>Prior Registration Statement</U>&#148;) is 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:12pt;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 <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1832332/000095017023008309/avah-20221231.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2022, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;16, 2023, 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> <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">our <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1832332/000119312523086750/d394378ddef14a.htm">Definitive Proxy
 Statement</A> on Schedule 14A filed in connection with our Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May&nbsp;10, 2023, filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;31, 2023; </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">our Quarterly Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1832332/000095017023020775/avah-20230401.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT></A> for the quarter ended April&nbsp;1, 2023, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;11, 2023; 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="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<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" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1*</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d491423dex51.htm">Opinion of Greenberg Traurig, LLP. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;23.1*</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d491423dex231.htm">Consent of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d491423dex51.htm">Consent of Greenberg Traurig, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;24.1*</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="#sig">Power of Attorney (included on signature pages hereto). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>107.1*</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d491423dexfilingfees.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
May&nbsp;11, 2023. </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="top">By:</TD>
<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>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">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 David Afshar, 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>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date</B></P></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/ Rodney D. Windley</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Rodney D. Windley</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Chairman of the Board</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;11, 2023</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/ 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">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">May&nbsp;11, 2023</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/ David Afshar</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">David Afshar</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 and Accounting Officer)</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;11, 2023</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/ 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>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;11, 2023</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/ Christopher R. Gorden</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>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;11, 2023</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/ 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>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;11, 2023</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/ Sheldon M. Retchin</P>
<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>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;11, 2023</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/ 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>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;11, 2023</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/ Richard C. Zoretic</P>
<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>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;11, 2023</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/ Erica Schwartz</P>
<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>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">May&nbsp;11, 2023</TD></TR>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 2023
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)
Shannon Drake, Esq.
Chief Legal Officer
400
Interstate North Parkway SE
Suite 1600
Atlanta, Georgia 30339
(678)
385-4005
(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, or (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 was increased by an aggregate of 3,603,284 shares pursuant to the increases on January 2, 2022 and January 1, 2023. This Registration Statement
registers the additional shares available for issuance under the Plan as a result of the ESPP Evergreen Provision.
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
") is 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 31, 2022, filed with the Commission on March 16, 2023, pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"
Exchange Act
");
(b)
our
Definitive Proxy
 Statement
on Schedule 14A filed in connection with our Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 10, 2023, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023;
(c)
our Quarterly Report on
Form
10-Q
for the quarter ended April 1, 2023, filed with the Commission on May 11, 2023; 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
May 11, 2023.
AVEANNA HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS INC.
By:
/s/ Jeff Shaner
Name:
Jeff Shaner
Title:
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 David Afshar, 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/ Rodney D. Windley
Rodney D. Windley
Chairman of the Board
May 11, 2023
/s/ Jeff Shaner
Jeff Shaner
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
May 11, 2023
/s/ David Afshar
David Afshar
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
May 11, 2023
/s/ Victor F. Ganzi
Victor F. Ganzi
Director
May 11, 2023
/s/ Christopher R. Gorden
Christopher R. Gordon
Director
May 11, 2023
/s/ Devin O'Reilly
Devin O'Reilly
Director
May 11, 2023
/s/ Sheldon M. Retchin
Sheldon M. Retchin, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Director
May 11, 2023
/s/ Steven E. Rodgers
Steven E. Rodgers
Director
May 11, 2023
/s/ Richard C. Zoretic
Richard C. Zoretic
Director
May 11, 2023
/s/ Erica Schwartz
Erica Schwartz, M.D., J.D., M.P.H.
Director
May 11, 2023