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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on August 2, 2010</B></DIV>


<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</I></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>20-1538254</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(State or other jurisdiction of</I>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>incorporation or organization)</I>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>Identification No.)</I></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>103 Powell Court, Suite&nbsp;200</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>37027</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Brentwood, Tennessee</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(Zip Code)</I></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</I></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan<BR>
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated Management Stock Purchase Plan<BR>
LifePoint Hospitals Inc. Amended and Restated Outside Directors Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan</B><BR>
<I>(Full titles of the plans)</I></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Paul D. Gilbert, Esq.<BR>
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer<BR>
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.<BR>
103 Powell Court, Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027<BR>
<I>(Name and address of agent for service)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(615)&nbsp;372-8500<BR>
<I>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Copy to:<BR>
E. Marlee Mitchell, Esq.<BR>
Waller Lansden Dortch &#038; Davis, LLP<BR>
511 Union Street, Suite&nbsp;2700<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37219<BR>
(615)&nbsp;244-6380</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><DIV align="center"><DIV style="FONT-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>Accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top" nowrap><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Non-accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT> (Do not
check if a smaller reporting company)
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    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>Smaller reporting company <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>maximum aggregate</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of securities to be registered</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>registered (2)</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>per share (3)</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price (3)</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Amended and Restated 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan
Common Stock, $0.01 par value (1)</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,330,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">30.23</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">70,435,900</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">5,022.08</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Amended and Restated Management Stock Purchase
Plan
Common Stock, $0.01 par value (1)</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">85,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">30.23</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,569,550</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">183.21</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Amended and Restated Outside Directors Stock and
Incentive Compensation Plan
Common Stock, $0.01 par value (1)</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">40,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">30.23</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,209,200</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">86.22</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Total</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,455,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">30.23</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">74,214,650</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">5,291.51</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Includes associated preferred stock purchase rights which, prior to the occurrence of
certain events, will not be exercisable or evidenced separately from the common stock.</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock that
become issuable under the Amended and Restated 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan, the Amended and
Restated Management Stock Purchase Plan, and the Amended and Restated Outside Directors 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.</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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 share is
calculated as the average of the high and low selling prices, as reported on the NASDAQ Global
Select Market, of the common stock of the Registrant as of July&nbsp;29, 2010, a date within five
business days prior to the filing of this Registration Statement.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) hereby files this Registration Statement on Form S-8
(this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) to register (i)&nbsp;an additional 2,330,000 shares of the Company&#146;s
common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), issuable pursuant to the Company&#146;s
Amended and Restated 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#147;LTIP&#148;), (ii)&nbsp;an additional 85,000 shares
of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated Management Stock Purchase
Plan (the &#147;MSPP&#148;) and (iii)&nbsp;an additional 40,000 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the
Company&#146;s Amended and Restated Outside Directors Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan (the
&#147;Directors Plan&#148; together with the LTIP and the MSPP, the &#147;Plans&#148;).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The contents of the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-159233)
registering shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Plans (and the Company&#146;s Employee Stock
Purchase Plan and Retirement Plan, which are not affected by this Registration Statement) and filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;14, 2009 are hereby incorporated by reference
pursuant to Instruction E to Form S-8. Also, pursuant to Instruction E to Form S-8, the filing fee
is being paid only with respect to the 2,455,000 shares of Common Stock not previously registered.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Company 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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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description of Exhibits</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Specimen Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference from exhibits to the
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4, as amended, filed by LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. on October
25, 2004, File No.&nbsp;333-119929)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated February&nbsp;25, 2009, by and between LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. and American Stock Transfer &#038; Trust Company, LLC (incorporated by reference
from exhibits to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated February&nbsp;25,
2009, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Waller Lansden Dortch &#038; Davis, LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Waller Lansden Dortch &#038; Davis, LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="87%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description of Exhibits</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan, dated June&nbsp;30,
2005 (incorporated by reference from Appendix&nbsp;B to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Proxy
Statement filed April&nbsp;29, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment, dated May&nbsp;13, 2008, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998
Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix&nbsp;B to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April&nbsp;29, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment, dated December&nbsp;10, 2008, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix&nbsp;B to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April&nbsp;29, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment, dated April&nbsp;27, 2010, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998
Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix&nbsp;B to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April&nbsp;29, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment, dated June&nbsp;8, 2010, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998
Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix&nbsp;A to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April&nbsp;29, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated Management Stock Purchase Plan, dated January
1, 2003 (incorporated by reference from Appendix&nbsp;D to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Proxy
Statement filed April&nbsp;29, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment, dated May&nbsp;22, 2003, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
Management Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix&nbsp;D to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April&nbsp;29, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.8
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment, dated May&nbsp;13, 2008, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
Management Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix&nbsp;D to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April&nbsp;29, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.9
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment, dated December&nbsp;10, 2008, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
Management Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix&nbsp;D to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April&nbsp;29, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.10
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment, dated March&nbsp;24, 2009, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
Management Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix&nbsp;D to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April&nbsp;29, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.11
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment, dated April&nbsp;27, 2010, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
Management Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix&nbsp;D to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April&nbsp;29, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.12
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment, dated June&nbsp;8, 2010, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
Management Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix&nbsp;C to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April&nbsp;29, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.13
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated Outside Directors Stock and Incentive
Compensation Plan, dated May&nbsp;14, 2008 (incorporated by reference from Appendix&nbsp;F to the
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April&nbsp;29, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.14
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment, dated March&nbsp;24, 2009, to the Amended and Restated LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
Outside Directors Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference from
exhibits to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended
June&nbsp;30, 2009, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
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    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="87%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description of Exhibits</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.15
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment, dated April&nbsp;27, 2010, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
Outside Directors Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan, dated May&nbsp;14, 2008 (incorporated by
reference from Appendix&nbsp;F to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April&nbsp;29,
2010, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.16
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment, dated June&nbsp;8, 2010, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated Outside
Directors and Incentive Compensation Plan, dated May&nbsp;14, 2008 (incorporated by reference from
Appendix&nbsp;E to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April&nbsp;29, 2010, File No.
000-51251)</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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 August&nbsp;2, 2010.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Paul D. Gilbert
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Paul D. Gilbert&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left"><I>Executive Vice President and
Chief Legal Officer</I>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Jeffrey S. Sherman and Paul D. Gilbert, and both or either of them, as his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or
her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or each of their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
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    <TD width="17%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">SIGNATURE</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">TITLE</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">DATE</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William F. Carpenter III
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William F. Carpenter III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">President and Chief Executive Officer, Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;2, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <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"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jeffrey S. Sherman
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jeffrey S. Sherman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;2, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></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"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael S. Coggin
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael S. Coggin
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;2, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
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    <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"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Gregory T. Bier
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gregory T. Bier
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;2, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard H. Evans
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard H. Evans
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;2, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ DeWitt Ezell, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
DeWitt Ezell, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;2, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="17%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">SIGNATURE</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">TITLE</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">DATE</TD>
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    <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"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael P. Haley
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael P. Haley
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;2, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <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"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Marguerite W. Kondracke
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Marguerite W. Kondracke
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;2, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John E. Maupin, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John E. Maupin, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;2, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Owen G. Shell, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Owen G. Shell, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;2, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="9%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description of Exhibits</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Specimen Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference from exhibits to the
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4, as amended, filed by LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. on October
25, 2004, File No.&nbsp;333-119929)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated February&nbsp;25, 2009, by and between LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. and American Stock Transfer &#038; Trust Company, LLC (incorporated by reference
from exhibits to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated February&nbsp;25,
2009, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Waller Lansden Dortch &#038; Davis, LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Waller Lansden Dortch &#038; Davis, LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan, dated June&nbsp;30,
2005 (incorporated by reference from Appendix&nbsp;B to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Proxy
Statement filed April&nbsp;29, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment, dated May&nbsp;13, 2008, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998
Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix&nbsp;B to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April&nbsp;29, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment, dated December&nbsp;10, 2008, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix&nbsp;B to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April&nbsp;29, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment, dated April&nbsp;27, 2010, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998
Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix&nbsp;B to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April&nbsp;29, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment, dated June&nbsp;8, 2010, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998
Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix&nbsp;A to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April&nbsp;29, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated Management Stock Purchase Plan, dated January
1, 2003 (incorporated by reference from Appendix&nbsp;D to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Proxy
Statement filed April&nbsp;29, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment, dated May&nbsp;22, 2003, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
Management Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix&nbsp;D to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April&nbsp;29, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.8
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment, dated May&nbsp;13, 2008, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
Management Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix&nbsp;D to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April&nbsp;29, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.9
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment, dated December&nbsp;10, 2008, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
Management Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix&nbsp;D to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April&nbsp;29, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="9%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Number</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description of Exhibits</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.10
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment, dated March&nbsp;24, 2009, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
Management Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix&nbsp;D to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April&nbsp;29, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.11
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment, dated April&nbsp;27, 2010, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
Management Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix&nbsp;D to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April&nbsp;29, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.12
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment, dated June&nbsp;8, 2010, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
Management Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix&nbsp;C to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April&nbsp;29, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.13
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated Outside Directors Stock and Incentive
Compensation Plan, dated May&nbsp;14, 2008 (incorporated by reference from Appendix&nbsp;F to the
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April&nbsp;29, 2010, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.14
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment, dated March&nbsp;24, 2009, to the Amended and Restated LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
Outside Directors Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference from
exhibits to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended
June&nbsp;30, 2009, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.15
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment, dated April&nbsp;27, 2010, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
Outside Directors Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan, dated May&nbsp;14, 2008 (incorporated by
reference from Appendix&nbsp;F to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April&nbsp;29,
2010, File No.&nbsp;000-51251)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.16
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment, dated June&nbsp;8, 2010, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated Outside
Directors and Incentive Compensation Plan, dated May&nbsp;14, 2008 (incorporated by reference from
Appendix&nbsp;E to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April&nbsp;29, 2010, File No.
000-51251)</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on August 2, 2010
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
20-1538254
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
103 Powell Court, Suite 200
37027
Brentwood, Tennessee
(Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated Management Stock Purchase Plan
LifePoint Hospitals Inc. Amended and Restated Outside Directors Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan
(Full titles of the plans)
Paul D. Gilbert, Esq.
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
103 Powell Court, Suite 200
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
(Name and address of agent for service)
(615) 372-8500
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
E. Marlee Mitchell, Esq.
Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP
511 Union Street, Suite 2700
Nashville, Tennessee 37219
(615) 244-6380
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed
Amount to be
offering price
maximum aggregate
Amount of
Title of securities to be registered
registered (2)
per share (3)
offering price (3)
registration fee
Amended and Restated 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan
Common Stock, $0.01 par value (1)
2,330,000
$
30.23
$
70,435,900
$
5,022.08
Amended and Restated Management Stock Purchase
Plan
Common Stock, $0.01 par value (1)
85,000
$
30.23
$
2,569,550
$
183.21
Amended and Restated Outside Directors Stock and
Incentive Compensation Plan
Common Stock, $0.01 par value (1)
40,000
$
30.23
$
1,209,200
$
86.22
Total
2,455,000
$
30.23
$
74,214,650
$
5,291.51
(1)
Includes associated 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 that
become issuable under the Amended and Restated 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan, the Amended and
Restated Management Stock Purchase Plan, and the Amended and Restated Outside Directors 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.
(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 share is
calculated as the average of the high and low selling prices, as reported on the NASDAQ Global
Select Market, of the common stock of the Registrant as of July 29, 2010, a date within five
business days prior to the filing of this Registration Statement.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (the "Company") hereby files this Registration Statement on Form S-8
(this "Registration Statement") to register (i) an additional 2,330,000 shares of the Company's
common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), issuable pursuant to the Company's
Amended and Restated 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP"), (ii) an additional 85,000 shares
of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Company's Amended and Restated Management Stock Purchase
Plan (the "MSPP") and (iii) an additional 40,000 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the
Company's Amended and Restated Outside Directors Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan (the
"Directors Plan" together with the LTIP and the MSPP, the "Plans").
The contents of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-159233)
registering shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Plans (and the Company's Employee Stock
Purchase Plan and Retirement Plan, which are not affected by this Registration Statement) and filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, 2009 are hereby incorporated by reference
pursuant to Instruction E to Form S-8. Also, pursuant to Instruction E to Form S-8, the filing fee
is being paid only with respect to the 2,455,000 shares of Common Stock not previously registered.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
All documents filed by the Company 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 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibits
4.1
Form of Specimen Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference from exhibits to the
Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended, filed by LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. on October
25, 2004, File No. 333-119929)
4.2
Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated February 25, 2009, by and between LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (incorporated by reference
from exhibits to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 25,
2009, File No. 000-51251)
5.1
Opinion of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2
Consent of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibits
99.1
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan, dated June 30,
2005 (incorporated by reference from Appendix B to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Proxy
Statement filed April 29, 2010, File No. 000-51251)
99.2
Amendment, dated May 13, 2008, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998
Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix B to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 29, 2010, File No. 000-51251)
99.3
Amendment, dated December 10, 2008, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix B to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 29, 2010, File No. 000-51251)
99.4
Amendment, dated April 27, 2010, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998
Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix B to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 29, 2010, File No. 000-51251)
99.5
Amendment, dated June 8, 2010, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998
Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix A to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 29, 2010, File No. 000-51251)
99.6
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated Management Stock Purchase Plan, dated January
1, 2003 (incorporated by reference from Appendix D to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Proxy
Statement filed April 29, 2010, File No. 000-51251)
99.7
Amendment, dated May 22, 2003, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
Management Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix D to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 29, 2010, File No. 000-51251)
99.8
Amendment, dated May 13, 2008, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
Management Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix D to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 29, 2010, File No. 000-51251)
99.9
Amendment, dated December 10, 2008, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
Management Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix D to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 29, 2010, File No. 000-51251)
99.10
Amendment, dated March 24, 2009, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
Management Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix D to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 29, 2010, File No. 000-51251)
99.11
Amendment, dated April 27, 2010, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
Management Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix D to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 29, 2010, File No. 000-51251)
99.12
Amendment, dated June 8, 2010, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
Management Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix C to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 29, 2010, File No. 000-51251)
99.13
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated Outside Directors Stock and Incentive
Compensation Plan, dated May 14, 2008 (incorporated by reference from Appendix F to the
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 29, 2010, File No. 000-51251)
99.14
Amendment, dated March 24, 2009, to the Amended and Restated LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
Outside Directors Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference from
exhibits to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June 30, 2009, File No. 000-51251)
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibits
99.15
Amendment, dated April 27, 2010, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
Outside Directors Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan, dated May 14, 2008 (incorporated by
reference from Appendix F to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 29,
2010, File No. 000-51251)
99.16
Amendment, dated June 8, 2010, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated Outside
Directors and Incentive Compensation Plan, dated May 14, 2008 (incorporated by reference from
Appendix E to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 29, 2010, File No.
000-51251)
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 August 2, 2010.
LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS, INC.
By:
/s/ Paul D. Gilbert
Paul D. Gilbert
Executive Vice President and
Chief Legal Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Jeffrey S. Sherman and Paul D. Gilbert, and both or either of them, as his or her true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or
her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or each of their substitute or substitutes, 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 dates indicated:
SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ William F. Carpenter III
William F. Carpenter III
President and Chief Executive Officer, Director
August 2, 2010
/s/ Jeffrey S. Sherman
Jeffrey S. Sherman
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
August 2, 2010
/s/ Michael S. Coggin
Michael S. Coggin
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
August 2, 2010
/s/ Gregory T. Bier
Gregory T. Bier
Director
August 2, 2010
/s/ Richard H. Evans
Richard H. Evans
Director
August 2, 2010
/s/ DeWitt Ezell, Jr.
DeWitt Ezell, Jr.
Director
August 2, 2010
SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ Michael P. Haley
Michael P. Haley
Director
August 2, 2010
/s/ Marguerite W. Kondracke
Marguerite W. Kondracke
Director
August 2, 2010
/s/ John E. Maupin, Jr.
John E. Maupin, Jr.
Director
August 2, 2010
/s/ Owen G. Shell, Jr.
Owen G. Shell, Jr.
Director
August 2, 2010
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibits
4.1
Form of Specimen Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference from exhibits to the
Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended, filed by LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. on October
25, 2004, File No. 333-119929)
4.2
Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated February 25, 2009, by and between LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (incorporated by reference
from exhibits to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 25,
2009, File No. 000-51251)
5.1
Opinion of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2
Consent of Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
99.1
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan, dated June 30,
2005 (incorporated by reference from Appendix B to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Proxy
Statement filed April 29, 2010, File No. 000-51251)
99.2
Amendment, dated May 13, 2008, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998
Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix B to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 29, 2010, File No. 000-51251)
99.3
Amendment, dated December 10, 2008, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix B to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 29, 2010, File No. 000-51251)
99.4
Amendment, dated April 27, 2010, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998
Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix B to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 29, 2010, File No. 000-51251)
99.5
Amendment, dated June 8, 2010, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated 1998
Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix A to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 29, 2010, File No. 000-51251)
99.6
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated Management Stock Purchase Plan, dated January
1, 2003 (incorporated by reference from Appendix D to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Proxy
Statement filed April 29, 2010, File No. 000-51251)
99.7
Amendment, dated May 22, 2003, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
Management Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix D to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 29, 2010, File No. 000-51251)
99.8
Amendment, dated May 13, 2008, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
Management Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix D to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 29, 2010, File No. 000-51251)
99.9
Amendment, dated December 10, 2008, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
Management Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix D to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 29, 2010, File No. 000-51251)
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibits
99.10
Amendment, dated March 24, 2009, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
Management Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix D to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 29, 2010, File No. 000-51251)
99.11
Amendment, dated April 27, 2010, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
Management Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix D to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 29, 2010, File No. 000-51251)
99.12
Amendment, dated June 8, 2010, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
Management Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference from Appendix C to the LifePoint
Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 29, 2010, File No. 000-51251)
99.13
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated Outside Directors Stock and Incentive
Compensation Plan, dated May 14, 2008 (incorporated by reference from Appendix F to the
LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 29, 2010, File No. 000-51251)
99.14
Amendment, dated March 24, 2009, to the Amended and Restated LifePoint Hospitals, Inc.
Outside Directors Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference from
exhibits to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June 30, 2009, File No. 000-51251)
99.15
Amendment, dated April 27, 2010, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated
Outside Directors Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan, dated May 14, 2008 (incorporated by
reference from Appendix F to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 29,
2010, File No. 000-51251)
99.16
Amendment, dated June 8, 2010, to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Amended and Restated Outside
Directors and Incentive Compensation Plan, dated May 14, 2008 (incorporated by reference from
Appendix E to the LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. Proxy Statement filed April 29, 2010, File No.
000-51251)