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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;10, 2010
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#95;
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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: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>AMSURG CORP.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Tennessee</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of <BR>
Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>62-1493316</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>20 Burton Hills Boulevard <BR>
Nashville, Tennessee</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>37215</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>AmSurg Corp.<BR>
2006 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Claire M. Gulmi<BR>
20 Burton Hills Boulevard<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37215</B><BR>
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(615)&nbsp;665-1283</B><BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Copy to:<BR>
<B>J. James Jenkins, Jr., Esq.<BR>
Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC<BR>
150 Third Avenue South, Suite&nbsp;2800<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37201</B></DIV>

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

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000">Registered (1)</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" nowrap>158,205 shares</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">18.30</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(2)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>

<TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,895,151.50</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(2)</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">207</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;), this registration statement includes an indeterminate number of additional shares which
may be offered and issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or
similar transactions.</TD>
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<TR>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the registration fee pursuant to
Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933, and based on the average of the high and low
price per share of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on
November&nbsp;3, 2010.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Registration of Additional Securities</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement is filed pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 for the
purpose of registering additional shares of common stock, no par value, of AmSurg Corp., a
Tennessee corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), for the Registrant&#146;s 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, as
amended.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Incorporation by Reference of Earlier Registration Statements</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-134948) previously filed by the
Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission is hereby incorporated by reference.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Item&nbsp;8. <U>Exhibits</U>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;10/A-4 (filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;13, 2001))</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Article&nbsp;7 of the Registrant&#146;s Second Amended and Restated
Charter, as amended (restated electronically for filing
purposes) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to the
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2004)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Articles 2 and 6 of the Registrant&#146;s Second Amended and
Restated Bylaws, as amended (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2004)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">AmSurg Corp. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended
(incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s Current
Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, dated May&nbsp;26, 2010)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP</TD>
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    <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 Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature pages to this
Registration Statement)</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 Nashville, State of Tennessee, on this 10<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP>
day of November, 2010.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">AMSURG CORP.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Claire M. Gulmi
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Claire M. Gulmi&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer<br>
and Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints Christopher A. Holden and Claire M. Gulmi, and each of them, 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 the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorney-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 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 their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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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, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Christopher A. Holden
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Christopher A. Holden
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive<br>
Officer and Director (Principal<br>
Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;10, 2010</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Claire M. Gulmi
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Claire M. Gulmi
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President, Chief<BR>
Financial Officer, Secretary and<BR>
Director (Principal Financial and<BR>
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;10, 2010</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Steven I. Geringer
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Steven I. Geringer
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;10, 2010</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James A. Deal
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James A. Deal
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas G. Cigarran
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas G. Cigarran
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;10, 2010</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Henry D. Herr
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Henry D. Herr
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;10,
2010</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kevin P. Lavender
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;10,
2010</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ken P. McDonald
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;10,
2010</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John W. Popp, Jr., M.D.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;10/A-4 (filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;13, 2001))</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Article&nbsp;7 of the Registrant&#146;s Second Amended and Restated
Charter, as amended (restated electronically for filing
purposes) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to the
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2004)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Articles 2 and 6 of the Registrant&#146;s Second Amended and
Restated Bylaws, as amended (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2004)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">AmSurg Corp. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended
(incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s Current
Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, dated May&nbsp;26, 2010)</TD>
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sv8
As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10, 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
AMSURG CORP.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Tennessee
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
62-1493316
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
20 Burton Hills Boulevard
Nashville, Tennessee
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
37215
(Zip Code)
AmSurg Corp.
2006 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended
(Full Title of the Plan)
Claire M. Gulmi
20 Burton Hills Boulevard
Nashville, Tennessee 37215
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(615) 665-1283
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
J. James Jenkins, Jr., Esq.
Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
150 Third Avenue South, Suite 2800
Nashville, Tennessee 37201
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of
Securities To Be
Amount To Be
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount Of
Registered
Registered (1)
Offering Price Per Share
Aggregate Offering Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock
158,205 shares
$
18.30
(2)
$
2,895,151.50
(2)
$
207
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), this registration statement includes an indeterminate number of additional shares which
may be offered and issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or
similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the registration fee pursuant to
Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933, and based on the average of the high and low
price per share of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on
November 3, 2010.
Registration of Additional Securities
This Registration Statement is filed pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 for the
purpose of registering additional shares of common stock, no par value, of AmSurg Corp., a
Tennessee corporation (the "Registrant"), for the Registrant's 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, as
amended.
Incorporation by Reference of Earlier Registration Statements
The Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-134948) previously filed by the
Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission is hereby incorporated by reference.
Item 8.
Exhibits
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on
Form 10/A-4 (filed with the Commission on July 13, 2001))
4.2
Article 7 of the Registrant's Second Amended and Restated
Charter, as amended (restated electronically for filing
purposes) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2004)
4.3
Articles 2 and 6 of the Registrant's Second Amended and
Restated Bylaws, as amended (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2004)
5.1
Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
10.1
AmSurg Corp. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended
(incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current
Report on Form 8-K, dated May 26, 2010)
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2
Consent of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature pages to this
Registration Statement)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Nashville, State of Tennessee, on this 10
th
day of November, 2010.
AMSURG CORP.
By:
/s/ Claire M. Gulmi
Claire M. Gulmi
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Secretary
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints Christopher A. Holden and Claire M. Gulmi, and each of them, 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 the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorney-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 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 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/ Christopher A. Holden
Christopher A. Holden
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
November 10, 2010
/s/ Claire M. Gulmi
Claire M. Gulmi
Executive Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer, Secretary and
Director (Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
November 10, 2010
/s/ Steven I. Geringer
Steven I. Geringer
Chairman of the Board
November 10, 2010
/s/ James A. Deal
James A. Deal
Director
November 10, 2010
/s/ Thomas G. Cigarran
Thomas G. Cigarran
Director
November 10, 2010
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Henry D. Herr
Henry D. Herr
Director
November 10,
2010
/s/ Kevin P. Lavender
Kevin P. Lavender
Director
November 10,
2010
/s/ Ken P. McDonald
Ken P. McDonald
Director
November 10,
2010
John W. Popp, Jr., M.D.
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registration Statement on
Form 10/A-4 (filed with the Commission on July 13, 2001))
4.2
Article 7 of the Registrant's Second Amended and Restated
Charter, as amended (restated electronically for filing
purposes) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2004)
4.3
Articles 2 and 6 of the Registrant's Second Amended and
Restated Bylaws, as amended (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2004)
5.1
Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
10.1
AmSurg Corp. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended
(incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Current
Report on Form 8-K, dated May 26, 2010)
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2
Consent of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature pages to this
Registration Statement)