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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;14, 2001  </B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2><B> Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>FORM S-8<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  </B></FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=5><B>ALLIANCE IMAGING,&nbsp;INC.<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Delaware<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>33-0239910<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>1065 PacifiCenter Drive, Suite 200<BR>
Anaheim, CA 92806<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Alliance Imaging,&nbsp;Inc. Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Full Title of the Plan) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Russell D. Phillips, Jr.<BR>
General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
Alliance Imaging,&nbsp;Inc.<BR>
1065 PacifiCenter Drive, Suite 200<BR>
Anaheim, CA 92806<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Name and Address of Agent For Service) </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>(714)&nbsp;688-7100<BR>  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE  </B></FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Amount To Be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="BOTTOM"><FONT SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="35%"><FONT SIZE=2>Deferred Compensation Obligations(2)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$1,000,000(3)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>100%</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$1,000,000(3)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$250</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="35%"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>90,000(3)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="15%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$11.90(4)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="16%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>$1,071,000(4)</FONT></TD>
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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Computed
in accordance with Section 6(b) of the Securities Act by multiplying 0.00025 by the proposed maximum aggregate offering price.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
Deferred Compensation Obligations (the "Obligations") are unsecured general obligations of Alliance Imaging, Inc. (the "Company") to pay deferred compensation in accordance with
the Alliance Imaging, Inc. Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan").
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(3)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated
solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee.
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(4)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>Pursuant
to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), the proposed maximum offering price per share, the proposed maximum aggregate offering
price and the amount of registration fee have been computed on the basis of the average of the high and low price of the common stock as quoted on The New York Stock Exchange on November 13, 2001. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART I<BR>  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Explanatory Note  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), this Registration Statement omits the information specified in
Part&nbsp;I (Items 1 and 2)&nbsp;of Form&nbsp;S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I will be delivered to the participants in the Plan as required
by Rule&nbsp;428(b) under the Securities Act. Such documents are not being filed with the Commission as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;424. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>PART II<BR>  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, previously filed by the Company with the Commission, are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement: </FONT></P>

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<DT><FONT SIZE=2>(1)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
Company's Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, as amended (File No.&nbsp;333-64322); and
<BR><BR></FONT></DD><DT><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></DT><DD><FONT SIZE=2>The
Company's Quarterly Reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarters ended June&nbsp;30 and September&nbsp;30, 2001. </FONT></DD></DL>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), after the date of this
Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be 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 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 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. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 4. Description of Securities.  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Plan provides the Company's nonemployee directors who elect to participate in the Plan ("Participants") with an opportunity to defer the
pre-tax amounts otherwise payable to them for their service on the Company's Board of Directors, including payments due for service on any committee thereof (collectively, "Fees"), and
accumulate tax-deferred earnings (or losses) thereon. The Plan provides that Participants may elect to defer Fees on a cash basis, on a stock basis or on a combination thereof and that the
Company shall maintain a cash account and a stock account for each Participant in order to record such elections. Fees deferred on a cash basis bear interest at a quarterly interest rate equal to
three months LIBOR plus 225 basis points. Fees deferred on a stock basis are converted into a number of "phantom shares" (a notional amount which is equivalent to the value of one share of the
Company's Common Stock, determined in accordance with the terms of the Plan) equal to the dollar amount of such Fees divided by the dollar value of one share of the Company's Common Stock determined
in accordance with the terms of the Plan (the "Stock Value") on the date such Fees would otherwise be paid. Fees deferred on a cash basis are payable in cash. Fees deferred on a stock basis are
payable at the election of a Participant as (a)&nbsp;cash in an amount equal to the product of (i)&nbsp;the number of phantom shares in such Participant's stock account and (ii)&nbsp;the Stock
Value on the date of payment or (b)&nbsp;a number of shares of the Company's Common Stock equal to the number of shares of phantom </FONT></P>

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stock in the applicable Participant's stock account. Fees deferred under the Plan are due and payable upon a change of control of the Company in accordance with the terms thereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fees
deferred on a cash basis (and the interest payable thereon) are held in the general assets of the Company and the Company is not required to create a separate fund or trust
therefore. Furthermore, the Company is not required to acquire, reserve, segregate, or otherwise set aside shares of its Common Stock for the payment of its obligations under the Plan, but is required
to make available as and when required a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to meet the needs of the Plan. Each Participant is an unsecured general creditor of the Company with respect to his
or her own Plan benefits. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Obligations cannot be assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered by the Participants, except that each Participant may designate a beneficiary to receive benefits upon
the Participant's death. The total dollar amount of Obligations and the total number of shares of Common Stock of the Company being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement is $1,000,000.00
and 90,000 respectively. The Plan may be amended, suspended or terminated in whole or in part by the Company's Board of Directors except that no amendment, suspension or termination shall apply to the
payment to any Participant or beneficiary of a deceased Participant of any amount previously credited to a Participant's cash account or stock account. </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the issuance of the shares of common stock registered hereby has been passed upon by Russell D. Phillips, Jr. who serves as General Counsel and
Secretary of the Company and holds options to purchase Common Stock of the Company. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law allows for the indemnification of officers, directors and any corporate agents in terms sufficiently
broad to indemnify such persons under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act. The Company's certificate of incorporation
and bylaws provide for indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and other agents to the extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. The Company carries policies of insurance
which cover the individual directors and officers of the Company for legal liability and which would pay on behalf of the Company for expenses of indemnification of directors and officers. The Company
has entered into agreements with certain of its executive officers and directors that require the Company to indemnify such officers and directors against certain liabilities which may arise by reason
of their status as officers and directors of the Company, including liabilities under the federal securities laws. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 8. Exhibits.  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See "Index to Exhibits." </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2><B>Item 9. Undertakings.  </B></FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The
undersigned Company hereby undertakes: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;to
include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Act; </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;to
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than
a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and </FONT></P>


<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;to
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in this Registration Statement. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That,
for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;That,
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P>

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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>SIGNATURES    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form&nbsp;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 Anaheim, State of
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>RUSSELL D. PHILLIPS, JR.</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Name: Russell D. Phillips, Jr.<BR>
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<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY    <BR>  </B></FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Russell D. Phillips, Jr. and Kenneth S. Ord, and each
of them, with full power to act without the other, such person's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and
in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement, and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), and to file the
same, with exhibits and schedules thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or desirable to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as
he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH="44%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>RICHARD N. ZEHNER</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Richard N. Zehner</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="27%" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="24%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><FONT SIZE=2>November 14, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>JAMIE E. HOPPING</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Jamie E. Hopping</FONT></TD>
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President, Chief Operating Officer and Director</FONT></TD>
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November 14, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>KENNETH S. ORD</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Kenneth S. Ord</FONT></TD>
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Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD>
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November 14, 2001</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>HOWARD K. AIHARA</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Howard K. Aihara</FONT></TD>
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Principal Accounting Officer</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>DAVID H. S. CHUNG</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> David H. S. Chung</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>ANTHONY B. HELFET</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Anthony B. Helfet</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="44%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="CENTER"><BR><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Henry R. Kravis</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>MICHAEL W. MICHELSON</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Michael W. Michelson</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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/s/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>EDWARD L. SAMEK</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><HR NOSHADE><FONT SIZE=2> Edward L. Samek</FONT></TD>
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Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="89%"><FONT SIZE=2>Indenture, dated as of April 10, 2001, by and between the Company and the Bank of New York with respect to $260 million aggregate principal amount of 10<SUP>3</SUP>/<SMALL>8</SMALL>% Senior Subordinated Notes due
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Specimen certificate for shares of the Company's common stock, $.01 par value.(2)</FONT></TD>
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5.1</FONT></TD>
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Opinion as to the legality of the securities being offered.(3)</FONT></TD>
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23.1</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP.(3)</FONT></TD>
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23.2</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP.(3)</FONT></TD>
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24.1</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (included on page S-2).(3)</FONT></TD>
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by reference to exhibits filed with the Company's Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, File No.&nbsp;33-40805, as amended.
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2001
Registration Statement No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ALLIANCE IMAGING, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
33-0239910
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1065 PacifiCenter Drive, Suite 200
Anaheim, CA 92806
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Alliance Imaging, Inc. Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Russell D. Phillips, Jr.
General Counsel and Secretary
Alliance Imaging, Inc.
1065 PacifiCenter Drive, Suite 200
Anaheim, CA 92806
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(714) 688-7100
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities To Be Registered
Amount To Be Registered
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
Amount of Registration Fee(1)
Deferred Compensation Obligations(2)
$1,000,000(3)
100%
$1,000,000(3)
$250
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
90,000(3)
$11.90(4)
$1,071,000(4)
$268(4)
(1)
Computed
in accordance with Section 6(b) of the Securities Act by multiplying 0.00025 by the proposed maximum aggregate offering price.
(2)
The
Deferred Compensation Obligations (the "Obligations") are unsecured general obligations of Alliance Imaging, Inc. (the "Company") to pay deferred compensation in accordance with
the Alliance Imaging, Inc. Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan").
(3)
Estimated
solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee.
(4)
Pursuant
to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), the proposed maximum offering price per share, the proposed maximum aggregate offering
price and the amount of registration fee have been computed on the basis of the average of the high and low price of the common stock as quoted on The New York Stock Exchange on November 13, 2001.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Explanatory Note
As permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), this Registration Statement omits the information specified in
Part I (Items 1 and 2) of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the Plan as required
by Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act. Such documents are not being filed with the Commission as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
Rule 424.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, previously filed by the Company with the Commission, are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(1)
The
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-64322); and
(2)
The
Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended June 30 and September 30, 2001.
All
documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), after the date of this
Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be 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 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 subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified
or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
The Plan provides the Company's nonemployee directors who elect to participate in the Plan ("Participants") with an opportunity to defer the
pre-tax amounts otherwise payable to them for their service on the Company's Board of Directors, including payments due for service on any committee thereof (collectively, "Fees"), and
accumulate tax-deferred earnings (or losses) thereon. The Plan provides that Participants may elect to defer Fees on a cash basis, on a stock basis or on a combination thereof and that the
Company shall maintain a cash account and a stock account for each Participant in order to record such elections. Fees deferred on a cash basis bear interest at a quarterly interest rate equal to
three months LIBOR plus 225 basis points. Fees deferred on a stock basis are converted into a number of "phantom shares" (a notional amount which is equivalent to the value of one share of the
Company's Common Stock, determined in accordance with the terms of the Plan) equal to the dollar amount of such Fees divided by the dollar value of one share of the Company's Common Stock determined
in accordance with the terms of the Plan (the "Stock Value") on the date such Fees would otherwise be paid. Fees deferred on a cash basis are payable in cash. Fees deferred on a stock basis are
payable at the election of a Participant as (a) cash in an amount equal to the product of (i) the number of phantom shares in such Participant's stock account and (ii) the Stock
Value on the date of payment or (b) a number of shares of the Company's Common Stock equal to the number of shares of phantom
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stock in the applicable Participant's stock account. Fees deferred under the Plan are due and payable upon a change of control of the Company in accordance with the terms thereof.
Fees
deferred on a cash basis (and the interest payable thereon) are held in the general assets of the Company and the Company is not required to create a separate fund or trust
therefore. Furthermore, the Company is not required to acquire, reserve, segregate, or otherwise set aside shares of its Common Stock for the payment of its obligations under the Plan, but is required
to make available as and when required a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to meet the needs of the Plan. Each Participant is an unsecured general creditor of the Company with respect to his
or her own Plan benefits.
The
Obligations cannot be assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered by the Participants, except that each Participant may designate a beneficiary to receive benefits upon
the Participant's death. The total dollar amount of Obligations and the total number of shares of Common Stock of the Company being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement is $1,000,000.00
and 90,000 respectively. The Plan may be amended, suspended or terminated in whole or in part by the Company's Board of Directors except that no amendment, suspension or termination shall apply to the
payment to any Participant or beneficiary of a deceased Participant of any amount previously credited to a Participant's cash account or stock account.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The validity of the issuance of the shares of common stock registered hereby has been passed upon by Russell D. Phillips, Jr. who serves as General Counsel and
Secretary of the Company and holds options to purchase Common Stock of the Company.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law allows for the indemnification of officers, directors and any corporate agents in terms sufficiently
broad to indemnify such persons under certain circumstances for liabilities (including reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act. The Company's certificate of incorporation
and bylaws provide for indemnification of its directors, officers, employees and other agents to the extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law. The Company carries policies of insurance
which cover the individual directors and officers of the Company for legal liability and which would pay on behalf of the Company for expenses of indemnification of directors and officers. The Company
has entered into agreements with certain of its executive officers and directors that require the Company to indemnify such officers and directors against certain liabilities which may arise by reason
of their status as officers and directors of the Company, including liabilities under the federal securities laws.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
See "Index to Exhibits."
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Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The
undersigned Company hereby undertakes:
(1) To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)  to
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Act;
(ii) to
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than
a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii) to
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in this Registration Statement.
(2) That,
for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(b) That,
for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of
such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company 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 Anaheim, State of
California, on this 14th day of November, 2001.
ALLIANCE IMAGING, INC.
By:
/s/
RUSSELL D. PHILLIPS, JR.
Name: Russell D. Phillips, Jr.
Title:
General Counsel
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Russell D. Phillips, Jr. and Kenneth S. Ord, and each
of them, with full power to act without the other, such person's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and
in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement, and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), and to file the
same, with exhibits and schedules thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or desirable to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as
he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
RICHARD N. ZEHNER
Richard N. Zehner
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
November 14, 2001
/s/
JAMIE E. HOPPING
Jamie E. Hopping
President, Chief Operating Officer and Director
November 14, 2001
/s/
KENNETH S. ORD
Kenneth S. Ord
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
November 14, 2001
/s/
HOWARD K. AIHARA
Howard K. Aihara
Principal Accounting Officer
November 14, 2001
/s/
DAVID H. S. CHUNG
David H. S. Chung
Director
November 14, 2001
/s/
ANTHONY B. HELFET
Anthony B. Helfet
Director
November 14, 2001
Henry R. Kravis
Director
/s/
MICHAEL W. MICHELSON
Michael W. Michelson
Director
November 14, 2001
George R. Roberts
Director
/s/
EDWARD L. SAMEK
Edward L. Samek
Director
November 14, 2001
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Indenture, dated as of April 10, 2001, by and between the Company and the Bank of New York with respect to $260 million aggregate principal amount of 10
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8
% Senior Subordinated Notes due
2011.(1)
4.2
Credit Agreement, dated as of November 2, 1999, as amended.(1)
4.3
Specimen certificate for shares of the Company's common stock, $.01 par value.(2)
5.1
Opinion as to the legality of the securities being offered.(3)
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.(3)
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.(3)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on page S-2).(3)
(1)
Incorporated
by reference to exhibits filed with the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-4, File No. 333-60682, as amended.
(2)
Incorporated
by reference to exhibits filed with the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 33-40805, as amended.
(3)
Filed
herewith.
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