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STATES</font></b></p>

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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

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D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&nbsp;S-8</font></b></p>

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STATEMENT UNDER</font></b></p>

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SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NOVAMED,
INC.</font></b></p>

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  North Michigan Avenue, Suite&nbsp;1620</font></b><br>
  <b>Chicago, Illinois</b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NovaMed,&nbsp;Inc. Second Amended and
Restated 1999 Stock Purchase Plan</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Full title of the Plan)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Thomas S.
Hall</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">President,
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NovaMed,&nbsp;Inc.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">980 North
Michigan Avenue, Suite&nbsp;1620</font></b></p>

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Illinois 60611</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(312)
664-4100</font></b></p>

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OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  registered&nbsp;(1)(2)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  registered&nbsp;(1)(2)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed<br>
  maximum<br>
  offering&nbsp;price<br>
  per&nbsp;share&nbsp;(3)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed&nbsp;maximum<br>
  aggregate&nbsp;offering<br>
  price&nbsp;(3)</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount&nbsp;of<br>
  registration&nbsp;fee&nbsp;(3)</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Stock,
  $0.01 par value</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">200,000</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$3.63</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$726,000</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$28.53</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 22.5pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-22.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
Registrant previously registered shares of Common Stock to be offered or issued
pursuant to the Registrant&#146;s 1999 Amended and Restated Stock Purchase Plan on
Form S-8 (File No. 333-87647). This registration statement on Form S-8 covers
additional shares of Common Stock to be offered or issued pursuant to the
NovaMed, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Purchase Plan.&#160; In accordance with Rule&nbsp;416(a)&nbsp;under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this
registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional shares of common
stock, par value $0.01 per share, which may be issued pursuant to the NovaMed,&nbsp;Inc. Second Amended and
Restated 1999 Stock Purchase Plan to prevent dilution from stock splits,
stock dividends or similar transactions.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 22.5pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-22.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Includes
associated preferred stock purchase rights (the &#147;Rights&#148;) to purchase 1/1000 of
a share of Series&nbsp;E Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01
per share, of NovaMed,&nbsp;Inc. Rights initially attach to and trade with the
shares of common stock being registered hereby. The value attributable to the
Rights, if any, is reflected in the market price of the common stock.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 22.5pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-22.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Estimated
solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c)&nbsp;and
457(h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act on the basis of the average high and low
sale prices reported for shares of the Registrant&#146;s common stock on the NASDAQ
Global Select Market on October&nbsp;31, 2008.</p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PART&nbsp;I</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;PROSPECTUS</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The documents containing
the information required by this Part&nbsp;I are not required to be filed as
part of this Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 pursuant to the rules&nbsp;and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) and
the introductory note to Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8. Such documents and the
documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8
in Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus
that meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;of the Securities Act.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PART&nbsp;II</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item&nbsp;3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following documents
which have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated
herein by reference:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Registrant&#146;s Annual
Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2007;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Registrant&#146;s
Quarterly Reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarters ended March&nbsp;31 and June&nbsp;30,
2008;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Registrant&#146;s
Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on January&nbsp;10 and May&nbsp;23,
2008; and</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The description of the
Registrant&#146;s common stock and the preferred stock purchase rights contained in
the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A (Registration No.&nbsp;000-26625)
filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;8, 1999, pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and all amendments
thereto and reports filed for the purpose of updating such description, other
than the portions of such documents, which by statute, by designation in such
document or otherwise, are not deemed to be filed with the Commission or are
not regarded to be incorporated herein by reference.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All documents
subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment (i)&nbsp;which indicates that all securities offered
herein have been sold or (ii)&nbsp;which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents. Any
statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes hereof or of the related prospectus to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which is also
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated 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 style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 4.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Description of
Securities.</b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Interests of Named
Experts and Counsel.</b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The legality of the
shares of the Registrant&#146;s common stock covered by this Registration Statement
will be passed on for the Registrant by DLA Piper LLP (US). Steven V.
Napolitano, a partner of DLA Piper LLP (US), is a member of the Registrant&#146;s
board of directors and beneficially owns less than 1% of the outstanding shares
of the Registrant&#146;s common stock.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 6.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Indemnification of
Directors and Officers.</b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As permitted by the
Delaware General Corporation Law, the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, (the &#147;Certificate of Incorporation&#148;)
provides that its directors will not be personally liable to the Registrant or
its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director, except for liability:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>for any breach of the
director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .35in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.1in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>for acts or omissions not in
good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law;</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .35in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.1in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>under Section&nbsp;174 of
the Delaware General Corporation Law, relating to unlawful payment of dividends
or unlawful stock purchase or redemption of stock; or</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .35in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.1in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>for any transaction from
which the director derives an improper personal benefit.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .35in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.1in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition, the
Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation provides for the indemnification for
each person who is or was a director or officer of the Registrant and each
person who serves or served at the request of the Registrant as a director,
officer or partner of another enterprise to the fullest extent authorized by
the Delaware General Corporation Law.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant has
entered into separate indemnification agreements with each of its directors and
executive officers, whereby it has agreed, among other things, to indemnify
them to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law,
subject to specified limitations, against certain liabilities actually incurred
by them in any proceeding in which they are a party that may arise by reason of
their status as directors, officers, employees or agents of the Registrant or
may arise by reason of their serving as such at the Registrant&#146;s request for
another entity and to advance their expenses incurred as a result of any
proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified. There is no
pending litigation or proceeding involving any of the Registrant&#146;s directors,
officers, employees or other agents as to which indemnification is being sought
nor is the Registrant aware of any pending or threatened litigation that may
result in claims for indemnification.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 7.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Exemption From
Registration Claimed.</b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not Applicable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Exhibits.</b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following documents
are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit No.</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.65pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="655" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:491.0pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Description</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="655" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:491.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certificate of
  Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
  Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed
  on July 27, 1999 (Registration Statement No. 333-79271))</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="655" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:491.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By-Laws of the
  Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s
  Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 25, 2007)</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="56" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.85pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="655" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:491.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Specimen Common Stock
  Certificate of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
  Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed
  on July 6, 1999 (Registration Statement No. 333-79271))</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="655" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:491.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Rights Agreement
  between the Registrant and American Stock Transfer &amp; Trust Company, as
  rights agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Amendment No. 2 to
  the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed July 27, 1999
  (Registration Statement No. 333-79271))</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.5</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NovaMed, Inc. Second
  Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to
  Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 23,
  2008)</font></p>
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  <td width="55" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.4pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="656" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:491.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of DLA Piper
  LLP (US) as to the legality of the securities being registered</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="55" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.4pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="656" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:491.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of BDO Seidman
  LLP</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="55" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.4pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="656" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:491.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of DLA Piper
  LLP (US) (included in Exhibit 5.1)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="55" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:41.4pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="656" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:491.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Powers of attorney
  (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)</font></p>
  </td>
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</table>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Undertakings.</b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant hereby
undertakes:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&nbsp;To file, during
any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment
to this Registration Statement:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.75in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)&nbsp;To include any
prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)&nbsp;of the Securities Act of
1933;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.75in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.75in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(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;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.75in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.75in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)&nbsp;To include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.75in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 4.4pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.75in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">provided, however,</font></i> that clauses (i)&nbsp;and
(ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained in periodic reports
filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of
the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 4.4pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.75in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&nbsp;That, for the
purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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 style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned
Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the 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 <u>bona</u>  <u>fide</u> offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant 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 Registrant 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
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 Chicago, Illinois, on the 6th day of November, 2008.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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 <tr>
  <td width="368" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:275.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="352" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:264.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NOVAMED,
  INC.</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="368" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:275.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="352" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:264.15pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="368" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:275.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="33" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="319" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:239.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ THOMAS S.
  HALL</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="368" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:275.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="33" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="319" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:239.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Thomas S. Hall</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="368" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:275.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="33" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="319" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:239.4pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President, Chief
  Executive Officer and<br>
  Chairman of the Board</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We, the
undersigned officers and directors of NovaMed,&nbsp;Inc., do hereby constitute
and appoint Thomas S. Hall and Scott T. Macomber or either of them, our true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him and in his 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 exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the 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 requisite are necessary 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 each of said attorney-in-fact
and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:23.1pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="98%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:98.38%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="181" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:135.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Signature</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.95pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="372" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:278.9pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Title</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.05pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="113" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.85pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Date</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="181" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:135.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="372" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:278.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="113" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="181" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:135.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ THOMAS S.
  HALL</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="372" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:278.9pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President, Chief
  Executive Officer</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="113" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.85pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">November&nbsp;6,
  2008</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="181" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:135.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Thomas S. Hall</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="372" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:278.9pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Principal Executive
  Officer),<br>
  Chairman of the Board and a Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="113" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.85pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="181" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:135.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="372" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:278.9pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="113" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.85pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="181" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:135.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ SCOTT T.
  MACOMBER</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="372" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:278.9pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Executive Vice
  President and Chief Financial</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="113" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.85pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">November&nbsp;6,
  2008</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="181" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:135.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Scott T.
  Macomber</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="372" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:278.9pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Officer
  (Principal Financial Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="113" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.85pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="181" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:135.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="372" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:278.9pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="113" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.85pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="181" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:135.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ JOHN P. HART</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="372" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:278.9pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice President,
  Corporate Controller</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="113" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.85pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">November&nbsp;6,
  2008</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="181" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:135.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John P. Hart</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="372" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:278.9pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Principal
  Accounting Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="113" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.85pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="181" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:135.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="372" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:278.9pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="113" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.85pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="181" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:135.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ ROBERT J.
  KELLY</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="372" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:278.9pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Lead Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="113" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.85pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">November&nbsp;6,
  2008</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="181" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:135.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert J. Kelly</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="372" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:278.9pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="113" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.85pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="181" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:135.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="372" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:278.9pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="113" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.85pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="181" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:135.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ R. JUDD
  JESSUP</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="372" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:278.9pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="113" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.85pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">November&nbsp;6,
  2008</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="181" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:135.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">R. Judd Jessup</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="372" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:278.9pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="113" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.85pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="181" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:135.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="372" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:278.9pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="113" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.85pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="181" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:135.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ SCOTT H.
  KIRK</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="372" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:278.9pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="113" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.85pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">November&nbsp;6,
  2008</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="181" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:135.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Scott H. Kirk</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="372" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:278.9pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="113" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.85pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="181" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:135.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="372" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:278.9pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="113" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.85pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="181" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:135.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ STEVEN V.
  NAPOLITANO</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="372" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:278.9pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="113" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.85pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">November&nbsp;6,
  2008</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="181" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:135.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Steven V.
  Napolitano</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="372" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:278.9pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="113" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.85pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="181" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:135.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="372" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:278.9pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="113" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.85pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="181" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:135.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ C.A. LANCE
  PICCOLO</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="372" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:278.9pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="113" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.85pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">November&nbsp;6,
  2008</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="181" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:135.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">C.A. Lance
  Piccolo</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="372" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:278.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.05pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="113" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:84.85pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INDEX
TO EXHIBITS</font></b></p>

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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="101%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:101.74%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="58" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit&nbsp;No.</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.2pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="653" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:489.55pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Description</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="58" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.65pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="653" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:489.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Certificate of
  Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to
  Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration
  Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 filed on July&nbsp;27, 1999 (Registration
  Statement No.&nbsp;333-79271))</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="58" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.65pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="653" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:489.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By-Laws of the
  Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s
  Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on October&nbsp;25, 2007)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="58" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.65pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="653" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:489.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Specimen Common Stock
  Certificate of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1
  to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on
  Form&nbsp;S-1 filed on July&nbsp;6, 1999 (Registration Statement
  No.&nbsp;333-79271))</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="58" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.65pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="653" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:489.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Rights Agreement
  between the Registrant and American Stock Transfer&nbsp;&amp; Trust Company,
  as rights agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to Amendment
  No.&nbsp;2 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 filed
  July&nbsp;27, 1999 (Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-79271))</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="58" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.65pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="653" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:489.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NovaMed,&nbsp;Inc. Second Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Purchase Plan
  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current
  Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on May&nbsp;23, 2008)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="58" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.65pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="653" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:489.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of DLA Piper
  LLP (US) as to the legality of the securities being registered</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="58" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.65pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="653" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:489.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of BDO Seidman
  LLP</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="58" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.65pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="653" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:489.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of DLA Piper
  LLP (US) (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="58" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.65pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="22" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.2pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="653" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:489.55pt;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Powers of attorney
  (included on the signature page&nbsp;of this Registration Statement)</font></p>
  </td>
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As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2008
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NOVAMED,
INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
36-4116193
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
980
  North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1620
Chicago, Illinois
60611
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
NovaMed, Inc. Second Amended and
Restated 1999 Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
Thomas S.
Hall
President,
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
NovaMed, Inc.
980 North
Michigan Avenue, Suite 1620
Chicago,
Illinois 60611
(Name and address of agent for service)
(312)
664-4100
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to be
registered (1)(2)
Amount to be
registered (1)(2)
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share (3)
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
price (3)
Amount of
registration fee (3)
Common Stock,
  $0.01 par value
200,000
$3.63
$726,000
$28.53
(1)
The
Registrant previously registered shares of Common Stock to be offered or issued
pursuant to the Registrant's 1999 Amended and Restated Stock Purchase Plan on
Form S-8 (File No. 333-87647). This registration statement on Form S-8 covers
additional shares of Common Stock to be offered or issued pursuant to the
NovaMed, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Purchase Plan.  In accordance with Rule 416(a) under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this
registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional shares of common
stock, par value $0.01 per share, which may be issued pursuant to the NovaMed, Inc. Second Amended and
Restated 1999 Stock Purchase Plan to prevent dilution from stock splits,
stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Includes
associated preferred stock purchase rights (the "Rights") to purchase 1/1000 of
a share of Series E Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01
per share, of NovaMed, Inc. Rights initially attach to and trade with the
shares of common stock being registered hereby. The value attributable to the
Rights, if any, is reflected in the market price of the common stock.
(3)
Estimated
solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and
457(h) under the Securities Act on the basis of the average high and low
sale prices reported for shares of the Registrant's common stock on the NASDAQ
Global Select Market on October 31, 2008.
PART I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing
the information required by this Part I are not required to be filed as
part of this Registration Statement on Form S-8 pursuant to the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and
the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. Such documents and the
documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8
in Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus
that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents
which have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated
herein by reference:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007;
(b)
The Registrant's
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31 and June 30,
2008;
(c)
The Registrant's
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 10 and May 23,
2008; and
(d)
The description of the
Registrant's common stock and the preferred stock purchase rights contained in
the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (Registration No. 000-26625)
filed with the Commission on July 8, 1999, pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and all amendments
thereto and reports filed for the purpose of updating such description, other
than the portions of such documents, which by statute, by designation in such
document or otherwise, are not deemed to be filed with the Commission or are
not regarded to be incorporated herein by reference.
All documents
subsequently filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment (i) which indicates that all securities offered
herein have been sold or (ii) which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents. Any
statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes hereof or of the related prospectus to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which is also
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated 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.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named
Experts and Counsel.
The legality of the
shares of the Registrant's common stock covered by this Registration Statement
will be passed on for the Registrant by DLA Piper LLP (US). Steven V.
Napolitano, a partner of DLA Piper LLP (US), is a member of the Registrant's
board of directors and beneficially owns less than 1% of the outstanding shares
of the Registrant's common stock.
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Item 6.
Indemnification of
Directors and Officers.
As permitted by the
Delaware General Corporation Law, the Registrant's Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, (the "Certificate of Incorporation")
provides that its directors will not be personally liable to the Registrant or
its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director, except for liability:
·
for any breach of the
director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its stockholders;
·
for acts or omissions not in
good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law;
·
under Section 174 of
the Delaware General Corporation Law, relating to unlawful payment of dividends
or unlawful stock purchase or redemption of stock; or
·
for any transaction from
which the director derives an improper personal benefit.
In addition, the
Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation provides for the indemnification for
each person who is or was a director or officer of the Registrant and each
person who serves or served at the request of the Registrant as a director,
officer or partner of another enterprise to the fullest extent authorized by
the Delaware General Corporation Law.
The Registrant has
entered into separate indemnification agreements with each of its directors and
executive officers, whereby it has agreed, among other things, to indemnify
them to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law,
subject to specified limitations, against certain liabilities actually incurred
by them in any proceeding in which they are a party that may arise by reason of
their status as directors, officers, employees or agents of the Registrant or
may arise by reason of their serving as such at the Registrant's request for
another entity and to advance their expenses incurred as a result of any
proceeding against them as to which they could be indemnified. There is no
pending litigation or proceeding involving any of the Registrant's directors,
officers, employees or other agents as to which indemnification is being sought
nor is the Registrant aware of any pending or threatened litigation that may
result in claims for indemnification.
Item 7.
Exemption From
Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
The following documents
are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement:
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Certificate of
  Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
  Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed
  on July 27, 1999 (Registration Statement No. 333-79271))
4.2
By-Laws of the
  Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's
  Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 25, 2007)
4.3
Specimen Common Stock
  Certificate of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
  Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed
  on July 6, 1999 (Registration Statement No. 333-79271))
4.4
Rights Agreement
  between the Registrant and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as
  rights agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Amendment No. 2 to
  the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed July 27, 1999
  (Registration Statement No. 333-79271))
4.5
NovaMed, Inc. Second
  Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to
  Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 23,
  2008)
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5.1
Opinion of DLA Piper
  LLP (US) as to the legality of the securities being registered
23.1
Consent of BDO Seidman
  LLP
23.2
Consent of DLA Piper
  LLP (US) (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Powers of attorney
  (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)
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Item 9.
Undertakings.
The Registrant hereby
undertakes:
(a) 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 Securities Act of
1933;
(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;
(iii) To include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however,
that clauses (i) and
(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained in periodic reports
filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement.
(b) That, for the
purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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.
(c) 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.
The undersigned
Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the 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.
Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant 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 Registrant 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 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 of 1933, as amended, 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 Chicago, Illinois, on the 6th day of November, 2008.
NOVAMED,
  INC.
By:
/s/ THOMAS S.
  HALL
Thomas S. Hall
President, Chief
  Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the
undersigned officers and directors of NovaMed, Inc., do hereby constitute
and appoint Thomas S. Hall and Scott T. Macomber or either of them, our true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him and in his 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 exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the 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 requisite are necessary 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 each of said attorney-in-fact
and agents, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ THOMAS S.
  HALL
President, Chief
  Executive Officer
November 6,
  2008
Thomas S. Hall
(Principal Executive
  Officer),
Chairman of the Board and a Director
/s/ SCOTT T.
  MACOMBER
Executive Vice
  President and Chief Financial
November 6,
  2008
Scott T.
  Macomber
Officer
  (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ JOHN P. HART
Vice President,
  Corporate Controller
November 6,
  2008
John P. Hart
(Principal
  Accounting Officer)
/s/ ROBERT J.
  KELLY
Lead Director
November 6,
  2008
Robert J. Kelly
/s/ R. JUDD
  JESSUP
Director
November 6,
  2008
R. Judd Jessup
/s/ SCOTT H.
  KIRK
Director
November 6,
  2008
Scott H. Kirk
/s/ STEVEN V.
  NAPOLITANO
Director
November 6,
  2008
Steven V.
  Napolitano
/s/ C.A. LANCE
  PICCOLO
Director
November 6,
  2008
C.A. Lance
  Piccolo
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INDEX
TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Certificate of
  Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to
  Exhibit 3.1 to Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant's Registration
  Statement on Form S-1 filed on July 27, 1999 (Registration
  Statement No. 333-79271))
4.2
By-Laws of the
  Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's
  Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 25, 2007)
4.3
Specimen Common Stock
  Certificate of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1
  to Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on
  Form S-1 filed on July 6, 1999 (Registration Statement
  No. 333-79271))
4.4
Rights Agreement
  between the Registrant and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company,
  as rights agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Amendment
  No. 2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed
  July 27, 1999 (Registration Statement No. 333-79271))
4.5
NovaMed, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 1999 Stock Purchase Plan
  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current
  Report on Form 8-K filed on May 23, 2008)
5.1
Opinion of DLA Piper
  LLP (US) as to the legality of the securities being registered
23.1
Consent of BDO Seidman
  LLP
23.2
Consent of DLA Piper
  LLP (US) (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Powers of attorney
  (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)
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