Form S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 14, 2005.

Registration No. 333-      


 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


 

TRIAD HOSPITALS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   75-2816101
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

5800 Tennyson Parkway

Plano, Texas 75024

214-473-7000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 


 

TRIAD HOSPITALS, INC. OUTSIDE DIRECTORS STOCK AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN

(Full Title of the Plan)

 

Donald P. Fay, Esq.

Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel

Triad Hospitals, Inc.

5800 Tennyson Parkway

Plano, Texas 75024

214-473-7000

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code of agent for services)

 


 

Copy to:

 

Morton A. Pierce, Esq.

Dewey Ballantine LLP

1301 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019-6092

 


 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 


Title of Securities to be Registered    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, par value $0.01 per share(4)

   575,000 shares    $43.08    $24,771,000    $2,915.54

 

(1) Represents shares of the registrant’s common stock issuable pursuant to the Triad Hospitals, Inc. Outside Directors Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended (the “Plan”), being registered hereon. Pursuant to a separate Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed May 11, 1999 (Registration No. 333-78191), the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference, the Registrant previously registered 175,000 shares of common stock issuable pursuant to the Plan, which are not included in the above figure.

 

(2) This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock which become issuable under the Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or reorganization of or by the registrant which results in an increase in the number of the registrant’s outstanding shares of common stock or shares issuable pursuant to awards granted under the Plan.

 

(3) Estimated for the sole purpose of determining the registration fee. Pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the proposed maximum offering price per share is calculated as the average of the high and low selling prices, as reported by the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., of the common stock of the registrant on March 9, 2005.

 

(4) Includes the Series A Preferred Stock purchase rights associated with the common stock.

 



INCORPORATION OF EARLIER REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

The contents of Registration No. 333-78191 are incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 8. Exhibits.

 

The documents listed hereunder are filed as exhibits hereto.

 

Exhibit
Number


  

Description


  5.1    Opinion of Donald P. Fay, Esq.
23.1    Consent of Donald P. Fay, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
99.1    Triad Hospitals, Inc. Outside Directors Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan filed as Exhibit B to the Triad Hospitals, Inc. Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A dated as of April 17, 2003, is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Plano, State of Texas, on March 14, 2005.

 

TRIAD HOSPITALS, INC.

By:

  /s/    JAMES D. SHELTON        
    James D. Shelton
    Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Date: March 14, 2005

      /s/    JAMES D. SHELTON        
        James D. Shelton
        Chairman of the Board, President
and Chief Executive Officer and Director
        (Principal executive officer)

Date: March 14, 2005

      /s/    BURKE W. WHITMAN        
        Burke W. Whitman
        Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
        (Principal accounting officer)

Date: March 14, 2005

      /s/    MICHAEL J. PARSONS        
        Michael J. Parsons
        Director

Date: March 14, 2005

      /s/    THOMAS G. LOEFFLER, ESQ.        
        Thomas G. Loeffler, Esq.
        Director

Date: March 14, 2005

      /s/    THOMAS F. FRIST III        
        Thomas F. Frist III
        Director

 

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Date: March 14, 2005

        
        Uwe E. Reinhardt, Ph.D.
        Director

Date: March 14, 2005

      /s/    DALE V. KESLER.        
        Dale V. Kesler
        Director

Date: March 14, 2005

      /s/    GALE E. SAYERS        
        Gale E. Sayers
        Director

Date: March 14, 2005

        
        Barbara A. Durand, R.N., Ed.D.
        Director

Date: March 14, 2005

      /s/    DONALD B. HALVERSTADT, M.D.
        Donald B. Halverstadt, M.D.
        Director

Date: March 14, 2005

      /s/    NANCY-ANN DEPARLE        
        Nancy-Ann DeParle
        Director

Date: March 14, 2005

      /s/    MICHAEL K. JHIN        
        Michael K. Jhin
        Director

Date: March 14, 2005

      /s/    HARRIET R. MICHEL        
        Harriet R. Michel
        Director

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
Number


  

Description


  5.1    Opinion of Donald P. Fay, Esq.
23.1    Consent of Donald P. Fay, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2    Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
99.1    Triad Hospitals, Inc. Outside Directors Stock and Incentive Compensation Plan filed as Exhibit B to the Triad Hospitals, Inc. Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A dated as of April 17, 2003, is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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