As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2006

Registration No. 333-            

 

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

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AMN HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware		06-1500476
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

12400 High Bluff Drive, Suite 100

San Diego, California 92130

(Address, including zip code, of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

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AMN Healthcare Equity Plan

(Full title of the plan)

 

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Denise L. Jackson, Esq.

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

AMN Healthcare Service, Inc.

12400 High Bluff Drive, Suite 100

San Diego, California 92130

(866) 871-8519

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

 

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Copy to:

John C. Kennedy, Esq.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019–6064

(212) 373-3000

 

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered		Amount to be Registered (1)			Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share (3)			Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price (4)			Amount of Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share		3,042,750 shares	(2)		$	24.05		$	73,178,137.50		$	2,246.57

 

(1)	Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities to be offered or issued from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.

(2)	Represents 3,042,750 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance under the AMN Healthcare Equity Plan (the “Equity Plan”).

(3)	The proposed maximum offering price per share was determined by averaging the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported by the New York Stock Exchange on April 12, 2007.

(4)	Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act.

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (the “Company”) has prepared this Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) to increase by 3,042,750 the number of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) registered under the AMN Healthcare Equity Plan, as amended (the “Equity Plan”).

Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-133227) previously filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 12, 2006 are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. Upon effectiveness of this Registration Statement, a total of 3,766,025 shares of Common Stock issuable under the Equity Plan will be registered (which represents the original authorized 723,275 shares of Common Stock, as increased by 42,750 shares forfeited, canceled or terminated other than by exercise under the Company’s Stock Option Plan from March 10, 2006 through December 31, 2006 being registered hereby, and an additional 3,000,000 shares being registered hereby).

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PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 8.

Exhibits

 

4.1		AMN Healthcare Equity Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 of AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on March 14, 2007).
5.1		Opinion of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP as to the legality of the shares of common stock.
23.1		Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2		Consent of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 San Diego, State of California on April 18, 2007.

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Susan R. Nowakowski and David C. Dreyer, or any of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution and resubstitution, in any and all capacities, to sign this registration statement or amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of said attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes and he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and conforming all that said attorney-in-fact and agents, or their 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 on April 18, 2007 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

 

Signature		Title
/s/    SUSAN R. NOWAKOWSKI         Susan R. Nowakowski		President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/    STEVEN C. FRANCIS         Steven C. Francis		Chairman of the Board of Directors
/s/    WILLIAM F. MILLER, III         William F. Miller, III		Director
/s/    ANDREW M. STERN         Andrew M. Stern		Director
/s/    DOUGLAS D. WHEAT         Douglas D. Wheat		Director
/s/    R. JEFFREY HARRIS         R. Jeffrey Harris		Director
/s/    PAUL E. WEAVER         Paul E. Weaver		Director
/s/    DAVID C. DREYER         David C. Dreyer		Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer and Treasurer (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

4.1		AMN Healthcare Equity Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 of AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed on March 14, 2007).
5.1		Opinion of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP as to the legality of the shares of common stock.
23.1		Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2		Consent of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

 

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Exhibit 5.1

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019-6064

(212) 373-3000

April 18, 2007

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.

12400 High Bluff Drive, Suite 100

San Diego, California 92130

Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) of AMN Healthcare Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “Rules”), you have asked us to furnish our opinion as to the legality of up to 3,042,750 shares (the “Shares”) of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, reserved for issuance under the AMN Healthcare Equity Plan (the “Plan”), being registered under the Registration Statement.

In connection with the furnishing of this opinion, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following documents (collectively, the “Documents”):

 

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the Registration Statement; and

 

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the Plan.

In addition, we have examined (i) such corporate records of the Company that we have considered appropriate, including a copy of the certificate of incorporation, as amended, and by-laws, as amended, of the Company, certified by the Company as in effect on the date of this letter and copies of resolutions of the board of directors of the Company relating to the issuance of the Shares, certified by the Company and (ii) such other certificates, agreements and documents that we deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinions expressed below. We have also relied upon the factual matters contained in the representations and warranties of the Company made in the Documents and upon certificates of public officials and the officers of the Company.

In our examination of the documents referred to above, we have assumed, without independent investigation, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all individuals who have executed any of the documents reviewed by us, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as certified, photostatic, reproduced or conformed copies of valid existing agreements or other documents, the authenticity of all the latter documents and that the statements regarding matters of fact in the certificates, records, agreements, instruments and documents that we have examined are accurate and complete.

Based upon the above, and subject to the stated assumptions, exceptions and qualifications, we are of the opinion that upon their issuance in accordance with the terms of the Plan and any applicable stock option or other agreements under the Plan, the Shares will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

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The opinion expressed above is limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Our opinion is rendered only with respect to the laws, and the rules, regulations and orders under those laws, that are currently in effect.

We hereby consent to use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required by the Act or the Rules.

 

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.:

We consent to the use of our reports dated March 8, 2007, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”), as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2006 and the related financial statement schedule, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006 and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, incorporated herein by reference.

Our report refers to the Company’s adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment, effective January 1, 2006.

/s/    KPMG LLP

San Diego, California

April 17, 2007