UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


 

ALLIANCE HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

33-0239910

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

 

(IRS Employer

Incorporation or Organization)

 

Identification Number)

 

100 Bayview Circle, Suite 400

Newport Beach, California  92660

 (Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code) 

 


 

1999 Equity Plan for Employees of Alliance Imaging, Inc. and Subsidiaries

(Full Title of the Plan)

 

Eli H. Glovinsky

Executive Vice President, General Counsel and

Secretary

Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc.

100 Bayview Circle

Suite 400

Newport Beach, California 92660

 (949) 242-5300

 

Copy to:

 

Copy to:

Keith Benson, Esq.

Latham & Watkins LLP

505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000

San Francisco, California 94111-2562

(415) 391-0600

(Name and Address, Including Zip Code and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.  Check one:

 

Large Accelerated Filer o

 

Accelerated Filer x

 

 

 

Non-Accelerated Filer o

 

Smaller Reporting Company o

 


 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title of
Securities to be
Registered

 

Amount
to be
Registered (1)

 

Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price Per
Share (2)

 

Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price (2)

 

Amount of
Registration
Fee

 

Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, issuable under the 1999 Equity Plan for Employees of Alliance Imaging, Inc. and Subsidiaries, as amended and restated

 

3,000,000

 

$

5.01

 

$

15,030,000

 

$

838.67

 

(1)

 

This registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock which become issuable under the 1999 Equity Plan for Employees of Alliance Imaging, Inc. and Subsidiaries, as amended and restated (the “Plan”), by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of common stock of the registrant.

 

 

 

(2)

 

The proposed maximum offering price per share as to shares authorized for issuance pursuant to future awards granted under the Plan has been estimated, solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) and Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based on the average of the reported high ($5.17) and low ($4.84) sale prices of the common stock, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on July 31, 2009.

 

 

 



 

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

We filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission the following registration statements on Form S-8 relating to shares of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share, to be offered and sold under our 1999 Equity Plan for Employees of Alliance Imaging, Inc. and Subsidiaries, as amended and restated (the “Plan”), and the contents of the following prior registration statements are incorporated by reference in this registration statement: Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed November 14, 2001 (File No. 333-73316) and Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed November 27, 2007 (File No. 333-147654).  We are hereby registering 3,000,000 additional shares of our common stock, par value $0.01 per share, issuable under the Plan.  This increase was approved by our Board of Directors on December 9, 2008, subject to approval by our shareholders.  On May 27, 2009, our shareholders approved the increase in the number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan.

 

Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

 

This registration statement incorporates by reference the documents set forth below that we have previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission:

 

·

 

Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed November 14, 2001 (File No. 333-73316);

 

 

 

·

 

Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed November 27, 2007 (File No. 333-147654);

 

 

 

·

 

Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2009, including information specifically incorporated by reference into the Form 10-K from our definitive proxy statement for our 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders;

 

 

 

·

 

Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 5, 2009, and for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 5, 2009;

 

 

 

·

 

Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed on January 15, 2009 and February 17, 2009; and

 

 

 

·

 

The description of our common stock contained in our Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 14, 1991 and any amendments thereto filed for the purpose of updating such description.

 

We are also incorporating by reference all other reports that we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after the date of this Registration Statement and until we file a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold.

 

Item 8.       Exhibits

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

 

 

 

4.1

 

1999 Equity Plan for Employees of Alliance Imaging, Inc. and Subsidiaries, as amended and restated (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Alliance HealthCare Services Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009).

 

 

 

5.1

 

Opinion of Eli H. Glovinsky.

 

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of Eli H. Glovinsky (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).

 

 

 

23.2

 

Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

 

 

 

24.1

 

Powers of Attorney (included in the signature page hereto).

 

2



 

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 Newport Beach, State of California, on August 5, 2009.

 

 

ALLIANCE HEALTHCARE SERVICES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Eli H. Glovinsky

 

 

Eli H. Glovinsky, Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Eli H. Glovinsky and Paul S. Viviano, and each of them, his 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 (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

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

 

Signature

 

Title

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Paul S. Viviano

 

Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief

 

August 5, 2009

Paul S. Viviano

 

Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Howard K. Aihara

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial

 

August 5, 2009

Howard K. Aihara

 

Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Nicholas A. Poan

 

Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance and

 

August 5, 2009

Nicholas A. Poan

 

Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Neil F. Dimick

 

Director

 

August 5, 2009

Neil F. Dimick

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Curtis S. Lane

 

Director

 

August 5, 2009

Curtis S. Lane

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Director

 

 

Aaron A. Bendikson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Michael P. Harmon

 

Director

 

August 5, 2009

Michael P. Harmon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Edward L. Samek

 

Director

 

August 5, 2009

Edward L. Samek

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Larry C. Buckelew

 

Director

 

August 5, 2009

Larry C. Buckelew

 

 

 

 

 

3



 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

EXHIBIT

 

 

4.1

 

1999 Equity Plan for Employees of Alliance Imaging, Inc. and Subsidiaries, as amended and restated (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Alliance HealthCare Services Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009).

 

 

 

5.1

 

Opinion of Eli H. Glovinsky.

 

 

 

23.1

 

Consent of Eli H. Glovinsky (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).

 

 

 

23.2

 

Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

 

 

 

24.1

 

Powers of Attorney (included in the signature page hereto).

 

4