As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2008.

Registration No. 333-69347

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO
FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

Matria Healthcare, Inc.

(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)

Delaware		20-2091331
(State or other jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)		Identification No.)
1850 Parkway Place, 12th Floor
Marietta, Georgia		30067
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Matria Healthcare, Inc. 1997 Stock Incentive Plan
and
Certain Non-Plan Option Grants

(Full title of the plan)

Roberta L. McCaw, Esq.
Matria Healthcare, Inc.
1850 Parkway Place, 12^th Floor
Marietta, Georgia 30067
(770) 767-4500
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Deregistration of Unsold Securities

     Matria Healthcare, Inc. (the “Company”) previously registered 1,800,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $.01 per share, together with associated common stock purchase rights issuable pursuant to the Matria Healthcare, Inc. 1997 Stock Incentive Plan and 567,150 shares of the Company’s Common Stock issuable pursuant to certain Non-Plan Option Grants (the “Securities”) on a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-69347) (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 12, 1998, as amended on March 9, 2005.

     On January 27, 2008, the Company, Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. (“Inverness”), Milano MH Acquisition Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Inverness (“Merger Sub”), and Milano MH Acquisition LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Inverness, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”). The Merger Agreement provides that Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company with the Company continuing as the surviving entity as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Inverness (the “Merger”). A Certificate of Merger was filed with the Delaware Secretary of State and the Merger became effective on May 9, 2008 (the “Merger Date”).

     As a result of the Merger, the Company has terminated all offerings of its securities pursuant to its existing registration statements, including the Registration Statement. Accordingly, the Company hereby removes from registration the securities of the Company registered but unsold under the Registration Statement as of the Merger Date.

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 amendment to its registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Marietta, State of Georgia, on May 9, 2008.

		MATRIA HEALTHCARE, INC. (Registrant)
		By:		/s/ Parker H. Petit
		Name:		Parker H. Petit
		Title:		Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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

Signatures		Title		Date
/s/ Parker H. Petit   Parker H. Petit		Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer)		May 9, 2008
/s/ Jeffrey L. Hinton   Jeffrey L. Hinton		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)		May 9, 2008
/s/ Joseph A. Blankenship   Joseph A. Blankenship		Vice President and Controller (principal accounting officer)		May 9, 2008
/s/ Joseph G. Bleser   Joseph G. Bleser		Director		May 9, 2008
/s/ J. Terry Dewberry   J. Terry Dewberry		Director		May 9, 2008
/s/ Donald J. Lothrop   Donald J. Lothrop		Director		May 9, 2008
/s/ Myldred H. Mangum   Myldred H. Mangum		Director		May 9, 2008

/s/ Guy W. Millner   Guy W. Millner		Director		May 9, 2008
/s/ Kaaren J. Street   Kaaren J. Street		Director		May 9, 2008
/s/ Thomas S. Stribling   Thomas S. Stribling		Director		May 9, 2008
/s/ Wayne P. Yetter   Wayne P. Yetter		Director		May 9, 2008