As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 22, 2015

Registration No. 333-            

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

MEDNAX, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Florida		26-3667538
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

1301 Concord Terrace Sunrise, Florida 33323

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Amended and Restated MEDNAX, Inc. 1996 Non-Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan

MEDNAX, Inc. 2015 Non-Qualified Stock Purchase Plan

(Full title of the plan)

 

 

 

Dominic J. Andreano, Esq. Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary MEDNAX, Inc. 1301 Concord Terrace Sunrise, Florida 33323

(Name and address of agent for service)   (954) 384-0175

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 

 

Copies to:

Ira N. Rosner, Esq.

Joshua M. Samek, Esq.

Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

333 S.E. 2^nd Avenue

Miami, Florida, 33131

(305) 579 -0500

 

 

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 definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer		x		Accelerated filer		¨
Non-accelerated filer		¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)		Smaller reporting company		¨

 

 

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, to be issued under the Amended and Restated MEDNAX, Inc. 1996 Non-Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the MEDNAX, Inc. 2015 Non-Qualified Stock Purchase Plan		2,500,000		$70.34		$175,850,000		$17,708.10

 

(1)

Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), this registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock, $0.01 par value (the “Common Stock”), of MEDNAX, Inc. (the “Registrant”) which become issuable under the Amended and Restated MEDNAX, Inc. 1996 Non-Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the MEDNAX, Inc. 2015 Non-Qualified Stock Purchase 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 our outstanding shares of Common Stock.

(2)	Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and low price of a share of Common Stock as reported by the New York Stock Exchange on December 15, 2015.

 

 

 

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by MEDNAX, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Registrant”), for the purpose of registering an aggregate of 2,500,000 shares of its common stock, $0.01 par value (“Common Stock”), issuable pursuant to the Amended and Restated MEDNAX, Inc. 1996 Non-Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “1996 Amended and Restated Plan”) and the MEDNAX, Inc. 2015 Non-Qualified Stock Purchase Plan (the “2015 Plan” and together with the 1996 Amended and Restated Plan, the “Plans”).

Each of the Plans provides for the issuance of up to 2,500,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock less the number of shares of Common Stock purchased under the other Plan. Accordingly, the aggregate number of shares registered pursuant to this Registration Statement will be attributable to each Plan in accordance with their respective terms.

 

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Part I. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The information specified by Items 1 and 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the introductory Note to Part I of Form S-8.

The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants in each of the Plans as specified by Rule 428(b) of the Securities Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference herein pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus with respect to each of the Plans that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

 

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Part II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3.

Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), are hereby incorporated by reference into this registration statement:

 

(a)

The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014;

 

(b)

The Registrant’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2015, June 30, 2015 and September 30, 2015;

 

(c)

The Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March 13, 2015, March17, 2015, May 8, 2015, May 18, 2015, June 9, 2015, November 5, 2015 and December 8, 2015 (not including any information furnished under Items 2.02, 7.01 or 9.01 of any such Form 8-K);

 

(d)

The Registrant’s Proxy Statements on Schedule 14A filed on March 20, 2015 and September 18, 2015; and

 

(e)

The description of the Registrant’s common stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A (Registration No. 001-12111) filed with the SEC on September 4, 1996 by Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc., a Florida corporation and the Registrant’s predecessor, and any amendments to such Registration Statement filed subsequently thereto, including all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

In addition, all documents subsequently filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (not including any information furnished under Items 2.02, 7.01 or 9.01 of Form 8-K, which information is not incorporated by reference herein) prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and to be a part of this registration statement from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated herein by reference will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein, or in a subsequently filed document incorporated herein by reference, modifies or supersedes the statement. Any statement modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as 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 validity of the securities being registered hereunder is being passed upon for us by Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, Florida.

 

Item 6.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

As a corporation incorporated in the State of Florida, we are subject to the Florida Business Corporation Act, or the Florida Act. Section 607.0831 of the Florida Act provides that a director is not personally liable for monetary damages to the corporation or any other person for any statement, vote, decision, or failure to act regarding corporate management or policy unless (1) the director breached or failed to perform his or her duties as a director and (2) the director’s breach of, or failure to perform, those duties constitutes (a) a violation of the criminal law, unless the director had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful, (b) a transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit, either directly or indirectly, (c) a circumstance under which the liability provisions of Section 607.0834 are

 

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applicable, (d) in a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor or by or in the right of a shareholder, conscious disregard for the best interest of the corporation, or willful misconduct, or (e) in a proceeding by or in the right of someone other than the corporation or a shareholder, recklessness or an act or omission which was committed in bad faith or with malicious purpose or in a manner exhibiting wanton and willful disregard of human rights, safety, or property. A judgment or other final adjudication against a director in any criminal proceeding for a violation of the criminal law estops that director from contesting the fact that his or her breach, or failure to perform, constitutes a violation of the criminal law; but does not estop the director from establishing that he or she had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was lawful or had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

Under Section 607.0850(1) of the Florida Act, a corporation has the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party to any proceeding (other than an action by, or in the right of the corporation), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against liability incurred in connection with such proceeding, including any appeal thereof, if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation or, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, has reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

Under Section 607.0850(2) of the Florida Act, a corporation has the power to indemnify any person, who was or is a party to any proceeding by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses and amounts paid in settlement not exceeding, in the judgment of the board of directors, the estimated expense of litigating the proceeding to conclusion, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such proceeding, including any appeal thereof. Such indemnification shall be authorized if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made under this subsection in respect of any claim, issue, or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable unless, and only to the extent that, the court in which such proceeding was brought, or any other court of competent jurisdiction, shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court shall deem proper.

In addition, under Section 607.0850(3) of the Florida Act, to the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any proceeding referred to in Sections 607.0850(1) or 607.0850(2) described above, or in defense of any claim, issue, or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith.

Under Section 607.0850 of the Florida Act, the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided pursuant to Section 607.0850 of the Florida Act are not exclusive, and a corporation may make any other or further indemnification or advancement of expenses of any of its directors, officers, employees, or agents, under any bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. However, indemnification or advancement of expenses shall not be made to or on behalf of any director, officer, employee or agent if a judgment or other final adjudication establishes that his or her actions, or omissions to act, were material to the cause of action so adjudicated and constitute: (a) a violation of the criminal law, unless the director, officer, employee or agent had reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful; (b) a transaction from which the director, officer, employee or agent derived an improper personal benefit; (c) in the case of a director, a circumstance under which the above liability provisions of Section 607.0834 are applicable; or (d) willful misconduct or a conscious disregard for the best interests of the corporation in a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor or in a proceeding by or in the right of a shareholder. Our amended and restated articles of incorporation, as amended, provide that we shall indemnify and may advance expenses to our officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by the current law.

 

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Section 607.0850 also provides that a corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation against any liability asserted against the person and incurred by him or her in any such capacity or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of Section 607.0850. We have secured insurance covering our directors and officers and those of our principal subsidiaries and affiliate companies against certain liabilities.

We have entered into indemnification agreements with each member of our board of directors and our executive officers. The indemnification agreements require, among other things, that we indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by law and advance to each indemnified director and executive officer all related expenses, subject to reimbursement if it is subsequently determined that indemnification is not permitted. Under the indemnification agreements, we must also indemnify and advance all expenses incurred by an indemnified director or executive officer seeking to enforce his or her rights under the indemnification agreements and purchase and generally maintain in effect directors’ and officers’ liability insurance during the term, and for a period of five years following the termination, of each director’s and executive officer’s employment. Although the indemnification agreements offer substantially the same scope of coverage afforded by law, they provide greater assurance to directors and executive officers that indemnification will be available, because, as contracts, they cannot be modified unilaterally in the future by the board of directors or the shareholders to eliminate the rights they provide.

 

Item 7.

Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

 

Item 8.

Exhibits

See “Exhibit Index” on page II-7 below.

 

Item 9.

Undertakings

 

(a)

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

 

(1)

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;

 

(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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective 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;

 

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Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.

 

(2)

That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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.

 

(3)

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.

(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) 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.

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act 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 SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities 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 Securities 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, 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 Sunrise, State of Florida on this 22nd day of December, 2015.

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below hereby appoints Dominic J. Andreano and Vivian Lopez-Blanco such person’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, each acting alone, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, with authority to execute in the name of each such person, and to file with the SEC, together with any exhibits thereto and other documents therewith, any and all amendments (including without limitation post-effective amendments) to this registration statement necessary or advisable to enable the registrant to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC in respect thereof, which amendments may make such other changes in the registration statement as the aforesaid attorney-in-fact executing the same deems appropriate. Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature		Title		Date
/s/ Roger J. Medel, M.D.		Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)		December 22, 2015
Roger J. Medel, M.D.
/s/ Vivian Lopez-Blanco Vivian Lopez-Blanco		Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer		December 22, 2015
/s/ Cesar L. Alvarez		Chairman of the Board		December 22, 2015
Cesar L. Alvarez
/s/ Karey D. Barker		Director		December 22, 2015
Karey D. Barker
/s/ Waldemar A. Carlo, M.D.		Director		December 22, 2015
Waldemar A. Carlo, M.D.
/s/ Michael B. Fernandez		Director		December 22, 2015
Michael B. Fernandez
/s/ Paul G. Gabos		Director		December 22, 2015
Paul G. Gabos
/s/ Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D.		Director		December 22, 2015
Pascal J. Goldschmidt, M.D.
/s/ Manuel Kadre		Director		December 22, 2015
Manuel Kadre

 

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/s/ Donna E. Shalala, Ph.D.		Director		December 22, 2015
Donna E. Shalala, Ph.D.
/s/ Enrique J. Sosa, Ph.D.		Director		December 22, 2015
Enrique J. Sosa, Ph.D.

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number		Description
4.1		Composite Articles of Incorporation of MEDNAX, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to MEDNAX’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2013).
4.2		Amended and Restated Bylaws of MEDNAX, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to MEDNAX’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 2, 2009).
5.1		Opinion of Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
10.1		Amended and Restated MEDNAX, Inc. 1996 Non-Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to MEDNAX’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on September 18, 2015).
10.2		MEDNAX, Inc. 2015 Non-Qualified Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit B to MEDNAX’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on September 18, 2015).
23.1		Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2		Consent of Greenberg Traurig, P.A. (contained in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
24.1		Power of Attorney (contained on the signature pages of this Registration Statement).

 

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EXHIBIT 5.1

[Greenberg Traurig, P.A. Letterhead]

December 22, 2015

MEDNAX, Inc.

1301 Concord Terrace

Sunrise, Florida 33323

 

Re:

Registration Statement on Form S-8 for the Amended and Restated MEDNAX, Inc. 1996 Non-Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the MEDNAX, Inc. 2015 Non-Qualified Stock Purchase Plan

Ladies and Gentlemen:

On or about the date hereof, MEDNAX, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”), is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”). The Registration Statement relates to the offering and sale by the Company of up to an aggregate of 2,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), to be issued under the Amended and Restated MEDNAX, Inc. 1996 Non-Qualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the MEDNAX, Inc. 2015 Non-Qualified Stock Purchase Plan (together, the “Plans”). We have acted as counsel to the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement.

In connection therewith, we have examined and relied upon the original or a copy, certified to our satisfaction, of (i) the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, each as amended to the date hereof; (ii) records of corporate proceedings of the Company related to the Plans; (iii) the Registration Statement and exhibits thereto; and (iv) such other documents and instruments as we have deemed necessary for the expression of the opinions herein contained. In making the foregoing examinations, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures and the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies. As to various questions of fact material to this opinion, we have relied, to the extent we deemed reasonably appropriate, upon representations of officers or directors of the Company and upon documents, records and instruments furnished to us by the Company, without independently checking or verifying the accuracy of such documents, records and instruments.

Based upon the foregoing examination, we are of the opinion that assuming that (i) the Company maintains an adequate number of authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock available for issuance pursuant to the Plans and (ii) the consideration, if any, required to be paid in connection with the issuance of underlying shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to each Plan is actually received by the Company as provided in any such Plan, the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to each Plan will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

This opinion is rendered solely in connection with the transactions covered hereby. This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose, without our prior written consent.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

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The opinions expressed herein are specifically limited to the laws of the State of Florida and the federal laws of the United States of America and are as of the date hereof. We assume no obligation to update or supplement such opinions to reflect any facts or circumstances that may hereafter come to our attention or any changes in law that may hereafter occur.

 

EXHIBIT 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated February 9, 2015 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedule and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in MEDNAX, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

December 22, 2015