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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 22, 2011
                                                                                                                                                    Registration No. 333-120257
 

 
UNITED STATES 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
 
WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
 
47-0937650
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation
 
(I.R.S. Employer
organization)
 
Identification No.)
     
8725 Henderson Road, Renaissance One
   
Tampa, Florida
 
33634
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 

 
WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC. 2004 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS, INC. 2005 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
WELLCARE HOLDINGS, LLC 2002 EMPLOYEE OPTION PLAN
NON-PLAN TIME VESTING OPTION AGREEMENTS
 
(Full titles of plans)
 
Timothy S. Susanin
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
8725 Henderson Road, Renaissance One
Tampa, Florida  33634
(Name and address of agent for service)

(813) 290-6200 
(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 definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one):
     
Large accelerated filer  þ
 
Accelerated filer  
 
Non-accelerated filer  
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
 
Smaller reporting company  
 
 
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This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement shall hereafter become effective in accordance with the provisions of Section 8(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 
__________________________________________________________________________________
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
Deregistration of Previously Registered Shares

On November 5, 2004, WellCare Health Plans, Inc. a Delaware corporation (“WellCare”) filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-120257 (the “Registration Statement”), for the registration of 6,678,769 shares of WellCare common stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), to be issued under the WellCare Health Plans, Inc. 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, the WellCare Health Plans, Inc. 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “ESPP”), the WellCare Holdings, LLC 2002 Employee Option Plan and certain non-plan option grants.  On November 24, 2004, WellCare filed post-effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (“Amendment No. 1”) in order to correct a typographical error in Exhibit 4.7 to the Registration Statement by re-filing the exhibit, with corrections, as Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 1.

On August 18, 2011, WellCare’s Board of Directors terminated the ESPP.  As of the date hereof, 375,054 of the shares of Common Stock registered under the Registration Statement with respect to the ESPP remain unissued (the “Unissued Shares”).  WellCare is hereby filing this post-effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement in order to deregister the Unissued Shares.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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 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 Tampa, State of Florida, on August 22, 2011.
 
 
WellCare Health Plans, Inc.
   
 
By:
  /s/ Timothy S. Susanin
   
Timothy S. Susanin
Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this post-effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons as of  August 22, 2011 in the capacities indicated.

Signature
 
Title
 
   
Director and
 
 /s/ Alec Cunningham   
Chief Executive Officer
 
Alec Cunningham
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
       
 /s/ Thomas L. Tran  
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
 
Thomas L. Tran
 
(Principal Financial Officer)
 
       
 /s/ Maurice S. Hebert   
Chief Accounting Officer
 
Maurice S. Hebert
 
(Principal Accounting Officer)
 
       
  /s/ Charles G. Berg  
Director
 
Charles G. Berg
     
       
  /s/ Carol J. Burt  
Director
 
Carol J. Burt
     
       
  /s/ David J. Gallitano  
Director
 
David J. Gallitano
     
       
  /s/ D. Robert Graham  
Director
 
D. Robert Graham
     
       
  /s/ Kevin F. Hickey   
Director
 
Kevin F. Hickey
     
       
  /s/ Christian P. Michalik  
Director
 
Christian P. Michalik
     
       
  /s/ Glenn D. Steele  
Director
 
Glenn D. Steele
     
       
  /s/ William L. Trubeck  
Director
 
William L. Trubeck
     
       
 /s/ Paul Weaver   
Director
 
Paul E. Weaver