SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

 

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant To Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): October 18, 2006

 

HealthSouth Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

 

000-14940
(Commission File Number)

63-0860407
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

One HealthSouth Parkway, Birmingham, Alabama 35243

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

 

(205) 967-7116

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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ITEM 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On October 18, 2006, Jon Hanson, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of HealthSouth Corporation (the "Company"), will deliver opening remarks at the Special Meeting of Stockholders of the Company, the text of which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99. The remarks will address, among other things, certain key developments affecting the Company that have occurred since the Company's annual meeting of stockholders held on May 18, 2006.

 

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the information set forth in Exhibit 99, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), nor shall it be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

ITEM 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

Exhibits.

 

See Exhibit Index.

 

 

 



 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John P. Whittington

Name: John P. Whittington

Title:   Interim General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: October 18, 2006

 

 

 



 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

Exhibit Number

Description

 

 

99

Opening remarks to be made by Jon Hanson, Chairman of the Board of Directors of HealthSouth Corporation, at a Special Meeting of Stockholders of the Company held on October 18, 2006.