AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JANUARY 7, 1998. REGISTRATION NO. 333- - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 --------------- FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 --------------- ATRIA COMMUNITIES, INC. (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) --------------- DELAWARE 8361 61-1303738 (STATE OR OTHER (PRIMARY STANDARD (I.R.S. EMPLOYER JURISDICTION OF INDUSTRIAL IDENTIFICATION NO.) INCORPORATION OR CLASSIFICATION CODE ORGANIZATION) NUMBER) 515 WEST MARKET STREET, SUITE 200 LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY 40202 (502) 596-7540 (ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) --------------- AUDRA J. ECKERLE GENERAL COUNSEL ATRIA COMMUNITIES, INC. 515 WEST MARKET STREET, SUITE 200 LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY 40202 (502) 596-7540 (NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE) COPY TO: IVAN M. DIAMOND GREENEBAUM DOLL & MCDONALD PLLC 3300 NATIONAL CITY TOWER LOUISVILLE, KY 40202 --------------- APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE OF THESE SECURITIES TO THE PUBLIC: From time to time after this registration statement becomes effective. If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. [_] If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. [X] If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [X] 333-43213 If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. [_] If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. [_] --------------- - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROPOSED PROPOSED MAXIMUM AMOUNT MAXIMUM AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF TOTAL OF EACH CLASS OF SECURITIES TO BE OFFERING PRICE OFFERING REGISTRATION TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED PER UNIT(1) PRICE(1) FEE - - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common stock, par value $.10 per share.......................... 36,487 $17,625 $643,084 $200 - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 and based upon the average high and low prices per share as reported by the Nasdaq National Market on January 5, 1998. --------------- THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE UPON FILING WITH THE COMMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 462(B) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933. - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE This Registration Statement on Form S-3 is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Commission File No. 333-43213) filed by Atria Communities, Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as declared effective on January 5, 1996, are incorporated herein by reference. EXHIBITS. The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement: NUMBER DESCRIPTION ------ ----------- 5 Opinion of Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC as to legality of the securities being registered 23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP 23.2 Consent of Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC (included in Exhibit 5) 24 Power of Attorney (Incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended (File No. 333-43213)) (b) FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES Not applicable. 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-3 AND HAS DULY CAUSED THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED, IN THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, ON JANUARY 6, 1998. Atria Communities, Inc. /s/ W. Patrick Mulloy, II By: _________________________________ W. Patrick Mulloy, II Chief Executive Officer and President PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE CAPACITIES AND ON THE DATES INDICATED. SIGNATURE TITLE DATE --------- ----- ---- * Chairman of the Board January 6, 1998 ____________________________________ W. Bruce Lunsford /s/ W. Patrick Mulloy, II Chief Executive Officer, January 6, 1998 ____________________________________ President and Director W. Patrick Mulloy, II * Chief Operating Officer and January 6, 1998 ____________________________________ Director Andy L. Schoepf /s/ J. Timothy Wesley Chief Financial Officer, January 6, 1998 ____________________________________ Vice President of J. Timothy Wesley Development and Secretary (Chief Financial and Accounting Officer) * Director January 6, 1998 ____________________________________ Sandra Harden Austin * Director January 6, 1998 ____________________________________ William C. Ballard Jr. * Director January 6, 1998 ____________________________________ Peter J. Grua * Director January 6, 1998 ____________________________________ Thomas T. Ladt * Director January 6, 1998 ____________________________________ R. Gene Smith /s/ W. Patrick Mulloy *By: __________________________ Attorney-in-fact