1 AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON AUGUST 8, 1996 REGISTRATION NO. 333- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ------------------------ FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ------------------------ ENVOY CORPORATION (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER) TENNESSEE 62-1575729 (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION (I.R.S. EMPLOYER OF INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION) IDENTIFICATION NUMBER) 15 CENTURY BOULEVARD, SUITE 600 NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37214 (615) 885-3700 (ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES) ------------------------ JIM D. KEVER 15 CENTURY BOULEVARD, SUITE 600 NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37214 (615) 885-3700 (NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE) ------------------------ COPIES TO: BOB F. THOMPSON ROBERT W. SMITH, JR. BASS, BERRY & SIMS PLC PIPER & MARBURY L.L.P. FIRST AMERICAN CENTER 36 SOUTH CHARLES STREET NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37238 BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21201 (615) 742-6200 (410) 539-2530 ------------------------ APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement. 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. / / ____________________ If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. /X/ 333-04433 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. / / ------------------------ CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROPOSED PROPOSED AMOUNT MAXIMUM MAXIMUM TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF TO BE OFFERING PRICE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED(1) PER SHARE(2) OFFERING PRICE(2) REGISTRATION FEE - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Stock, no par value per share......... 425,500 $27.125 $11,541,688 $3,980 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Includes up to 55,500 shares of Common Stock which the Underwriters have the option to purchase to cover over-allotments, if any. (2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) based upon the average of the high and low reported prices of the Registrant's Common Stock on The Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market on August 7, 1996. ------------------------ THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE The information in the Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed by ENVOY Corporation (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (File No. 333-04433) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement. II-1 3 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on this Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Nashville, Tennessee on August 7, 1996. ENVOY CORPORATION By: /s/ FRED C. GOAD, JR. ------------------------------------ Fred C. Goad, Jr. Chairman, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director 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. /s/ FRED C. GOAD, JR. Chairman of the Board, Co-Chief August 7, 1996 - ---------------------------------------- Executive Officer and Director Fred C. Goad, Jr. * Co-Chief Executive Officer, August 7, 1996 - ---------------------------------------- President and Director Jim D. Kever * Chief Financial Officer and August 7, 1996 - ---------------------------------------- Secretary (Principal Financial and Kevin M. McNamara Accounting Officer) * Director August 7, 1996 - ---------------------------------------- William E. Ford * Director August 7, 1996 - ---------------------------------------- W. Marvin Gresham * Director August 7, 1996 - ---------------------------------------- Laurence E. Hirsch * Director August 7, 1996 - ---------------------------------------- G. Walter Loewenbaum II * Director August 7, 1996 - ---------------------------------------- Richard A. McStay *By: /s/ FRED C. GOAD, JR. August 7, 1996 -------------------------------- Fred C. Goad, Jr. Attorney-in-Fact II-2 4 INDEX TO EXHIBITS EXHIBIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION - ------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Form of Underwriting Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-04433)). 4.1 Amended and Restated Charter of Registrant, as amended (incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995 filed April 1, 1996) 4.3 Amended and Restated Bylaws of Registrant (incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Form 10, as amended, No. 0-25062) 4.4 Specimen Common Stock certificate (incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Form 10, as amended, No. 0-25062) 5 Opinion of Stokes & Bass, Berry & Sims PLC. 23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. 23.2 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP. 23.3 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP. 23.4 Consent of Hardman Guess Frost & Cummings, P.C. 23.5 Consent of Counsel (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5). 24 Power of Attorney (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 24 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-04433)).