UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
Form
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Ohio
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06-1119097
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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300 Phillipi Road, P.O. Box 28512, Columbus,
Ohio
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43228-5311
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Big Lots 2005 Long-Term
Incentive Plan
(Full
title of the plan)
Charles
W. Haubiel II
Senior
Vice President, Legal and Real Estate, General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary
Big Lots,
Inc.
300
Phillipi Road
P.O. Box
28512
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Columbus, Ohio 43228-5311
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(Name and address of agent for service)
(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.
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Calculation
of Registration Fee
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Title
of
securities
to
be
registered
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Amount
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registered (1)
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Proposed
maximum
offering
price
per share
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Proposed
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offering
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of
registration
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Common
Shares, $0.01 par value
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2,981,215
common shares |
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$28.52
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$85,024,251.80
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$3,341.45 |
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(1)
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In
addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”), this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 also covers an indeterminate number of common shares that
may be necessary to adjust the number of common shares reserved for
delivery under the Big Lots 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) in
accordance with the anti-dilution provisions of the Plan as a result of a
share split, share dividend, recapitalization or other similar transaction
or adjustment affecting the common shares of Big Lots, Inc. (the
“Registrant”) as specified in such anti-dilution
provisions.
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(2)
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Estimated
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to
Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act and computed on the basis
of the average of the high and low sales prices of the common shares of
the Registrant as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on July 16,
2008.
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Index to
Exhibits appears on page 14.
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The
document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will
be sent or given to participants in the Big Lots 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan
(the “Plan) as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the “Securities Act”). Such documents are not being filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) either as part of
this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) or as
prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities
Act. Such documents and the documents incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration
Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements
of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Big Lots,
Inc. (the “Registrant” or the “Company”) hereby incorporates into this
Registration Statement the following documents filed by the Registrant with the
Commission:
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The
Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February
2, 2008.
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The
Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
May 3, 2008.
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The
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant with the Commission on
March 11, 2008 (other than with respect to Item 2.02 and Exhibits 99.1 and
99.2) and June 4, 2008 (other than with respect to Item 2.02 and Exhibits
99.1 and 99.2).
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The
description of the Registrant’s common shares, $0.01 par value (the
“Common Shares”), contained in the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarterly period ended May 5,
2001.
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All
documents which may be filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the “Exchange Act”), subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be made a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
herein by reference, or contained in this Registration Statement, shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement
to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document
which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so 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.
Not
Applicable.
Item
6. Indemnification of Directors and
Officers.
Division
(E) of Section 1701.13 of the Ohio Revised Code governs indemnification by an
Ohio corporation and provides as follows:
(E)(1) A corporation may
indemnify or agree to indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is
threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending, or completed action,
suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative,
other than an action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the
fact that he 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, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent of another
corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit, a limited liability
company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against
expenses, including attorney’s fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such
action, suit, or proceeding, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if he had
no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The
termination of any action, suit, or 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 he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he had
reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
(2) A
corporation may indemnify or agree to indemnify any person who was or is a
party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending, or
completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a
judgment in its favor, by reason of the fact that he 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, trustee, officer, employee, member,
manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for
profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or
other enterprise, against expenses, including attorney’s fees, actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of such
action or suit, if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no
indemnification shall be made in respect of any of the following:
(a) Any
claim, issue, or matter as to which such person is adjudged to be liable for
negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the corporation
unless, and only to the extent that, the court of common pleas or the court in
which such action or suit was brought determines, upon application, that,
despite the adjudication of liability, but in view of all the circumstances of
the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses as the court of common pleas or such other court shall deem
proper;
(b) Any
action or suit in which the only liability asserted against a director is
pursuant to section 1701.95 of the Revised Code.
(3) To
the extent that a director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or
agent has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action,
suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section, or in
defense of any claim, issue, or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against
expenses, including attorney’s fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with the action, suit, or proceeding.
(4) Any
indemnification under division (E)(1) or (2) of this section, unless ordered by
a court, shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific
case, upon a determination that indemnification of the director, trustee,
officer, employee, member, manager, or agent is proper in the circumstances
because he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in division
(E)(1) or (2) of this section. Such determination shall be made as
follows:
(a) By
a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors of the indemnifying
corporation who were not and are not parties to or threatened with the action,
suit, or proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2) of this
section;
(b) If
the quorum described in division (E)(4)(a) of this section is not obtainable or
if a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, in a
written opinion by independent legal counsel other than an attorney, or a firm
having associated with it an attorney, who has been retained by or who has
performed services for the corporation or any person to be indemnified within
the past five years;
(c) By
the shareholders;
(d) By
the court of common pleas or the court in which the action, suit, or proceeding
referred to in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section was brought.
Any
determination made by the disinterested directors under division (E)(4)(a) or by
independent legal counsel under division (E)(4)(b) of this section shall be
promptly communicated to the person who threatened or brought the action or suit
by or in the right of the corporation under division (E)(2) of this section,
and, within ten days after receipt of such notification, such person shall have
the right to petition the court of common pleas or the court in which such
action or suit was brought to review the reasonableness of such
determination.
(5)(a)
Unless at the time
of a director’s act or omission that is the subject of an action, suit, or
proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section, the articles
or the regulations of a corporation state, by specific reference to this
division, that the provisions of this division do not apply to the corporation
and unless the only liability asserted against a director in an action, suit, or
proceeding referred to in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section is pursuant to
section 1701.95 of the Revised Code, expenses, including attorney’s fees,
incurred by a director in defending the action, suit, or proceeding shall be
paid by the corporation as they are incurred, in advance of the final
disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking
by or on behalf of the director in which he agrees to do both of the
following:
(i)
Repay such
amount if it is proved by clear and convincing evidence in a court of competent
jurisdiction that his action or failure to act involved an act or omission
undertaken with deliberate intent to cause injury to the corporation or
undertaken with reckless disregard for the best interests of the
corporation;
(ii) Reasonably
cooperate with the corporation concerning the action, suit, or
proceeding.
(b) Expenses,
including attorney’s fees, incurred by a director, trustee, officer, employee,
member, manager, or agent in defending any action, suit, or proceeding referred
to in division (E)(1) or (2) of this section, may be paid by the corporation as
they are incurred, in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit, or
proceeding, as authorized by the directors in the specific case, upon receipt of
an undertaking by or on behalf of the director, trustee, officer, employee,
member, manager, or agent to repay such amount, if it ultimately is determined
that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation.
(6) The
indemnification authorized by this section shall not be exclusive of, and shall
be in addition to, any other rights granted to those seeking indemnification
under the articles, the regulations, any agreement, a vote of shareholders or
disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to action in their official
capacities and as to action in another capacity while holding their offices or
positions, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director,
trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, or agent and shall inure to the
benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such a
person.
(7) A
corporation may purchase and maintain insurance or furnish similar protection,
including, but not limited to, trust funds, letters of credit, or
self-insurance, on behalf of or for any person who 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, trustee, officer, employee, member,
manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for
profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture, trust, or
other enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him
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
this section. Insurance may be purchased from or maintained with a
person in which the corporation has a financial interest.
(8) The
authority of a corporation to indemnify persons pursuant to division (E)(1) or
(2) of this section does not limit the payment of expenses as they are incurred,
indemnification, insurance, or other protection that may be provided pursuant to
divisions (E)(5), (6), and (7) of this section. Divisions (E)(1) and
(2) of this section do not create any obligation to repay or return payments
made by the corporation pursuant to division (E)(5), (6) or (7).
(9) As
used in division (E) of this section, “corporation” includes all constituent
entities in a consolidation or merger and the new or surviving corporation, so
that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, trustee, member,
manager, or agent of such a constituent entity, or is or was serving at the
request of such constituent entity as a director, trustee, officer, employee,
member, manager, or agent of another corporation, domestic or foreign, nonprofit
or for profit, a limited liability company, or a partnership, joint venture,
trust, or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this section
with respect to the new or surviving corporation as he would if he had served
the new or surviving corporation in the same capacity.
Article
Five of the Code of Regulations of the Registrant governs indemnification by the
Registrant and provides as follows:
Section
5.01. Indemnification. The corporation shall
indemnify any officer or director of the corporation who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
(including, without limitation, any action threatened or instituted by or in the
right of the corporation), by reason of the fact that he is or was a director,
officer, employee, agent or volunteer of the corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee,
member, manager, agent or volunteer of another corporation (domestic or foreign,
nonprofit or for profit), limited liability company, partnership, joint venture,
trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including, without limitation,
attorneys’ fees, filing fees, court reporters’ fees and transcript costs),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if his act or omission
giving rise to any claim for indemnification under this Section 5.01 was not
occasioned by his intent to cause injury to the corporation or by his reckless
disregard for the best interests of the corporation, and in respect of any
criminal action or proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct
was unlawful. It shall be presumed that no act or omission of a person claiming
indemnification under this Section 5.01 that gives rise to such claim was
occasioned by an intent to cause injury to the corporation or by reckless
disregard for the best interests of the corporation and, in respect of any
criminal matter, that such person had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct
was unlawful; the presumption recited in this Section 5.01 can be rebutted only
by clear and convincing evidence, and the termination of any action, suit or
proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo
contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, rebut such
presumption.
Section
5.02. Court-Approved Indemnification. Anything
contained in the Regulations or elsewhere to the contrary
notwithstanding:
(A) the
corporation shall not indemnify any officer or director of the corporation who
was a party to any completed action or suit instituted by or in the right of the
corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is
or was a director, officer, employee, agent or volunteer of the corporation, or
is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, trustee,
officer, employee, member, manager, agent or volunteer of another corporation
(domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit), limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, in respect of any claim,
issue or matter asserted in such action or suit as to which he shall have been
adjudged to be liable for an act or omission occasioned by his deliberate intent
to cause injury to the corporation or by his reckless disregard for the best
interests of the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the Court of
Common Pleas of Franklin County, Ohio or the court in which such action or suit
was brought shall determine upon application that, despite such adjudication of
liability, and in view of all the circumstances of the case, he is fairly and
reasonably entitled to such indemnity as such Court of Common Pleas or such
other court shall deem proper; and
(B) the
corporation shall promptly make any such unpaid indemnification as is determined
by a court to be proper as contemplated by this Section 5.02.
Section
5.03. Indemnification for Expenses. Anything
contained in the Regulations or elsewhere to the contrary notwithstanding, to
the extent that an officer or director of the corporation has been successful on
the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to
in Section 5.01, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he shall
be promptly indemnified by the corporation against expenses (including, without
limitation, attorneys’ fees, filing fees, court reporters’ fees and transcript
costs) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
therewith.
Section
5.04. Determination Required. Any indemnification
required under Section 5.01 and not precluded under Section 5.02 shall be made
by the corporation only upon a determination that such indemnification is proper
in the circumstances because the officer or director has met the applicable
standard of conduct set forth in Section 5.01. Such determination may be made
only (A) by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors of the
corporation who were not and are not parties to, or threatened with, any such
action, suit or proceeding, or (B) if such a quorum is not obtainable or if a
majority of a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, in a written opinion
by independent legal counsel other than an attorney, or a firm having associated
with it an attorney, who has been retained by or who has performed services for
the corporation, or any person to be indemnified, within the past five years, or
(C) by the shareholders, or (D) by the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County,
Ohio or (if the corporation is a party thereto) the court in which such action,
suit or proceeding was brought, if any; any such determination may be made by a
court under division (D) of this Section 5.04 at any time including, without
limitation, any time before, during or after the time when any such
determination may be requested of, be under consideration by or have been denied
or disregarded by the disinterested directors under division (A) or by
independent legal counsel under division (B) or by the shareholders under
division (C) of this Section 5.04; and no failure for any reason to make any
such determination, and no decision for any reason to deny any such
determination, by the disinterested directors under division (A) or by
independent legal counsel under division (B) or by the shareholders under
division (C) of this Section 5.04 shall be evidence in rebuttal of the
presumption recited in Section 5.01. Any determination made by the disinterested
directors under division (A) or by independent legal counsel under division (B)
of this Section 5.04 to make indemnification in respect of any claim, issue or
matter asserted in an action or suit threatened or brought by or in the right of
the corporation shall be promptly communicated to the person who threatened or
brought such action or suit, and within ten (10) days after receipt of such
notification such person shall have the right to petition the Court of Common
Pleas of Franklin County, Ohio or the court in which such action or suit was
brought, if any, to review the reasonableness of such
determination.
Section
5.05. Advances for Expenses. The provisions of
Section 1701.13(E)(5)(a) of the Ohio Revised Code do not apply to the
corporation. Expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, filing
fees, court reporters’ fees and transcript costs) incurred in defending any
action, suit or proceeding referred to in Section 5.01 shall be paid by the
corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or
proceeding to or on behalf of the officer or director promptly as such expenses
are incurred by him, but only if such officer or director shall first agree, in
writing, to repay all amounts so paid in respect of any claim, issue or other
matter asserted in such action, suit or proceeding in defense of which he shall
not have been successful on the merits or otherwise if it is proved by clear and
convincing evidence in a court of competent jurisdiction that, in respect of any
such claim, issue or other matter, his relevant action or failure to act was
occasioned by his deliberate intent to cause injury to the corporation or his
reckless disregard for the best interests of the corporation, unless, and only
to the extent that, the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, Ohio or the
court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application
that, despite such determination, and in view of all of the circumstances, he is
fairly and reasonably entitled to all or part of such
indemnification.
Section
5.06. Article Five Not Exclusive. The
indemnification provided by this Article FIVE shall not be exclusive of, and
shall be in addition to, any other rights to which any person seeking
indemnification may be entitled under the Articles, the Regulations, any
agreement, a vote of disinterested directors, or otherwise, both as to action in
his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such
office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be an officer or
director of the corporation and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs,
executors, and administrators of such a person.
Section
5.07. Insurance. The corporation may purchase and
maintain insurance, or furnish similar protection, including but not limited to
trust funds, letters of credit, or self-insurance, for or on behalf of any
person who is or was a director, officer, employee, agent or volunteer of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, trustee, officer, employee, member, manager, agent or volunteer of
another corporation (domestic or foreign, nonprofit or for profit), limited
liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such
capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation
would have the obligation or the power to indemnify him against such liability
under the provisions of this Article FIVE. Insurance may be purchased from or
maintained with a person in which the corporation has a financial
interest.
Section
5.08. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this
Article FIVE, and as an example and not by way of limitation:
(A) A
person claiming indemnification under this Article FIVE shall be deemed to have
been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or
proceeding referred to in Section 5.01, or in defense of any claim, issue or
other matter therein, if such action, suit or proceeding shall be terminated as
to such person, with or without prejudice, without the entry of a judgment or
order against him, without a conviction of him, without the imposition of a fine
upon him and without his payment or agreement to pay any amount in settlement
thereof (whether or not any such termination is based upon a judicial or other
determination of the lack of merit of the claims made against him or otherwise
results in a vindication of him).
(B) References
to an “other enterprise” shall include employee benefit plans; references to a
“fine” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an
employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the
corporation” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent
of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such
director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan,
its participants or beneficiaries.
Section
5.09. Venue. Any action, suit or proceeding to
determine a claim for, or for repayment to the corporation of, indemnification
under this Article FIVE may be maintained by the person claiming such
indemnification, or by the corporation, in the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin
County, Ohio. The corporation and (by claiming or accepting such
indemnification) each such person consent to the exercise of jurisdiction over
its or his person by the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, Ohio in any
such action, suit or proceeding.
The
Registrant has entered into separate indemnification agreements with each of the
directors of the Registrant and separate indemnification agreements and/or
employment agreements containing indemnification provisions with the following
executive officers of the Registrant: Steven S. Fishman, John C.
Martin, Brad A. Waite, Lisa M. Bachmann, Joe R. Cooper, Charles W. Haubiel II
and Norman J. Rankin. The indemnification provisions of these
indemnification agreements and employment agreements provide for indemnification
of the directors and executive officers to the full extent authorized or
permitted by the provisions of the Registrant’s Code of Regulations (and other
governing documents) and by applicable law.
The
Registrant also maintains directors and officers liability insurance policies to
insure such individuals against certain liabilities which might be incurred by
them in such capacities.
Section
13.11 of the Plan addresses indemnification of the Board of Directors (the
“Board”) of the Registrant and/or members of the Board committee responsible for
administering the Plan (the “Committee”). Section 13.11 of the Plan
provides:
13.11 Indemnification. To
the maximum extent permitted under the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and
Code of Regulations, each person who is or shall have been a member of the
Committee, or of the Board, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the
Company against and from (1) any loss, cost, liability or expense
(including attorneys’ fees) that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by
him or her in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit or
proceeding to which he or she may be a party or in which he or she may be
involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under the Plan or any
Award Agreement, and (2) from any and all amounts paid by him or her in
settlement thereof, with the Company’s prior written approval, or paid by him or
her in satisfaction of any judgment in any such claim, action, suit or
proceeding against him or her; provided, however, that he or she shall give the
Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before
he or she undertakes to handle and defend it on his or her own behalf. The
foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of
indemnification to which such persons may be entitled under the Company’s
Articles of Incorporation or Code of Regulations, by contract, as a matter of
law, or otherwise, or under any power that the Company may have to indemnify
them or hold them harmless.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item
8. Exhibits.
The following documents are filed with
or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
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Amended
Articles of Incorporation of Big Lots, Inc. (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3(a) to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the quarterly period ended May 5, 2001 (File No.
1-8897))
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4.2
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Code
of Regulations of Big Lots, Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 3(b) to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarterly period ended May 5, 2001 (File No.
1-8897))
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4.3
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Big
Lots 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated effective May
29, 2008 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 29, 2008 (File No.
1-8897))
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5.1
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Opinion
of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP regarding the legality of the
securities being registered (filed
herewith)
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23.1
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Consent
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm – Deloitte & Touche
LLP (filed herewith)
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23.2
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Consent
of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP (included in Exhibit
5.1)
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Item
9. Undertakings.
A. The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
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(1)
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To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration
statement:
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(i)
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To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933;
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(ii)
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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 Commission
pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in
the effective registration statement;
and
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(iii)
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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) of this section 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 Commission by the Registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement.
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(2)
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That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, 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.
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(3)
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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.
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B.
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The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 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.
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C.
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Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the provisions described in Item 6 of this
Part II, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the 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 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 Columbus, State of Ohio, on July 23, 2008.
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BIG
LOTS, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Steven S. Fishman
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Steven
S. Fishman
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Chairman
of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and
President
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Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on July 23,
2008.
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Signature
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Title
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/s/
Steven S. Fishman
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Chairman
of the Board, Chief Executive Officer,
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Steven
S. Fishman
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President
and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
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/s/
Joe R. Cooper
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Senior
Vice President and Chief Financial
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Joe
R. Cooper
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Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting
Officer)
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/s/
Jeffrey P. Berger*
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Director
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Jeffrey
P. Berger
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/s/
Sheldon M. Berman*
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Director
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Sheldon
M. Berman
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/s/
David T. Kollat*
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Director
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David
T. Kollat
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/s/
Brenda J. Lauderback*
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Director
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Brenda
J. Lauderback
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/s/
Philip E. Mallott*
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Director
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Philip
E. Mallott
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/s/
Russell Solt*
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Director
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Russell
Solt
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/s/
James R. Tener*
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Director
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James
R. Tener
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/s/
Dennis B. Tishkoff*
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Director
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Dennis
B. Tishkoff
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*The
above-named directors of the Registrant sign this Registration Statement by
Charles W. Haubiel II, their attorney-in-fact, pursuant to the Power of Attorney
signed by each of the above-named directors, which Power of Attorney is filed
with this Registration Statement on Form S-8, all in the capacities
indicated and on July 23, 2008.
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By:
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/s/ Charles W. Haubiel II
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Charles
W. Haubiel II
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Attorney-in-Fact
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INDEX TO
EXHIBITS
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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Location
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4.1
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Amended
Articles of Incorporation of Big Lots, Inc.
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Incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3(a) to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarterly period ended May 5, 2001 of Big Lots, Inc. (the
“Registrant”) (File No. 1-8897)
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4.2
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Code
of Regulations of Big Lots, Inc.
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Incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 3(b) to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended May 5, 2001 (File No.
1-8897)
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4.3
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Big
Lots 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated effective My
29, 2008
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Incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on
Form 8-K dated May 29, 2008 (File No. 1-8897)
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Opinion
of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP regarding the legality of the
securities being registered
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Filed
herewith
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Consent
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm – Deloitte & Touche
LLP
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Filed
herewith
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23.2
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Consent
of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
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Included
in Exhibit 5.1
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Power
of Attorney
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Filed
herewith
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