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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;26, 2014 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM S-8
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>13-2721761</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>77 Hot Metal Street</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>15203-2329</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Zip Code)</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2014 Stock Award and Incentive Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Charles P. Sandel </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Senior Vice President and General Counsel </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>77 Hot Metal Street </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15203-2329 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and address of agent for service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(412)&nbsp;432-3300 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copies of Correspondence to: </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Robert J. Tannous, Esq. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Porter, Wright, Morris&nbsp;&amp; Arthur LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>41 South High Street </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Columbus, Ohio 43215 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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 &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting
company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title of securities<BR></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be registered</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>registered<SUP
STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">(1)</SUP></B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proposed</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>maximum</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>offering&nbsp;price</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>per&nbsp;share</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>maximum</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>aggregate</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>offering&nbsp;price</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>registration Fee</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">common stock, $0.01 par value per share</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">11,500,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$11.62<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$133,630,000<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$17,212</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">This registration statement shall be deemed to cover an indeterminate number of additional shares of American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. common stock, $0.01 par value per share, as may be issuable pursuant to future stock
dividends, stock splits, or similar transactions, pursuant to Rule 416(a) and (b)&nbsp;of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The maximum aggregate offering price is based on a maximum of
11,500,000 shares registered for issuance under the American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 2014 Stock Award and Incentive Plan, multiplied by $11.62, the average of the high and low prices of the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of American Eagle
Outfitters, Inc. as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June&nbsp;23, 2014. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The document(s) containing the information concerning the American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 2014 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (the
&#147;Plan&#148;) specified in Part I will be sent or given to Plan participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents are not filed as part of this registration statement in accordance with the Note to Part I of Form S-8. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Part II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;3.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents, which have previously
been filed by American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are
incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended February&nbsp;1, 2014, filed on March&nbsp;13, 2014 (File No.&nbsp;001-33338). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended May&nbsp;3, 2014, filed on May&nbsp;29, 2014 (File No.&nbsp;001-33338). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3. The Company&#146;s Current
Reports on Form 8-K dated February&nbsp;4, 2014 (filed on February&nbsp;10, 2014), dated February&nbsp;22, 2014 (filed on February&nbsp;27, 2014), dated March&nbsp;5, 2014 (filed on March&nbsp;11, 2014), and dated May&nbsp;29, 2014 (filed
June&nbsp;3, 2014). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4. The description of the Company&#146;s common stock that is contained in the Company&#146;s registration statement
on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;28, 2007 (File No.&nbsp;001-33338) under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than information furnished
pursuant to Item&nbsp;2.02 or Item&nbsp;7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K, unless expressly stated otherwise therein) after the date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Description of Securities. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Article Seventh of the Company&#146;s
amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, provides that the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as then in effect, 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 by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, or employee of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of
the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The Company shall indemnify against all expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company may enter into one or more agreements with any person that provide for indemnification greater or
different than that provided in Article Seventh of the certificate of incorporation. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Article Seventh of the certificate of incorporation
expressly states that neither the amendment nor repeal of Article Seventh, nor adoption of any provision of the certificate of incorporation inconsistent with Article Seventh shall adversely affect any right to indemnification for acts occurring
prior to such amendment or repeal. The right of indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by Article Seventh of the certificate of incorporation is not exclusive of any other rights of indemnification or advancement of expenses that may
be available. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All indemnification rights in Article Seventh of the Company&#146;s certificate of incorporation and Article IX of the
Company&#146;s amended and restated bylaws are contract rights. If any provision of Article IX of the bylaws is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of Article IX shall not be affected. An indemnitee also may elect, as an
alternative to the Article IX bylaw procedures, to follow procedures authorized by applicable corporate law or statute. Article IX of the bylaws sets forth specific procedures for the advancement of expenses and for the determination of entitlement
to indemnification. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Advancement of expenses are to be paid by the Company within 20 days after the receipt by the Company of a statement
or statements from the claimant requesting such advance or advances provided that the claimant delivers an undertaking to repay all amounts so advanced unless it shall ultimately be determined that such person is entitled to be indemnified. To
obtain indemnification, a claimant shall submit to the Company a written request, including such documentation and information as is reasonably available to the claimant and is reasonably necessary to determine to what extent the claimant is
entitled to indemnification. In the event the determination of entitlement is to be made by independent counsel, the independent counsel shall be selected by the board of directors. If it is so determined that the claimant is entitled to
indemnification, payment to the claimant shall be made within 10 days after such determination. If a claim has not been paid in full by the Company within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the Company, the claimant may at any time
bring suit against the Company to recover the unpaid amount and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If a determination shall be made that the claimant is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any
judicial proceeding. The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to Article IX of the bylaws that the procedures and presumptions of the bylaws are not valid, binding, and enforceable and shall
stipulate in such proceeding that the Company is bound by all the provisions of the bylaws. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law, indemnification of any person who is or was a party or threatened to be made so in any action by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or was serving as such of
another corporation of other enterprise at the request of the corporation is permitted against expenses, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in such proceeding where the indemnified person 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 in criminal actions where he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Indemnification is also permitted in lawsuits
brought by or on behalf of the </P>
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corporation if the standards of conduct described above are met, except that no indemnification is permitted in respect to any matter in which the person is adjudged to be liable to the
corporation unless a court shall determine that indemnification is fair and reasonable in view of all the circumstances of the case. Indemnification against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by directors,
officers, employees and agents is required under Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law in those cases where the person to be indemnified has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of a lawsuit of the type described
above. In cases where indemnification is permissive, a determination as to whether the person met the applicable standard of conduct must be made (unless ordered by a court) by majority vote of the disinterested directors, by independent legal
counsel, or by the stockholders. Such indemnification rights are specifically not deemed to be exclusive of other rights of indemnification by agreement or otherwise and the corporation is authorized to advance expenses incurred prior to the final
disposition of a matter upon receipt of an undertaking to repay such amounts on a determination that indemnification was not permitted in the circumstances of the case. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is
or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Company, or who, while serving in such capacity, is or was at the request of the Company, a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise, against liability
asserted against or incurred by such person in any such capacity whether or not the Company would have the power to provide indemnity under Section&nbsp;145 or the bylaws. The Company has obtained insurance which, subject to certain exceptions,
insures the directors and officers of the Company and its subsidiaries. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company is a party to indemnification contracts with its
directors and certain officers which provide that such directors and officers will be indemnified to the fullest extent provided by Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (or such other future statutory provision authorizing or
permitting indemnification) against all expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and settlement amounts, actually and reasonably paid or incurred by them in any action or proceeding, including any action by or in the right of the
Company, by reason of the fact that they were a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or were serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No indemnity will be provided under such indemnification contracts (i)&nbsp;except to the extent that the aggregate
losses to be indemnified pursuant thereto exceed the amount for which the indemnitee is indemnified pursuant to any directors and officers liability insurance purchased and maintained by the Company; (ii)&nbsp;in respect to remuneration paid to an
indemnitee if it shall be determined by a final judgment that such remuneration was in violation of law; (iii)&nbsp;on account of any suit in which judgment is rendered against an indemnitee for an accounting of profits made from the purchase or
sale by an indemnitee of securities of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section&nbsp;16(b) of the Exchange Act and amendments thereto or similar provisions of any federal, state or local statutory law; (iv)&nbsp;on account of the
indemnitee&#146;s act or omission being finally adjudged to have been not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; or (v)&nbsp;if a final decision by a court having jurisdiction in the matter shall determine
that such indemnification is not lawful. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Article Seventh of the certificate of incorporation provides that a director of the Company
shall not be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Company or its
stockholders; (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware; or (iv)&nbsp;for any
transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The above discussion of the Company&#146;s bylaws, certificate
of incorporation, indemnification agreements, and of Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law is not intended to be exhaustive and is respectively qualified in its entirety by such bylaws, certificate of incorporation,
indemnification agreements, and statutes. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not Applicable. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Exhibits. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For a full list of exhibits, see the Exhibit Index in this registration
statement, which is incorporated into this Item&nbsp;8 by reference.<U> </U> </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Undertakings. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii) 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 a 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 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
effective registration statement; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii) 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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">provided, however, that
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above 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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2)
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 will be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) 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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b) The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement will be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time will be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c) 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 foregoing provisions, 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. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>The Registrant. </B>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 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pittsburgh,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on June&nbsp;26, 2014. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Charles P. Sandel</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Charles P. Sandel, Senior Vice President and</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">General Counsel</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Mary M. Boland and Charles P. Sandel or any one of them, his or her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for him or her and his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such said attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power and authority to do so and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, this registration statement and power of attorney have been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated effective June&nbsp;26, 2014. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Jay L. Schottenstein</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jay L. Schottenstein</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="middle"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Interim Chief Executive Officer,</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chairman of
the Board of Directors and</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Director (Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Mary M. Boland</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mary M. Boland</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="middle"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Financial Officer and</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief
Administrative Officer</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal Financial Officer)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">June 26, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Scott M. Hurd</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Scott M. Hurd</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="middle"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Vice President - Controller</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(Principal
Accounting Officer)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Michael G. Jesselson</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Michael G. Jesselson</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="middle">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Thomas R. Ketteler</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Thomas R. Ketteler</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="middle">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">June 26, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Roger S. Markfield</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Roger S. Markfield</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="middle">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">June 26, 2014</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Janice E. Page</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="middle">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended August 4, 2007, filed September 6, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Form 8-K dated November 20, 2007, filed November 26, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 2014 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (previously filed as Appendix A to the definitive proxy statement filed April 14, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference).</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Porter, Wright, Morris &amp; Arthur, LLP.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto).</TD></TR>
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 26, 2014
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
13-2721761
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
77 Hot Metal Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
15203-2329
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
2014 Stock Award and Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Charles P. Sandel
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
77 Hot Metal Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15203-2329
(Name and address of agent for service)
(412) 432-3300
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies of Correspondence to:
Robert J. Tannous, Esq.
Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP
41 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
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.
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount
to be
registered
(1)
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price
Amount of
registration Fee
common stock, $0.01 par value per share
11,500,000
$11.62
(2)
$133,630,000
(2)
$17,212
(1)
This registration statement shall be deemed to cover an indeterminate number of additional shares of American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. common stock, $0.01 par value per share, as may be issuable pursuant to future stock
dividends, stock splits, or similar transactions, pursuant to Rule 416(a) and (b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The maximum aggregate offering price is based on a maximum of
11,500,000 shares registered for issuance under the American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 2014 Stock Award and Incentive Plan, multiplied by $11.62, the average of the high and low prices of the common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of American Eagle
Outfitters, Inc. as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 23, 2014.
Part I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing the information concerning the American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 2014 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (the
"Plan") specified in Part I will be sent or given to Plan participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents are not filed as part of this registration statement in accordance with the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
Part II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have previously
been filed by American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are
incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:
1. The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended February 1, 2014, filed on March 13, 2014 (File No. 001-33338).
2. The Company's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended May 3, 2014, filed on May 29, 2014 (File No. 001-33338).
3. The Company's Current
Reports on Form 8-K dated February 4, 2014 (filed on February 10, 2014), dated February 22, 2014 (filed on February 27, 2014), dated March 5, 2014 (filed on March 11, 2014), and dated May 29, 2014 (filed
June 3, 2014).
4. The description of the Company's common stock that is contained in the Company's registration statement
on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on February 28, 2007 (File No. 001-33338) under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than information furnished
pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K, unless expressly stated otherwise therein) after the date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any 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.
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Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Article Seventh of the Company's
amended and restated certificate of incorporation, as amended, provides that the Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as then in effect, 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 by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, or employee of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of
the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The Company shall indemnify against all expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company may enter into one or more agreements with any person that provide for indemnification greater or
different than that provided in Article Seventh of the certificate of incorporation.
Article Seventh of the certificate of incorporation
expressly states that neither the amendment nor repeal of Article Seventh, nor adoption of any provision of the certificate of incorporation inconsistent with Article Seventh shall adversely affect any right to indemnification for acts occurring
prior to such amendment or repeal. The right of indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by Article Seventh of the certificate of incorporation is not exclusive of any other rights of indemnification or advancement of expenses that may
be available.
All indemnification rights in Article Seventh of the Company's certificate of incorporation and Article IX of the
Company's amended and restated bylaws are contract rights. If any provision of Article IX of the bylaws is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of Article IX shall not be affected. An indemnitee also may elect, as an
alternative to the Article IX bylaw procedures, to follow procedures authorized by applicable corporate law or statute. Article IX of the bylaws sets forth specific procedures for the advancement of expenses and for the determination of entitlement
to indemnification.
Advancement of expenses are to be paid by the Company within 20 days after the receipt by the Company of a statement
or statements from the claimant requesting such advance or advances provided that the claimant delivers an undertaking to repay all amounts so advanced unless it shall ultimately be determined that such person is entitled to be indemnified. To
obtain indemnification, a claimant shall submit to the Company a written request, including such documentation and information as is reasonably available to the claimant and is reasonably necessary to determine to what extent the claimant is
entitled to indemnification. In the event the determination of entitlement is to be made by independent counsel, the independent counsel shall be selected by the board of directors. If it is so determined that the claimant is entitled to
indemnification, payment to the claimant shall be made within 10 days after such determination. If a claim has not been paid in full by the Company within 30 days after a written claim has been received by the Company, the claimant may at any time
bring suit against the Company to recover the unpaid amount and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim.
If a determination shall be made that the claimant is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any
judicial proceeding. The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to Article IX of the bylaws that the procedures and presumptions of the bylaws are not valid, binding, and enforceable and shall
stipulate in such proceeding that the Company is bound by all the provisions of the bylaws.
Under Section 145 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law, indemnification of any person who is or was a party or threatened to be made so in any action by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or was serving as such of
another corporation of other enterprise at the request of the corporation is permitted against expenses, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in such proceeding where the indemnified person 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 in criminal actions where he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. Indemnification is also permitted in lawsuits
brought by or on behalf of the
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corporation if the standards of conduct described above are met, except that no indemnification is permitted in respect to any matter in which the person is adjudged to be liable to the
corporation unless a court shall determine that indemnification is fair and reasonable in view of all the circumstances of the case. Indemnification against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by directors,
officers, employees and agents is required under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law in those cases where the person to be indemnified has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of a lawsuit of the type described
above. In cases where indemnification is permissive, a determination as to whether the person met the applicable standard of conduct must be made (unless ordered by a court) by majority vote of the disinterested directors, by independent legal
counsel, or by the stockholders. Such indemnification rights are specifically not deemed to be exclusive of other rights of indemnification by agreement or otherwise and the corporation is authorized to advance expenses incurred prior to the final
disposition of a matter upon receipt of an undertaking to repay such amounts on a determination that indemnification was not permitted in the circumstances of the case.
Under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is
or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Company, or who, while serving in such capacity, is or was at the request of the Company, a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise, against liability
asserted against or incurred by such person in any such capacity whether or not the Company would have the power to provide indemnity under Section 145 or the bylaws. The Company has obtained insurance which, subject to certain exceptions,
insures the directors and officers of the Company and its subsidiaries.
The Company is a party to indemnification contracts with its
directors and certain officers which provide that such directors and officers will be indemnified to the fullest extent provided by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (or such other future statutory provision authorizing or
permitting indemnification) against all expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and settlement amounts, actually and reasonably paid or incurred by them in any action or proceeding, including any action by or in the right of the
Company, by reason of the fact that they were a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or were serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise.
No indemnity will be provided under such indemnification contracts (i) except to the extent that the aggregate
losses to be indemnified pursuant thereto exceed the amount for which the indemnitee is indemnified pursuant to any directors and officers liability insurance purchased and maintained by the Company; (ii) in respect to remuneration paid to an
indemnitee if it shall be determined by a final judgment that such remuneration was in violation of law; (iii) on account of any suit in which judgment is rendered against an indemnitee for an accounting of profits made from the purchase or
sale by an indemnitee of securities of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act and amendments thereto or similar provisions of any federal, state or local statutory law; (iv) on account of the
indemnitee's act or omission being finally adjudged to have been not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; or (v) if a final decision by a court having jurisdiction in the matter shall determine
that such indemnification is not lawful.
Article Seventh of the certificate of incorporation provides that a director of the Company
shall not be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Company or its
stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware; or (iv) for any
transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit.
The above discussion of the Company's bylaws, certificate
of incorporation, indemnification agreements, and of Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law is not intended to be exhaustive and is respectively qualified in its entirety by such bylaws, certificate of incorporation,
indemnification agreements, and statutes.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
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Item 8.
Exhibits.
For a full list of exhibits, see the Exhibit Index in this registration
statement, which is incorporated into this Item 8 by reference.
Item 9.
Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) 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 a 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 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective registration statement; and
(iii) 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.
provided, however, that
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above 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.
(2)
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 will be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) 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.
(b) 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 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement will be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time will be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(c) 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 foregoing provisions, 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
The Registrant.
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 Pittsburgh,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on June 26, 2014.
AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS, INC.
By:
/s/ Charles P. Sandel
Charles P. Sandel, Senior Vice President and
General Counsel
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Mary M. Boland and Charles P. Sandel or any one of them, his or her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for him or her and his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such said attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power and authority to do so and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, this registration statement and power of attorney have been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated effective June 26, 2014.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Jay L. Schottenstein
Jay L. Schottenstein
Interim Chief Executive Officer,
Chairman of
the Board of Directors and
Director (Principal Executive Officer)
June 26, 2014
/s/ Mary M. Boland
Mary M. Boland
Chief Financial Officer and
Chief
Administrative Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
June 26, 2014
/s/ Scott M. Hurd
Scott M. Hurd
Vice President - Controller
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
June 26, 2014
/s/ Michael G. Jesselson
Michael G. Jesselson
Director
June 26, 2014
/s/ Thomas R. Ketteler
Thomas R. Ketteler
Director
June 26, 2014
/s/ Roger S. Markfield
Roger S. Markfield
Director
June 26, 2014
/s/ Cary D. McMillan
Cary D. McMillan
Director
June 26, 2014
II-5
/s/ Janice E. Page
Janice E. Page
Director
June 26, 2014
/s/ David M. Sable
David M. Sable
Director
June 26, 2014
/s/ Noel J. Spiegel
Noel J. Spiegel
Director
June 26, 2014
II-6
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended August 4, 2007, filed September 6, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws (previously filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Form 8-K dated November 20, 2007, filed November 26, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.3
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 2014 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (previously filed as Appendix A to the definitive proxy statement filed April 14, 2014, and incorporated herein by reference).
5.1 *
Opinion of Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, LLP.
15.1 *
Acknowledgement of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.1 *
Consent of Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, LLP (included in Exhibit 5 filed herewith).
23.2 *
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
24.1 *
Power of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto).
*
Filed herewith.