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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission<BR>
on April&nbsp;15, 2005



<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br>
UNDER<br>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>J. ALEXANDER&#146;S CORPORATION</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>TENNESSEE</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>62-0854056</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">incorporation or organization)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>P.O. Box 24300</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>West End Avenue, Suite&nbsp;260</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Nashville, Tennessee</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>37203</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>J. ALEXANDER&#146;S CORPORATION 2004 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the Plan)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>R. Gregory Lewis<BR>
P.O. Box 24300<BR>
3401 West End Avenue, Suite&nbsp;260<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37203<BR>
(615)&nbsp;269-1900</B><BR>
(Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,<BR>
including Area Code, of Registrant&#146;s Agent for Service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>With Copies to:</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Lori B. Morgan<BR>
Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC<BR>
315 Deaderick Street, Suite&nbsp;2700<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37238<BR>
(615)&nbsp;742-6200</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">offering price per</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">aggregate offering</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">Amount of</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">registered(1)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">share(2)</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $0.05
par value, together
with associated
rights to purchase
Class&nbsp;A <SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">
</SUP>Junior
Preferred Stock, no
par value</DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center">370,000 shares</TD>
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    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">7.115</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">2,632,550</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">310</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, this registration statement includes an
indeterminate number of additional shares which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution
resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the registration fee in
accordance with Rules&nbsp;457 (h)&nbsp;and 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(&#147;Securities Act&#148;), based on the average of the high and low sales prices per share of the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported on the American Stock
Exchange on April&nbsp;12, 2005.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="g94296exv5w1.txt">EX-5.1  OPINION OF BASS, BERRY & SIMS PLC</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="g94296exv23w1.txt">EX-23.1  CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Information Required in the Section&nbsp;10(a) Prospectus</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;J.&nbsp;Alexander&#146;s Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) will send or give documents containing the
information specified by Part&nbsp;I of this Form S-8 Registration Statement (the &#147;Registration
Statement&#148;) to participants in the plan to which this Registration Statement relates, as specified
in Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). The Registrant is not filing such
documents with the SEC, but these documents constitute (along with the documents incorporated by
reference into the Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II hereof) a prospectus that
meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Information Required in the Registration Statement</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;3. <U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</U>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the SEC, pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are hereby incorporated by
reference and shall be deemed to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such document:


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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January&nbsp;2, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed
April&nbsp;15, 2005; and</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed by the Registrant to register the Common Stock under the
Exchange Act, including all amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating
such description prior to the termination of the offering of the Common Stock offered
hereby;</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
to this Registration Statement which indicates that all shares of Common Stock offered hereby have
been sold or which deregisters all shares of Common Stock then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents. Any statements contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or replaced for purposes hereof to the extent that
a statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies or replaces such statement.
Any statement so modified or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified or replaced, to
constitute a part hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;4. <u>Description of Securities.</u>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Common Stock is registered under Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;5. <u>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</U>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the shares of Common Stock registered hereby will be passed upon for the
Registrant by Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC, Nashville, Tennessee. J. Bradbury Reed, a member of Bass,
Berry &#038; Sims PLC, is a director of the Registrant. Mr.&nbsp;Reed beneficially owns approximately 98,521
shares of Common Stock.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;6. <U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U>.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Tennessee Business Corporation Act (&#147;TBCA&#148;) provides that a corporation may indemnify any
of its directors and officers against liability incurred in connection with a proceeding if (i)&nbsp;the
director or officer acted in good faith, (ii)&nbsp;in the case of conduct in his or her official
capacity with the corporation, the director or officer reasonably believed such conduct was in the
corporation&#146;s best interests, (iii)&nbsp;in all other cases, the director or officer reasonably believed
that his or her conduct was not opposed to the best interest of the corporation, and (iv)&nbsp;in
connection with any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had no reasonable cause to believe
that his or herconduct was unlawful. In actions brought by or in the right of the
corporation, however, the TBCA provides that no indemnification may be made if the director or
officer was adjudged to be liable to the corporation. The TBCA also


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">provides that in connection with any proceeding charging improper personal benefit to an officer or
director, no indemnification may be made if such officer or director is adjudged liable on the
basis that personal benefit was improperly received. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the TBCA
provides that a court of competent jurisdiction, upon application, may order that an officer or
director be indemnified for reasonable expenses if, in consideration of all relevant circumstances,
the court determines that such individual is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification,
whether or not the standard of conduct set forth above was met.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Additionally, Paragraph&nbsp;10 of the Registrant&#146;s Charter, as amended (the &#147;Charter&#148;), provides
that to the fullest extent permitted by law no director of the Registrant shall be personally
liable to the Registrant or any of its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of any
fiduciary duty as a director. Under the TBCA, this Charter provision relieves the Registrant&#146;s
directors from personal liability to the Registrant or its shareholders for monetary damages for
breach of fiduciary duty as a director except for liability arising from (i)&nbsp;any breach of a
director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its shareholders, (ii)&nbsp;acts or omissions not in
good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, or (iii)&nbsp;any
unlawful distributions. In addition, the Registrant&#146;s bylaws provide that the Registrant shall
indemnify all present and future directors and officers (and any person who may have served at its
request as an officer or director of another company in which the Registrant owns shares of its
capital stock) to the fullest extent permitted by law.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;7. <u>Exemption from Registration Claimed.</u>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;8. <u>Exhibits.</u>


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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;4.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Charter (Exhibit&nbsp;3(a) of the Registrant&#146;s Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the
year ended December&nbsp;30, 1990 is incorporated herein by reference)</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to Charter dated February&nbsp;7, 1997 (Exhibit&nbsp;3(a)(2) of the
Registrant&#146;s Report on 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;29, 1996, is
incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Bylaws as currently in effect (Exhibit&nbsp;3(b) of the
Registrant&#146;s Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended January&nbsp;3, 1999, is
incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement dated May&nbsp;16, 1989, by and between the Registrant and
NationsBank (formerly Sovran Bank/Central South) including Form of
Rights Certificate and Summary of Rights (Exhibit&nbsp;3 to the Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K dated May&nbsp;16, 1989, is incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendments to Rights Agreement dated February&nbsp;22, 1999, by and between
the Registrant and SunTrust Bank (Exhibit&nbsp;4(c) of the Registrant&#146;s
Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended January&nbsp;3, 1999, is incorporated
herein by reference).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to Rights Agreement dated March&nbsp;22, 1999, by and between the
Registrant and SunTrust Bank (Exhibit&nbsp;4(d) of the Registrant&#146;s Report
on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended January&nbsp;3, 1999, is incorporated herein
by reference).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;4.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to Rights Agreement dated May&nbsp;14, 2004, by and between the
Registrant and SunTrust Bank (Exhibit&nbsp;4(a) of the Registrant&#146;s Report
on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;28, 2004, is incorporated
herein by reference)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;4.8
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Stock Purchase and Standstill Agreement dated March&nbsp;22, 1999, by and
between the Registrant and Solidus, LLC (Exhibit&nbsp;4(e) of the
Registrant&#146;s Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended January&nbsp;3, 1999, is
incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-3
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="75%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;4.9
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">First Amendment to Stock Purchase and Standstill Agreement (Exhibit
4(a) of the Registrant&#146;s quarterly report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter
ended September&nbsp;28, 2003, is incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">J. Alexander&#146;s Corporation 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit
A to the Registrant&#146;s Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14-A for the 2004
Annual Meeting of Shareholders, filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;26, 2004
and incorporated herein by reference)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;23.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on page II-5 to this Registration Statement)</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;9. <U>Undertakings</U>.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">A. The Registrant hereby undertakes:



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:


<P align="left" style="margin-left: 9%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;


<P align="left" style="margin-left: 9%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt">(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of this 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 this 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
20% 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 align="left" style="margin-left: 9%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt">(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in this Registration Statement;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>provided, however</I></B>, that clauses (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;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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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">B. The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act (and where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this
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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act 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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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 Nashville, state of
Tennessee, on the 15<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day
of April<B>, </B>2005.


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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">J. ALEXANDER&#146;S CORPORATION<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/  Lonnie J. Stout II
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Lonnie J. Stout II&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and Director<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints Lonnie J. Stout II and R. Gregory Lewis, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her
and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
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 and agents, or any of them, or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in their capacities and on the dates indicated below.

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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/  Lonnie J. Stout II
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Lonnie J. Stout II</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board of
Directors, President, Chief
Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 15, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/  R. Gregory Lewis
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
R. Gregory Lewis</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 15, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/  Mark A. Parkey
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Mark A. Parkey</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 15, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/  E. Townes Duncan
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
E. Townes Duncan</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 15, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/  Garland G. Fritts
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Garland G. Fritts</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 15, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/  Brenda B. Rector
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Brenda B. Rector</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 15, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/  J. Bradbury Reed
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
J. Bradbury Reed</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 15, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/  Joseph N. Steakley
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Joseph N. Steakley</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 15, 2005</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>


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    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;4.1
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Charter (Exhibit&nbsp;3(a) of the Registrant&#146;s Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the
year ended December&nbsp;30, 1990 is incorporated herein by reference)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;4.2
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amendment to Charter dated February&nbsp;7, 1997 (Exhibit&nbsp;3(a)(2) of the
Registrant&#146;s Report on 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;29, 1996, is
incorporated herein by reference).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;4.3
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Restated Bylaws as currently in effect (Exhibit&nbsp;3(b) of the
Registrant&#146;s Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended January&nbsp;3, 1999, is
incorporated herein by reference).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;4.4
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Rights Agreement dated May&nbsp;16, 1989, by and between the Registrant and
NationsBank (formerly Sovran Bank/Central South) including Form of
Rights Certificate and Summary of Rights (Exhibit&nbsp;3 to the Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K dated May&nbsp;16, 1989, is incorporated herein by reference).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;4.5
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amendments to Rights Agreement dated February&nbsp;22, 1999, by and between
the Registrant and SunTrust Bank (Exhibit&nbsp;4(c) of the Registrant&#146;s
Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended January&nbsp;3, 1999, is incorporated
herein by reference).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;4.6
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amendment to Rights Agreement dated March&nbsp;22, 1999, by and between the
Registrant and SunTrust Bank (Exhibit&nbsp;4(d) of the Registrant&#146;s Report
on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended January&nbsp;3, 1999, is incorporated herein
by reference).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;4.7
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amendment to Rights Agreement dated May&nbsp;14, 2004, by and between the
Registrant and SunTrust Bank (Exhibit&nbsp;4(a) of the Registrant&#146;s Report
on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;28, 2004, is incorporated
herein by reference)</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;4.8
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Stock Purchase and Standstill Agreement dated March&nbsp;22, 1999, by and
between the Registrant and Solidus, LLC (Exhibit&nbsp;4(e) of the
Registrant&#146;s Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended January&nbsp;3, 1999, is
incorporated herein by reference).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;4.9
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">First Amendment to Stock Purchase and Standstill Agreement (Exhibit
4(a) of the Registrant&#146;s quarterly report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter
ended September&nbsp;28, 2003, is incorporated herein by reference).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;5.1
</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC</DIV></TD>
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</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;10.1
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">J. Alexander&#146;s Corporation 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit
A to the Registrant&#146;s Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14-A for the 2004
Annual Meeting of Shareholders, filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;26, 2004
and incorporated herein by reference)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;23.1
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of KPMG LLP</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;23.2
</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Exhibit&nbsp;23.3
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included on page II-5 to this Registration Statement)</DIV></TD>
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J. ALEXANDER'S CORP.    S-8
Table of Contents
As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission
on April 15, 2005
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
J. ALEXANDER'S CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
TENNESSEE
62-0854056
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
P.O. Box 24300
West End Avenue, Suite 260
Nashville, Tennessee
37203
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
J. ALEXANDER'S CORPORATION 2004 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the Plan)
R. Gregory Lewis
P.O. Box 24300
3401 West End Avenue, Suite 260
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
(615) 269-1900
(Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
including Area Code, of Registrant's Agent for Service)
With Copies to:
Lori B. Morgan
Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
315 Deaderick Street, Suite 2700
Nashville, Tennessee 37238
(615) 742-6200
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of each class of
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
securities to be registered
registered(1)
share(2)
price(2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.05
par value, together
with associated
rights to purchase
Class A
Junior
Preferred Stock, no
par value
370,000 shares
$
7.115
$
2,632,550
$
310
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, this registration statement includes an
indeterminate number of additional shares which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution
resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the registration fee in
accordance with Rules 457 (h) and 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
("Securities Act"), based on the average of the high and low sales prices per share of the
Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the American Stock
Exchange on April 12, 2005.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
PART II
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1  OPINION OF BASS, BERRY & SIMS PLC
EX-23.1  CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
EX-23.2  CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
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PART I
Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus
J. Alexander's Corporation (the "Registrant") will send or give documents containing the
information specified by Part I of this Form S-8 Registration Statement (the "Registration
Statement") to participants in the plan to which this Registration Statement relates, as specified
in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The Registrant is not filing such
documents with the SEC, but these documents constitute (along with the documents incorporated by
reference into the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus that
meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the SEC, pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are hereby incorporated by
reference and shall be deemed to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such document:
(1)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 2, 2005;
(2)
The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed
April 15, 2005; and
(3)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed by the Registrant to register the Common Stock under the
Exchange Act, including all amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating
such description prior to the termination of the offering of the Common Stock offered
hereby;
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
to this Registration Statement which indicates that all shares of Common Stock offered hereby have
been sold or which deregisters all shares of Common Stock then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents. Any statements contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or replaced for purposes hereof to the extent that
a statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies or replaces such statement.
Any statement so modified or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified or replaced, to
constitute a part hereof.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
The Registrant's Common Stock is registered under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The validity of the shares of Common Stock registered hereby will be passed upon for the
Registrant by Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, Nashville, Tennessee. J. Bradbury Reed, a member of Bass,
Berry & Sims PLC, is a director of the Registrant. Mr. Reed beneficially owns approximately 98,521
shares of Common Stock.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
The Tennessee Business Corporation Act ("TBCA") provides that a corporation may indemnify any
of its directors and officers against liability incurred in connection with a proceeding if (i) the
director or officer acted in good faith, (ii) in the case of conduct in his or her official
capacity with the corporation, the director or officer reasonably believed such conduct was in the
corporation's best interests, (iii) in all other cases, the director or officer reasonably believed
that his or her conduct was not opposed to the best interest of the corporation, and (iv) in
connection with any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had no reasonable cause to believe
that his or herconduct was unlawful. In actions brought by or in the right of the
corporation, however, the TBCA provides that no indemnification may be made if the director or
officer was adjudged to be liable to the corporation. The TBCA also
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provides that in connection with any proceeding charging improper personal benefit to an officer or
director, no indemnification may be made if such officer or director is adjudged liable on the
basis that personal benefit was improperly received. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the TBCA
provides that a court of competent jurisdiction, upon application, may order that an officer or
director be indemnified for reasonable expenses if, in consideration of all relevant circumstances,
the court determines that such individual is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification,
whether or not the standard of conduct set forth above was met.
Additionally, Paragraph 10 of the Registrant's Charter, as amended (the "Charter"), provides
that to the fullest extent permitted by law no director of the Registrant shall be personally
liable to the Registrant or any of its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of any
fiduciary duty as a director. Under the TBCA, this Charter provision relieves the Registrant's
directors from personal liability to the Registrant or its shareholders for monetary damages for
breach of fiduciary duty as a director except for liability arising from (i) any breach of a
director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant or its shareholders, (ii) acts or omissions not in
good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, or (iii) any
unlawful distributions. In addition, the Registrant's bylaws provide that the Registrant shall
indemnify all present and future directors and officers (and any person who may have served at its
request as an officer or director of another company in which the Registrant owns shares of its
capital stock) to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit 4.1
Charter (Exhibit 3(a) of the Registrant's Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 30, 1990 is incorporated herein by reference)
Exhibit 4.2
Amendment to Charter dated February 7, 1997 (Exhibit 3(a)(2) of the
Registrant's Report on 10-K for the year ended December 29, 1996, is
incorporated herein by reference).
Exhibit 4.3
Restated Bylaws as currently in effect (Exhibit 3(b) of the
Registrant's Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 1999, is
incorporated herein by reference).
Exhibit 4.4
Rights Agreement dated May 16, 1989, by and between the Registrant and
NationsBank (formerly Sovran Bank/Central South) including Form of
Rights Certificate and Summary of Rights (Exhibit 3 to the Report on
Form 8-K dated May 16, 1989, is incorporated herein by reference).
Exhibit 4.5
Amendments to Rights Agreement dated February 22, 1999, by and between
the Registrant and SunTrust Bank (Exhibit 4(c) of the Registrant's
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 1999, is incorporated
herein by reference).
Exhibit 4.6
Amendment to Rights Agreement dated March 22, 1999, by and between the
Registrant and SunTrust Bank (Exhibit 4(d) of the Registrant's Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 1999, is incorporated herein
by reference).
Exhibit 4.7
Amendment to Rights Agreement dated May 14, 2004, by and between the
Registrant and SunTrust Bank (Exhibit 4(a) of the Registrant's Report
on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 28, 2004, is incorporated
herein by reference)
Exhibit 4.8
Stock Purchase and Standstill Agreement dated March 22, 1999, by and
between the Registrant and Solidus, LLC (Exhibit 4(e) of the
Registrant's Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 1999, is
incorporated herein by reference).
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Exhibit 4.9
First Amendment to Stock Purchase and Standstill Agreement (Exhibit
4(a) of the Registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended September 28, 2003, is incorporated herein by reference).
Exhibit 5.1
Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
Exhibit 10.1
J. Alexander's Corporation 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit
A to the Registrant's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14-A for the 2004
Annual Meeting of Shareholders, filed with the SEC on April 26, 2004
and incorporated herein by reference)
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
Exhibit 23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
Exhibit 23.3
Consent of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC (included in Exhibit 5.1)
Exhibit 24.1
Power of Attorney (included on page II-5 to this Registration Statement)
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
A. The 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;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of this 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 this 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
20% 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 this Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that clauses (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, 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.
(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.
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B. The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act (and where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this
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.
C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act 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
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 Nashville, state of
Tennessee, on the 15
th
day
of April
,
2005.
J. ALEXANDER'S CORPORATION
By:
/s/  Lonnie J. Stout II
Lonnie J. Stout II
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints Lonnie J. Stout II and R. Gregory Lewis, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her
and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
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 and agents, or any of them, or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in their capacities and on the dates indicated below.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/  Lonnie J. Stout II
Lonnie J. Stout II
Chairman of the Board of
Directors, President, Chief
Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
April 15, 2005
/s/  R. Gregory Lewis
R. Gregory Lewis
Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial Officer)
April 15, 2005
/s/  Mark A. Parkey
Mark A. Parkey
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
April 15, 2005
/s/  E. Townes Duncan
E. Townes Duncan
Director
April 15, 2005
/s/  Garland G. Fritts
Garland G. Fritts
Director
April 15, 2005
/s/  Brenda B. Rector
Brenda B. Rector
Director
April 15, 2005
/s/  J. Bradbury Reed
J. Bradbury Reed
Director
April 15, 2005
/s/  Joseph N. Steakley
Joseph N. Steakley
Director
April 15, 2005
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit 4.1
Charter (Exhibit 3(a) of the Registrant's Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 30, 1990 is incorporated herein by reference)
Exhibit 4.2
Amendment to Charter dated February 7, 1997 (Exhibit 3(a)(2) of the
Registrant's Report on 10-K for the year ended December 29, 1996, is
incorporated herein by reference).
Exhibit 4.3
Restated Bylaws as currently in effect (Exhibit 3(b) of the
Registrant's Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 1999, is
incorporated herein by reference).
Exhibit 4.4
Rights Agreement dated May 16, 1989, by and between the Registrant and
NationsBank (formerly Sovran Bank/Central South) including Form of
Rights Certificate and Summary of Rights (Exhibit 3 to the Report on
Form 8-K dated May 16, 1989, is incorporated herein by reference).
Exhibit 4.5
Amendments to Rights Agreement dated February 22, 1999, by and between
the Registrant and SunTrust Bank (Exhibit 4(c) of the Registrant's
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 1999, is incorporated
herein by reference).
Exhibit 4.6
Amendment to Rights Agreement dated March 22, 1999, by and between the
Registrant and SunTrust Bank (Exhibit 4(d) of the Registrant's Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 1999, is incorporated herein
by reference).
Exhibit 4.7
Amendment to Rights Agreement dated May 14, 2004, by and between the
Registrant and SunTrust Bank (Exhibit 4(a) of the Registrant's Report
on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 28, 2004, is incorporated
herein by reference)
Exhibit 4.8
Stock Purchase and Standstill Agreement dated March 22, 1999, by and
between the Registrant and Solidus, LLC (Exhibit 4(e) of the
Registrant's Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 1999, is
incorporated herein by reference).
Exhibit 4.9
First Amendment to Stock Purchase and Standstill Agreement (Exhibit
4(a) of the Registrant's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended September 28, 2003, is incorporated herein by reference).
Exhibit 5.1
Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
Exhibit 10.1
J. Alexander's Corporation 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit
A to the Registrant's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14-A for the 2004
Annual Meeting of Shareholders, filed with the SEC on April 26, 2004
and incorporated herein by reference)
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
Exhibit 23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
Exhibit 23.3
Consent of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC (included in Exhibit 5.1)
Exhibit 24.1
Power of Attorney (included on page II-5 to this Registration Statement)