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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;9, 2006
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FLOWERS FOODS, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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incorporation or organization)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">1919 Flowers Circle, Thomasville, Georgia 31757<BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)</DIV>


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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">FLOWERS FOODS, INC. 2001 EQUITY AND PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN,<BR>
AS AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF FEBRUARY 11, 2005<BR>
(Full title of the plan)

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">A. Ryals
McMullian, Jr., Esq.<BR>
Associate General Counsel<BR>
Flowers Foods, Inc.<BR>
1919 Flowers Circle<BR>
Thomasville, Georgia 31757<BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)<BR>
(229)&nbsp;227-2393<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">With a copy to:<BR>
Sterling A. Spainhour, Jr., Esq.<BR>
Jones Day<BR>
1420 Peachtree St., NE<BR>
Suite&nbsp;800<BR>
Atlanta, GA 30309-3053<BR>
(404)&nbsp;521-3939

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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $.01
Par Value</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">(1)&nbsp;Plus such additional number of shares as may be available for purchase pursuant to the
plan in the event of a stock split, stock dividend, &nbsp;recapitalization or other similar changes in
the capital structure, merger, consolidation, spin-off, split-off, spin-out, split-up,
reorganization, &nbsp;partial or complete liquidation or other distribution of assets, issuance of rights
or warrants to purchase securities, or any other corporate &nbsp;transaction or event having an effect
similar to any of the foregoing.</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 3pt"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">(2)&nbsp;Estimated solely for calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h) of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the price per share is based on the average of
the high and low prices of the common stock on the New York Stock
Exchange on &nbsp;March&nbsp;6, 2006.</DIV>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000"> PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">ITEM 8. EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#005"> SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#006"> EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) relating to the
Flowers Foods, Inc. 2001 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan, as amended and restated as of
February&nbsp;11, 2005 (the &#147;Plan&#148;), is being filed to register additional securities of the same class
as other securities for which a previously filed registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the
Plan is effective. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement
incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.
333-59354) filed by Flowers Foods, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;Commission&#148;) with respect to the Plan, including all attachments and exhibits thereto.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission are incorporated herein by
reference:
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2005
filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;1, 2006;</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February&nbsp;2, 2006; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s common stock contained in the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;10 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and all amendments thereto.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, before the filing of a post-effective amendment that
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 part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such documents
(excluding any Current Reports on Form 8-K to the extent disclosure is furnished and not filed).
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the
statutes referred to below and the restated articles of incorporation
and amended and restated bylaws of the Company.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;IX of the Company&#146;s Restated Articles of Incorporation (the &#147;Articles of
Incorporation&#148;) provides that, except to the extent allowable pursuant to the Georgia Business
Corporation Code (the &#147;Georgia Code&#148;), as such provisions exist from time to time, no director of
the Company shall be liable to the Company or its shareholders for, or with respect to, any acts or
omissions in the performance of his duties as a director. The Articles of Incorporation
further provide that in discharging the duties of their respective positions and in determining
what is believed to be in the best interests of the Company, the Board of Directors, committees of
the Board of Directors, and individual directors, in addition to considering the effects of any
action on the Company or its shareholders, may consider the interests of the employees, customers,
suppliers, and creditors of the Company and its subsidiaries, the communities in which offices or
other establishments of the Company and its subsidiaries are located, and all other factors such
directors consider pertinent; provided, however, that this provision shall be deemed solely to
grant discretionary authority to the directors and shall not be deemed to provide to any
constituency any right to be considered.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;X of the Articles of Incorporation and Article&nbsp;8.10 of the Company&#146;s Amended and
Restated Bylaws (the &#147;Bylaws&#148;) provide that the Company shall indemnify, to the fullest extent
permitted by the Georgia Code or any other laws presently or hereafter in effect, each person who
is or was or had agreed to become a director or officer of the Company or is or was serving or had
agreed to serve at the request of the Board of Directors or an officer of the Company as an
employee or agent of the Company, as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation
or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including the heirs, executors,
administrators or estate of such person. The right to indemnification conferred by Article&nbsp;8.10 of
the Bylaws is a contract right and includes the right to be paid by the Company the
expenses incurred in defending any such
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the Georgia Code
requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a director or officer in his or her capacity as
a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such
person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit
plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the
Company of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so
advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be
indemnified.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Georgia Code provides that a company may indemnify an individual who was or is a party to
a proceeding because he is or was a director or officer against liability incurred in the
proceeding if he acted in a manner he believed in good faith to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the company, and, in the case of any criminal proceeding, he had no reasonable cause
to believe his conduct unlawful. The termination of a proceeding by judgment, order, settlement,
conviction, or a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent is not, of itself, determinative that
the director or officer did not meet the standard of conduct set forth in the Georgia Code.
However, no indemnification shall be made of an officer or director in connection with a proceeding
by or in the right of the company in which the director or officer was adjudged liable to the
company or in connection with any other proceeding in which he was adjudged liable on the basis
that personal benefit was improperly received by him. Indemnification in connection with a
proceeding by or in the right of the company is limited to reasonable expenses incurred in
connection with the proceeding.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Georgia Code further provides that a company shall not indemnify an officer or director
unless authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director or
officer is permissible in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct
set forth above and prescribes the persons who may make such determination.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To the extent that a director or officer has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in
defense of any proceeding to which he was a party or in defense of any claim, issue or matter
therein, he shall be indemnified against reasonable expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred
by him in connection therewith. The Company shall pay for the reasonable expenses incurred by a
director or officer who is a party to a proceeding in advance of the final disposition of the
proceeding if the director or officer furnishes the Company notice as required under that
director&#146;s or officer&#146;s indemnification agreement, if one exists, a written affirmation of his good
faith belief that he has met the standard of conduct set forth above, and the director or officer
furnishes the Company a written undertaking, executed personally or on his behalf, to repay any
advances if it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification by the Company
as authorized in Article&nbsp;8.10 of the Bylaws.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and executive
officers. These agreements provide for the indemnification, to the full extent permitted by law,
of expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement incurred by the director or
officer in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding on
account of service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company.
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Articles of Incorporation of Flowers Foods, Inc.
(Incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form
10-K, dated March&nbsp;30, 2001, File No.&nbsp;1-16247).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Flowers Foods, Inc. (Incorporated
by reference to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q, dated
June&nbsp;3, 2003, File No.&nbsp;1-16247).</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Share Certificate of Common Stock of Flowers Foods, Inc.
(Incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form
10-K, dated March&nbsp;30, 2001, File No.&nbsp;1-16247).</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement between Flowers Foods, Inc. and First Union
National Bank, as Rights Agent, dated March&nbsp;23, 2001 (Incorporated
by reference to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K, dated
March&nbsp;30, 2001, File No.&nbsp;1-16247).</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;1, dated November&nbsp;15, 2002, to Rights Agreement
between Flowers Foods, Inc. and Wachovia Bank, N.A. (as successor
in interest to First Union National Bank), as rights agent, dated
March&nbsp;23, 2001. (Incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, dated November&nbsp;18, 2002, File
No.&nbsp;1-16247).</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Flowers Foods, Inc. Equity and Performance Incentive Plan, as
amended and restated as of February&nbsp;11, 2005 (Incorporated by
reference to the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A, dated
April&nbsp;29, 2005, File No.&nbsp;1-16247).</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Jones Day.</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered
public accounting firm.</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment
to this Registration Statement:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;to
include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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
the Registration Statement;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (i) and (ii) do 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 Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 described under Item&nbsp;6 above, 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 Securities Act of 1933 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 Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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 Thomasville, State of Georgia, on the 9th day of March,
2006.
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">FLOWERS FOODS, INC.<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: 0px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Stephen R. Avera
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>


<TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Stephen R. Avera&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Senior Vice President, Secretary &#038; General Counsel&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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 the capacities and on the date indicated:
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    <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">George E. Deese
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">and Chairman of the Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;9, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><BR>
*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">Senior Vice President,
Chief</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jimmy M. Woodward</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Financial Officer and
Chief Accounting Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">March&nbsp;9, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;9, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amos R. McMullian</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;9, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Joe E. Beverly</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;9, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Franklin L. Burke</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;9, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Manuel A. Fernandez</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;9, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benjamin H. Griswold, IV</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;9, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Joseph L. Lanier, Jr.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;9, 2006</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">J.V. Shields, Jr.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;9, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Melvin T. Stith</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;9, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jackie M. Ward</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March&nbsp;9, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">C. Martin Wood III</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*By:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">/s/ STEPHEN R. AVERA
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Stephen R. Avera<br>
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right"><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">5.1</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Opinion of Jones Day.<BR></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">23.1</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit 5.1).<BR></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">23.2</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="right"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">24.1</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Power of Attorney.<BR></TD>
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FLOWERS FOODS, INC.
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As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2006
Registration No. 333-________________
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FLOWERS FOODS, INC.
(Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
Georgia
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
58-2582379
(I.R.S. Employee
Identification No.)
1919 Flowers Circle, Thomasville, Georgia 31757
(Address of principal executive offices)
FLOWERS FOODS, INC. 2001 EQUITY AND PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN,
AS AMENDED AND RESTATED AS OF FEBRUARY 11, 2005
(Full title of the plan)
A. Ryals
McMullian, Jr., Esq.
Associate General Counsel
Flowers Foods, Inc.
1919 Flowers Circle
Thomasville, Georgia 31757
(Name and address of agent for service)
(229) 227-2393
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With a copy to:
Sterling A. Spainhour, Jr., Esq.
Jones Day
1420 Peachtree St., NE
Suite 800
Atlanta, GA 30309-3053
(404) 521-3939
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Class of Securities
Amount To Be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
to Be Registered
Registered (1)
Share (2)
Price (2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $.01
Par Value
3,000,000
$27.53
$82,590,000
$8,837.13
(1) Plus such additional number of shares as may be available for purchase pursuant to the
plan in the event of a stock split, stock dividend,  recapitalization or other similar changes in
the capital structure, merger, consolidation, spin-off, split-off, spin-out, split-up,
reorganization,  partial or complete liquidation or other distribution of assets, issuance of rights
or warrants to purchase securities, or any other corporate  transaction or event having an effect
similar to any of the foregoing.
(2) Estimated solely for calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the price per share is based on the average of
the high and low prices of the common stock on the New York Stock
Exchange on  March 6, 2006.
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PART II
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1 OPINION OF JONES DAY
EX-23.2 CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS  LLP
EX-24.1 POWER OF ATTORNEY
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") relating to the
Flowers Foods, Inc. 2001 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan, as amended and restated as of
February 11, 2005 (the "Plan"), is being filed to register additional securities of the same class
as other securities for which a previously filed registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the
Plan is effective. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement
incorporates by reference the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.
333-59354) filed by Flowers Foods, Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") with respect to the Plan, including all attachments and exhibits thereto.
PART II
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission are incorporated herein by
reference:
1.
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005
filed with the Commission on March 1, 2006;
2.
The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 2, 2006; and
3.
The description of the Company's common stock contained in the Company's Registration
Statement on Form 10 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and all amendments thereto.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, before the filing of a post-effective amendment that
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 part of this Registration Statement from the date of the filing of such documents
(excluding any Current Reports on Form 8-K to the extent disclosure is furnished and not filed).
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
The following summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the
statutes referred to below and the restated articles of incorporation
and amended and restated bylaws of the Company.
Article IX of the Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation (the "Articles of
Incorporation") provides that, except to the extent allowable pursuant to the Georgia Business
Corporation Code (the "Georgia Code"), as such provisions exist from time to time, no director of
the Company shall be liable to the Company or its shareholders for, or with respect to, any acts or
omissions in the performance of his duties as a director. The Articles of Incorporation
further provide that in discharging the duties of their respective positions and in determining
what is believed to be in the best interests of the Company, the Board of Directors, committees of
the Board of Directors, and individual directors, in addition to considering the effects of any
action on the Company or its shareholders, may consider the interests of the employees, customers,
suppliers, and creditors of the Company and its subsidiaries, the communities in which offices or
other establishments of the Company and its subsidiaries are located, and all other factors such
directors consider pertinent; provided, however, that this provision shall be deemed solely to
grant discretionary authority to the directors and shall not be deemed to provide to any
constituency any right to be considered.
Article X of the Articles of Incorporation and Article 8.10 of the Company's Amended and
Restated Bylaws (the "Bylaws") provide that the Company shall indemnify, to the fullest extent
permitted by the Georgia Code or any other laws presently or hereafter in effect, each person who
is or was or had agreed to become a director or officer of the Company or is or was serving or had
agreed to serve at the request of the Board of Directors or an officer of the Company as an
employee or agent of the Company, as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation
or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including the heirs, executors,
administrators or estate of such person. The right to indemnification conferred by Article 8.10 of
the Bylaws is a contract right and includes the right to be paid by the Company the
expenses incurred in defending any such
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proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the Georgia Code
requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a director or officer in his or her capacity as
a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such
person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit
plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the
Company of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so
advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be
indemnified.
The Georgia Code provides that a company may indemnify an individual who was or is a party to
a proceeding because he is or was a director or officer against liability incurred in the
proceeding if he acted in a manner he believed in good faith to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the company, and, in the case of any criminal proceeding, he had no reasonable cause
to believe his conduct unlawful. The termination of a proceeding by judgment, order, settlement,
conviction, or a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent is not, of itself, determinative that
the director or officer did not meet the standard of conduct set forth in the Georgia Code.
However, no indemnification shall be made of an officer or director in connection with a proceeding
by or in the right of the company in which the director or officer was adjudged liable to the
company or in connection with any other proceeding in which he was adjudged liable on the basis
that personal benefit was improperly received by him. Indemnification in connection with a
proceeding by or in the right of the company is limited to reasonable expenses incurred in
connection with the proceeding.
The Georgia Code further provides that a company shall not indemnify an officer or director
unless authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the director or
officer is permissible in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of conduct
set forth above and prescribes the persons who may make such determination.
To the extent that a director or officer has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in
defense of any proceeding to which he was a party or in defense of any claim, issue or matter
therein, he shall be indemnified against reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred
by him in connection therewith. The Company shall pay for the reasonable expenses incurred by a
director or officer who is a party to a proceeding in advance of the final disposition of the
proceeding if the director or officer furnishes the Company notice as required under that
director's or officer's indemnification agreement, if one exists, a written affirmation of his good
faith belief that he has met the standard of conduct set forth above, and the director or officer
furnishes the Company a written undertaking, executed personally or on his behalf, to repay any
advances if it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to indemnification by the Company
as authorized in Article 8.10 of the Bylaws.
The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and executive
officers. These agreements provide for the indemnification, to the full extent permitted by law,
of expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement incurred by the director or
officer in connection with any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding on
account of service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company.
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ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Restated Articles of Incorporation of Flowers Foods, Inc.
(Incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K, dated March 30, 2001, File No. 1-16247).
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Flowers Foods, Inc. (Incorporated
by reference to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, dated
June 3, 2003, File No. 1-16247).
4.3
Share Certificate of Common Stock of Flowers Foods, Inc.
(Incorporated by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K, dated March 30, 2001, File No. 1-16247).
4.4
Rights Agreement between Flowers Foods, Inc. and First Union
National Bank, as Rights Agent, dated March 23, 2001 (Incorporated
by reference to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, dated
March 30, 2001, File No. 1-16247).
4.5
Amendment No. 1, dated November 15, 2002, to Rights Agreement
between Flowers Foods, Inc. and Wachovia Bank, N.A. (as successor
in interest to First Union National Bank), as rights agent, dated
March 23, 2001. (Incorporated by reference to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated November 18, 2002, File
No. 1-16247).
4.6
Flowers Foods, Inc. Equity and Performance Incentive Plan, as
amended and restated as of February 11, 2005 (Incorporated by
reference to the Company's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, dated
April 29, 2005, File No. 1-16247).
5.1
Opinion of Jones Day.
23.1
Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered
public accounting firm.
24.1
Power of Attorney.
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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 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;
(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
the Registration Statement;
provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (i) and (ii) do 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 Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement.
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That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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.
That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing
of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
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 described under Item 6 above, 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 Securities Act of 1933 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 Securities Act of 1933 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 Thomasville, State of Georgia, on the 9th day of March,
2006.
FLOWERS FOODS, INC.
By:
/s/ Stephen R. Avera
Stephen R. Avera
Senior Vice President, Secretary & General Counsel
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
*
President, Chief Executive Officer
George E. Deese
and Chairman of the Board
March 9, 2006
*
Senior Vice President,
Chief
Jimmy M. Woodward
Financial Officer and
Chief Accounting Officer
March 9, 2006
*
Director
March 9, 2006
Amos R. McMullian
*
Director
March 9, 2006
Joe E. Beverly
*
Director
March 9, 2006
Franklin L. Burke
*
Director
March 9, 2006
Manuel A. Fernandez
*
Director
March 9, 2006
Benjamin H. Griswold, IV
*
Director
March 9, 2006
Joseph L. Lanier, Jr.
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Signature
Title
Date
*
Director
March 9, 2006
J.V. Shields, Jr.
*
Director
March 9, 2006
Melvin T. Stith
*
Director
March 9, 2006
Jackie M. Ward
*
Director
March 9, 2006
C. Martin Wood III
*By:
/s/ STEPHEN R. AVERA
Stephen R. Avera
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Jones Day.
23.1
Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
24.1
Power of Attorney.