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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;15, 2009
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 2pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-_______
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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: 1pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>O&#146;CHARLEY&#146;S INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Tennessee</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>62-1192475</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or Other Jurisdiction of
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>3038 Sidco Drive</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Nashville, Tennessee</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>37204</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CHUX OWNERSHIP PLAN</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Lawrence E. Hyatt<BR>
O&#146;Charley&#146;s Inc.<BR>
3038 Sidco Drive<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37204<BR>
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">(615)&nbsp;256-8500<BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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                    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Common Stock, no par value
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), 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>The offering price is estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the
registration fee. Such estimate has been calculated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule
457(h) and is based upon the average of the high and low prices per share of the Registrant&#146;s
Common Stock as reported on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on May&nbsp;11, 2009.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement is filed pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 for the
purpose of registering additional shares of common stock, no par value per share (the &#147;Common
Stock&#148;), of O&#146;Charley&#146;s Inc., a Tennessee corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), issuable pursuant to the
CHUX Ownership Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The Registrant&#146;s previously filed Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (File No.&nbsp;33-69934), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;)
on October&nbsp;5, 1993, and its previously filed Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-126221), as filed with the
Commission on June&nbsp;29, 2005, are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock registered hereby has been passed
upon for us by Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC. A copy of the opinion is attached as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this
Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reference is made to the Exhibit&nbsp;Index attached hereto.
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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, as amended, 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 this
13th day of May, 2009.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><B>O&#146;CHARLEY&#146;S INC.</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Lawrence E. Hyatt</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Name:
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Lawrence E. Hyatt</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Title:
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Interim President and Chief Executive Officer,<BR>
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints Lawrence E. Hyatt and Colin M. Daly, or either of them, his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, 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
(including without limitation, post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent 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 their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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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, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Lawrence E. Hyatt
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Lawrence E. Hyatt</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Interim President and Chief
Chief Executive Officer,<BR>Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer<BR>(Principal Executive Officer
and Principal Financial Officer)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 13, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ R. Jeffrey Williams
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R. Jeffrey Williams</TD>
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Accounting Officer and
Corporate Controller<BR>(Principal Accounting Officer)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 13, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Arnaud Ajdler
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Arnaud Ajdler</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Director
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 13, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ William F. Andrews
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William F. Andrews</TD>
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Director
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 13, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Douglas Benham
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Douglas Benham</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 13, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Philip J. Hickey, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Philip J. Hickey, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 13, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Gregory Monahan
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gregory Monahan</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 13, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Dale W. Polley
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Dale W. Polley</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 13, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Richard Reiss, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard Reiss, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 13, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ H. Steve Tidwell
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
H. Steve Tidwell</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 13, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Robert J. Walker
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert J. Walker</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 13, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Shirley A. Zeitlin
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Shirley A. Zeitlin</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 13, 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 filed herewith)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (included at pages II-2 and II-3)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">CHUX Ownership Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;B to the
Registrant&#146;s Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed with the Commission on
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FORM S-8
Table of Contents
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 15, 2009
Registration No. 333-_______
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
O'CHARLEY'S INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Tennessee
62-1192475
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)
Identification No.)
3038 Sidco Drive
Nashville, Tennessee
37204
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
CHUX OWNERSHIP PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Lawrence E. Hyatt
O'Charley's Inc.
3038 Sidco Drive
Nashville, Tennessee 37204
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(615) 256-8500
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount
Offering
Aggregate
Amount of
To Be
To be
Price Per
Offering
Registration
Registered
Registered (1)
Share (2)
Price (2)
Fee
Common Stock, no par value
1,000,000 shares
$7.10
$7,100,000
$396.18
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), 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)
The offering price is estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the
registration fee. Such estimate has been calculated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule
457(h) and is based upon the average of the high and low prices per share of the Registrant's
Common Stock as reported on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on May 11, 2009.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 8. Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1
EX-23.1
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This Registration Statement is filed pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 for the
purpose of registering additional shares of common stock, no par value per share (the "Common
Stock"), of O'Charley's Inc., a Tennessee corporation (the "Registrant"), issuable pursuant to the
CHUX Ownership Plan (the "Plan"). The Registrant's previously filed Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (File No. 33-69934), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
on October 5, 1993, and its previously filed Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-126221), as filed with the
Commission on June 29, 2005, are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
The validity of the shares of the Registrant's Common Stock registered hereby has been passed
upon for us by Bass, Berry & Sims PLC. A copy of the opinion is attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this
Registration Statement.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Reference is made to the Exhibit Index attached hereto.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on 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 this
13th day of May, 2009.
O'CHARLEY'S INC.
By:
/s/ Lawrence E. Hyatt
Name:
Lawrence E. Hyatt
Title:
Interim President and Chief Executive Officer,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints Lawrence E. Hyatt and Colin M. Daly, or either of them, his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, 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
(including without limitation, post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent 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 their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Capacity
Date
/s/ Lawrence E. Hyatt
Lawrence E. Hyatt
Interim President and Chief
Chief Executive Officer,
Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Executive Officer
and Principal Financial Officer)
May 13, 2009
/s/ R. Jeffrey Williams
R. Jeffrey Williams
Accounting Officer and
Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
May 13, 2009
/s/ Arnaud Ajdler
Arnaud Ajdler
Director
May 13, 2009
/s/ William F. Andrews
William F. Andrews
Director
May 13, 2009
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/s/ Douglas Benham
Douglas Benham
Director
May 13, 2009
/s/ Philip J. Hickey, Jr.
Philip J. Hickey, Jr.
Director
May 13, 2009
/s/ Gregory Monahan
Gregory Monahan
Director
May 13, 2009
/s/ Dale W. Polley
Dale W. Polley
Director
May 13, 2009
/s/ Richard Reiss, Jr.
Richard Reiss, Jr.
Director
May 13, 2009
/s/ H. Steve Tidwell
H. Steve Tidwell
Director
May 13, 2009
/s/ Robert J. Walker
Robert J. Walker
Director
May 13, 2009
/s/ Shirley A. Zeitlin
Shirley A. Zeitlin
Director
May 13, 2009
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC (included in Exhibit 5.1 filed herewith)
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included at pages II-2 and II-3)
99.1
CHUX Ownership Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix B to the
Registrant's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Commission on
April 8, 2009).
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