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filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;19, 2008</B></DIV>


<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>Registration No. 333- </B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549<BR>
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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: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FURNITURE BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</B></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware<BR>
(State or other jurisdiction <BR>
of incorporation or organization)</B>
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<B>43-0337683<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><FONT style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>1 N. Brentwood Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63105</B></FONT><BR>
<B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><FONT style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Furniture Brands International, Inc. 2008 Incentive Plan</B></FONT><BR>
<B>(Full title of the plan)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Jon D. Botsford, Esq.<BR>
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary<BR>
Furniture Brands International, Inc.<BR>
1 N. Brentwood Boulevard, 15</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>th</B></SUP> <B>Floor</B><BR>
<B>St. Louis, Missouri 63105</B><BR>
<B>(Name and Address of Agent for Service)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(314)&nbsp;863-1100<BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a small reporting company. See the
definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; and &#147;small reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,800,000</TD>
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    <TD>Includes associated rights to purchase shares of Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share of the Registrant.</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this registration statement covers, in addition to the number of
shares of common stock shown above, an indeterminate number of shares which, as a result of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar
transaction, may become subject to the plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules 457(h) and (c)&nbsp;under the Securities Act, based upon the average of
the high and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s common stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on December&nbsp;16, 2008.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt; margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">* &nbsp;&nbsp;Information required by Part&nbsp;I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted
from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;) and the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.
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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 documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I will be delivered in accordance
with Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. Such documents are not required to be, and are not,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;Commission&#148;) either as part of this
Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424. These
documents, and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to
Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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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 which have been filed by Furniture Brands International, Inc. (the
&#147;Registrant&#148;) with the Commission, pursuant to the Securities Act, and the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement as of their respective dates:
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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2007, filed on February&nbsp;29, 2008;</TD>
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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended
on March&nbsp;31, 2008 (filed on May&nbsp;12, 2008), June&nbsp;30, 2008 (filed on August&nbsp;11, 2008),
and September&nbsp;20, 2008 (filed on November&nbsp;7, 2008);</TD>
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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February&nbsp;4, 2008,
February&nbsp;14, 2008, March&nbsp;24, 2008, April&nbsp;21, 2008, April&nbsp;25, 2008, May&nbsp;1, 2008, May&nbsp;7,
2008, May&nbsp;20, 2008, July&nbsp;11, 2008, July&nbsp;17, 2008, August&nbsp;7, 2008, August&nbsp;13, 2008,
November&nbsp;4, 2008, December&nbsp;4, 2008 and December&nbsp;12, 2008; and</TD>
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    <TD>the description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in its
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No.&nbsp;333-84992) effective with the Commission
on August&nbsp;2, 2002, and the description of the associated Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock contained in its Form 8-A Registration Statement filed with the</TD>
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    <TD>Commission on July&nbsp;31, 1998, as amended, by the Form 8-A/A Registration Statement 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;All reports and documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement, but prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such
documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to
the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also
is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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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 Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to eliminate the
personal liability of its directors to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for
a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability for: (i)&nbsp;any breach of the
director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not
in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;under
Section&nbsp;174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which a
director derived an improper personal benefit. The Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate of
Incorporation provides that no director will be personally liable to the Registrant or any of its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability
in the instances enumerated in clauses (i)&nbsp;through (iv)&nbsp;of the preceding sentence.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a Delaware corporation may
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact
that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in
connection with the action, suit or proceeding, provided the person acted in good faith and in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation&#146;s best interests and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct
was unlawful. A similar standard of care is applicable in the case of actions by or in the right of
the corporation, except that no
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person
shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the
Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action was brought determines that, despite
the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, the person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for expenses that the Delaware Court of Chancery or
other court shall deem proper.
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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 Bylaws also provide that the Registrant shall indemnify any person who was or is a party
or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in
the right of the Registrant) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent of the Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The Bylaws also provide that the
Registrant shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to
any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation, except
that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which he shall
have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Delaware
Court of Chancery or the court in which such action was brought determines that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly
and reasonably entitled to indemnity for expenses that the Delaware Court of Chancery or other
court shall deem proper.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To the extent that an employee or agent of the Registrant who is not a director or officer has
been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to
in the paragraph above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the Bylaws provide
that he may be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection therewith.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Bylaws further state that expenses (including attorney&#146;s fees) incurred by a director or
officer in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or
proceeding shall be paid by the Registrant in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit
or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay
such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the
Registrant as authorized under Delaware law.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The right to indemnification and advancement of expenses set forth in the Bylaws shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of
expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another
capacity while holding such office.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, the Bylaws provide that the Registrant shall have power to purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee
or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any
liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his
status as such, whether or not the Registrant would have the power to indemnify him against such
liability under the Bylaws or otherwise. The Registrant maintains such insurance.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Directors of the Company have entered into and are the beneficiaries of indemnification
agreements with the Company. These agreements provide indemnity protection for such persons which
is substantially the same as that authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law and provided
for in the Company&#146;s Bylaws.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Exhibits listed in the Exhibit&nbsp;Index below, hereby incorporated by reference, are filed as
a part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1. to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in the Registration Statement;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in 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 in the Registration Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned 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 Section 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 the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered herein, 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;(c)&nbsp;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
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities 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 Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 County of St. Louis, State of Missouri, on
December&nbsp;19, 2008.
</DIV>


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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">Furniture Brands International, 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: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Ralph P. Scozzafava
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">Ralph P. Scozzafava&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center">Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of Furniture Brands International, Inc., hereby
severally constitute and appoint Ralph P. Scozzafava, Steven G. Rolls and Jon D. Botsford and each
of them, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for each of us in our name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
Furniture Brands International, Inc.&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8, and any other
registration statement relating to the same offering, and any and all amendments thereto (including
post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby grant to such
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, as fully to all intents and purposes as
each of us might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or his or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of December&nbsp;19, 2008, by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="40%">&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>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" 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="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ralph P. Scozzafava
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ralph P. Scozzafava
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive&nbsp;Officer
and Director<BR>

(<I>Principal Executive Officer</I>)
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" 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="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Steven G. Rolls
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Steven G. Rolls
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;<BR>
(<I>Principal
Financial Officer</I>)</TD>
</TR>
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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<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>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Richard R. Isaak
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard R. Isaak
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Controller&nbsp;<BR>
(<I>Principal
Accounting Officer</I>)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" 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="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Wilbert G. Holliman, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Wilbert G. Holliman, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" 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="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John R. Jordan, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John R. Jordan, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" 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="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ira Kaplan
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ira Kaplan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" 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="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ T. Scott King
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
T. Scott King
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" 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="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Bobby L. Martin
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Bobby L. Martin
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" 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="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Maureen A. McGuire
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Maureen A. McGuire
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" 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="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Aubrey B. Patterson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Aubrey B. Patterson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" 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="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Alan Schwartz
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Alan Schwartz
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Furniture Brands International, Inc. 2008 Incentive Plan</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Omitted &#151; Inapplicable</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">15
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Omitted &#151; Inapplicable</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (See Signature Page)</TD>
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FORM S-8
Table of Contents
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 19, 2008
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FURNITURE BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
43-0337683
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
1 N. Brentwood Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63105
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Furniture Brands International, Inc. 2008 Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Jon D. Botsford, Esq.
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Furniture Brands International, Inc.
1 N. Brentwood Boulevard, 15
th
Floor
St. Louis, Missouri 63105
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(314) 863-1100
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a small reporting company. See the
definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," and "small reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Amount of
Proposed
Proposed Maximum
Shares To Be
Maximum Offering
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Title of Securities To Be Registered(1)
Registered(2)
Price Per Share
Price(3)
Registration Fee
Common Stock (no par value)
1,800,000
$2.47
$4,446,000
$175.00
(1)
Includes associated rights to purchase shares of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share of the Registrant.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement covers, in addition to the number of
shares of common stock shown above, an indeterminate number of shares which, as a result of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar
transaction, may become subject to the plan.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rules 457(h) and (c) under the Securities Act, based upon the average of
the high and low prices of the Registrant's common stock reported on the New York Stock Exchange on December 16, 2008.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
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
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
*   Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted
from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act") and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered in accordance
with Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. Such documents are not required to be, and are not,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") either as part of this
Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. These
documents, and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to
Item 3 of Part II of this Form S-8, taken together, constitute 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 which have been filed by Furniture Brands International, Inc. (the
"Registrant") with the Commission, pursuant to the Securities Act, and the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement as of their respective dates:
(a)
the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2007, filed on February 29, 2008;
(b)
the Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended
on March 31, 2008 (filed on May 12, 2008), June 30, 2008 (filed on August 11, 2008),
and September 20, 2008 (filed on November 7, 2008);
(c)
the Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 4, 2008,
February 14, 2008, March 24, 2008, April 21, 2008, April 25, 2008, May 1, 2008, May 7,
2008, May 20, 2008, July 11, 2008, July 17, 2008, August 7, 2008, August 13, 2008,
November 4, 2008, December 4, 2008 and December 12, 2008; and
(d)
the description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in its
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-84992) effective with the Commission
on August 2, 2002, and the description of the associated Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock contained in its Form 8-A Registration Statement filed with the
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Commission on July 31, 1998, as amended, by the Form 8-A/A Registration Statement filed
with the Commission on July 11, 2008.
All reports and documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement, but prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such
documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to
the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also
is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware.
Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits a corporation to eliminate the
personal liability of its directors to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for
a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability for: (i) any breach of the
director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not
in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under
Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or (iv) for any transaction from which a
director derived an improper personal benefit. The Registrant's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation provides that no director will be personally liable to the Registrant or any of its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability
in the instances enumerated in clauses (i) through (iv) of the preceding sentence.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a Delaware corporation may
indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened,
pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact
that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was
serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in
connection with the action, suit or proceeding, provided the person acted in good faith and in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation's best interests and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct
was unlawful. A similar standard of care is applicable in the case of actions by or in the right of
the corporation, except that no
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indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person
shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the
Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action was brought determines that, despite
the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, the person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for expenses that the Delaware Court of Chancery or
other court shall deem proper.
The Bylaws also provide that the Registrant shall indemnify any person who was or is a party
or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in
the right of the Registrant) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent of the Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interests of the Registrant, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The Bylaws also provide that the
Registrant shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to
any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation, except
that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which he shall
have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Delaware
Court of Chancery or the court in which such action was brought determines that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly
and reasonably entitled to indemnity for expenses that the Delaware Court of Chancery or other
court shall deem proper.
To the extent that an employee or agent of the Registrant who is not a director or officer has
been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to
in the paragraph above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the Bylaws provide
that he may be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection therewith.
The Bylaws further state that expenses (including attorney's fees) incurred by a director or
officer in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or
proceeding shall be paid by the Registrant in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit
or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay
such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the
Registrant as authorized under Delaware law.
The right to indemnification and advancement of expenses set forth in the Bylaws shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of
expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another
capacity while holding such office.
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In addition, the Bylaws provide that the Registrant shall have power to purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, employee
or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any
liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his
status as such, whether or not the Registrant would have the power to indemnify him against such
liability under the Bylaws or otherwise. The Registrant maintains such insurance.
Directors of the Company have entered into and are the beneficiaries of indemnification
agreements with the Company. These agreements provide indemnity protection for such persons which
is substantially the same as that authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law and provided
for in the Company's Bylaws.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The Exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index below, hereby incorporated by reference, are filed as
a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
1. to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to the 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 the Registration Statement (or most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in the Registration Statement;
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provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in 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 in the 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; and
3. to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 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 the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered herein, 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
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities 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 Securities 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, 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 County of St. Louis, State of Missouri, on
December 19, 2008.
Furniture Brands International, Inc.
By:
/s/ Ralph P. Scozzafava
Ralph P. Scozzafava
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Furniture Brands International, Inc., hereby
severally constitute and appoint Ralph P. Scozzafava, Steven G. Rolls and Jon D. Botsford and each
of them, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for each of us in our name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
Furniture Brands International, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-8, and any other
registration statement relating to the same offering, and any and all amendments thereto (including
post-effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby grant to such
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, as fully to all intents and purposes as
each of us might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or his 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, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of December 19, 2008, by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
Signature
Title
/s/ Ralph P. Scozzafava
Ralph P. Scozzafava
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
and Director
(
Principal Executive Officer
)
/s/ Steven G. Rolls
Steven G. Rolls
Chief Financial Officer
(
Principal
Financial Officer
)
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Signature
Title
/s/ Richard R. Isaak
Richard R. Isaak
Controller
(
Principal
Accounting Officer
)
/s/ Wilbert G. Holliman, Jr.
Wilbert G. Holliman, Jr.
Director
/s/ John R. Jordan, Jr.
John R. Jordan, Jr.
Director
/s/ Ira Kaplan
Ira Kaplan
Director
/s/ T. Scott King
T. Scott King
Director
/s/ Bobby L. Martin
Bobby L. Martin
Director
/s/ Maureen A. McGuire
Maureen A. McGuire
Director
/s/ Aubrey B. Patterson
Aubrey B. Patterson
Director
/s/ Alan Schwartz
Alan Schwartz
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Description
4.1*
Furniture Brands International, Inc. 2008 Incentive Plan
5
Omitted — Inapplicable
15
Omitted — Inapplicable
23.1*
Consent of KPMG LLP
24*
Powers of Attorney (See Signature Page)
*
Filed herewith.
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