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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;1, 2006
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">REGISTRATION NO. 333-_____
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 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</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: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>AFC ENTERPRISES, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>5555 Glenridge Connector, N.E., Suite&nbsp;300<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30328</B><BR>
(Address, Including Zip Code, of Registrant&#146;s Principal Executive Offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>AFC ENTERPRISES, INC.<BR>
2006 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>H. Melville Hope, III<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
AFC Enterprises, Inc.<BR>
5555 Glenridge Connector, N.E., Suite&nbsp;300<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30328<BR>
(404)&nbsp;459-4450</B><BR>
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,<BR>
Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>King &#038; Spalding LLP</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1180 Peachtree Street, N.E.</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3521</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>5555 Glenridge Connector, N.E., Suite&nbsp;300</B>
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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 style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $.01 par value per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee in accordance
with Rule 457(c) and Rule&nbsp;457(h), based upon the average of the high and low reported sales price
of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on August&nbsp;29, 2006.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to
employees as specified in Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;). Those documents and the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement
pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a
prospectus that meets the requirement of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 relates to 3,298,985 shares of common stock, par value
$.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), of AFC Enterprises, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;), reserved for
issuance pursuant to the AFC Enterprises, Inc. 2006 Incentive Stock Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. </B><U><B>Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference</B></U><B>.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents have been previously filed by the Company with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) and are incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement as of their respective dates:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;25, 2005;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The Company&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended April&nbsp;16, 2006
and July&nbsp;9, 2006;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February&nbsp;23, 2006, March&nbsp;14,
2006, March&nbsp;16, 2006, March&nbsp;20, 2006, May&nbsp;3, 2006, June&nbsp;1, 2006, the portion of the Form 8-K
filed on June&nbsp;29, 2006 under the heading &#147;Item&nbsp;8.01&#148;, August&nbsp;8, 2006, August&nbsp;16, 2006; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated February&nbsp;21, 2001, including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Company subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement
pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in any document incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes thereof to the extent that a statement contained therein or in any other subsequently
filed document that is also incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference modifies
or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. </B><U><B>Description of Securities</B></U><B>.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Inapplicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. </B><U><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</B></U><B>.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Company has agreed to indemnify and hold KPMG LLP harmless against
and from any and all legal costs and expenses incurred by KPMG in successful
defense of any legal action or proceeding that arises as a result of
KPMG's consent to the inclusion of its audit report on our past
financial statements included in the Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. </B><U><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B></U><B>.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s articles of incorporation provide that each of its directors shall not be
personally liable to it or its shareholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty
as a director, except for liability: (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the
Company or its shareholders; (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii)&nbsp;under sections 302A.559 or 80A.23 of
the Minnesota Business Corporation Act; (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derived an
improper personal benefit; or (v)&nbsp;for any act or omission occurring prior to the date when the
articles of incorporation became effective.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s articles of incorporation also provide that if the Minnesota Business
Corporation Act is amended to authorize any further limitation of the liability of a director, then
the liability of a director is eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the amended
act. Further, the Company&#146;s bylaws provide that it shall indemnify its directors and officers to
the maximum extent permitted by the Minnesota Business Corporation Act, Section&nbsp;302A.521, as
amended.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;302A.521 of the Minnesota Business Corporation Act requires the Company to indemnify a
person made or threatened to be made a party to a proceeding by reason of the former or present
official capacity of the person with respect to the Company (including service with respect to
another organization or employee benefit plan at the request of the Company) against judgments,
penalties, fines, including, without limitation, excise taxes assessed against the person with
respect to an employee benefit plan, settlements, and reasonable expenses, including attorneys&#146;
fees and disbursements, if, with respect to the acts or omissions of the person complained of in
the proceeding, such person (i)&nbsp;has not been indemnified by another organization or employee
benefit plan for the same judgments, penalties, fines, including, without limitation, excise taxes
assessed against the person with respect to an employee benefit plan, settlements, and reasonable
expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees and disbursements, incurred by the person in connection with
the proceeding with respect to the same acts or omissions; (ii)&nbsp;acted in good faith; (iii)&nbsp;received
no improper personal benefit and the applicable statutory provisions have been satisfied in the
case of any conflict of interest affecting a director; (iv)&nbsp;in
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was unlawful; and
(v)&nbsp;in the case of acts or omissions occurring in the person&#146;s performance in the official capacity
of director or, for a person not a director, in the official capacity of officer, committee member
or employee, reasonably believed that the conduct was in the best interests of the Company, or in
the case of service with another organization at the request of the Company, reasonably believed
that the conduct was not opposed to the best interests of the Company. In addition, Section
302A.521, subdivision 3 requires payment by the Company, upon written request, of reasonable
expenses in advance of final disposition in certain instances. A decision as to required
indemnification and payment of expenses by the Company is made by a majority of the disinterested
directors present at a board meeting at which a disinterested quorum is present, or by a majority
of a designated committee of disinterested directors, by special legal counsel selected by means
specified in the statute, by the disinterested shareholders, by a court or, in certain
circumstances, by an annually appointed committee of the board.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has also entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and
officers. The indemnification agreements may require it, among other things, to indemnify its
directors and officers against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or
service as directors or officers (other than liabilities arising from willful misconduct of a
culpable nature), to advance their expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as
to which they could be indemnified, and to obtain directors&#146; and officers&#146; insurance if available
on reasonable terms.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company carries directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance covering its directors and
officers.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities under the Securities Act may be permitted for
directors, officers or persons controlling the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, in the
opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. </B><U><B>Exemptions from Registration Claimed</B></U><B>.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. </B><U><B>Exhibits</B></U><B>.</B>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Common Stock Certificate (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.9
to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1
(Registration No.&nbsp;333-52608) on December&nbsp;22, 2000 and
incorporated by reference herein).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Article&nbsp;3 of the Company&#146;s Articles of Incorporation,
as amended (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q on August&nbsp;14, 2002 and
incorporated by reference).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Articles II, V, VI and X of the Company&#146;s Amended and
Restated Bylaws (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Company&#146;s
Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;26, 2004 on April&nbsp;25, 2005 and incorporated by
reference).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Krass Monroe, P.A.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Krass Monroe, P.A. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of KPMG LLP</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">99.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">AFC
Enterprises, Inc. 2006 Incentive Stock Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit A to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement
filed on April 17, 2006).</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. </B><U><B>Undertakings</B></U><B>.</B>
</DIV>


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

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="11%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="11%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement
(or the most recent post effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the change in volume and price represent no more than a 20
percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration
Statement;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="11%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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;</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Provided however, that:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 7%">Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this Section do not apply if the Registration
Statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>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.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining liability under the
Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="11%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>If the Registrant is relying on Rule&nbsp;430B:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="15%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(A)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Each prospectus filed by the
Registrant pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part
of the Registration Statement as of the date the filed
prospectus was deemed part of and included in the Registration
Statement; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="15%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(B)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Each prospectus required to be
filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a
Registration Statement in reliance on Rule&nbsp;430B relating to an
offering made pursuant to Rule&nbsp;415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x)&nbsp;for
the purpose of providing the information required by Section
10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part
of and included in the Registration Statement as of the earlier
of the date such form of prospectus is first used after
effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of
securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As
provided in Rule&nbsp;430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and
any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall
be deemed to be a new effective date of the Registration
Statement relating to the securities in the Registration
Statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of
such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement
made in a Registration Statement or prospectus that is part of
the Registration Statement or made in a document incorporated or
deemed incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement
or prospectus that is part of the Registration Statement will,
as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="15%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that
was made in the Registration Statement or prospectus that was
part of the Registration Statement or made in any such
document immediately prior to such effective date; or</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="11%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>If the Registrant is subject to Rule&nbsp;430C, each
prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a Registration
Statement relating to an offering, other than Registration Statements
relying on Rule&nbsp;430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on
Rule&nbsp;430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the
Registration Statement as of the date it is first used after
effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a
Registration Statement or prospectus that is part of the Registration
Statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by
reference into the Registration Statement or prospectus that is part of
the Registration Statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of
contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any
statement that was made in the Registration Statement or prospectus
that was part of the Registration Statement or made in any such
document immediately prior to such date of first use.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(6)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining liability of the
Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial
distribution of the securities:</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of
securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this Registration
Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities
to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by
means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant
will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell
such securities to such purchaser:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="11%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the
undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="11%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Any free writing prospectus relating to the
offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used
or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="11%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The portion of any other free writing
prospectus relating to the offering containing material information
about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on
behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and</TD>
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    <TD width="11%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(iv)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Any other communication that is an offer in the
offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for the 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 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 bona fide offering
thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="7%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised
that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment
by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</TD>
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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;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 Atlanta, State of Georgia on this 1st
day of September&nbsp;2006.
</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">AFC ENTERPRISES, 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/ Kenneth L. Keymer
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Kenneth L. Keymer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Executive Officer&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;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Kenneth L. Keymer and H. Melville Hope, III and each of them, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such persons
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all Exhibits thereto and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each
and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and
to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and any of them, or their 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;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.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left">Signatures</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">Date</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Kenneth L. Keymer
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kenneth L. Keymer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Executive Officer<BR>
<I>(Principal Executive Officer)</I>

</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 1, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ H. Melville Hope
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
H. Melville Hope</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
<I>(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)</I>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 1, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Frank J. Belatti
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Frank J. Belatti</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director, Chairman of the Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 1, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Victor Arias, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Victor Arias, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 1, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Carolyn H. Byrd
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Carolyn H. Byrd</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 1, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ R. William Ide, III
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
R. William Ide, III</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 1, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Kelvin J. Pennington
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kelvin J. Pennington</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 1, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ John M. Roth
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John M. Roth</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 1, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ John F. Hoffner
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John F. Hoffner</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September 1, 2006</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Common Stock Certificate (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.9
to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1
(Registration No.&nbsp;333-52608) on December&nbsp;22, 2000 and
incorporated by reference herein).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Article&nbsp;3 of the Company&#146;s Articles of Incorporation,
as amended (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q on August&nbsp;14, 2002 and
incorporated by reference).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Articles II, V, VI and X of the Company&#146;s Amended and
Restated Bylaws (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Company&#146;s
Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K on April&nbsp;25, 2005 and
incorporated by reference).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Krass Monroe, P.A.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Krass Monroe, P.A. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of KPMG LLP</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">99.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">AFC Enterprises, Inc. 2006 Incentive Stock Plan.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;A to the
Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement filed on April&nbsp;17,
2006)</DIV></TD>
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AFC ENTERPRISES, INC.
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 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
AFC ENTERPRISES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Minnesota
58-2016606
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
5555 Glenridge Connector, N.E., Suite 300
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
(Address, Including Zip Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
AFC ENTERPRISES, INC.
2006 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
H. Melville Hope, III
Chief Financial Officer
AFC Enterprises, Inc.
5555 Glenridge Connector, N.E., Suite 300
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
(404) 459-4450
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
COPIES TO:
Harold M. Cohen
John D. Wilson
Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs
King & Spalding LLP
General Counsel and Secretary
1180 Peachtree Street, N.E.
AFC Enterprises, Inc.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3521
5555 Glenridge Connector, N.E., Suite 300
(404) 572-4600
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
(404) 459-4450
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount to be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered
Registered
Share (1)
Price (1)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share
3,298,985
$
14.81
$
48,857,968
$
5,228
(1)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee in accordance
with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h), based upon the average of the high and low reported sales price
of the Registrant's Common Stock on the Nasdaq National Market on August 29, 2006.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to
employees as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"). Those documents and the documents incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement
pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a
prospectus that meets the requirement of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 relates to 3,298,985 shares of common stock, par value
$.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of AFC Enterprises, Inc. (the "Company"), reserved for
issuance pursuant to the AFC Enterprises, Inc. 2006 Incentive Stock Plan (the "Plan").
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
.
The following documents have been previously filed by the Company with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and are incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement as of their respective dates:
(a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 25, 2005;
(b) The Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended April 16, 2006
and July 9, 2006;
(c) The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 23, 2006, March 14,
2006, March 16, 2006, March 20, 2006, May 3, 2006, June 1, 2006, the portion of the Form 8-K
filed on June 29, 2006 under the heading "Item 8.01", August 8, 2006, August 16, 2006; and
(g) The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated February 21, 2001, including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Company subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act") and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the
date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in any document incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes thereof to the extent that a statement contained therein or in any other subsequently
filed document that is also incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference modifies
or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Inapplicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
The
Company has agreed to indemnify and hold KPMG LLP harmless against
and from any and all legal costs and expenses incurred by KPMG in successful
defense of any legal action or proceeding that arises as a result of
KPMG's consent to the inclusion of its audit report on our past
financial statements included in the Registration Statement.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
The Company's articles of incorporation provide that each of its directors shall not be
personally liable to it or its shareholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty
as a director, except for liability: (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the
Company or its shareholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) under sections 302A.559 or 80A.23 of
the Minnesota Business Corporation Act; (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an
improper personal benefit; or (v) for any act or omission occurring prior to the date when the
articles of incorporation became effective.
The Company's articles of incorporation also provide that if the Minnesota Business
Corporation Act is amended to authorize any further limitation of the liability of a director, then
the liability of a director is eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the amended
act. Further, the Company's bylaws provide that it shall indemnify its directors and officers to
the maximum extent permitted by the Minnesota Business Corporation Act, Section 302A.521, as
amended.
Section 302A.521 of the Minnesota Business Corporation Act requires the Company to indemnify a
person made or threatened to be made a party to a proceeding by reason of the former or present
official capacity of the person with respect to the Company (including service with respect to
another organization or employee benefit plan at the request of the Company) against judgments,
penalties, fines, including, without limitation, excise taxes assessed against the person with
respect to an employee benefit plan, settlements, and reasonable expenses, including attorneys'
fees and disbursements, if, with respect to the acts or omissions of the person complained of in
the proceeding, such person (i) has not been indemnified by another organization or employee
benefit plan for the same judgments, penalties, fines, including, without limitation, excise taxes
assessed against the person with respect to an employee benefit plan, settlements, and reasonable
expenses, including attorneys' fees and disbursements, incurred by the person in connection with
the proceeding with respect to the same acts or omissions; (ii) acted in good faith; (iii) received
no improper personal benefit and the applicable statutory provisions have been satisfied in the
case of any conflict of interest affecting a director; (iv) in
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the case of a criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was unlawful; and
(v) in the case of acts or omissions occurring in the person's performance in the official capacity
of director or, for a person not a director, in the official capacity of officer, committee member
or employee, reasonably believed that the conduct was in the best interests of the Company, or in
the case of service with another organization at the request of the Company, reasonably believed
that the conduct was not opposed to the best interests of the Company. In addition, Section
302A.521, subdivision 3 requires payment by the Company, upon written request, of reasonable
expenses in advance of final disposition in certain instances. A decision as to required
indemnification and payment of expenses by the Company is made by a majority of the disinterested
directors present at a board meeting at which a disinterested quorum is present, or by a majority
of a designated committee of disinterested directors, by special legal counsel selected by means
specified in the statute, by the disinterested shareholders, by a court or, in certain
circumstances, by an annually appointed committee of the board.
The Company has also entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and
officers. The indemnification agreements may require it, among other things, to indemnify its
directors and officers against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or
service as directors or officers (other than liabilities arising from willful misconduct of a
culpable nature), to advance their expenses incurred as a result of any proceeding against them as
to which they could be indemnified, and to obtain directors' and officers' insurance if available
on reasonable terms.
The Company carries directors' and officers' liability insurance covering its directors and
officers.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities under the Securities Act may be permitted for
directors, officers or persons controlling the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, in the
opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Item 7.
Exemptions from Registration Claimed
.
Inapplicable.
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Item 8.
Exhibits
.
Exhibit
Description
4.1
Form of Common Stock Certificate (filed as Exhibit 4.9
to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1
(Registration No. 333-52608) on December 22, 2000 and
incorporated by reference herein).
4.2
Article 3 of the Company's Articles of Incorporation,
as amended (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q on August 14, 2002 and
incorporated by reference).
4.3
Articles II, V, VI and X of the Company's Amended and
Restated Bylaws (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 26, 2004 on April 25, 2005 and incorporated by
reference).
5.1
Opinion of Krass Monroe, P.A.
23.1
Consent of Krass Monroe, P.A. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
23.3
Consent of KPMG LLP
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).
99.1
AFC
Enterprises, Inc. 2006 Incentive Stock Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit A to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement
filed on April 17, 2006).
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement
(or the most recent post effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the change in volume and price represent no more than a 20
percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration
Statement;
(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 Registration
Statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(4)
That, for the purpose of determining liability under the
Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:
(i)
If the Registrant is relying on Rule 430B:
(A)
Each prospectus filed by the
Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part
of the Registration Statement as of the date the filed
prospectus was deemed part of and included in the Registration
Statement; and
(B)
Each prospectus required to be
filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a
Registration Statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an
offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for
the purpose of providing the information required by Section
10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part
of and included in the Registration Statement as of the earlier
of the date such form of prospectus is first used after
effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of
securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As
provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and
any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall
be deemed to be a new effective date of the Registration
Statement relating to the securities in the Registration
Statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of
such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement
made in a Registration Statement or prospectus that is part of
the Registration Statement or made in a document incorporated or
deemed incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement
or prospectus that is part of the Registration Statement will,
as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to
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such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that
was made in the Registration Statement or prospectus that was
part of the Registration Statement or made in any such
document immediately prior to such effective date; or
(ii)
If the Registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each
prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a Registration
Statement relating to an offering, other than Registration Statements
relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on
Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the
Registration Statement as of the date it is first used after
effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a
Registration Statement or prospectus that is part of the Registration
Statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by
reference into the Registration Statement or prospectus that is part of
the Registration Statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of
contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any
statement that was made in the Registration Statement or prospectus
that was part of the Registration Statement or made in any such
document immediately prior to such date of first use.
(6)
That, for the purpose of determining liability of the
Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial
distribution of the securities:
The undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of
securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this Registration
Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities
to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by
means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant
will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell
such securities to such purchaser:
(i)
Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the
undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed
pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii)
Any free writing prospectus relating to the
offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used
or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;
(iii)
The portion of any other free writing
prospectus relating to the offering containing material information
about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on
behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and
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(iv)
Any other communication that is an offer in the
offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.
(b)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (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.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised
that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment
by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
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 Atlanta, State of Georgia on this 1st
day of September 2006.
AFC ENTERPRISES, INC.
By:
/s/ Kenneth L. Keymer
Kenneth L. Keymer
Chief Executive Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Kenneth L. Keymer and H. Melville Hope, III and each of them, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such persons
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all Exhibits thereto and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each
and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and
to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and any of them, or their 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.
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ Kenneth L. Keymer
Kenneth L. Keymer
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
September 1, 2006
/s/ H. Melville Hope
H. Melville Hope
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
September 1, 2006
/s/ Frank J. Belatti
Frank J. Belatti
Director, Chairman of the Board
September 1, 2006
/s/ Victor Arias, Jr.
Victor Arias, Jr.
Director
September 1, 2006
/s/ Carolyn H. Byrd
Carolyn H. Byrd
Director
September 1, 2006
/s/ R. William Ide, III
R. William Ide, III
Director
September 1, 2006
/s/ Kelvin J. Pennington
Kelvin J. Pennington
Director
September 1, 2006
/s/ John M. Roth
John M. Roth
Director
September 1, 2006
/s/ John F. Hoffner
John F. Hoffner
Director
September 1, 2006
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Description
4.1
Form of Common Stock Certificate (filed as Exhibit 4.9
to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1
(Registration No. 333-52608) on December 22, 2000 and
incorporated by reference herein).
4.2
Article 3 of the Company's Articles of Incorporation,
as amended (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q on August 14, 2002 and
incorporated by reference).
4.3
Articles II, V, VI and X of the Company's Amended and
Restated Bylaws (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K on April 25, 2005 and
incorporated by reference).
5.1
Opinion of Krass Monroe, P.A.
23.1
Consent of Krass Monroe, P.A. (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
23.3
Consent of KPMG LLP
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on signature page).
99.1
AFC Enterprises, Inc. 2006 Incentive Stock Plan.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to the
Company's Definitive Proxy Statement filed on April 17,
2006)
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