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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission<BR>
on May&nbsp;17, 2007
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>
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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</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; 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<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>J. ALEXANDER&#146;S CORPORATION</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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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>TENNESSEE</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>62-0854056</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>P.O. Box 24300</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>West End Avenue, Suite&nbsp;260</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>J. ALEXANDER&#146;S CORPORATION AMENDED AND RESTATED 2004 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the Plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>R. Gregory Lewis<BR>
P.O. Box 24300<BR>
3401 West End Avenue, Suite&nbsp;260<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37203<BR>
(615)&nbsp;269-1900</B><BR>
(Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,<BR>
including Area Code, of Registrant&#146;s Agent for Service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>With Copies to:</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Lori B. Morgan<BR>
Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC<BR>
315 Deaderick Street, Suite&nbsp;2700<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37238<BR>
(615)&nbsp;742-6200</B>
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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, $0.05
par value, together
with associated
rights to purchase
Class&nbsp;A Junior
Preferred Stock, no
par value</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
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    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, this registration statement includes an
indeterminate number of additional shares which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution
resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the registration fee in
accordance with Rules&nbsp;457 (h)&nbsp;and 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(&#147;Securities Act&#148;), based on the average of the high and low sales prices per share of the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported on the American Stock Exchange on May&nbsp;15, 2007.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Registration of Additional Securities</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement is filed pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 for the
purpose of registering additional shares of common stock, $.05 par value, of J. Alexander&#146;s
Corporation., a Tennessee corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), for the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated
2004 Equity Incentive Plan.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Incorporation by Reference of Earlier Registration Statements</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-124097) previously filed by the
Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;15, 2005 is hereby incorporated by
reference.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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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: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Item&nbsp;8. <U>Exhibits</U>.
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Charter (Exhibit&nbsp;3(a) of the Registrant&#146;s Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the
year ended December&nbsp;30, 1990 is incorporated herein by reference)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to Charter dated February&nbsp;7, 1997 (Exhibit&nbsp;3(a)(2) of the
Registrant&#146;s Report on 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;29, 1996, is
incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Bylaws as currently in effect (Exhibit&nbsp;3(b) of the
Registrant&#146;s Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended January&nbsp;3, 1999, is
incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement dated May&nbsp;16, 1989, by and between the Registrant and
NationsBank (formerly Sovran Bank/Central South) including Form of
Rights Certificate and Summary of Rights (Exhibit&nbsp;3 to the Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K dated May&nbsp;16, 1989, is incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendments to Rights Agreement dated February&nbsp;22, 1999, by and between
the Registrant and SunTrust Bank (Exhibit&nbsp;4(c) of the Registrant&#146;s
Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended January&nbsp;3, 1999, is incorporated
herein by reference).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to Rights Agreement dated March&nbsp;22, 1999, by and between the
Registrant and SunTrust Bank (Exhibit&nbsp;4(d) of the Registrant&#146;s Report
on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended January&nbsp;3, 1999, is incorporated herein
by reference).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;4.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to Rights Agreement dated May&nbsp;14, 2004, by and between the
Registrant and SunTrust Bank (Exhibit&nbsp;4(a) of the Registrant&#146;s Report
on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;28, 2004, is incorporated
herein by reference)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;4.8
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Standstill Agreement dated as of July&nbsp;31, 2005
(Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 of the Registrant&#146;s Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated August&nbsp;1,
2005, is incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">J. Alexander&#146;s Corporation Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive
Plan (Appendix&nbsp;A of the Registrant&#146;s Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14-A
for 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, filed with the SEC on April
17, 2007, is incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on page II-5 to this Registration Statement)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Nashville, state of
Tennessee, on the 17th day of May<B>,</B>
2007.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">J. ALEXANDER&#146;S CORPORATION<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/  Lonnie J. Stout II
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Lonnie J. Stout II&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and Director<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints Lonnie J. Stout II and R. Gregory Lewis, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her
and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</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, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in their capacities and on the dates indicated
below.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/  Lonnie J. Stout II
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Lonnie J. Stout II</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board of
Directors, President, Chief
Executive Officer and Director<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 17, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/  R. Gregory Lewis
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
R. Gregory Lewis</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer<br>
(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 17, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/  Mark A. Parkey
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Mark A. Parkey</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Vice President and Controller<br>
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 17, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/  E. Townes Duncan
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
E. Townes Duncan</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 17, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/  Garland G. Fritts
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Garland G. Fritts</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 17, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/  Brenda B. Rector
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Brenda B. Rector</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 17, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/  J. Bradbury Reed
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
J. Bradbury Reed</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 17, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/  Joseph N. Steakley
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Joseph N. Steakley</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 17, 2007</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
</DIV>

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    <TD width="85%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Exhibit&nbsp;4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Charter (Exhibit&nbsp;3(a) of the Registrant&#146;s Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the
year ended December&nbsp;30, 1990 is incorporated herein by reference)</TD>
</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">Exhibit&nbsp;4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to Charter dated February&nbsp;7, 1997 (Exhibit&nbsp;3(a)(2) of the
Registrant&#146;s Report on 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;29, 1996, is
incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</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">Exhibit&nbsp;4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Bylaws as currently in effect (Exhibit&nbsp;3(b) of the
Registrant&#146;s Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended January&nbsp;3, 1999, is
incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</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">Exhibit&nbsp;4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement dated May&nbsp;16, 1989, by and between the Registrant and
NationsBank (formerly Sovran Bank/Central South) including Form of
Rights Certificate and Summary of Rights (Exhibit&nbsp;3 to the Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K dated May&nbsp;16, 1989, is incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</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">Exhibit&nbsp;4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendments to Rights Agreement dated February&nbsp;22, 1999, by and between
the Registrant and SunTrust Bank (Exhibit&nbsp;4(c) of the Registrant&#146;s
Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended January&nbsp;3, 1999, is incorporated
herein by reference).</TD>
</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">Exhibit&nbsp;4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to Rights Agreement dated March&nbsp;22, 1999, by and between the
Registrant and SunTrust Bank (Exhibit&nbsp;4(d) of the Registrant&#146;s Report
on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended January&nbsp;3, 1999, is incorporated herein
by reference).</TD>
</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">Exhibit&nbsp;4.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment to Rights Agreement dated May&nbsp;14, 2004, by and between the
Registrant and SunTrust Bank (Exhibit&nbsp;4(a) of the Registrant&#146;s Report
on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;28, 2004, is incorporated
herein by reference)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- 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">Exhibit&nbsp;4.8
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Standstill Agreement dated as of July&nbsp;31, 2005
(Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 of the Registrant&#146;s Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated August&nbsp;1,
2005, is incorporated herein by reference).</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">Exhibit&nbsp;5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- 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">Exhibit&nbsp;10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">J. Alexander&#146;s Corporation Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive
Plan (Appendix&nbsp;A of the Registrant&#146;s Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14-A
for 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, filed with the SEC on April
17, 2007, is incorporated herein by reference).</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">Exhibit&nbsp;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">Exhibit&nbsp;23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
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    <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">Exhibit&nbsp;24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on page II-5 to this Registration Statement)</TD>
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J. Alexander's Corporation
As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission
on May 17, 2007
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
J. ALEXANDER'S CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
TENNESSEE
62-0854056
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
P.O. Box 24300
West End Avenue, Suite 260
37203
Nashville, Tennessee
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
J. ALEXANDER'S CORPORATION AMENDED AND RESTATED 2004 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the Plan)
R. Gregory Lewis
P.O. Box 24300
3401 West End Avenue, Suite 260
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
(615) 269-1900
(Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
including Area Code, of Registrant's Agent for Service)
With Copies to:
Lori B. Morgan
Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
315 Deaderick Street, Suite 2700
Nashville, Tennessee 37238
(615) 742-6200
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of each class of
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
securities to be registered
registered(1)
share (2)
price(2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.05
par value, together
with associated
rights to purchase
Class A Junior
Preferred Stock, no
par value
300,000
$
13.175
$
3,952,500
$
121.35
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act, this registration statement includes an
indeterminate number of additional shares which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution
resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the registration fee in
accordance with Rules 457 (h) and 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
("Securities Act"), based on the average of the high and low sales prices per share of the
Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the American Stock Exchange on May 15, 2007.
Registration of Additional Securities
This Registration Statement is filed pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 for the
purpose of registering additional shares of common stock, $.05 par value, of J. Alexander's
Corporation., a Tennessee corporation (the "Registrant"), for the Registrant's Amended and Restated
2004 Equity Incentive Plan.
Incorporation by Reference of Earlier Registration Statements
The Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-124097) previously filed by the
Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2005 is hereby incorporated by
reference.
PART II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
Exhibit 4.1
Charter (Exhibit 3(a) of the Registrant's Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 30, 1990 is incorporated herein by reference)
Exhibit 4.2
Amendment to Charter dated February 7, 1997 (Exhibit 3(a)(2) of the
Registrant's Report on 10-K for the year ended December 29, 1996, is
incorporated herein by reference).
Exhibit 4.3
Restated Bylaws as currently in effect (Exhibit 3(b) of the
Registrant's Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 1999, is
incorporated herein by reference).
Exhibit 4.4
Rights Agreement dated May 16, 1989, by and between the Registrant and
NationsBank (formerly Sovran Bank/Central South) including Form of
Rights Certificate and Summary of Rights (Exhibit 3 to the Report on
Form 8-K dated May 16, 1989, is incorporated herein by reference).
Exhibit 4.5
Amendments to Rights Agreement dated February 22, 1999, by and between
the Registrant and SunTrust Bank (Exhibit 4(c) of the Registrant's
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 1999, is incorporated
herein by reference).
Exhibit 4.6
Amendment to Rights Agreement dated March 22, 1999, by and between the
Registrant and SunTrust Bank (Exhibit 4(d) of the Registrant's Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 1999, is incorporated herein
by reference).
Exhibit 4.7
Amendment to Rights Agreement dated May 14, 2004, by and between the
Registrant and SunTrust Bank (Exhibit 4(a) of the Registrant's Report
on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 28, 2004, is incorporated
herein by reference)
Exhibit 4.8
Amended and Restated Standstill Agreement dated as of July 31, 2005
(Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant's Report on Form 8-K dated August 1,
2005, is incorporated herein by reference).
Exhibit 5.1
Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
Exhibit 10.1
J. Alexander's Corporation Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive
Plan (Appendix A of the Registrant's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14-A
for 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, filed with the SEC on April
17, 2007, is incorporated herein by reference).
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
Exhibit 23.2
Consent of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC (included in Exhibit 5.1)
Exhibit 24.1
Power of Attorney (included on page II-5 to this Registration Statement)
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Nashville, state of
Tennessee, on the 17th day of May
,
2007.
J. ALEXANDER'S CORPORATION
By:
/s/  Lonnie J. Stout II
Lonnie J. Stout II
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints Lonnie J. Stout II and R. Gregory Lewis, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her
and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in their capacities and on the dates indicated
below.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/  Lonnie J. Stout II
Lonnie J. Stout II
Chairman of the Board of
Directors, President, Chief
Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
May 17, 2007
/s/  R. Gregory Lewis
R. Gregory Lewis
Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
May 17, 2007
/s/  Mark A. Parkey
Mark A. Parkey
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
May 17, 2007
/s/  E. Townes Duncan
E. Townes Duncan
Director
May 17, 2007
/s/  Garland G. Fritts
Garland G. Fritts
Director
May 17, 2007
/s/  Brenda B. Rector
Brenda B. Rector
Director
May 17, 2007
/s/  J. Bradbury Reed
J. Bradbury Reed
Director
May 17, 2007
/s/  Joseph N. Steakley
Joseph N. Steakley
Director
May 17, 2007
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit 4.1
Charter (Exhibit 3(a) of the Registrant's Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 30, 1990 is incorporated herein by reference)
Exhibit 4.2
Amendment to Charter dated February 7, 1997 (Exhibit 3(a)(2) of the
Registrant's Report on 10-K for the year ended December 29, 1996, is
incorporated herein by reference).
Exhibit 4.3
Restated Bylaws as currently in effect (Exhibit 3(b) of the
Registrant's Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 1999, is
incorporated herein by reference).
Exhibit 4.4
Rights Agreement dated May 16, 1989, by and between the Registrant and
NationsBank (formerly Sovran Bank/Central South) including Form of
Rights Certificate and Summary of Rights (Exhibit 3 to the Report on
Form 8-K dated May 16, 1989, is incorporated herein by reference).
Exhibit 4.5
Amendments to Rights Agreement dated February 22, 1999, by and between
the Registrant and SunTrust Bank (Exhibit 4(c) of the Registrant's
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 1999, is incorporated
herein by reference).
Exhibit 4.6
Amendment to Rights Agreement dated March 22, 1999, by and between the
Registrant and SunTrust Bank (Exhibit 4(d) of the Registrant's Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended January 3, 1999, is incorporated herein
by reference).
Exhibit 4.7
Amendment to Rights Agreement dated May 14, 2004, by and between the
Registrant and SunTrust Bank (Exhibit 4(a) of the Registrant's Report
on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 28, 2004, is incorporated
herein by reference)
Exhibit 4.8
Amended and Restated Standstill Agreement dated as of July 31, 2005
(Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant's Report on Form 8-K dated August 1,
2005, is incorporated herein by reference).
Exhibit 5.1
Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
Exhibit 10.1
J. Alexander's Corporation Amended and Restated 2004 Equity Incentive
Plan (Appendix A of the Registrant's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14-A
for 2007 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, filed with the SEC on April
17, 2007, is incorporated herein by reference).
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
Exhibit 23.2
Consent of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC (included in Exhibit 5.1)
Exhibit 24.1
Power of Attorney (included on page II-5 to this Registration Statement)