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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;29, 2005



<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-_______



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>FORM S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>O&#146;CHARLEY&#146;S INC.</B>


<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>62-1192475</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or Other Jurisdiction of
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>3038 Sidco Drive</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Nashville, Tennessee</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>37204</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CHUX OWNERSHIP PLAN</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Lawrence E. Hyatt<BR>
O&#146;Charley&#146;s Inc.<BR>
3038 Sidco Drive<BR>
Nashville, Tennessee 37204<BR>
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(615)&nbsp;256-8500<BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD nowrap align="center">Registered</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, no par value</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">675,000 shares</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>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">11,758,500</TD>
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    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,384</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), includes an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be
offered and issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>The offering price is estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the
registration fee. Such estimate has been calculated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) and is
based upon the average of the high and low prices per share of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as
reported on The Nasdaq Stock Market&#146;s National Market on June&nbsp;27, 2005.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">POWER OF ATTORNEY</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement is filed pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 for the
purpose of registering additional shares of common stock, no par value per share (the &#147;Common
Stock&#148;), of O&#146;Charley&#146;s Inc., a Tennessee corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), issuable pursuant to the
CHUX Ownership Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The Registrant&#146;s previously filed Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (No.&nbsp;33-69934), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on
October&nbsp;5, 1993, is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B>.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are hereby incorporated herein by
reference:


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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;26, 2004;</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April&nbsp;17,
2005;</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February&nbsp;3, 2005, March&nbsp;4, 2005,
April&nbsp;1, 2005, April&nbsp;5, 2005, April&nbsp;18, 2005, May&nbsp;11, 2005, May&nbsp;18, 2005, May&nbsp;24, 2005 and June&nbsp;13,
2005;</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A filed on April&nbsp;25, 2001, including
all amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating such description prior to
the termination of the offering of the Common Stock offered hereby; and</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(e)</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s stock purchase rights contained in the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated December&nbsp;27, 2000, including
all amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating such description prior to
the termination of the offering of the Common Stock offered hereby.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Information furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 of the Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form
8-K, including the related exhibits, is not incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14,
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statements contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a
statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is incorporated
or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part hereof except as so
modified or superseded.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>


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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Restated Charter of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3 to
the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;27, 2000)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter
ended April&nbsp;22, 2001)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.3</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Certificate for the Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, Registration No.
33-35170)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.4</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Rights Agreement, dated December&nbsp;8, 2000, between the Registrant and First
Union National Bank, as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4 to
the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;27, 2000)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.5</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Registration Rights Agreement, dated January&nbsp;27, 2003, between the Registrant,
99 Boston, Inc., Doe Family II, LLC, William A. Doe, III, Dana G. Doe and
Charles F. Doe, Jr. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form
8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;29, 2003)</DIV></TD>
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    <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</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC</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">10.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">CHUX Ownership Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 to the
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended July&nbsp;9, 2000)</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">10.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amendment to CHUX Ownership Plan</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 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">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 Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5)</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</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 at pages II-3 and II-4)</DIV></TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-2
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8, and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Nashville, State of Tennessee, on this
29th day of June, 2005.


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    <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"><B>O&#146;CHARLEY&#146;S INC.</B><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/ Gregory L. Burns
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Gregory L. Burns&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints Gregory L. Burns and Lawrence E. Hyatt, or either of them, his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and
in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including without limitation, post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and
about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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    <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Capacity</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Gregory L. Burns
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Gregory L. Burns</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 29, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Steven J. Hislop
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Steven J. Hislop</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
President &#150; O&#146;Charley&#146;s Concept
and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 29, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Lawrence E. Hyatt
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Lawrence E. Hyatt</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Financial Officer, Secretary
and Treasurer<br>(Principal Financial
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 29, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ R. Jeffrey Williams
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
R. Jeffrey Williams</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Principal Accounting Officer and
Corporate Controller
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 29, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ William F. Andrews
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
William F. Andrews</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 29, 2005</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-3
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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Capacity</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Dale W. Polley
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Dale W. Polley</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 29, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Richard Reiss, Jr.
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Richard Reiss, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 29, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ G. Nicholas Spiva
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
G. Nicholas Spiva</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 29, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ John E. Stokely
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
John E. Stokely</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 29, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ H. Steve Tidwell
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
H. Steve Tidwell</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 29, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Robert J. Walker
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Robert J. Walker</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 29, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Shirley A. Zeitlin
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Shirley A. Zeitlin</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">June 29, 2005</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-4
</DIV>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>


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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <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">Restated Charter of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3 to
the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;27, 2000)</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">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter
ended April&nbsp;22, 2001)</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">Form of Certificate for the Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, Registration No.
33-35170)</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">4.4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Rights Agreement, dated December&nbsp;8, 2000, between the Registrant and First
Union National Bank, as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4 to
the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;27, 2000)</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">4.5</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Registration Rights Agreement, dated January&nbsp;27, 2003, between the Registrant,
99 Boston, Inc., Doe Family II, LLC, William A. Doe, III, Dana G. Doe and
Charles F. Doe, Jr. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form
8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;29, 2003)</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</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC</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">10.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">CHUX Ownership Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 to the
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended July&nbsp;9, 2000)</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">10.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amendment to CHUX Ownership Plan</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 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">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 Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5)</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</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 at pages II-3 and II-4)</DIV></TD>
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O'CHARLEY'S INC.
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 29, 2005
Registration No. 333-_______
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
O'CHARLEY'S INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Tennessee
62-1192475
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)
Identification No.)
3038 Sidco Drive
Nashville, Tennessee
37204
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
CHUX OWNERSHIP PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Lawrence E. Hyatt
O'Charley's Inc.
3038 Sidco Drive
Nashville, Tennessee 37204
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(615) 256-8500
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount
Offering
Aggregate
Amount of
To Be
To be
Price Per
Offering
Registration
Registered
Registered(1)
Share(2)
Price(2)
Fee
Common Stock, no par value
675,000 shares
$
17.42
$
11,758,500
$
1,384
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), includes an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be
offered and issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions.
(2)
The offering price is estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the
registration fee. Such estimate has been calculated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) and is
based upon the average of the high and low prices per share of the Registrant's Common Stock as
reported on The Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market on June 27, 2005.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART II
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5 OPINION OF BASS, BERRY & SIMS PLC
EX-10.2 AMENDMENT TO CHUX OWNERSHIP PLAN
EX-23.1 CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
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This Registration Statement is filed pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 for the
purpose of registering additional shares of common stock, no par value per share (the "Common
Stock"), of O'Charley's Inc., a Tennessee corporation (the "Registrant"), issuable pursuant to the
CHUX Ownership Plan (the "Plan"). The Registrant's previously filed Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (No. 33-69934), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on
October 5, 1993, is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are hereby incorporated herein by
reference:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 26, 2004;
(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April 17,
2005;
(c)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 3, 2005, March 4, 2005,
April 1, 2005, April 5, 2005, April 18, 2005, May 11, 2005, May 18, 2005, May 24, 2005 and June 13,
2005;
(d)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A filed on April 25, 2001, including
all amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating such description prior to
the termination of the offering of the Common Stock offered hereby; and
(e)
The description of the Registrant's stock purchase rights contained in the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated December 27, 2000, including
all amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating such description prior to
the termination of the offering of the Common Stock offered hereby.
Information furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 of the Registrant's Current Reports on Form
8-K, including the related exhibits, is not incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.
All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14,
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statements contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a
statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is incorporated
or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part hereof except as so
modified or superseded.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Restated Charter of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to
the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December 27, 2000)
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended April 22, 2001)
4.3
Form of Certificate for the Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, Registration No.
33-35170)
4.4
Rights Agreement, dated December 8, 2000, between the Registrant and First
Union National Bank, as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to
the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December 27, 2000)
4.5
Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 27, 2003, between the Registrant,
99 Boston, Inc., Doe Family II, LLC, William A. Doe, III, Dana G. Doe and
Charles F. Doe, Jr. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
Registrant's Current Report on Form
8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, 2003)
5
Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
10.1
CHUX Ownership Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 9, 2000)
10.2
Amendment to CHUX Ownership Plan
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC (included in Exhibit 5)
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Powers of Attorney (included at pages II-3 and II-4)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8, and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Nashville, State of Tennessee, on this
29th day of June, 2005.
O'CHARLEY'S INC.
By:
/s/ Gregory L. Burns
Name:
Gregory L. Burns
Title:
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints Gregory L. Burns and Lawrence E. Hyatt, or either of them, his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and
in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including without limitation, post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and
about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Capacity
Date
/s/ Gregory L. Burns
Gregory L. Burns
Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board
(Principal Executive Officer)
June 29, 2005
/s/ Steven J. Hislop
Steven J. Hislop
President – O'Charley's Concept
and Director
June 29, 2005
/s/ Lawrence E. Hyatt
Lawrence E. Hyatt
Chief Financial Officer, Secretary
and Treasurer
(Principal Financial
Officer)
June 29, 2005
/s/ R. Jeffrey Williams
R. Jeffrey Williams
Principal Accounting Officer and
Corporate Controller
June 29, 2005
/s/ William F. Andrews
William F. Andrews
Director
June 29, 2005
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Signature
Capacity
Date
/s/ Dale W. Polley
Dale W. Polley
Director
June 29, 2005
/s/ Richard Reiss, Jr.
Richard Reiss, Jr.
Director
June 29, 2005
/s/ G. Nicholas Spiva
G. Nicholas Spiva
Director
June 29, 2005
/s/ John E. Stokely
John E. Stokely
Director
June 29, 2005
/s/ H. Steve Tidwell
H. Steve Tidwell
Director
June 29, 2005
/s/ Robert J. Walker
Robert J. Walker
Director
June 29, 2005
/s/ Shirley A. Zeitlin
Shirley A. Zeitlin
Director
June 29, 2005
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Restated Charter of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3 to
the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December 27, 2000)
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended April 22, 2001)
4.3
Form of Certificate for the Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, Registration No.
33-35170)
4.4
Rights Agreement, dated December 8, 2000, between the Registrant and First
Union National Bank, as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to
the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December 27, 2000)
4.5
Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 27, 2003, between the Registrant,
99 Boston, Inc., Doe Family II, LLC, William A. Doe, III, Dana G. Doe and
Charles F. Doe, Jr. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
Registrant's Current Report on Form
8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 29, 2003)
5
Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
10.1
CHUX Ownership Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 9, 2000)
10.2
Amendment to CHUX Ownership Plan
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC (included in Exhibit 5)
24
Powers of Attorney (included at pages II-3 and II-4)
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