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



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


<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>LANCE, 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">56-0292920</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">28232</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">LANCE, INC. 2005 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN<BR>
(Full title of the plan)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">B. CLYDE PRESLAR<BR>
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary<BR>
Lance, Inc.<BR>
8600 South Boulevard<BR>
Charlotte, North Carolina 28232<BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)<BR>
704/554-1421<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code,<BR>
of agent for service)



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    <TD nowrap align="center">of Securities to be</TD>
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                    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Common Stock, $.83 1/3 par value (1)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">300,000 shares(1)(2)
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$603.09</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">This registration statement also relates to rights to purchase shares of Series&nbsp;A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock of the Company. One right is attached to and trades with each
share of the Company&#146;s Common Stock. Any value attributable to such rights is reflected in
the market price of the Company&#146;s Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">In accordance with Rule&nbsp;416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities offered or purchased under the
2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock
dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based on the average of the high and
low prices for the Common Stock on April&nbsp;25, 2005 as reported on The Nasdaq Stock
Market.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Plan Information.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information required by this Item&nbsp;1 is omitted from this registration statement in
accordance with Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
and the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information required by this Item&nbsp;2 is omitted from this registration statement in
accordance with Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act and the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.


<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.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents have been filed by Lance, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (Commission file number 0-398) and are incorporated herein by reference:


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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;25,
2004.</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;26,
2005 and the Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on
February&nbsp;1, 2005 and April&nbsp;27, 2005.</TD>
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    <TD width="4%" nowrap align="left">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), including any amendment or report filed for the
purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All reports and other documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be part hereof from the date of filing of such reports and documents.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration
statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes
such earlier statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Description of Securities.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable. See explanation in Item&nbsp;8 below.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The North Carolina Business Corporation Act contains provisions prescribing the extent to
which directors and officers shall or may be indemnified against liabilities which they may incur
in their capacities as such. Under those provisions, whether indemnification is permitted or
mandated depends upon several factors, including whether the action is brought by the corporation
or by outsiders and whether the potential indemnitee is successful in his or her defense.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The statute is not exclusive of any other rights of indemnification under any bylaw,
agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. The Company&#146;s Restated
Charter provides that no director of the Company shall have any personal liability arising out of
any action whether by or in the right of the Company or otherwise for monetary damages for breach
of his or her duty as a director, and the Company&#146;s bylaws require the Company to indemnify the
Company&#146;s directors to the fullest extent permitted by law.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The North Carolina Business Corporation Act also permits a corporation to purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of its directors and officers against liabilities which they may incur
in such capacities. The Company has purchased insurance to provide for indemnification of
directors and officers.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reference is made to the attached Exhibit&nbsp;Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.
No opinion of counsel is being provided pursuant to Item 8(a) of Form S-8 insofar as


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">all of the securities being registered under this registration statement will be purchased on the
open market pursuant to the Lance, Inc. 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Undertakings.</B>



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



<P align="left" style="margin-left:8%; font-size: 10pt">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:



<P align="left" style="margin-left:12%; font-size: 10pt">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:12%; font-size: 10pt">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;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 this
registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes 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; and



<P align="left" style="margin-left:12%; font-size: 10pt">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any
material change to such information in this registration statement;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:8%; font-size: 10pt"><U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do
not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:8%; font-size: 10pt"><U>provided further</U>, <U>however</U>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is for an offering of
asset-backed securities on Form S-1 or Form S-3, and the information required to
be included in a post-effective amendment is provided pursuant to Item 1100(c) of
Regulation&nbsp;AB.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:8%; font-size: 10pt">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration


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<P align="left" style="margin-left:8%; font-size: 10pt">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.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:8%; font-size: 10pt">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;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.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:4%; font-size: 10pt">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:4%; font-size: 10pt">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
provisions of the North Carolina Business Corporation Act, the Registrant&#146;s Restated Charter
or Bylaws, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC 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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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">SIGNATURES



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company 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 Charlotte, State of North Carolina, on this 29<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of
April, 2005.


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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">LANCE, INC.<BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ B. Clyde Preslar
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">B. Clyde Preslar&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Vice President, Chief Financial Officer<BR>
and Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Paul A. Stroup, III
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Paul A. Stroup, III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board, President
and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ B. Clyde Preslar
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B. Clyde Preslar
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Secretary
(Principal Financial Officer)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;29, 2005</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Margaret E. Wicklund
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Margaret E. Wicklund
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Corporate Controller<BR>
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;29, 2005</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;29, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Barbara R. Allen</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ David L. Burner<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;29, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
David L. Burner</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ William R. Holland<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;29, 2005</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
William R. Holland</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ W. J. Prezzano<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;29, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
W. J. Prezzano</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ David V. Singer<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;29, 2005</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
David V. Singer</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Robert V. Sisk<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;29, 2005</TD>
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Robert V. Sisk</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Dan C. Swander<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;29, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
Dan C. Swander</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Isaiah Tidwell<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;29, 2005</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
Isaiah Tidwell</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ S. Lance Van Every<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;29, 2005</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
S. Lance Van Every</DIV></TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">EXHIBITS<BR>
Item&nbsp;8



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">FORM S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">LANCE, INC.<BR>
Commission File Number 0-398



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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Articles of Incorporation of Lance, Inc. as amended
through April&nbsp;17, 1998, incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for
the twelve weeks ended June&nbsp;13, 1998</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Articles of Amendment dated July&nbsp;14, 1998 designating rights,
preferences and privileges of the Registrant&#146;s Series&nbsp;A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock, incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the
fiscal year ended December&nbsp;26, 1998</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of Lance, Inc., as amended through April&nbsp;25, 2002,
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the thirteen weeks
ended June&nbsp;29, 2002</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Preferred Shares Rights Agreement dated July&nbsp;14, 1998 between the
Registrant and Wachovia Bank, N.A., together with the Form of
Rights Certificate attached as Exhibit&nbsp;B thereto, incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-A
filed on July&nbsp;15, 1998</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">First Supplement to Preferred Shares Rights Agreement dated as of
July&nbsp;1, 1999 between the Registrant and First Union National Bank,
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to the
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the thirteen weeks
ended June&nbsp;26, 1999.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Lance, Inc. 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K filed on April&nbsp;27, 2005</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP (filed herewith)</TD>
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LANCE, INC.
As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2005
Registration No. 333-____
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
LANCE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
North Carolina
56-0292920
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
8600 South Boulevard
Charlotte, North Carolina
28232
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
LANCE, INC. 2005 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
B. CLYDE PRESLAR
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
Lance, Inc.
8600 South Boulevard
Charlotte, North Carolina 28232
(Name and address of agent for service)
704/554-1421
(Telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
Amount
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
of Securities to be
to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Registration
Registered
Registered
Per Share
Offering Price
Fee
Common Stock, $.83 1/3 par value (1)
300,000 shares(1)(2)
$17.08(3)
$5,124,000(3)
$603.09
(1)
This registration statement also relates to rights to purchase shares of Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock of the Company. One right is attached to and trades with each
share of the Company's Common Stock. Any value attributable to such rights is reflected in
the market price of the Company's Common Stock.
(2)
In accordance with Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities offered or purchased under the
2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock
dividends or similar transactions.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and based on the average of the high and
low prices for the Common Stock on April 25, 2005 as reported on The Nasdaq Stock
Market.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.
Plan Information.
The information required by this Item 1 is omitted from this registration statement in
accordance with Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
Item 2.
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
The information required by this Item 2 is omitted from this registration statement in
accordance with Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents have been filed by Lance, Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (Commission file number 0-398) and are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 25,
2004.
(b)
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 26,
2005 and the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on
February 1, 2005 and April 27, 2005.
(c)
The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's
Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), including any amendment or report filed for the
purpose of updating such description.
All reports and other documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be part hereof from the date of filing of such reports and documents.
1
Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration
statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes
such earlier statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable. See explanation in Item 8 below.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The North Carolina Business Corporation Act contains provisions prescribing the extent to
which directors and officers shall or may be indemnified against liabilities which they may incur
in their capacities as such. Under those provisions, whether indemnification is permitted or
mandated depends upon several factors, including whether the action is brought by the corporation
or by outsiders and whether the potential indemnitee is successful in his or her defense.
The statute is not exclusive of any other rights of indemnification under any bylaw,
agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. The Company's Restated
Charter provides that no director of the Company shall have any personal liability arising out of
any action whether by or in the right of the Company or otherwise for monetary damages for breach
of his or her duty as a director, and the Company's bylaws require the Company to indemnify the
Company's directors to the fullest extent permitted by law.
The North Carolina Business Corporation Act also permits a corporation to purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of its directors and officers against liabilities which they may incur
in such capacities. The Company has purchased insurance to provide for indemnification of
directors and officers.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Reference is made to the attached Exhibit Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.
No opinion of counsel is being provided pursuant to Item 8(a) of Form S-8 insofar as
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all of the securities being registered under this registration statement will be purchased on the
open market pursuant to the Lance, Inc. 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
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;
(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 this
registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes 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; and
(iii)  To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any
material change to such information in this registration statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do
not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
provided further
,
however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is for an offering of
asset-backed securities on Form S-1 or Form S-3, and the information required to
be included in a post-effective amendment is provided pursuant to Item 1100(c) of
Regulation AB.
(2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
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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.
(b)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
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 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
provisions of the North Carolina Business Corporation Act, the Registrant's Restated Charter
or Bylaws, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC 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, the Company 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 Charlotte, State of North Carolina, on this 29
th
day of
April, 2005.
LANCE, INC.
By
/s/ B. Clyde Preslar
B. Clyde Preslar
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Capacity
Date
/s/ Paul A. Stroup, III
Paul A. Stroup, III
Chairman of the Board, President
and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
April 29, 2005
/s/ B. Clyde Preslar
B. Clyde Preslar
Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Secretary
(Principal Financial Officer)
April 29, 2005
/s/ Margaret E. Wicklund
Margaret E. Wicklund
Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
April 29, 2005
Director
April 29, 2005
Barbara R. Allen
/s/ David L. Burner
Director
April 29, 2005
David L. Burner
/s/ William R. Holland
Director
April 29, 2005
William R. Holland
/s/ W. J. Prezzano
Director
April 29, 2005
W. J. Prezzano
/s/ David V. Singer
Director
April 29, 2005
David V. Singer
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Signature
Capacity
Date
/s/ Robert V. Sisk
Director
April 29, 2005
Robert V. Sisk
/s/ Dan C. Swander
Director
April 29, 2005
Dan C. Swander
/s/ Isaiah Tidwell
Director
April 29, 2005
Isaiah Tidwell
/s/ S. Lance Van Every
Director
April 29, 2005
S. Lance Van Every
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
EXHIBITS
Item 8
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
LANCE, INC.
Commission File Number 0-398
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Description
4.1
Restated Articles of Incorporation of Lance, Inc. as amended
through April 17, 1998, incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 3 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the twelve weeks ended June 13, 1998
4.2
Articles of Amendment dated July 14, 1998 designating rights,
preferences and privileges of the Registrant's Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock, incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 26, 1998
4.3
Bylaws of Lance, Inc., as amended through April 25, 2002,
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the thirteen weeks
ended June 29, 2002
4.4
Preferred Shares Rights Agreement dated July 14, 1998 between the
Registrant and Wachovia Bank, N.A., together with the Form of
Rights Certificate attached as Exhibit B thereto, incorporated
herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Form 8-A
filed on July 15, 1998
4.5
First Supplement to Preferred Shares Rights Agreement dated as of
July 1, 1999 between the Registrant and First Union National Bank,
incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the thirteen weeks
ended June 26, 1999.
Exhibit
Description
4.6
Lance, Inc. 2005 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on
Form 8-K filed on April 27, 2005
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Consent of KPMG LLP (filed herewith)