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<P align="right"><FONT size="2">As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on
March&nbsp;14, 2008<BR>
Registration No.&nbsp;333-______________
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<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="3">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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<P align="center"><FONT size="6">Form&nbsp;S-8
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<P align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="6"><B>BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION</B>
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<FONT size="2">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Delaware<BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></TD>
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95-4388794<BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification Number)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">2525 East El Segundo Boulevard<BR>
El Segundo, California 90245<BR>
(310)&nbsp;536-0611
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<P align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation
2007 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT size="2">(Full Title of the Plan)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Gary S. Meade, Esq.<BR>
Senior Vice President &#038; General Counsel<BR>
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation<BR>
2525 East El Segundo Boulevard<BR>
El Segundo, California 90245<BR>
(310)&nbsp;536-0611<BR>
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(Name, address including zip code, and
telephone number, including<BR>
area code, of Registrants&#146; agent for service)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Copy to:<BR>
Kevin L. Finch, Esq.<BR>
Irell &#038; Manella LLP<BR>
1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite&nbsp;900<BR>
Los Angeles, CA 90067<BR>
(310)&nbsp;277-1010</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer,
or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting
company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Each Class of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount To Be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registered (1)(2)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Per Share (3)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price (3)</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $.01
par value potentially
issuable in respect of
future awards under the
Registrant&#146;s 2007 Equity
and Performance Incentive
Plan</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right">3,200,150</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">8.21</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">26,273,232</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,032.54</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $.01
par value issuable upon
exercise of outstanding
options under the
Registrant&#146;s 2007 Equity
and Performance Incentive
Plan</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right">328,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">10.33</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">3,388,240</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">133.16</TD>
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    <TD align="right"><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Total:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right">3,528,150</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">29,661,472</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,165.70</TD>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) covers
(i)&nbsp;2,434,250&nbsp;shares of Common Stock,
par value $0.01 per share, of Big
5 Sporting Goods Corporation (&#147;Registrant&#148;) currently
available for issuance in respect of prior and future awards
(including any options, stock appreciation rights, restricted
stock awards, performance awards or other stock unit awards) under
the Registrant&#146;s 2007 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan (the
&#147;2007 Plan&#148;), and (ii)&nbsp;up to 1,093,900&nbsp;shares of the
Registrant&#146;s common stock represented by existing options granted
under Registrant&#146;s 2002 Stock Incentive Plan (the &#147;2002 Plan&#148;)
and outstanding as of February&nbsp;29, 2008, which will also become
available for awards under the 2007 Plan to the extent that such
options are forfeited, expire or otherwise terminate without
issuance of shares of common stock, or which are settled for cash
or otherwise do not result in the issuance of shares of common
stock, on or after February&nbsp;29, 2008.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also covers
an indeterminate number of additional shares as may result from
anti-dilution adjustments under the above-named plan and which
may hereinafter be offered or issued pursuant to the above-named
plan to prevent dilution resulting from stock dividends, stock
splits, recapitalizations or certain other capital adjustments.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration
fee and calculated as follows: (i)&nbsp;with respect to options
previously granted under the 2007 Plan covering 328,000&nbsp;shares of common stock, on the basis of the weighted average
exercise price of such option grants of $10.33&nbsp;per share,
and (ii)&nbsp;with respect to up to 3,200,150 additional shares associated with
awards potentially available to be granted under the 2007 Plan, on
the basis of $8.21&nbsp;per share, the average of the high and low prices of the
Registrant&#146;s common stock on March&nbsp;10, 2008, as reported on
the Nasdaq Stock Market (&#147;Nasdaq&#148;), pursuant to Rule 457(c) and
(h)&nbsp;promulgated under the Securities Act.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration
fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;promulgated under the
Securities Act. The fee is calculated as the sum of: (i)&nbsp;the
exercise price for options previously granted pursuant to the
2007 Plan described above for 328,000&nbsp;shares, which portion of
the fee totals $133.16, and (ii)&nbsp;the average of the high and
low prices of the Registrant&#146;s common stock on March&nbsp;10, 2008,
as reported on Nasdaq for the remaining 3,200,150&nbsp;shares which
may be the subject of awards, which portion of the fee totals
$1,032.54.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="v37997exv5w1.htm">EXHIBIT 5.1</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents heretofore filed by Big 5 Sporting Goods
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) are incorporated herein
by reference:
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    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal
year ended December&nbsp;30, 2007 filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;10, 2008 (Commission File No.&nbsp;000-49850); and</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A,
including any exhibits thereto, filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;6, 2002 (Commission File No.&nbsp;000-49850) pursuant
to Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Exchange Act, in which there is described
the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the Registrant&#146;s
Common Stock.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents
subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant
to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&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 subsequently filed document which also is
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or
supersedes such prior statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall
not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of
this Registration Statement.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;None.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (&#147;DGCL&#148;) provides that
a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other
than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact
that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation or is or was serving at its request in such capacity in another
corporation or business association, against expenses (including attorneys&#146;
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if
the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"> the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe the person&#146;s conduct was unlawful.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL, the Registrant&#146;s Amended and
Restated Bylaws provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL,
directors, officers and certain other persons who are made, or are threatened
to be made, parties to, or are involved in, any action, suit or proceeding will
be indemnified by the Registrant with respect thereto.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to provide in its
certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be
personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages
for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i)&nbsp;for any
breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174
of the DGCL or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derived an
improper personal benefit.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the Registrant&#146;s Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation includes a provision that limits a
director&#146;s personal liability to the Registrant or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breaches of his or her fiduciary duty as a director.
Article&nbsp;EIGHTH of the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation provides that no director of the Registrant shall be personally
liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by Section&nbsp;145(g) of the DGCL and the Registrant&#146;s Amended
and Restated Bylaws, the Registrant maintains insurance policies under which
its directors and officers are insured, within the limits and subject to the
limitations of the policies, against expenses in connection with the defense of
actions, suits or proceedings, and certain liabilities that might be imposed as
a result of such actions, suits or proceedings, to which they are parties by
reason of being or having been directors or officers of the Registrant.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, the Registrant has entered into contracts with its directors
and officers pursuant to which the Registrant agrees to provide and maintain
directors&#146; and officers&#146; insurance and further agrees to provide
indemnification of such directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted
by law.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Exhibit</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Number</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.1 (1)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.2 (1)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant</FONT></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">5.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Legal Opinion of Irell &#038; Manella LLP</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.1 (2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Irell &#038; Manella LLP</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Deloitte&nbsp;&#38; Touche&nbsp;LLP</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.3</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of KPMG LLP</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">24.1 (3)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Power of Attorney</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">99.1 (4)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation 2007 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan</FONT></TD>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K
filed March&nbsp;31, 2003 (File No.&nbsp;000-49850).</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Included in Legal Opinion of Irell &#038; Manella LLP filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to
this Registration Statement.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(3)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Included on the signature pages filed with this Registration Statement.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(4)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Incorporated by reference to the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed June&nbsp;25,
2007.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
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    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(a)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</FONT></TD>
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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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    <TD width="7%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="89%"><FONT size="2">To file, during any period in which offers or
sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement:</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="11%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(i)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="85%"><FONT size="2">to include any prospectus required
by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD width="11%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(ii)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="85%"><FONT size="2">to reflect in the prospectus any
facts or events arising after the effective date of
this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment hereof) 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 volume of securities offered (if the total dollar
value of securities offered would not exceed that which
was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
more than 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of
Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration
statement;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="11%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(iii)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="85%"><FONT size="2">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;</FONT></TD>
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<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR valign="top">
    <TD width="7%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2"><I>&nbsp;</I></FONT></TD>
    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="89%"><FONT size="2"><I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii)
do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission
by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of
the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="7%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="89%"><FONT size="2">That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="7%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(3)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="89%"><FONT size="2">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.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">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&nbsp;13(a)
or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by
reference in this 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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(c)</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant
of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit
to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant hereby
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;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 El Segundo, state of California, on this
14th&nbsp;day of March, 2008.
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><FONT size="2">BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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By:
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Barry D. Emerson<HR size="1" noshade></FONT></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Barry D. Emerson</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Senior Vice President &#038;<BR>
Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">POWER OF ATTORNEY
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Steven&nbsp;G. Miller, Barry D. Emerson and Gary&nbsp;S.
Meade, and each of them, his or her attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power
of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any or all amendments to this Registration Statement, and
to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or the substitute or
substitutes of any or all of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
date indicated.
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    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="13%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Steven G. Miller<BR>

</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Steven G. Miller</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chairman of the Board, President<BR>
&#038; Chief Executive Officer<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>

<TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">March&nbsp;14,
2008</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Barry D. Emerson<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Barry D. Emerson</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Senior Vice President, <BR>
Chief Financial Officer &#038; Treasurer<BR>
(Principal Financial and<BR>
Accounting Officer)
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">March&nbsp;14,
2008</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Sandra N. Bane<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Sandra N. Bane</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">March&nbsp;14,
2008</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ G. Michael Brown<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2"></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">March&nbsp;14,
2008</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">G. Michael Brown</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Jennifer Holden Dunbar<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Jennifer Holden Dunbar</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">March&nbsp;14,
2008</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ David R. Jessick<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2"></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>

<TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">March&nbsp;14,
2008</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">David R. Jessick</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>


<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>



<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Michael D. Miller<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Dr. Michael D. Miller</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">March&nbsp;14,
2008</FONT></TD>
</TR>




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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
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    <TD width="11%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="84%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Exhibit</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Number</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.1 (1)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.2 (1)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">5.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Legal Opinion of Irell &#038; Manella LLP</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.1 (2)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Irell &#038; Manella LLP</FONT></TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Deloitte&nbsp;&#38; Touche&nbsp;LLP</FONT></TD>
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Consent of KPMG LLP</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney</FONT></TD>
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Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation 2007 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan</FONT></TD>
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on
March 14, 2008
Registration No. 333-______________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
95-4388794
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
2525 East El Segundo Boulevard
El Segundo, California 90245
(310) 536-0611
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation
2007 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Gary S. Meade, Esq.
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation
2525 East El Segundo Boulevard
El Segundo, California 90245
(310) 536-0611
(Name, address including zip code, and
telephone number, including
area code, of Registrants' agent for service)
Copy to:
Kevin L. Finch, Esq.
Irell & Manella LLP
1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900
Los Angeles, CA 90067
(310) 277-1010
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer,
or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting
company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
x
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Title of Each Class of
Amount To Be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
Securities to be Registered
Registered (1)(2)
Per Share (3)
Offering Price (3)
Registration Fee (4)
Common Stock, $.01
par value potentially
issuable in respect of
future awards under the
Registrant's 2007 Equity
and Performance Incentive
Plan
3,200,150
$
8.21
$
26,273,232
$
1,032.54
Common Stock, $.01
par value issuable upon
exercise of outstanding
options under the
Registrant's 2007 Equity
and Performance Incentive
Plan
328,000
$
10.33
$
3,388,240
$
133.16
Total:
3,528,150
$
29,661,472
$
1,165.70
(1)
This Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") covers
(i) 2,434,250 shares of Common Stock,
par value $0.01 per share, of Big
5 Sporting Goods Corporation ("Registrant") currently
available for issuance in respect of prior and future awards
(including any options, stock appreciation rights, restricted
stock awards, performance awards or other stock unit awards) under
the Registrant's 2007 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan (the
"2007 Plan"), and (ii) up to 1,093,900 shares of the
Registrant's common stock represented by existing options granted
under Registrant's 2002 Stock Incentive Plan (the "2002 Plan")
and outstanding as of February 29, 2008, which will also become
available for awards under the 2007 Plan to the extent that such
options are forfeited, expire or otherwise terminate without
issuance of shares of common stock, or which are settled for cash
or otherwise do not result in the issuance of shares of common
stock, on or after February 29, 2008.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers
an indeterminate number of additional shares as may result from
anti-dilution adjustments under the above-named plan and which
may hereinafter be offered or issued pursuant to the above-named
plan to prevent dilution resulting from stock dividends, stock
splits, recapitalizations or certain other capital adjustments.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration
fee and calculated as follows: (i) with respect to options
previously granted under the 2007 Plan covering 328,000 shares of common stock, on the basis of the weighted average
exercise price of such option grants of $10.33 per share,
and (ii) with respect to up to 3,200,150 additional shares associated with
awards potentially available to be granted under the 2007 Plan, on
the basis of $8.21 per share, the average of the high and low prices of the
Registrant's common stock on March 10, 2008, as reported on
the Nasdaq Stock Market ("Nasdaq"), pursuant to Rule 457(c) and
(h) promulgated under the Securities Act.
(4)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration
fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) promulgated under the
Securities Act. The fee is calculated as the sum of: (i) the
exercise price for options previously granted pursuant to the
2007 Plan described above for 328,000 shares, which portion of
the fee totals $133.16, and (ii) the average of the high and
low prices of the Registrant's common stock on March 10, 2008,
as reported on Nasdaq for the remaining 3,200,150 shares which
may be the subject of awards, which portion of the fee totals
$1,032.54.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART II
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.2
EXHIBIT 23.3
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents heretofore filed by Big 5 Sporting Goods
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Registrant"), under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") are incorporated herein
by reference:
(a)
the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 30, 2007 filed with the Commission on March 10, 2008 (Commission File No. 000-49850); and
(b)
the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A,
including any exhibits thereto, filed with the Commission on June 6, 2002 (Commission File No. 000-49850) pursuant
to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, in which there is described
the terms, rights and provisions applicable to the Registrant's
Common Stock.
In addition, all documents
subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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 subsequently filed document which also is
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or
supersedes such prior 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.
None.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL") provides that
a Delaware corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other
than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact
that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation or is or was serving at its request in such capacity in another
corporation or business association, against expenses (including attorneys'
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if
the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
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the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was unlawful.
As permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL, the Registrant's Amended and
Restated Bylaws provide that, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL,
directors, officers and certain other persons who are made, or are threatened
to be made, parties to, or are involved in, any action, suit or proceeding will
be indemnified by the Registrant with respect thereto.
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to provide in its
certificate of incorporation that a director of the corporation shall not be
personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages
for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any
breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174
of the DGCL or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an
improper personal benefit.
As permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the Registrant's Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation includes a provision that limits a
director's personal liability to the Registrant or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breaches of his or her fiduciary duty as a director.
Article EIGHTH of the Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation provides that no director of the Registrant shall be personally
liable to the Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL.
As permitted by Section 145(g) of the DGCL and the Registrant's Amended
and Restated Bylaws, the Registrant maintains insurance policies under which
its directors and officers are insured, within the limits and subject to the
limitations of the policies, against expenses in connection with the defense of
actions, suits or proceedings, and certain liabilities that might be imposed as
a result of such actions, suits or proceedings, to which they are parties by
reason of being or having been directors or officers of the Registrant.
In addition, the Registrant has entered into contracts with its directors
and officers pursuant to which the Registrant agrees to provide and maintain
directors' and officers' insurance and further agrees to provide
indemnification of such directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted
by law.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1 (1)
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
4.2 (1)
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant
5.1
Legal Opinion of Irell & Manella LLP
23.1 (2)
Consent of Irell & Manella LLP
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.3
Consent of KPMG LLP
24.1 (3)
Power of Attorney
99.1 (4)
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation 2007 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan
(1)
Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K
filed March 31, 2003 (File No. 000-49850).
(2)
Included in Legal Opinion of Irell & Manella LLP filed as Exhibit 5.1 to
this Registration Statement.
(3)
Included on the signature pages filed with this Registration Statement.
(4)
Incorporated by reference to the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 25,
2007.
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
this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment hereof) 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 volume of securities offered (if the total dollar
value of securities offered would not exceed that which
was registered) and any deviation from the low or high
end of the estimated maximum offering range may be
reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
statement;
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(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 information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission
by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(b)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by
reference in this 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 foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in
the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant
of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit
to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant hereby
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 El Segundo, state of California, on this
14th day of March, 2008.
BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Barry D. Emerson
Barry D. Emerson
Senior Vice President &
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Steven G. Miller, Barry D. Emerson and Gary S.
Meade, and each of them, his or her attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power
of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any or all amendments to this Registration Statement, and
to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or the substitute or
substitutes of any or all of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Steven G. Miller
Steven G. Miller
Chairman of the Board, President
& Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
March 14,
2008
/s/ Barry D. Emerson
Barry D. Emerson
Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
March 14,
2008
/s/ Sandra N. Bane
Sandra N. Bane
Director
March 14,
2008
/s/ G. Michael Brown
Director
March 14,
2008
G. Michael Brown
/s/ Jennifer Holden Dunbar
Jennifer Holden Dunbar
Director
March 14,
2008
/s/ David R. Jessick
Director
March 14,
2008
David R. Jessick
/s/ Michael D. Miller
Dr. Michael D. Miller
Director
March 14,
2008
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1 (1)
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
4.2 (1)
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant
5.1
Legal Opinion of Irell & Manella LLP
23.1 (2)
Consent of Irell & Manella LLP
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.3
Consent of KPMG LLP
24.1 (3)
Power of Attorney
99.1 (4)
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation 2007 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan
(1)
Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K
filed March 31, 2003 (File No. 000-49850).
(2)
Included in Legal Opinion of Irell & Manella LLP filed as Exhibit 5.1 to
this Registration Statement.
(3)
Included on the signature pages filed with this Registration Statement.
(4)
Incorporated by reference to the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed June 25,
2007.
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