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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;16, 2009
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Jones Soda Co.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</I></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>State of Washington</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>91-1696175</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(State of Incorporation)</I>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>234 Ninth Avenue North<BR>
Seattle, Washington 98109</B><BR>
<I>(Address and zip code of principal executive offices)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Jones Soda Co. 2002 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan</B><BR>
<I>(Full title of the plan)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Michael R. O&#146;Brien, Chief Financial Officer<BR>
234 Ninth Avenue North<BR>
Seattle, Washington 98109<BR>
(206)&nbsp;624-3357</B><BR>
<I>(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</I></DIV>


<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 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>



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    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, no
par value per
share, under the
2002 Stock Option
and Restricted
Stock Plan</DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap"> 750,000 shares</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">26.79</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;Act&#148;), this Registration
Statement also covers any additional securities that may be offered or issued to prevent
dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule
457(c) under the Act, as amended, based on the average of the high and low sale prices of
the Registrant&#146;s common stock on March&nbsp;10, 2009, as reported on The NASDAQ Capital Market.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jones Soda Co., a Washington corporation, is filing this registration statement on Form S-8
(this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) for the purpose of registering an additional 750,000 shares of
common stock, no par value per share, under the Jones Soda Co. 2002 Stock Option and Restricted
Stock Plan (the &#147;2002 Plan&#148;).
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jones Soda Co. previously registered 3,750,000 shares of common stock under the 2002 Plan in a
separate registration statement on Form S-8, which was originally filed on March&nbsp;20, 2003 (File No.
333-103939), the contents of which are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all 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 Seattle, State of Washington, on March&nbsp;16, 2009.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>JONES SODA CO.</B><BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Stephen C. Jones
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Stephen C. Jones&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose individual signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints Stephen C.
Jones and Michael R. O&#146;Brien, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution
and full power to act without the others, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act
in his name, place and stead and to execute in the name and on behalf of each person, individually
and in each capacity stated below, and to file any and all amendments to this Registration
Statement, including any and all post-effective amendments and amendments thereto, and any
registration statement relating to the same offering as this Registration Statement that is to be
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on the dates indicated.
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Stephen C. Jones
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer and Director<br>&nbsp;(<I>Principal
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Michael R. O&#146;Brien
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    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer<br>&nbsp;(<I>Principal
Financial Officer and<br>
Principal Accounting Officer</I>)
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Jonathan J. Ricci
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Richard S. Eiswirth, Jr.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Michael M. Fleming</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Matthew K. Kellogg</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Susan A. Schreter
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;16, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Susan A. Schreter</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Peter M. van Stolk
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;16, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Peter M. van Stolk</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Mills A. Brown
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">March&nbsp;16, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Mills A. Brown</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Cairncross &#038; Hempelmann, P.S.</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2009
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Jones Soda Co.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
State of Washington
91-1696175
(State of Incorporation)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
234 Ninth Avenue North
Seattle, Washington 98109
(Address and zip code of principal executive offices)
Jones Soda Co. 2002 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Michael R. O'Brien, Chief Financial Officer
234 Ninth Avenue North
Seattle, Washington 98109
(206) 624-3357
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of securities to be
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate
Amount of
registered
registered
(1)
per share
(2)
offering price
registration fee
Common Stock, no
par value per
share, under the
2002 Stock Option
and Restricted
Stock Plan
750,000 shares
$
0.64
$
480,000
$
26.79
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), this Registration
Statement also covers any additional securities that may be offered or issued to prevent
dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule
457(c) under the Act, as amended, based on the average of the high and low sale prices of
the Registrant's common stock on March 10, 2009, as reported on The NASDAQ Capital Market.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Jones Soda Co., a Washington corporation, is filing this registration statement on Form S-8
(this "Registration Statement") for the purpose of registering an additional 750,000 shares of
common stock, no par value per share, under the Jones Soda Co. 2002 Stock Option and Restricted
Stock Plan (the "2002 Plan").
Jones Soda Co. previously registered 3,750,000 shares of common stock under the 2002 Plan in a
separate registration statement on Form S-8, which was originally filed on March 20, 2003 (File No.
333-103939), the contents of which are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
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SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EX-5.1
EX-23.1
EX-23.2
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all 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 Seattle, State of Washington, on March 16, 2009.
JONES SODA CO.
By:
/s/ Stephen C. Jones
Stephen C. Jones
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose individual signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints Stephen C.
Jones and Michael R. O'Brien, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution
and full power to act without the others, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act
in his name, place and stead and to execute in the name and on behalf of each person, individually
and in each capacity stated below, and to file any and all amendments to this Registration
Statement, including any and all post-effective amendments and amendments thereto, and any
registration statement relating to the same offering as this Registration Statement that is to be
effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or
any of them, or their or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on the dates indicated.
Signature
Capacities
Date
/s/ Steven C. Jones
Stephen C. Jones
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(
Principal
Executive Officer
)
March 16, 2009
/s/ Michael R. O'Brien
Michael R. O'Brien
Chief Financial Officer
(
Principal
Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer
)
March 16, 2009
/s/ Jonathan J. Ricci
Jonathan J. Ricci
Chief Operating Officer and Director
March 16, 2009
/s/ Richard S. Eiswirth, Jr.
Director
March 16, 2009
Richard S. Eiswirth, Jr.
/s/ Michael M. Fleming
Director
March 16, 2009
Michael M. Fleming
/s/ Matthew K. Kellogg
Director
March 16, 2009
Matthew K. Kellogg
/s/ Susan A. Schreter
Director
March 16, 2009
Susan A. Schreter
/s/ Peter M. van Stolk
Director
March 16, 2009
Peter M. van Stolk
/s/ Mills A. Brown
Director
March 16, 2009
Mills A. Brown
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Cairncross & Hempelmann, P.S.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered public accounting firm
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm
23.3
Consent of Cairncross & Hempelmann, P.S. (contained in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)