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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;10, 2004</B>

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<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>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>THE FINISH LINE, INC.</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 8pt"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Indiana<BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>35-1537210<BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification Number)</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><B>3308 N. Mitthoeffer Road<BR>
Indianapolis, Indiana<BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><B>46235<BR>
(Zip Code)</B></TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>THE FINISH LINE, INC.<BR>
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 8pt"><B>(Full title of the plan)</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Mr.&nbsp;Alan H. Cohen<BR>
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
The Finish Line, Inc.<BR>
3308 N. Mitthoeffer Road<BR>
Indianapolis, Indiana 46235</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 8pt"><B>(Name and address of agent for service)</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(317)&nbsp;899-1022</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 8pt"><B>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>



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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>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>maximum</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>aggregate</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>registration</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of securities to be registered</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Class&nbsp;A Common Shares</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right">1,200,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">26.88</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">32,256,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">4,086.84</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">In addition to the number of shares set forth above, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416, an additional indeterminate number of shares may become
subject to The Finish Line, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan by reason of certain events specified in The Finish Line, Inc. Employee
Stock Purchase Plan.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(3)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Calculated pursuant to Section 457(h) on the
basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Class&nbsp;A Common Shares of The Finish Line, Inc., as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on August&nbsp;5, 2004.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INTRODUCTION</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by The Finish Line, Inc.,
an Indiana corporation (the &#147;Company&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;), for the purpose of
registering 1,200,000 of the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Common Shares (the &#147;Common
Share&#148;) issuable to eligible employees under The Finish Line, Inc. Employee
Stock Purchase Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).


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



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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8
will be sent or given to Plan participants as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) and
the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8. In accordance with the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form
S-8, these documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of Form S-8, taken
together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a)
of the Securities Act.


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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8
will be sent or given to Plan participants as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) and
the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8. In accordance with the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form
S-8, these documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of Form S-8, taken
together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a)
of the Securities Act.


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



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



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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by the Company with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) are hereby incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement:



<P align="left" style="margin-left:2%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended February&nbsp;28, 2004, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;7, 2004;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:2%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
May&nbsp;29, 2004, filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;24, 2004;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:2%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on July&nbsp;22, 2004 and August&nbsp;10, 2004; and



<P align="left" style="margin-left:2%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The description of the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Common Shares contained
in the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
August&nbsp;10, 2004, together with any amendment or report filed with the
Commission for the purpose of updating such description.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference
herein 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 by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such 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. 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. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</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;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;10 of the Company&#146;s Restated Articles of Incorporation and Article
9 of its Bylaws provide for (i)&nbsp;mandatory indemnification of any person who was
or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative
or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was or has agreed
to become a director or officer of the Company, or by reason of any action
alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity and (ii)&nbsp;permissive
indemnification of any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made
a party to such an action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or
she is or was or has agreed to become an employee or agent of the Company.
Indemnification under the Restated Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws will
not be required or permitted where a determination is made by the Board of
Directors that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is
not proper in the circumstances because he or she has not met the applicable
standard of conduct set forth in the Restated Articles of Incorporation and
Bylaws. Expenses incurred by a director or officer in defending a civil or
criminal action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of
the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding if: (i)&nbsp;the Company
receives a written affirmation of the director&#146;s or officer&#146;s good faith belief
that the director or officer has met the standard of care described in the
Restated Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws; (ii)&nbsp;the Company receives an
unconditional written undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to
repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that he or she is not entitled
to be indemnified by the Company as authorized in the Restated Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws; and (iii)&nbsp;a determination is made that the facts
known to those making the determination would not preclude


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">indemnification
under this provision. The expenses incurred by other employees and agents may
be paid in advance upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors
deems appropriate.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chapter&nbsp;37 of the Indiana Business Corporation Law authorizes every
Indiana corporation to indemnify its officers and directors under certain
circumstances against liability incurred in connection with the defense of
proceedings in which they are made parties, or threatened to be made parties,
by reason of such relationship to the corporation, except where they are
adjudged liable for specific types of negligence or misconduct in the
performance of their duties to the corporation. Chapter&nbsp;37 also requires every
Indiana corporation to indemnify any of its directors and, unless such
corporation&#146;s articles of incorporation provide otherwise, any of its offices
who were wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any
such proceeding against reasonable expenses incurred by such director in
connection with such proceeding.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has entered into, and the stockholders of the Company
ratified, separate but identical indemnity agreements (the &#147;Indemnity
Agreements&#148;) with each director of the Company and certain officers of the
Company (the &#147;Indemnitees&#148;). Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the
Indemnity Agreements, the Company has agreed to indemnify each Indemnitee
against any amounts which he becomes legally obligated to pay in connection
with any claim against him arising out of or in connection with any event or
occurrence related to Indemnitee&#146;s service or capacity as a director or officer
of the Company, or his or her service at the request of the Company as a
director, officer, manager, member, trustee, agent or fiduciary of certain
other entities, provided that such claim is not for an accounting of profits
made from the purchase or sale by Indemnitee of securities of the Company
within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or similar provisions of any state law.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Indemnity Agreements provide that so long as no appropriate reviewing
party has determined that the expenses sought to be advanced arise out of, or
were based upon a claim in which the Indemnitee failed to meet the standard of
conduct, an Indemnitee is entitled to advancement of expenses under the
Indemnity Agreement if the Indemnitee submits a:


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    <TD>written affirmation of the Indemnitee&#146;s good faith belief that
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    <TD>an unconditional written statement undertaking to repay the
amount to the Company if it shall ultimately be determined that he or
she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has purchased a policy of directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability
insurance.


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


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;4.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">The Finish Line, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated
by reference to Appendix&nbsp;A to the Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy
Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed on June&nbsp;21, 2004).</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;4.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form
8-K filed on August&nbsp;10, 2004).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Annex 2 to
Appendix&nbsp;1 to the Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule
14A filed on June&nbsp;21, 2004).</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;5.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto)</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</B>



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



<P align="left" style="margin-left:2%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) 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:5%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),



<P align="left" style="margin-left:5%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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 thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
in this Registration Statement, and



<P align="left" style="margin-left:5%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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,



<P align="left" style="margin-left:5%; font-size: 10pt">provided, however, that clauses (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those clauses 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 of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:2%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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; and



<P align="left" style="margin-left:2%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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.


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


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C.&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 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


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">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.


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES AND POWERS OF ATTORNEY</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), The Finish Line, Inc. 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 Indianapolis, State
of Indiana, on August&nbsp;10, 2004.

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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3">THE FINISH LINE, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>

<TD align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ALAN H. COHEN</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" colspan="2"><B>Alan H. Cohen</B>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" colspan="2"><B>Chairman of the Board and<BR>
Chief Executive Officer</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Alan H. Cohen and Kevin S.
Wampler, and each or any of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, including
post-effective amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto each such attorney-in-fact and agent full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


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

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    <TD width="18%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
ALAN H. COHEN<HR noshade size="1">
<B>Alan H. Cohen</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the
Board and Chief
Executive Officer
(Principal
Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;10, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ DAVID I. KLAPPER
<HR noshade size="1">
<B>David I. Klapper</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Executive
Vice President and
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;10, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ LARRY J. SABLOSKY
<HR noshade size="1">
<B>Larry J. Sablosky</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Executive
Vice President and
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;10, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="18%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ KEVIN S. WAMPLER
<HR noshade size="1">
<B>Kevin S. Wampler</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial
Officer (Principal
Financial Officer
and Principal
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;10, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ WILLIAM P. CARMICHAEL
<HR noshade size="1">
<B>William Carmichael</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;10, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ JEFFERY H. SMULYAN
<HR noshade size="1">
<B>Jeffery H. Smulyan</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;10, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ STEPHEN GOLDSMITH<BR>
<HR noshade size="1">
<B>Stephen Goldsmith</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;10, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ BILL KIRKENDALL<BR>
<HR noshade size="1">
<B>Bill Kirkendall</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">August&nbsp;10, 2004</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>NUMBER</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;4.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">The Finish Line, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated
by reference to Appendix&nbsp;A to the Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy
Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed on June&nbsp;21, 2004).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s current Report on Form
8-K filed on August&nbsp;10, 2004).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Annex 2 to
Appendix&nbsp;1 to the Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule
14A filed on June&nbsp;21, 2004).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto)</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 10, 2004
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
THE FINISH LINE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Indiana
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
35-1537210
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
3308 N. Mitthoeffer Road
Indianapolis, Indiana
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
46235
(Zip Code)
THE FINISH LINE, INC.
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Mr. Alan H. Cohen
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
The Finish Line, Inc.
3308 N. Mitthoeffer Road
Indianapolis, Indiana 46235
(Name and address of agent for service)
(317) 899-1022
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
maximum
maximum
Amount of
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate
registration
Title of securities to be registered
registered (1)
per share(2)
offering price(2)
fee(3)
Class A Common Shares
1,200,000
$
26.88
$
32,256,000
$
4,086.84
(1)
In addition to the number of shares set forth above, pursuant to Rule 416, an additional indeterminate number of shares may become
subject to The Finish Line, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan by reason of certain events specified in The Finish Line, Inc. Employee
Stock Purchase Plan.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
(3)
Calculated pursuant to Section 457(h) on the
basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Class A Common Shares of The Finish Line, Inc., as reported on the Nasdaq National Market on August 5, 2004.
INTRODUCTION
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by The Finish Line, Inc.,
an Indiana corporation (the "Company" or the "Registrant"), for the purpose of
registering 1,200,000 of the Company's Class A Common Shares (the "Common
Share") issuable to eligible employees under The Finish Line, Inc. Employee
Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan").
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information.
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8
will be sent or given to Plan participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) and
the Note to Part I of Form S-8. In accordance with the Note to Part I of Form
S-8, these documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of Form S-8, taken
together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a)
of the Securities Act.
Item 2. Registration Information and Employee Plan Information.
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8
will be sent or given to Plan participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) and
the Note to Part I of Form S-8. In accordance with the Note to Part I of Form
S-8, these documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of Form S-8, taken
together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a)
of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents filed by the Company with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are hereby incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement:
(a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended February 28, 2004, filed with the Commission on May 7, 2004;
(b) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended
May 29, 2004, filed with the Commission on June 24, 2004;
(c) The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the
Commission on July 22, 2004 and August 10, 2004; and
(d) The description of the Company's Class A Common Shares contained
in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
August 10, 2004, together with any amendment or report filed with the
Commission for the purpose of updating such description.
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant
to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference
herein 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 by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such 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.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Article 10 of the Company's Restated Articles of Incorporation and Article
9 of its Bylaws provide for (i) mandatory indemnification of any person who was
or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative
or investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she is or was or has agreed
to become a director or officer of the Company, or by reason of any action
alleged to have been taken or omitted in such capacity and (ii) permissive
indemnification of any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made
a party to such an action, suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he or
she is or was or has agreed to become an employee or agent of the Company.
Indemnification under the Restated Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws will
not be required or permitted where a determination is made by the Board of
Directors that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is
not proper in the circumstances because he or she has not met the applicable
standard of conduct set forth in the Restated Articles of Incorporation and
Bylaws. Expenses incurred by a director or officer in defending a civil or
criminal action, suit or proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of
the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding if: (i) the Company
receives a written affirmation of the director's or officer's good faith belief
that the director or officer has met the standard of care described in the
Restated Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws; (ii) the Company receives an
unconditional written undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to
repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that he or she is not entitled
to be indemnified by the Company as authorized in the Restated Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws; and (iii) a determination is made that the facts
known to those making the determination would not preclude
indemnification
under this provision. The expenses incurred by other employees and agents may
be paid in advance upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Directors
deems appropriate.
Chapter 37 of the Indiana Business Corporation Law authorizes every
Indiana corporation to indemnify its officers and directors under certain
circumstances against liability incurred in connection with the defense of
proceedings in which they are made parties, or threatened to be made parties,
by reason of such relationship to the corporation, except where they are
adjudged liable for specific types of negligence or misconduct in the
performance of their duties to the corporation. Chapter 37 also requires every
Indiana corporation to indemnify any of its directors and, unless such
corporation's articles of incorporation provide otherwise, any of its offices
who were wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any
such proceeding against reasonable expenses incurred by such director in
connection with such proceeding.
The Company has entered into, and the stockholders of the Company
ratified, separate but identical indemnity agreements (the "Indemnity
Agreements") with each director of the Company and certain officers of the
Company (the "Indemnitees"). Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the
Indemnity Agreements, the Company has agreed to indemnify each Indemnitee
against any amounts which he becomes legally obligated to pay in connection
with any claim against him arising out of or in connection with any event or
occurrence related to Indemnitee's service or capacity as a director or officer
of the Company, or his or her service at the request of the Company as a
director, officer, manager, member, trustee, agent or fiduciary of certain
other entities, provided that such claim is not for an accounting of profits
made from the purchase or sale by Indemnitee of securities of the Company
within the meaning of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or similar provisions of any state law.
The Indemnity Agreements provide that so long as no appropriate reviewing
party has determined that the expenses sought to be advanced arise out of, or
were based upon a claim in which the Indemnitee failed to meet the standard of
conduct, an Indemnitee is entitled to advancement of expenses under the
Indemnity Agreement if the Indemnitee submits a:
•
written affirmation of the Indemnitee's good faith belief that
the Indemnitee has met the standard of conduct; and
•
an unconditional written statement undertaking to repay the
amount to the Company if it shall ultimately be determined that he or
she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.
The Company has purchased a policy of directors' and officers' liability
insurance.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
EXHIBIT
NUMBER
EXHIBIT
4.1
The Finish Line, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated
by reference to Appendix A to the Company's Definitive Proxy
Statement on Schedule 14A filed on June 21, 2004).
4.2
Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form
8-K filed on August 10, 2004).
4.3
Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Annex 2 to
Appendix 1 to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule
14A filed on June 21, 2004).
EXHIBIT
NUMBER
EXHIBIT
5.1
Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
23.1
Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24.1
Powers of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto)
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 of 1933 (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 thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
in this 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 clauses (i) and (ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those clauses 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 of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") that are
incorporated by reference in the 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; and
(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 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.
SIGNATURES AND POWERS OF ATTORNEY
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"), The Finish Line, Inc. 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 Indianapolis, State
of Indiana, on August 10, 2004.
THE FINISH LINE, INC.
By:
/s/    ALAN H. COHEN
Alan H. Cohen
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints each of Alan H. Cohen and Kevin S.
Wampler, and each or any of them, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, including
post-effective amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto each such attorney-in-fact and agent full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that each such attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, 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 and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
ALAN H. COHEN
Alan H. Cohen
Chairman of the
Board and Chief
Executive Officer
(Principal
Executive Officer)
August 10, 2004
/s/ DAVID I. KLAPPER
David I. Klapper
Senior Executive
Vice President and
Director
August 10, 2004
/s/ LARRY J. SABLOSKY
Larry J. Sablosky
Senior Executive
Vice President and
Director
August 10, 2004
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ KEVIN S. WAMPLER
Kevin S. Wampler
Chief Financial
Officer (Principal
Financial Officer
and Principal
Accounting Officer)
August 10, 2004
/s/ WILLIAM P. CARMICHAEL
William Carmichael
Director
August 10, 2004
/s/ JEFFERY H. SMULYAN
Jeffery H. Smulyan
Director
August 10, 2004
/s/ STEPHEN GOLDSMITH
Stephen Goldsmith
Director
August 10, 2004
/s/ BILL KIRKENDALL
Bill Kirkendall
Director
August 10, 2004
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT
NUMBER
EXHIBIT
4.1
The Finish Line, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (incorporated
by reference to Appendix A to the Company's Definitive Proxy
Statement on Schedule 14A filed on June 21, 2004).
4.2
Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's current Report on Form
8-K filed on August 10, 2004).
4.3
Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Annex 2 to
Appendix 1 to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule
14A filed on June 21, 2004).
5.1
Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
23.1
Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24.1
Powers of Attorney (contained on signature page hereto)