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<P ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Registration No.
333-_____ </FONT><HR ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=100% SIZE=1 color=black NOSHADE></P>


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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>UNITED STATES <BR>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION <BR>Washington, D.C. 20549 </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>FORM S-8 </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><U>Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. </U><BR>(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter) </FONT></P>


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     <TD WIDTH=50% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Delaware</FONT><HR WIDTH=50% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=50% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>64-0500378</FONT><HR WIDTH=50% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(State or other jurisdiction of</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>3320 Woodrow Wilson Drive, Jackson, MS 39209</FONT><HR WIDTH=40% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR><BR>Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. 2005 Incentive Stock Option Plan</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR>Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Stock Appreciation Rights Plan</FONT><HR WIDTH=40% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(Full title of plans)</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR>Fred R. Adams, Jr.</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>3320 Woodrow Wilson Drive</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Jackson, MS 39209</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>601-948-6813</FONT><HR WIDTH=70% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Copies to: </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Peter E. Panarites, Esq. <BR>
Foley &amp; Lardner LLP
<BR>3000 K Street, N.W.
(Suite 500) <BR>Washington, D.C. 20007 <BR>Telephone: 202-295-4019 </FONT></P>


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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=5><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=5><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Title of Securities to be<BR>
Registered</FONT><HR WIDTH=100% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Amount to be<BR>
Registered (1)</FONT><HR WIDTH=100% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Offering Price<BR>
Per Share (2)</FONT><HR WIDTH=100% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Proposed Maximum<BR>
Aggregate Offering<BR>
Price (2)</FONT><HR WIDTH=100% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Amount of<BR>
Registration Fee</FONT><HR WIDTH=100% SIZE=1 COLOR=BLACK NOSHADE></TD></TR>
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     <TD WIDTH=20% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR>Common Stock, $.01 par</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=20% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;500,000 shares</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=20% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>$6.51</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=20% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>$3,255,000</FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=20% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;$383.11</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>value (3)</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR>Common stock $.01 par</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>1,000,000 shares</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>$6.51</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>$6,510,000</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;$766.23</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>value (4)</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>1,500,000 shares</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>$1149.34</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(1)           Includes an
indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issuable           by reason
of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions in accordance           with
Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933.  </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(2)           The amounts are based
upon the average of the high and low sale prices for the           Common Stock as
reported on the NASDAQ National Market on December 27, 2005 and           are used solely
for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to           paragraphs (c)
and (h)(1) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act of 1933.  </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(3)           Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
2005 Incentive Stock Option Plan  </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(4)           Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
Stock Appreciation Rights Plan  </FONT></P>


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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>PART I </FONT></H1>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
information called for in Part I of Form S-8 is not being filed with or included in this
Form S-8 (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;). </FONT></P>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>PART II </FONT></H1>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </FONT></H1>

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<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 3. <U>Incorporation of
Documents by Reference</U>. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
following documents previously filed by Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;)
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) (File No.
000-04892) are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          The
Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 28,
          2005;  </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          The
Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended August           27,
2005, and its Form 10-Q/A No. 1 dated October 14, 2005, to its From 10-Q for
          the quarter ended August 27, 2005;  </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;           The
Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K dated June 28, July 28 and           October
12, 2005, and its Form 8-K/A No. 1 to its Form 8-K dated October 12,           2005,
filed pursuant to the Exchange Act; and  </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;           The
description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock, par value $.01 per share           (the
&#147;Common Stock&#148;), contained in Exhibit 1, &#147;Amendment to           Article
Four of the Certificate of Incorporation of Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.,&#148;          as set
forth, and discussed, in the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement for Special           Meeting
of Shareholders held April 14, 2004.  </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In
addition, all documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of this Registration Statement and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference and
to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that the
documents enumerate above or subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act in each year during which the offering made by
this Registration Statement is in effect prior to the filing with the SEC of the
Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K covering such year shall not be deemed
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and shall not be a part hereof
from and after the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K. </FONT></P>


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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>2 </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be 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 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, to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Company hereby undertakes to provide without charge to each person who has received a copy
of the prospectus to which this Registration Statement relates, upon the written or oral
request of any such person, a copy of any or all the documents that have been or may be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, other than exhibits to such
documents (unless such exhibits are incorporated therein by reference). </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 4. <U>Description of
Securities</U>. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not
Applicable. </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 5.  <U>Interests of Named Experts
and Counsel</U>. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not
Applicable. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Item
6.  <U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U>. </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Company may indemnify its directors, officers and certain other persons to the fullest
extent permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended from
time-to-time. In that connection, Article VII of the Company&#146;s By-laws contains
indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions generally providing that the
Company will indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents to the fullest extent
permitted under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law in connection with any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by them in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if they
acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interest of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, have no
reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 7.  <U>Exemption from Registration
Claimed</U>. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not
Applicable. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 8. <U>Exhibits</U>. </FONT></P>

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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><U>Number</U></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=15%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>4(a)  </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=85%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.                (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to the Company&#146;s Form S-1                Registration
Statement No. 333-14809.) </FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>3 </FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH=15%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>4(b)  </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=85%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Amendment
to Article 4 of the Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant.
               (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1(a) to the Company&#146;s Annual
Report                on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 29, 2004.) </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=15%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>4(c)  </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=85%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>By-Laws
of the Registrant, as amended. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2
               to the Company&#146;s Form S-1 Registration Statement No. 333-14809.) </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=15%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>4(d)  </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=85%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Cal-Maine
Foods, Inc. 2005 Incentive Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by                reference
to APPENDIX B of the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement for its Annual                meeting
of Shareholders held on October 13, 2005.) </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=15%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>4(e)  </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=85%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Cal-Maine
Foods, Inc. Stock Appreciation Rights Plan. (Incorporated by reference                to
APPENDIX C of the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of
               Shareholders held on October 13, 2005.) </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=15%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>5  </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=85%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Legal
opinion, dated December 30, 2005, of YoungWilliams P.A. as to the legality of shares
offered.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=15%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>23(a)  </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=85%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Consent
of Ernst &amp; Young LLP. </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=15%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>23(b)  </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=85%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Consent
of YoungWilliams P.A. (Included in Exhibit 5 hereto.) </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=15%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>23(c)  </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=85%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Consent
of Foley &amp; Lardner LLP. </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=85%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Powers
of Attorney.  (Included on signature page of this Registration Statement.)</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 9.           <U>Undertakings</U>. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          The
Company hereby undertakes:  </FONT></P>


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<TD WIDTH=95%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;               To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
               post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:  </FONT>
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<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;               To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;  </FONT>
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<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;               To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
               date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment                thereof) which, individually, or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental                change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement;  </FONT>
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<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;               To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
               previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change
to                such information in the Registration Statement;  </FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Provided</U>,
<U>however</U>, 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 by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. </FONT></P>


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<TD WIDTH=95%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;               That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
               each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration                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.  </FONT>
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<TD WIDTH=95%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;               To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
               securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
               offering.  </FONT>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          The
Company hereby undertakes that, for the purpose of determining any liability
          under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company&#146;s annual report
          pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that it
          incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
          new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
          offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
          fide offering thereof.  </FONT></P>


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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;          Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may           be
permitted to directors and officers of the Company pursuant to the foregoing
          provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been informed that in the opinion of
          the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
          and is therefore unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
          against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses
          incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company 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 Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
          has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
          jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
          policy as expressed in the Act and will governed by the final adjudication of
          such issue.  </FONT></P>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>SIGNATURES </FONT></H1>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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 Jackson, State of Mississippi, on
this 30th day of December, 2005. </FONT></P>


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     <TD WIDTH=50% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>CAL-MAINE FOODS, INC.</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=Bottom>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(Registrant)</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR><BR>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>By:&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>FRED R. ADAMS, JR.</U></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=Bottom>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fred R. Adams, Jr.</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=Bottom>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chairman of the Board and</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=Bottom>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Fred R. Adams, Jr. and/or Timothy A. Dawson his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, each acting alone, with full powers of substitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and
perform 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, each acting alone, or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement or
amendment thereto has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on
the dates indicated: </FONT></P>

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     <TD WIDTH=35% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><U>Title</U></FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=35% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><U>Date</U></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=Bottom>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR><U>FRED R. ADAMS, JR.</U></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Chairman of the Board, Chief</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>December 30, 2005</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=Bottom>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Fred R. Adams, Jr.</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Executive Officer and Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=Bottom>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=Bottom>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR><U>TIMOTHY A. DAWSON</U></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Vice President, Chief Financial</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>December 30, 2005</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=Bottom>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Timothy A. Dawson</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Officer, and Director (Principal Financial</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR><U>CHARLES F. COLLINS</U></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Vice President and Controller</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>December 30, 2005</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=Bottom>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Charles F. Collins</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD WIDTH=35% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><U>Title</U></FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH=35% ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><U>Date</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR><U>RICHARD K. LOOPER</U></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>December 30, 2005</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=Bottom>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Richard K. Looper</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR><U>ADOLPHUS B. BAKER</U></FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>December 30, 2005</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN=Bottom>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Adolphus B. Baker</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR>____________________</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>James E. Poole</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR>____________________</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>R. Faser Triplett</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><BR>____________________</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Letitia C. Hughes</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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Registration No.
333-_____
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
64-0500378
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
3320 Woodrow Wilson Drive, Jackson, MS 39209
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. 2005 Incentive Stock Option Plan
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. Stock Appreciation Rights Plan
(Full title of plans)
Fred R. Adams, Jr.
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
3320 Woodrow Wilson Drive
Jackson, MS 39209
601-948-6813
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
Copies to:
Peter E. Panarites, Esq.
Foley & Lardner LLP
3000 K Street, N.W.
(Suite 500)
Washington, D.C. 20007
Telephone: 202-295-4019
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be
Registered
Amount to be
Registered (1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share (2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price (2)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $.01 par
500,000 shares
$6.51
$3,255,000
$383.11
value (3)
Common stock $.01 par
1,000,000 shares
$6.51
$6,510,000
$766.23
value (4)
Total
1,500,000 shares
Total
$1149.34
(1)           Includes an
indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issuable           by reason
of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions in accordance           with
Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933.
(2)           The amounts are based
upon the average of the high and low sale prices for the           Common Stock as
reported on the NASDAQ National Market on December 27, 2005 and           are used solely
for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to           paragraphs (c)
and (h)(1) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act of 1933.
(3)           Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
2005 Incentive Stock Option Plan
(4)           Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.
Stock Appreciation Rights Plan
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The
information called for in Part I of Form S-8 is not being filed with or included in this
Form S-8 (by incorporation by reference or otherwise) in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC").
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of
Documents by Reference
.
The
following documents previously filed by Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. (the "Company")
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") (File No.
000-04892) are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:
(a)              The
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 28,
          2005;
(b)              The
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended August           27,
2005, and its Form 10-Q/A No. 1 dated October 14, 2005, to its From 10-Q for
          the quarter ended August 27, 2005;
(c)               The
Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K dated June 28, July 28 and           October
12, 2005, and its Form 8-K/A No. 1 to its Form 8-K dated October 12,           2005,
filed pursuant to the Exchange Act; and
(d)               The
description of the Company's Common Stock, par value $.01 per share           (the
"Common Stock"), contained in Exhibit 1, "Amendment to           Article
Four of the Certificate of Incorporation of Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.,"          as set
forth, and discussed, in the Company's Proxy Statement for Special           Meeting
of Shareholders held April 14, 2004.
In
addition, all documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of this Registration Statement and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference and
to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that the
documents enumerate above or subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act in each year during which the offering made by
this Registration Statement is in effect prior to the filing with the SEC of the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K covering such year shall not be deemed
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and shall not be a part hereof
from and after the filing of such Annual Report on Form 10-K.
2
Any
statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be 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 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, to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement.
The
Company hereby undertakes to provide without charge to each person who has received a copy
of the prospectus to which this Registration Statement relates, upon the written or oral
request of any such person, a copy of any or all the documents that have been or may be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, other than exhibits to such
documents (unless such exhibits are incorporated therein by reference).
Item 4.
Description of
Securities
.
Not
Applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts
and Counsel
.
Not
Applicable.
Item
6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
The
Company may indemnify its directors, officers and certain other persons to the fullest
extent permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended from
time-to-time. In that connection, Article VII of the Company's By-laws contains
indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions generally providing that the
Company will indemnify its directors, officers, employees and agents to the fullest extent
permitted under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law in connection with any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by them in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if they
acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interest of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, have no
reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration
Claimed
.
Not
Applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4(a)
Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant.                (Incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to the Company's Form S-1                Registration
Statement No. 333-14809.)
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4(b)
Amendment
to Article 4 of the Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant.
               (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1(a) to the Company's Annual
Report                on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 29, 2004.)
4(c)
By-Laws
of the Registrant, as amended. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2
               to the Company's Form S-1 Registration Statement No. 333-14809.)
4(d)
Cal-Maine
Foods, Inc. 2005 Incentive Stock Option Plan. (Incorporated by                reference
to APPENDIX B of the Company's Proxy Statement for its Annual                meeting
of Shareholders held on October 13, 2005.)
4(e)
Cal-Maine
Foods, Inc. Stock Appreciation Rights Plan. (Incorporated by reference                to
APPENDIX C of the Company's Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of
               Shareholders held on October 13, 2005.)
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Legal
opinion, dated December 30, 2005, of YoungWilliams P.A. as to the legality of shares
offered.
23(a)
Consent
of Ernst & Young LLP.
23(b)
Consent
of YoungWilliams P.A. (Included in Exhibit 5 hereto.)
23(c)
Consent
of Foley & Lardner LLP.
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Powers
of Attorney.  (Included on signature page of this Registration Statement.)
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
(a)              The
Company hereby undertakes:
(1)                      To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
               post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)                      To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)                      To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
               date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment                thereof) which, individually, or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental                change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement;
(iii)                      To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
               previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change
to                such information in the 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 by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
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(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
Company hereby undertakes that, for the purpose of determining any liability
          under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report
          pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that it
          incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
          new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
          offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
          fide offering thereof.
(c)              Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may           be
permitted to directors and officers of the Company pursuant to the foregoing
          provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been informed that in the opinion of
          the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
          and is therefore unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
          against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses
          incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company 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 Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
          has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
          jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
          policy as expressed in the Act and will governed by the final adjudication of
          such issue.
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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 Jackson, State of Mississippi, on
this 30th day of December, 2005.
CAL-MAINE FOODS, INC.
(Registrant)
By:
FRED R. ADAMS, JR.
Fred R. Adams, Jr.
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Fred R. Adams, Jr. and/or Timothy A. Dawson his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, each acting alone, with full powers of substitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including
post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and
perform 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, each acting alone, or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement or
amendment thereto has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on
the dates indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
FRED R. ADAMS, JR.
Chairman of the Board, Chief
December 30, 2005
Fred R. Adams, Jr.
Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
TIMOTHY A. DAWSON
Vice President, Chief Financial
December 30, 2005
Timothy A. Dawson
Officer, and Director (Principal Financial
Officer)
CHARLES F. COLLINS
Vice President and Controller
December 30, 2005
Charles F. Collins
(Principal Accounting Officer)
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Signature
Title
Date
RICHARD K. LOOPER
Director
December 30, 2005
Richard K. Looper
ADOLPHUS B. BAKER
Director
December 30, 2005
Adolphus B. Baker
____________________
James E. Poole
Director
____________________
R. Faser Triplett
Director
____________________
Letitia C. Hughes
Director
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