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<FONT SIZE=2><P>As filed with the Securities and Exchange<BR>
Commission on July 8, 2004</FONT></TD>
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Registration No. 333-_________</FONT></TD>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</P></B>
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<FONT SIZE=5><P ALIGN="CENTER">FORM S-8</P>
</FONT><P ALIGN="CENTER">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B><BR>
<B>UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</P></B>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</P>
<FONT SIZE=5><P ALIGN="CENTER">SHOE CARNIVAL, INC.</FONT><BR>
</B><FONT SIZE=1>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P></FONT>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">Indiana</B></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">35-1736614</B></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">(IRS Employer Identification Number)<BR>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">8233 Baumgart Road<BR>
Evansville, IN</B></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">47725</B></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">(Address of principal executive offices)</FONT></TD>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">SHOE CARNIVAL, INC.<BR>
2000 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
<FONT SIZE=1>(Full title of the plan)</P>
</FONT><B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">Mark L. Lemond<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
8233 Baumgart Road<BR>
Evansville, Indiana 47725</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=1>(Name and address of agent for service)</P>
</FONT><B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">(812) 867-6471</B><BR>
</FONT><FONT SIZE=1>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</P>
<I><P ALIGN="CENTER">Copies to:</I></FONT><B><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2>James A. Aschleman<BR>
Baker &amp; Daniels<BR>
300 North Meridian Street, Suite 2700<BR>
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204</FONT><BR>
(317) 237-0300</P>
<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</P></B></FONT>
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<B><FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Title of Securities<BR>
to be registered</B></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Amount to be<BR>
registered (1)</B></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Proposed maximum offering price per share (2)</B></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Proposed maximum aggregate offering price (2) </B></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">Amount of<BR>
registration fee</B></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P>Common Stock,<BR>
$0.01 par value...........</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">500,000 shares</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;14.84&nbsp; (3)</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7,420,000&nbsp; (3)</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER">$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;940.11&nbsp; (3)</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P>(1)</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also registers such additional shares of Common Stock as may be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends and similar transactions.</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P>(2)</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P>It is impracticable to state the maximum offering price. Shares offered pursuant to incentive stock options granted under the Registrant's 2000 Stock Option and Incentive Plan are to be offered at not less than the last reported sale price of one share of Common Stock as reported by the Nasdaq National Market System on the date such stock options are granted.</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P>(3)</FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P>Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee and computed in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act using the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported by the Nasdaq National Market System on June&nbsp;30, 2004, which was $14.84&nbsp;per share.</FONT></TD>
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<P><HR></P>
<P>The Registrant's Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-60114) is incorporated herein by reference.</P>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">-2-</P>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">SIGNATURES</P>
</B><I><P>The Registrant</I>. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, on the 1st day of July, 2004.</P>
<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">SHOE CARNIVAL, INC.</P></B>
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<P ALIGN="RIGHT">By:</TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">/s/ Mark L. Lemond</TD>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">Mark L. Lemond</B></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">POWER OF ATTORNEY</P>
</B><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in their respective capacities and on the respective dates indicated opposite their names. Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes Mark L. Lemond and W. Kerry Jackson, each with full power of substitution, to execute in the name and on behalf of such person any post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, making such changes in this Registration Statement as the Registrant deems appropriate, and appoints each of Mark L. Lemond and W. Kerry Jackson, each with full power of substitution, attorney-in-fact to sign any amendment and any post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith.</P>
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<B><U><P ALIGN="CENTER">Signature</B></U></TD>
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<B><U><P ALIGN="CENTER">Title</B></U></TD>
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<B><U><P ALIGN="CENTER">Date</B></U></TD>
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<P>/s/ J. Wayne Weaver</TD>
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<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P>Chairman of the Board and Director</TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">July 1, 2004</TD>
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<P>J. Wayne Weaver</TD>
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<P>/s/ Mark L. Lemond</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</TD>
<TD WIDTH="18%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P ALIGN="CENTER">July 1, 2004</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=1><P></P></TD>
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<P>Mark L. Lemond</TD>
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<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P>(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
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<P>/s/ W. Kerry Jackson</TD>
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<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P>Senior Vice President&nbsp;-&nbsp;Chief Financial Officer</TD>
<TD WIDTH="18%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P ALIGN="CENTER">July 1, 2004</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=1><P></P></TD>
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<P>W. Kerry Jackson</TD>
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<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P>and Treasurer</TD>
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<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P>(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD>
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<P>/s/ William E. Bindley</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P>Director</TD>
<TD WIDTH="18%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P ALIGN="CENTER">July 1, 2004</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=1><P></P></TD>
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<P>William E. Bindley</TD>
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<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P>/s/ Gerald W. Schoor</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P>Director</TD>
<TD WIDTH="18%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P ALIGN="CENTER">July 1, 2004</TD>
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<P>Gerald W. Schoor</TD>
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<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P>/s/ James A. Aschleman</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>Director</TD>
<TD WIDTH="18%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P ALIGN="CENTER">July 1, 2004</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=1><P></P></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=1><P></P></TD>
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<P>James A. Aschleman</TD>
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<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="18%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P>/s/ Kent A. Kleeberger</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>Director</TD>
<TD WIDTH="18%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P ALIGN="CENTER">July 1, 2004</TD>
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<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP" HEIGHT=1><P></P></TD>
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<P>Kent A. Kleeberger</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="50%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="18%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">-3-</P>
<P><HR></P>
<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</P></B>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">Exhibit<BR>
No.</FONT></TD>
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<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER"><BR>
Description of Exhibit</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">4.1</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P>Restated Articles of Incorporation of Registrant (The copy of this Exhibit filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3-A to the Company's Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended February&nbsp;2, 2002 is incorporated herein reference.)</TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">4.2</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>By-Laws of Registrant, as amended to date. (The copy of this Exhibit filed as Exhibit 3-B to the Company's Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended February&nbsp;2, 2002 is incorporated herein by reference.)</TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">4.3</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>Shoe Carnival, Inc. 2000 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (as amended and restated to reflect all amendments adopted through June&nbsp;11, 2004). (The copy of this Exhibit filed as Appendix&nbsp;B to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement filed on May&nbsp;5, 2004<BR>
(File No.&nbsp;000-21360), is incorporated herein by reference.)</TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">5</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="85%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>Opinion of Baker &amp; Daniels, counsel for Registrant, as to the legality of the securities being registered.</TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">23.1</TD>
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<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P>Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP.</TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">23.2</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="TOP">
<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P>Consent of Baker &amp; Daniels (included in Baker &amp; Daniels Opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5).</TD>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">24</TD>
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<P>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P>Power of Attorney (included on the Signature Page of the Registration Statement).</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on July 8, 2004
Registration No. 333-_________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SHOE CARNIVAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Indiana
35-1736614
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(IRS Employer Identification Number)
8233 Baumgart Road
Evansville, IN
47725
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip code)
SHOE CARNIVAL, INC.
2000 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Mark L. Lemond
President and Chief Executive Officer
8233 Baumgart Road
Evansville, Indiana 47725
(Name and address of agent for service)
(812) 867-6471
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
James A. Aschleman
Baker & Daniels
300 North Meridian Street, Suite 2700
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
(317) 237-0300
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,
$0.01 par value...........
500,000 shares
$        14.84  (3)
$   7,420,000  (3)
$       940.11  (3)
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also registers such additional shares of Common Stock as may be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends and similar transactions.
(2)
It is impracticable to state the maximum offering price. Shares offered pursuant to incentive stock options granted under the Registrant's 2000 Stock Option and Incentive Plan are to be offered at not less than the last reported sale price of one share of Common Stock as reported by the Nasdaq National Market System on the date such stock options are granted.
(3)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee and computed in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act using the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported by the Nasdaq National Market System on June 30, 2004, which was $14.84 per share.
The Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-60114) is incorporated herein by reference.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant
. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Evansville, State of Indiana, on the 1st day of July, 2004.
SHOE CARNIVAL, INC.
By:
/s/ Mark L. Lemond
Mark L. Lemond
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in their respective capacities and on the respective dates indicated opposite their names. Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes Mark L. Lemond and W. Kerry Jackson, each with full power of substitution, to execute in the name and on behalf of such person any post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, making such changes in this Registration Statement as the Registrant deems appropriate, and appoints each of Mark L. Lemond and W. Kerry Jackson, each with full power of substitution, attorney-in-fact to sign any amendment and any post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ J. Wayne Weaver
Chairman of the Board and Director
July 1, 2004
J. Wayne Weaver
/s/ Mark L. Lemond
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
July 1, 2004
Mark L. Lemond
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ W. Kerry Jackson
Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer
July 1, 2004
W. Kerry Jackson
and Treasurer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ William E. Bindley
Director
July 1, 2004
William E. Bindley
/s/ Gerald W. Schoor
Director
July 1, 2004
Gerald W. Schoor
/s/ James A. Aschleman
Director
July 1, 2004
James A. Aschleman
/s/ Kent A. Kleeberger
Director
July 1, 2004
Kent A. Kleeberger
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
No.
Description of Exhibit
4.1
Restated Articles of Incorporation of Registrant (The copy of this Exhibit filed as Exhibit 3-A to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 2, 2002 is incorporated herein reference.)
4.2
By-Laws of Registrant, as amended to date. (The copy of this Exhibit filed as Exhibit 3-B to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended February 2, 2002 is incorporated herein by reference.)
4.3
Shoe Carnival, Inc. 2000 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (as amended and restated to reflect all amendments adopted through June 11, 2004). (The copy of this Exhibit filed as Appendix B to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement filed on May 5, 2004
(File No. 000-21360), is incorporated herein by reference.)
5
Opinion of Baker & Daniels, counsel for Registrant, as to the legality of the securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
Consent of Baker & Daniels (included in Baker & Daniels Opinion filed as Exhibit 5).
24
Power of Attorney (included on the Signature Page of the Registration Statement).
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