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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT face="Times New Roman">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
January 9, 2002.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;File No. _________</FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=1><FONT face="Times New Roman">WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549</FONT></P>
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<B><FONT SIZE=5><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT face="Times New Roman">FORM S-8<BR>
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</B><FONT SIZE=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</FONT></P>
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</FONT><B><FONT SIZE=5><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT face="Times New Roman">NATIONAL SERVICE INDUSTRIES, INC.<BR>
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</B><FONT SIZE=1><FONT face="Times New Roman">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</FONT></P>
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<B><FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Delaware<BR>
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Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></FONT></P>
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<B><FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT face="Times New Roman">58-0364900<BR>
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Identification No.)</FONT></FONT></P>
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<B><FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">National Service Industries, Inc.<BR>
1420 Peachtree Street, N.E.<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30309<BR>
(404) 853-1000<BR>
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</B><FONT SIZE=1><FONT face="Times New Roman">(Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,<BR>
including Area Code, of Registrant&#146;s Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></P>
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<B><FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">Carol Ellis Morgan<BR>
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
National Service Industries, Inc.<BR>
1420 Peachtree Street, N.E.<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30309<BR>
(404) 853-1281<BR>
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</B><FONT SIZE=1><FONT face="Times New Roman">(Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,<BR>
including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</FONT></P>
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</FONT><B><FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT face="Times New Roman">AECO Employees&#146; 401(k) Retirement and Savings Plan</FONT> </P>
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<I><FONT face="Times New Roman">(Full Title of the Plan)</FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Copies to:</FONT></P>
</FONT><B><FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Jan M. Davidson, Esq.<BR>
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP<BR>
1100 Peachtree Street, N.E. , Suite 2800<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30309<BR>
(404) 815-6500<BR>
(404) 815-6555 (fax)</FONT></P>
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</FONT><P ALIGN="CENTER"><B><FONT SIZE=2><FONT face="Times New Roman">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</FONT></P>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Title of Each Class of Securities<BR>
to be Registered</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Amount to<br>
be Registered <B>(1)</B></FONT></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Proposed Maximum Aggregate<BR>
Offering Price <B>(2)</B></FONT></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Amount of<BR>
Registration Fee <b>(3)</b></FONT></FONT></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=1><P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Common Stock, $1.00 par value per<br>
share</FONT></FONT></B></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT face="Times New Roman">75,000</FONT></FONT></B></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=1><P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Preferred Stock Purchase Rights
(4)</FONT></FONT></B></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT face="Times New Roman">75,000</FONT></FONT></B></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=1><P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Plan Interests in the AECO 401(k) Retirement and Savings Plan</FONT></FONT></B></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT face="Times New Roman">(6)</FONT></FONT></B></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT face="Times New Roman">(5)</FONT></FONT></B></TD>
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<B><FONT SIZE=1><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT face="Times New Roman">(5)</FONT></FONT></B></TD>
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</SUP><P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="1"><SUP>(1)   Pursuant  to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities to be offered or issued in the event of a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, or other similar changes in the capital structure, merger, consolidation, spin-off, split-off, spin-out, split-up, reorganization, partial or complete liquidation, or other distribution of assets, issuance of rights or warrants to purchase securities, or any other corporate transaction or event having an effect similar to any of the foregoing.</SUP></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="1"><SUP>(2)   Estimated  solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act.  The proposed maximum aggregate offering price and amount of registration fee are based on
$8.00, the average of the high and low
prices reported on the NYSE on January 7, 2002.</SUP></FONT></P>
<P><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><sup>(3) The filing fee associated with
the 99,235 shares of common stock of National Service Industries, Inc.
registered on March 1, 1999 on Form S-8, Commission file number 333-73133, and
withdrawn from registration by post-effective amendment on January 4, 2002, is
offset against the current filing fee.&nbsp; The filing fee associated with
those 99.235 shares is $893.08.&nbsp; The current filing fee is $43.40.&nbsp;
Thus, no current filing fee is due.</sup></font></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="1"><SUP>(4)   The  Preferred Stock Purchase Rights initially trade with the Common Stock and are not currently exercisable.</SUP></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="1"><SUP>(5)   Not  applicable.</SUP></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="1"><SUP>(6)   Pursuant  to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.</SUP></FONT></P>
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</FONT><B><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Times New Roman">National Service Industries, Inc., Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;) files this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to reflect an increase in the number of shares of common stock, $1.00 par value (the &quot;Common Stock&quot;) authorized under the AECO Employees&#146; 401(k) Retirement and Savings Plan (the &quot;Plan&quot;). The shares authorized under the Plan have been increased by 75,000, from 75,000 to 150,000.  The 75,000 shares of stock previously authorized under the Plan are covered by a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 033-60715), the contents of which are incorporated herein by
reference, unless superseded by the exhibits set forth below.</FONT></P>
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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT face="Times New Roman">PART II</FONT></P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT face="Times New Roman">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT></P>
</B><P><FONT face="Times New Roman">ITEM 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><U><FONT face="Times New Roman">Exhibits</FONT></P>
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<U><FONT SIZE=2><P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Exhibit No.</FONT></FONT></U></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Times New Roman">5</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Opinion and consent of Carol Ellis Morgan, Esq.</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Consent of Carol Ellis Morgan, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5 hereto).</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Times New Roman">24</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Powers of Attorney (included in signature page of this Registration Statement).</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="text-indent: 60"></FONT><FONT SIZE=2><FONT face="Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, National Service Industries, Inc. has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, Georgia on
January 3, 2002.</FONT></P>

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      <FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2"><B>NATIONAL SERVICE INDUSTRIES, INC.</B></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2">By: &nbsp;<FONT color="#800000"><I><B>/s/ Carol Ellis Morgan</B></I></FONT>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carol Ellis Morgan<BR>
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<B><P align="center"><FONT face="Times New Roman">POWER OF ATTORNEY</FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="text-indent: 60"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Each person whose signature appears below in so signing also makes, constitutes, and appoints Brock A. Hattox and Carol Ellis Morgan and each of them acting alone, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities to execute and cause to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all amendments and post-effective amendments to this registration statement together with exhibits to any such registration statement or amendments and other documents in connection therewith, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorney-in-fact or said attorney-in-fact&#146;s substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="text-indent: 60"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed on
January&nbsp;3, 2002, by the following persons in the capacities indicated.</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><I>/s/ Brock A. Hattox</I></B>
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Brock A. Hattox</FONT>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><I>/s/ Chester J. Popkowski</I></B>
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Chester J. Popkowski</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><I>/s/ K. Gene Laminack</I></B>
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K. Gene Laminack</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Vice President and Controller</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><I>/s/ Dennis R. Beresford</I></B>
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Dennis R. Beresford</FONT>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><I>/s/ John E. Cay, III</I></B>
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John E. Cay, III</FONT>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><I>/s/ Don L. Chapman</I></B>
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Don L. Chapman</FONT>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><I>/s/ Joia M. Johnson</I></B>
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Joia M. Johnson</FONT>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><I>/s/ Michael Z. Kay</I></B>
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Michael Z. Kay</FONT>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Director</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B><I>/s/ Dr. Betty L. Siegel</I></B>
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Dr. Betty L. Seigel</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<P style="text-indent: 60"><FONT face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunder duly authorized, in the
City of Atlanta, Georgia on January 3, 2002.</FONT></P>
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  <TD width="370"><P><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="2"><B>AECO EMPLOYEES&#146; 401(K) RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS<BR>
  PLAN</FONT></B> </P>
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<P>   <FONT face="Times New Roman">   By:   National Service Industries, Inc., Plan Administrator</FONT></P>

<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;By: <U><B><I>/s/ Brock A. Hattox&nbsp;</I></B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
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  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT SIZE=2><FONT face="Times New Roman">Brock A. Hattox<BR>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></P>
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<U><FONT SIZE=2><P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Exhibit No.</FONT></FONT></U></TD>
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<U><FONT SIZE=2><P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Description</FONT></FONT></U></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Times New Roman">5</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Opinion and consent of Carol Ellis Morgan, Esq.</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Times New Roman">23.2</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Consent of Carol Ellis Morgan, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5 hereto).</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Times New Roman">24</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Powers of Attorney (included in signature page of this Registration Statement).</FONT></FONT></TD>
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Prepared by Kilpatrick Stockton EDGAR Services
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
January 9, 2002.                                     File No. _________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NATIONAL SERVICE INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
58-0364900
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
National Service Industries, Inc.
1420 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
(404) 853-1000
(Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
including Area Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
Carol Ellis Morgan
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
National Service Industries, Inc.
1420 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
(404) 853-1281
(Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
AECO Employees' 401(k) Retirement and Savings Plan
______________________________________
(Full Title of the Plan)
_____________________________________
Copies to:
Jan M. Davidson, Esq.
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
1100 Peachtree Street, N.E. , Suite 2800
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
(404) 815-6500
(404) 815-6555 (fax)
_____________________________________
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to
be Registered
(1)
Proposed Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price
(2)
Amount of
Registration Fee
(3)
Common Stock, $1.00 par value per
share
75,000
$600,000
$143.40
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights
(4)
75,000
(5)
(5)
Plan Interests in the AECO 401(k) Retirement and Savings Plan
(6)
(5)
(5)
(1)   Pursuant  to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement shall be deemed to cover any additional securities to be offered or issued in the event of a stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization, or other similar changes in the capital structure, merger, consolidation, spin-off, split-off, spin-out, split-up, reorganization, partial or complete liquidation, or other distribution of assets, issuance of rights or warrants to purchase securities, or any other corporate transaction or event having an effect similar to any of the foregoing.
(2)   Estimated  solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act.  The proposed maximum aggregate offering price and amount of registration fee are based on
$8.00, the average of the high and low
prices reported on the NYSE on January 7, 2002.
(3) The filing fee associated with
the 99,235 shares of common stock of National Service Industries, Inc.
registered on March 1, 1999 on Form S-8, Commission file number 333-73133, and
withdrawn from registration by post-effective amendment on January 4, 2002, is
offset against the current filing fee.  The filing fee associated with
those 99.235 shares is $893.08.  The current filing fee is $43.40. 
Thus, no current filing fee is due.
(4)   The  Preferred Stock Purchase Rights initially trade with the Common Stock and are not currently exercisable.
(5)   Not  applicable.
(6)   Pursuant  to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.
____________________________________
National Service Industries, Inc., Inc. (the "Company") files this Registration Statement on Form S-8 to reflect an increase in the number of shares of common stock, $1.00 par value (the "Common Stock") authorized under the AECO Employees' 401(k) Retirement and Savings Plan (the "Plan"). The shares authorized under the Plan have been increased by 75,000, from 75,000 to 150,000.  The 75,000 shares of stock previously authorized under the Plan are covered by a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 033-60715), the contents of which are incorporated herein by
reference, unless superseded by the exhibits set forth below.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 8.
Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
5
Opinion and consent of Carol Ellis Morgan, Esq.
23.1
Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.
23.2
Consent of Carol Ellis Morgan, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5 hereto).
24
Powers of Attorney (included in signature page of this Registration Statement).
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, National Service Industries, Inc. has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, Georgia on
January 3, 2002.
NATIONAL SERVICE INDUSTRIES, INC.
By:
/s/ Carol Ellis Morgan
Carol Ellis Morgan
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below in so signing also makes, constitutes, and appoints Brock A. Hattox and Carol Ellis Morgan and each of them acting alone, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for him in any and all capacities to execute and cause to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission any and all amendments and post-effective amendments to this registration statement together with exhibits to any such registration statement or amendments and other documents in connection therewith, and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorney-in-fact or said attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed on
January 3, 2002, by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
Signature
Position
/s/ Brock A. Hattox
Brock A. Hattox
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Chester J. Popkowski
Chester J. Popkowski
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ K. Gene Laminack
K. Gene Laminack
Vice President and Controller
/s/ Dennis R. Beresford
Dennis R. Beresford
Director
/s/ John E. Cay, III
John E. Cay, III
Director
/s/ Don L. Chapman
Don L. Chapman
Director
/s/ Joia M. Johnson
Joia M. Johnson
Director
/s/ Michael Z. Kay
Michael Z. Kay
Director
/s/ Dr. Betty L. Siegel
Dr. Betty L. Seigel
Director
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunder duly authorized, in the
City of Atlanta, Georgia on January 3, 2002.
AECO EMPLOYEES' 401(K) RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS
PLAN
By:   National Service Industries, Inc., Plan Administrator
By:
/s/ Brock A. Hattox
Brock A. Hattox
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
5
Opinion and consent of Carol Ellis Morgan, Esq.
23.1
Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP.
23.2
Consent of Carol Ellis Morgan, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5 hereto).
24
Powers of Attorney (included in signature page of this Registration Statement).