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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;31, 2009
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 2pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-________
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 1pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>13-3139732</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or Other Jurisdiction of
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>200 Powell Place</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Brentwood, Tennessee</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>37027</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY 2009 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1pt">(Full Title of the Plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Anthony F. Crudele<BR>
Executive Vice President &#151; Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer<BR>
Tractor Supply Company<BR>
200 Powell Place<BR>
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027<BR>
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(615)&nbsp;440-4000<BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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                    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Title of Securities <BR>
To Be <BR>
Registered
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    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Amount<BR>
To be<BR>
Registered (1)
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    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Proposed<BR>
Maximum<BR>
Offering<BR>
Price Per<BR>
Share (4)
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    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Proposed<BR>
Maximum<BR>
Aggregate<BR>
Offering<BR>
Price (4)
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    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Amount of<BR>
Registration<BR>
Fee</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Common Stock,<BR>
$0.008 par value<BR>
(&#147;Common Stock&#148;)
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    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">3,096,200 shares (2)
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$46.035
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$142,533,567
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$4,574.61 (5)</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Common Stock
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">3,800 shares (3)
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$46.035
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$174,933
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$9.76</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" style="border-left: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">Total
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">3,100,000
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$4,584.37 (5)</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;), includes an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be offered and issued
to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</TD>
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<TR>
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    <TD>The maximum number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which awards may be granted
under the Tractor Supply Company 2009 Stock Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) in the future will be
3,096,200 (which includes 740,046 shares with respect to which awards under the Registrant&#146;s
2006 Stock Incentive Plan (the &#147;2006 Plan&#148;) were authorized but not awarded).</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consists of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options granted under the Plan
prior to the date hereof.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The offering price is estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the
registration fee. Such estimate has been calculated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule
457(h) of the Securities Act and is based upon the average of the high and low prices per
share of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported on The NASDAQ Global Select Market on July
28, 2009.</TD>
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<TR>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(5)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>In accordance with Rule 457(p) of the Securities Act, the aggregate total dollar amount of
the registration fee is being offset by the dollar amount of registration fees previously paid
in respect of unissued shares previously registered by the Registrant on its Form S-8
Registration Statement File No.&nbsp;333-136502, filed on August&nbsp;10, 2006 (the &#147;2006 Registration
Statement&#148;) which are being registered under this Registration Statement. The amount of the
registration fee was calculated as the difference between the aggregate registration fee of
$7,963.13 (calculated based on the number of shares registered on this Registration Statement)
less $3,378.76 which is the portion of the registration fee associated with the 740,046
unissued shares under the 2006 Plan that was previously paid in connection with the 2006
Registration Statement.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.*</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#005">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#013">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#014">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="g19951exv5.htm">EX-5</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD>The Registrant has sent or given or will send or give documents containing the information
specified by Part&nbsp;I of this Form S-8 Registration Statement (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) to
participants in the plans to which this Registration Statement relates, as specified in Rule
428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). The Registrant is not filing such documents with
the SEC, but these documents constitute (along with the documents incorporated by reference into
the Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II hereof) a prospectus that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are hereby incorporated herein by
reference and shall be deemed to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such document:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;27, 2008;</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March
28, 2009,</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on April&nbsp;14, 2009, April
22, 2009, July&nbsp;8, 2009 and July&nbsp;22, 2009; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock, $0.008 par value, contained
in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on
January&nbsp;31, 1994, as amended by the Form 8-A/A of the Registrant, filed with the
Commission on February&nbsp;14, 1994, and including all other amendments and reports filed
for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14,
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statements contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a
statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is incorporated
or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part hereof except as so
modified or superseded.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding the foregoing, information furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 of the
Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K, including the related exhibits, is not incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement.
</DIV>
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sections&nbsp;145(a) and (b)&nbsp;of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) provide generally
that a corporation has the power to indemnify its officers, directors, employees and agents against
expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts actually and
reasonably incurred by them in connection with the defense of any action by reason of being or having been directors, officers,
employees or agents of the corporation (or serving or having served in such positions in another
entity at the request of the corporation) if such person acted in good faith and in a manner the
person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation (and,
with respect to any criminal action, had no
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">reasonable cause to believe the person&#146;s conduct was unlawful), except that if such action shall be
by or in the right of the corporation, no such indemnification shall be provided as to any claim,
issue or matter as to which such person shall have been judged to have been liable to the
corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or
another court in which the suit was brought, shall determine upon application that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such
other court deems proper.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;145(c) of the DGCL provides that to the extent that a present or former director or officer
of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or
proceeding referred to in Sections 145(a) and (b)&nbsp;of the DGCL, as described in the preceding
paragraph, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified
against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in
connection therewith.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Article&nbsp;VI of the Second Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant provides that the
Registrant shall indemnify, in the manner and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
any person who was or is a party to, or is threatened to be made a party to, any threatened,
pending or completed action, whether or not by or in the right of the Registrant, by reason of the
fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of the
Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, trustee,
fiduciary, employee or agent of another entity, against expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees,
judgments, fines and settlement amounts, actually and reasonably incurred by such person in
connection with such action.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As permitted by Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended, provides that a director shall not be personally liable to the
Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except that a director may be liable (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the
Registrant or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL or (iv)
for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Registrant maintains directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance which insures against certain
liabilities that directors and officers of the Registrant may incur in such capacities.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>

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    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><U>Number</U></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><U>Description</U></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on
<FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8,</FONT> Registration No.&nbsp;333-102768, filed with
the Commission on January&nbsp;28, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
(filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, Registration No.
333-102768, filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;28, 2003, and incorporated herein by
reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
(filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, Registration No.
333-102768, filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;28, 2003, and incorporated herein by
reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Third Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q, filed with
the Commission on May&nbsp;3, 2005, Commission File No.&nbsp;000-23314, and incorporated herein by
reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3(ii) to the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;11, 2009,
Commission File No.&nbsp;000-23314, and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Specimen Certificate representing the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock, par value $.008
per share (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, Registration No.&nbsp;33-73028, filed with the Commission on December&nbsp;17,
1993, and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC, counsel to the Registrant.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Tractor Supply Company 2009 Stock Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to the Registrant&#146;s
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;14, 2009, and incorporated
herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC, counsel to the Registrant (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page to this Registration Statement).</TD>
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A.&nbsp;The Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made of securities
registered hereby, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes
in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set
forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
this Registration Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Provided, however, </I>that clauses (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 reports
filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B.&nbsp;The Registrant hereby further undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C.&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Nashville, State of Tennessee, on this 30<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of July,
2009.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><B>TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Anthony F. Crudele</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Name:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Anthony F. Crudele</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Title:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President &#151; Chief<BR>
Financial Officer and Treasurer</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints Anthony F. Crudele and James F. Wright, or either of them, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her
and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including without limitation, post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and
about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B><U>Signature</U></B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B><U>Capacity</U></B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B><U>Date</U></B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Anthony F. Crudele
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Anthony F. Crudele</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 30, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ James F. Wright
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James F. Wright</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board (Director)
and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 30, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Johnson C. Adams
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Johnson C. Adams</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 30, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ William Bass
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William Bass</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 30, 2009</TD>
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Jack C. Bingleman</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Director
</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 30, 2009</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
S. P. Braud</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 30, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Richard W. Frost
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard W. Frost</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 23, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Cynthia T. Jamison
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Cynthia T. Jamison</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 30, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Gerald E. Jones
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gerald E. Jones</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 30, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ George MacKenzie
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
George MacKenzie</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 31, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Edna K. Morris
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Edna K. Morris</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 30, 2009</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><U>Number</U></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on
<FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-8,</FONT> Registration No.&nbsp;333-102768, filed with
the Commission on January&nbsp;28, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
(filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, Registration No.
333-102768, filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;28, 2003, and incorporated herein by
reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
(filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, Registration No.
333-102768, filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;28, 2003, and incorporated herein by
reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Third Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q, filed with
the Commission on May&nbsp;3, 2005, Commission File No.&nbsp;000-23314, and incorporated herein by
reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3(ii) to the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;11, 2009,
Commission File No.&nbsp;000-23314, and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Specimen Certificate representing the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock, par value $.008
per share (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, Registration No.&nbsp;33-73028, filed with the Commission on December&nbsp;17,
1993, and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC, counsel to the Registrant.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Tractor Supply Company 2009 Stock Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to the Registrant&#146;s
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;14, 2009, and incorporated
herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC, counsel to the Registrant (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page to this Registration Statement).</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 31, 2009
Registration No. 333-________
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
13-3139732
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)
Identification No.)
200 Powell Place
Brentwood, Tennessee
37027
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY 2009 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Anthony F. Crudele
Executive Vice President — Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Tractor Supply Company
200 Powell Place
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(615) 440-4000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
To Be
Registered
Amount
To be
Registered (1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price Per
Share (4)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
Price (4)
Amount of
Registration
Fee
Common Stock,
$0.008 par value
("Common Stock")
3,096,200 shares (2)
$46.035
$142,533,567
$4,574.61 (5)
Common Stock
3,800 shares (3)
$46.035
$174,933
$9.76
Total
3,100,000
$4,584.37 (5)
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), includes an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be offered and issued
to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
The maximum number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which awards may be granted
under the Tractor Supply Company 2009 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan") in the future will be
3,096,200 (which includes 740,046 shares with respect to which awards under the Registrant's
2006 Stock Incentive Plan (the "2006 Plan") were authorized but not awarded).
(3)
Consists of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options granted under the Plan
prior to the date hereof.
(4)
The offering price is estimated solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the
registration fee. Such estimate has been calculated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule
457(h) of the Securities Act and is based upon the average of the high and low prices per
share of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on The NASDAQ Global Select Market on July
28, 2009.
(5)
In accordance with Rule 457(p) of the Securities Act, the aggregate total dollar amount of
the registration fee is being offset by the dollar amount of registration fees previously paid
in respect of unissued shares previously registered by the Registrant on its Form S-8
Registration Statement File No. 333-136502, filed on August 10, 2006 (the "2006 Registration
Statement") which are being registered under this Registration Statement. The amount of the
registration fee was calculated as the difference between the aggregate registration fee of
$7,963.13 (calculated based on the number of shares registered on this Registration Statement)
less $3,378.76 which is the portion of the registration fee associated with the 740,046
unissued shares under the 2006 Plan that was previously paid in connection with the 2006
Registration Statement.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
*
The Registrant has sent or given or will send or give documents containing the information
specified by Part I of this Form S-8 Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") to
participants in the plans to which this Registration Statement relates, as specified in Rule
428(b)(1) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The Registrant is not filing such documents with
the SEC, but these documents constitute (along with the documents incorporated by reference into
the Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are hereby incorporated herein by
reference and shall be deemed to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such document:
(1)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 27, 2008;
(2)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March
28, 2009,
(3)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on April 14, 2009, April
22, 2009, July 8, 2009 and July 22, 2009; and
(4)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock, $0.008 par value, contained
in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed with the Commission on
January 31, 1994, as amended by the Form 8-A/A of the Registrant, filed with the
Commission on February 14, 1994, and including all other amendments and reports filed
for the purpose of updating such description.
All reports and other documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14,
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statements contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a
statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is incorporated
or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part hereof except as so
modified or superseded.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, information furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 of the
Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K, including the related exhibits, is not incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Sections 145(a) and (b) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") provide generally
that a corporation has the power to indemnify its officers, directors, employees and agents against
expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts actually and
reasonably incurred by them in connection with the defense of any action by reason of being or having been directors, officers,
employees or agents of the corporation (or serving or having served in such positions in another
entity at the request of the corporation) if such person acted in good faith and in a manner the
person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation (and,
with respect to any criminal action, had no
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reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was unlawful), except that if such action shall be
by or in the right of the corporation, no such indemnification shall be provided as to any claim,
issue or matter as to which such person shall have been judged to have been liable to the
corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or
another court in which the suit was brought, shall determine upon application that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such
other court deems proper.
Section 145(c) of the DGCL provides that to the extent that a present or former director or officer
of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or
proceeding referred to in Sections 145(a) and (b) of the DGCL, as described in the preceding
paragraph, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified
against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in
connection therewith.
Article VI of the Second Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant provides that the
Registrant shall indemnify, in the manner and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
any person who was or is a party to, or is threatened to be made a party to, any threatened,
pending or completed action, whether or not by or in the right of the Registrant, by reason of the
fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of the
Registrant, or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a director, officer, trustee,
fiduciary, employee or agent of another entity, against expenses, including attorneys' fees,
judgments, fines and settlement amounts, actually and reasonably incurred by such person in
connection with such action.
As permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the Registrant's Restated Certificate of
Incorporation, as amended, provides that a director shall not be personally liable to the
Registrant or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except that a director may be liable (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the
Registrant or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL or (iv)
for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
The Registrant maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance which insures against certain
liabilities that directors and officers of the Registrant may incur in such capacities.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-8,
Registration No. 333-102768, filed with
the Commission on January 28, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.2
Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
(filed as Exhibit 4.2 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No.
333-102768, filed with the Commission on January 28, 2003, and incorporated herein by
reference).
4.3
Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
(filed as Exhibit 4.3 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No.
333-102768, filed with the Commission on January 28, 2003, and incorporated herein by
reference).
4.4
Third Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with
the Commission on May 3, 2005, Commission File No. 000-23314, and incorporated herein by
reference).
4.5
Second Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit 3(ii) to the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on February 11, 2009,
Commission File No. 000-23314, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.6
Form of Specimen Certificate representing the Registrant's Common Stock, par value $.008
per share (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-1, Registration No. 33-73028, filed with the Commission on December 17,
1993, and incorporated herein by reference).
5
Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, counsel to the Registrant.
10
Tractor Supply Company 2009 Stock Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant's
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April 14, 2009, and incorporated
herein by reference).
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
23.2
Consent of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, counsel to the Registrant (included in Exhibit 5).
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Power of Attorney (included on signature page to this Registration Statement).
Item 9. Undertakings.
A. The Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made of securities
registered hereby, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
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(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this
Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and
any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in
the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes
in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set
forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
this Registration Statement;
Provided, however,
that clauses (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 reports
filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(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 Registrant hereby further undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Nashville, State of Tennessee, on this 30
th
day of July,
2009.
TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY
By:
/s/ Anthony F. Crudele
Name:
Anthony F. Crudele
Title:
Executive Vice President — Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints Anthony F. Crudele and James F. Wright, or either of them, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her
and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including without limitation, post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and
about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Capacity
Date
/s/ Anthony F. Crudele
Anthony F. Crudele
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
July 30, 2009
/s/ James F. Wright
James F. Wright
Chairman of the Board (Director)
and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
July 30, 2009
/s/ Johnson C. Adams
Johnson C. Adams
Director
July 30, 2009
/s/ William Bass
William Bass
Director
July 30, 2009
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/s/ Jack C. Bingleman
Jack C. Bingleman
Director
July 30, 2009
/s/ S. P. Braud
S. P. Braud
Director
July 30, 2009
/s/ Richard W. Frost
Richard W. Frost
Director
July 23, 2009
/s/ Cynthia T. Jamison
Cynthia T. Jamison
Director
July 30, 2009
/s/ Gerald E. Jones
Gerald E. Jones
Director
July 30, 2009
/s/ George MacKenzie
George MacKenzie
Director
July 31, 2009
/s/ Edna K. Morris
Edna K. Morris
Director
July 30, 2009
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-8,
Registration No. 333-102768, filed with
the Commission on January 28, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference).
4.2
Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
(filed as Exhibit 4.2 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No.
333-102768, filed with the Commission on January 28, 2003, and incorporated herein by
reference).
4.3
Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
(filed as Exhibit 4.3 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No.
333-102768, filed with the Commission on January 28, 2003, and incorporated herein by
reference).
4.4
Third Certificate of Amendment of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
Registrant (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with
the Commission on May 3, 2005, Commission File No. 000-23314, and incorporated herein by
reference).
4.5
Second Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit 3(ii) to the
Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on February 11, 2009,
Commission File No. 000-23314, and incorporated herein by reference).
4.6
Form of Specimen Certificate representing the Registrant's Common Stock, par value $.008
per share (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form S-1, Registration No. 33-73028, filed with the Commission on December 17,
1993, and incorporated herein by reference).
5
Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, counsel to the Registrant.
10
Tractor Supply Company 2009 Stock Incentive Plan (filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant's
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April 14, 2009, and incorporated
herein by reference).
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm.
23.2
Consent of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, counsel to the Registrant (included in Exhibit 5).
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Power of Attorney (included on signature page to this Registration Statement).