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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;5, 2010
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
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: 10pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>NASH-FINCH COMPANY</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or <BR>
organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>41-0431960</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>7600 France Avenue South <BR>
Edina, Minnesota</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip Code)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>7600 France Avenue South<BR>
Edina, Minnesota 55435</B><BR>
(Address of principle executive offices)(zip code)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Nash-Finch Company Amended and Restated 2009 Incentive Award Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the Plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Kathleen M. Mahoney<BR>
Executive Vice President, General Counsel &#038; Secretary<BR>
Nash-Finch Company<BR>
7600 France Avenue South<BR>
Edina, Minnesota 55435<BR>
(952)&nbsp;832-0534</B><BR>
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">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 (Check one):
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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<FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Smaller reporting company <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, Par Value
$1.66<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">2</SUP>/<SUB style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-bottom">3</SUB></DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">700,000 shares<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">2</SUP></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">25,018,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">3</SUP></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">1,784</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock Purchase Rights<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">1</SUP></DIV></TD>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement also includes common stock purchase rights, which are attached to
all shares of common stock of the Company, par value $1.66 2/3 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;),
issued pursuant to the terms of the Registrant&#146;s Stockholder Rights Agreement, dated February
13, 1996 and as amended on October&nbsp;30, 2001.</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
the number of shares of Common Stock being registered shall include an indeterminate number of
additional shares which may become issuable as a result of stock dividends, stock splits or
similar transactions in accordance with the anti-dilution provisions of the Nash-Finch Company
Amended and Restated 2009 Incentive Award Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).</TD>
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    <TD>Calculated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act, based upon the average
of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock, reported on the NASDAQ Global Market on
March&nbsp;1, 2010. The foregoing calculation is solely for the purpose of determining the
registration fee.</TD>
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    <TD>Calculated pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act as follows: Proposed maximum
aggregate offering price multiplied by .00007130.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.*</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*</B>
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    <TD>Information required by Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants in the
Plan as required by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1993, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;). The information required by Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 to be contained in the
Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule
428(b) under the Securities Act and the Introductory Note of Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">We incorporate by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents
previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;):
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    <TD>Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January&nbsp;2, 2010
filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;4, 2010;</TD>
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    <TD>All other reports filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
&#147;Exchange Act&#148;), since the end of the fiscal year ended January&nbsp;2, 2010;</TD>
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    <TD>The description of our Common Stock contained in our Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;10, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
description; and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the common stock purchase rights contained in our
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, including any amendments or reports filed for the
purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">All reports and documents filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be a part hereof from the respective date of filing of such documents.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Any document or statement incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall
be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent
that a statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such document
or statement. Any document or statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as
so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. Subject to the
foregoing, all information appearing in this Registration Statement is qualified in its entirety by
the information appearing in the documents incorporated by reference.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Not Applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%">None.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Officers and Directors.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;) permits a corporation to
indemnify any of its directors and officers who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
party to any third party proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or
officer of the corporation against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that such person&#146;s
conduct was unlawful. In a derivative action, a corporation is permitted to indemnify any of its
directors and officers for expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by
such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person
acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made if such person
shall have been adjudged liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in
which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that such person is fairly
and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses despite such adjudication of liability.
Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL contains detailed terms regarding such right of indemnification and
reference is made thereto for a complete statement of indemnification rights.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">As permitted by Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL, Article&nbsp;XV of our Fourth Restated Certificate
of Incorporation (the &#147;Charter&#148;) provides that no director of the corporation shall be personally
liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty by
such director as a director; provided, however, that personal liability shall not be eliminated or
limited to the extent provided by applicable law (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of
loyalty to the corporation 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, dealing with the unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions, or
(iv)&nbsp;for any transaction in which the director received an improper personal benefit. In addition,
the personal liability of directors is further limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL,
as amended from time to time.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">As permitted by Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL, Article&nbsp;V of our Bylaws, as amended (the &#147;Bylaws&#148;),
provides that directors, officers and employees of the corporation, past or present, and persons
serving as such of another corporation or entity at the request of the corporation, who were or are
a party or are threatened to be made a party to or are involved in any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil or criminal, administrative or investigative,
by reason of the fact that they are or were directors or officers of the corporation or, while
directors or officers of the corporation, are or were serving at the request of the corporation or
for its benefit as directors, officers, employees or agents of another corporation, or as its
representatives in a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including any employee
benefit plan, will be indemnified and held harmless by the corporation to the fullest extent
legally permissible under the DGCL in the manner prescribed therein, from time to time, against all
expenses (including attorney fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred in connection therewith.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">In addition to the above, we have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our
directors and executive officers. The indemnification agreements provide directors and officers
with indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. We also provide insurance
pursuant to which directors and officers are indemnified or insured against liability or loss under
certain circumstances.
</DIV>

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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Not applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Item</B></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Fourth Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Nash-Finch Company, effective
July&nbsp;24, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to our Quarterly Report
on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;20, 2009 <font style="white-space: nowrap">(File No.&nbsp;0-785)).</font></DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Bylaws of Nash-Finch Company (as amended May&nbsp;20, 2009) (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to our current report on Form&nbsp;8-K/A dated July&nbsp;6, 2009
(File No.&nbsp;0-785))</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Stockholder Rights Agreement, dated February&nbsp;13, 1996, between the Company and
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (formerly known as Norwest Bank Minnesota, National
Association) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4 to our current report on
Form&nbsp;8-K dated February&nbsp;13, 1996 (File No.&nbsp;0-785)).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amendment to Stockholder Rights Agreement dated as of October&nbsp;30, 2001
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to our Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A (filed July&nbsp;26, 2002) <font style="white-space: nowrap">(File No.&nbsp;0-785)).</font></DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.5</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Indenture dated as of March&nbsp;15, 2005 between Nash-Finch Company and Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association, as Trustee (including form of Senior Subordinated
Convertible Notes due 2035) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to our
current report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed March&nbsp;9, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;0-785)).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.6</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Registration Rights Agreement dated as of March&nbsp;15, 2005 between Nash-Finch
Company and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch &#038; Co. and Merrill
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &#038; Smith Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.2 to our current report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed March&nbsp;9, 2005 <font style="white-space: nowrap">(File No.&nbsp;0-785)).</font></DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.7</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Notice of Adjustment of Conversion Rate of the Senior Subordinated Convertible
Notes Due 2035 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to our current report
on Form&nbsp;8-K filed November&nbsp;21, 2006 <font style="white-space: nowrap">(File No.&nbsp;0-785)).</font></DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.8</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">First Supplemental Indenture to Senior Convertible Notes Due 2035 (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to our Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter
ended June&nbsp;14, 2008 (File No.&nbsp;0-785)).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.9</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
Nash-Finch Company Amended and Restated 2009 Incentive Award Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to our current report on Form&nbsp;8-K/A filed March&nbsp;5, 2010 (File No.
0-785))</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Kathleen M. Mahoney</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Kathleen M. Mahoney (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement)</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%">(1)&nbsp;to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement (i)&nbsp;to include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; (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; and (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; <I>provided, however</I>, that clauses (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall not
apply to this Registration Statement if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained in reports filed with or furnished to
the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act, that are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%">(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; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%">(3)&nbsp;to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold upon the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 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.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 10pt">
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Minneapolis, State of Minnesota, on March&nbsp;5, 2010.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>NASH-FINCH COMPANY</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">               /s/ Alec C. Covington
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Alec C. Covington&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">That each such person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Kathleen M.
Mahoney the lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power and authority to do any and all acts
and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorney and agent, determines may be
necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and any rules or regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission in connection with this Registration Statement. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and authority to sign the names
of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to this Registration
Statement, to any and all amendments, including pre-effective and post-effective amendments, and
supplements to this Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as
part of or in conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereof,
and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms that all said attorney and agent shall do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed on March&nbsp;5, 2010 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Alec C. Covington
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Alec C. Covington <br>
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" nowrap>/s/ Robert B. Dimond
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert B. Dimond<br>
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer<br>
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</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>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William R. Voss
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William R. Voss, Chairman of the Board
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Mickey P. Foret
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Mickey P. Foret, Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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Robert L. Bagby, Director
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Douglas A. Hacker, Director
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Sam K. Duncan, Director
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Fourth Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Nash-Finch Company, effective
July&nbsp;24, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to our Quarterly Report
on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;20, 2009 (File No.&nbsp;0-785)).
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reference</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Bylaws of Nash-Finch Company (as amended May&nbsp;20, 2009) (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to our current report on Form&nbsp;8-K/A dated July&nbsp;6, 2009
(File No.&nbsp;0-785))
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reference</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Stockholder Rights Agreement, dated February&nbsp;13, 1996, between the Company and
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (formerly known as Norwest Bank Minnesota, National
Association) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4 to our current report on
Form&nbsp;8-K dated February&nbsp;13, 1996 (File No.&nbsp;0-785)).
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reference</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.4</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amendment to Stockholder Rights Agreement dated as of October&nbsp;30, 2001
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to our Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A (filed July&nbsp;26, 2002) (File No.&nbsp;0-785)).
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.5</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Indenture dated as of March&nbsp;15, 2005 between Nash-Finch Company and Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association, as Trustee (including form of Senior Subordinated
Convertible Notes due 2035) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to our
current report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed March&nbsp;9, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;0-785)).
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Registration Rights Agreement dated as of March&nbsp;15, 2005 between Nash-Finch
Company and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch &#038; Co. and Merrill
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &#038; Smith Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.2 to our current report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed March&nbsp;9, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;0-785)).
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Notice of Adjustment of Conversion Rate of the Senior Subordinated Convertible
Notes Due 2035 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to our current report
on Form&nbsp;8-K filed November&nbsp;21, 2006 (File No.&nbsp;0-785)).
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">First Supplemental Indenture to Senior Convertible Notes Due 2035 (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to our Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter
ended June&nbsp;14, 2008 (File No.&nbsp;0-785)).
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
Nash-Finch Company Amended and Restated 2009 Incentive Award Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to our current report on Form&nbsp;8-K/A filed March&nbsp;5, 2010 (File No.
0-785))
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 5, 2010
Registration No. 333-_____
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NASH-FINCH COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)
41-0431960
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
7600 France Avenue South
Edina, Minnesota
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
55435
(Zip Code)
7600 France Avenue South
Edina, Minnesota 55435
(Address of principle executive offices)(zip code)
Nash-Finch Company Amended and Restated 2009 Incentive Award Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
Kathleen M. Mahoney
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Nash-Finch Company
7600 France Avenue South
Edina, Minnesota 55435
(952) 832-0534
(Name, address and telephone number 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 (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered
Registered
per Share
Offering Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock, Par Value
$1.66
2
/
3
700,000 shares
2
$
35.74
3
$
25,018,000
3
$
1,784
4
Common Stock Purchase Rights
1
1.
This Registration Statement also includes common stock purchase rights, which are attached to
all shares of common stock of the Company, par value $1.66 2/3 per share (the "Common Stock"),
issued pursuant to the terms of the Registrant's Stockholder Rights Agreement, dated February
13, 1996 and as amended on October 30, 2001.
2.
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
the number of shares of Common Stock being registered shall include an indeterminate number of
additional shares which may become issuable as a result of stock dividends, stock splits or
similar transactions in accordance with the anti-dilution provisions of the Nash-Finch Company
Amended and Restated 2009 Incentive Award Plan (the "Plan").
3.
Calculated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act, based upon the average
of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock, reported on the NASDAQ Global Market on
March 1, 2010. The foregoing calculation is solely for the purpose of determining the
registration fee.
4.
Calculated pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities Act as follows: Proposed maximum
aggregate offering price multiplied by .00007130.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
*
Information required by Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants in the
Plan as required by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1993, as amended (the
"Securities Act"). The information required by Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in the
Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule
428(b) under the Securities Act and the Introductory Note of Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
We incorporate by reference into this Registration Statement the following documents
previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"):
(a)
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2010
filed with the Commission on March 4, 2010;
(b)
All other reports filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), since the end of the fiscal year ended January 2, 2010;
(c)
The description of our Common Stock contained in our Registration Statement on
Form 10, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
description; and
(d)
The description of the common stock purchase rights contained in our
Registration Statement on Form 8-A, including any amendments or reports filed for the
purpose of updating such description.
All reports and documents filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to
be a part hereof from the respective date of filing of such documents.
Any document or statement incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall
be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent
that a statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such document
or statement. Any document or statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as
so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. Subject to the
foregoing, all information appearing in this Registration Statement is qualified in its entirety by
the information appearing in the documents incorporated by reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
None.
Item 6. Indemnification of Officers and Directors.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") permits a corporation to
indemnify any of its directors and officers who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a
party to any third party proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or
officer of the corporation against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such
action, suit or proceeding, if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that such person's
conduct was unlawful. In a derivative action, a corporation is permitted to indemnify any of its
directors and officers for expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by
such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such person
acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification shall be made if such person
shall have been adjudged liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in
which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that such person is fairly
and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses despite such adjudication of liability.
Section 145 of the DGCL contains detailed terms regarding such right of indemnification and
reference is made thereto for a complete statement of indemnification rights.
As permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, Article XV of our Fourth Restated Certificate
of Incorporation (the "Charter") provides that no director of the corporation shall be personally
liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty by
such director as a director; provided, however, that personal liability shall not be eliminated or
limited to the extent provided by applicable law (i) for any breach of the director's duty of
loyalty to the corporation 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, dealing with the unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions, or
(iv) for any transaction in which the director received an improper personal benefit. In addition,
the personal liability of directors is further limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL,
as amended from time to time.
As permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL, Article V of our Bylaws, as amended (the "Bylaws"),
provides that directors, officers and employees of the corporation, past or present, and persons
serving as such of another corporation or entity at the request of the corporation, who were or are
a party or are threatened to be made a party to or are involved in any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil or criminal, administrative or investigative,
by reason of the fact that they are or were directors or officers of the corporation or, while
directors or officers of the corporation, are or were serving at the request of the corporation or
for its benefit as directors, officers, employees or agents of another corporation, or as its
representatives in a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including any employee
benefit plan, will be indemnified and held harmless by the corporation to the fullest extent
legally permissible under the DGCL in the manner prescribed therein, from time to time, against all
expenses (including attorney fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred in connection therewith.
In addition to the above, we have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our
directors and executive officers. The indemnification agreements provide directors and officers
with indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. We also provide insurance
pursuant to which directors and officers are indemnified or insured against liability or loss under
certain circumstances.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Item
4.1
Fourth Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Nash-Finch Company, effective
July 24, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to our Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 20, 2009
(File No. 0-785)).
4.2
Bylaws of Nash-Finch Company (as amended May 20, 2009) (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.2 to our current report on Form 8-K/A dated July 6, 2009
(File No. 0-785))
4.3
Stockholder Rights Agreement, dated February 13, 1996, between the Company and
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (formerly known as Norwest Bank Minnesota, National
Association) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to our current report on
Form 8-K dated February 13, 1996 (File No. 0-785)).
4.4
Amendment to Stockholder Rights Agreement dated as of October 30, 2001
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Amendment No. 1 to our Registration
Statement on Form 8-A (filed July 26, 2002)
(File No. 0-785)).
4.5
Indenture dated as of March 15, 2005 between Nash-Finch Company and Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association, as Trustee (including form of Senior Subordinated
Convertible Notes due 2035) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our
current report on Form 8-K filed March 9, 2005 (File No. 0-785)).
4.6
Registration Rights Agreement dated as of March 15, 2005 between Nash-Finch
Company and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch & Co. and Merrill
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.2 to our current report on Form 8-K filed March 9, 2005
(File No. 0-785)).
4.7
Notice of Adjustment of Conversion Rate of the Senior Subordinated Convertible
Notes Due 2035 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to our current report
on Form 8-K filed November 21, 2006
(File No. 0-785)).
4.8
First Supplemental Indenture to Senior Convertible Notes Due 2035 (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 14, 2008 (File No. 0-785)).
4.9
Nash-Finch Company Amended and Restated 2009 Incentive Award Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to our current report on Form 8-K/A filed March 5, 2010 (File No.
0-785))
5.1
Opinion of Kathleen M. Mahoney
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2
Consent of Kathleen M. Mahoney (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement)
Item 9. Undertakings
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement (i) to include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement; and (iii) to
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this
Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that clauses (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) shall not
apply to this Registration Statement if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those clauses is contained in reports filed with or furnished to
the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act, that are incorporated by reference into 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; and
(3) to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold upon the termination of the offering.
(b)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 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 Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Minneapolis, State of Minnesota, on March 5, 2010.
NASH-FINCH COMPANY
By:
/s/ Alec C. Covington
Name:
Alec C. Covington
Title:
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:
That each such person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Kathleen M.
Mahoney the lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power and authority to do any and all acts
and things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorney and agent, determines may be
necessary or advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and any rules or regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission in connection with this Registration Statement. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing power and authority, the powers granted include the power and authority to sign the names
of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to this Registration
Statement, to any and all amendments, including pre-effective and post-effective amendments, and
supplements to this Registration Statement, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as
part of or in conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments or supplements thereof,
and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms that all said attorney and agent shall do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed on March 5, 2010 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
/s/ Alec C. Covington
Alec C. Covington
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Robert B. Dimond
Robert B. Dimond
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ William R. Voss
William R. Voss, Chairman of the Board
/s/ Mickey P. Foret
Mickey P. Foret, Director
/s/ Robert L. Bagby
Robert L. Bagby, Director
/s/ Douglas A. Hacker
Douglas A. Hacker, Director
/s/ Sam K. Duncan
Sam K. Duncan, Director
/s/ Hawthorne L. Proctor
Hawthorne L. Proctor, Director
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Item
Method of Filing
4.1
Fourth Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Nash-Finch Company, effective
July 24, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to our Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 20, 2009 (File No. 0-785)).
Incorporated by
reference
4.2
Bylaws of Nash-Finch Company (as amended May 20, 2009) (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.2 to our current report on Form 8-K/A dated July 6, 2009
(File No. 0-785))
Incorporated by
reference
4.3
Stockholder Rights Agreement, dated February 13, 1996, between the Company and
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (formerly known as Norwest Bank Minnesota, National
Association) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to our current report on
Form 8-K dated February 13, 1996 (File No. 0-785)).
Incorporated by
reference
4.4
Amendment to Stockholder Rights Agreement dated as of October 30, 2001
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Amendment No. 1 to our Registration
Statement on Form 8-A (filed July 26, 2002) (File No. 0-785)).
Incorporated by
reference
4.5
Indenture dated as of March 15, 2005 between Nash-Finch Company and Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association, as Trustee (including form of Senior Subordinated
Convertible Notes due 2035) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our
current report on Form 8-K filed March 9, 2005 (File No. 0-785)).
Incorporated by
reference
4.6
Registration Rights Agreement dated as of March 15, 2005 between Nash-Finch
Company and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch & Co. and Merrill
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.2 to our current report on Form 8-K filed March 9, 2005 (File No. 0-785)).
Incorporated by
reference
4.7
Notice of Adjustment of Conversion Rate of the Senior Subordinated Convertible
Notes Due 2035 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to our current report
on Form 8-K filed November 21, 2006 (File No. 0-785)).
Incorporated by
reference
4.8
First Supplemental Indenture to Senior Convertible Notes Due 2035 (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended June 14, 2008 (File No. 0-785)).
Incorporated by
reference
4.9
Nash-Finch Company Amended and Restated 2009 Incentive Award Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.1 to our current report on Form 8-K/A filed March 5, 2010 (File No.
0-785))
Incorporated by
reference
5.1
Opinion of Kathleen M. Mahoney.
Filed herewith
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
Filed herewith
23.2
Consent of Kathleen M. Mahoney (included in Exhibit 5.1)
Filed herewith
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement)
Filed herewith