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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;16, 2010</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549</B>
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<B>FORM S-8</B>
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<B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>

UNDER<BR>

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>JO-ANN STORES, INC.</B>
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Ohio<BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of <BR>
Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">34-0720629<BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification Number)</TD>
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5555 Darrow Road<BR>

Hudson, Ohio 44236<BR>

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</DIV>


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<B>Jo-Ann Stores, Inc.<BR>

1998 Incentive Compensation Plan</B><BR>

(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>


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David Goldston<BR>

5555 Darrow Road<BR>

Hudson, Ohio 44236<BR>

(330)&nbsp;656-2600<BR>

(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</DIV>


<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.
(Check one):</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Large accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></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 style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">Title of securities to be registered</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Amount to be registered (1)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">per share (2)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">price (2)</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Shares,
without par value (3)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">300,000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$12,942,000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$923</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This registration statement on Form S-8 (this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) is being filed to
register 300,000 additional Common Shares, without par value (&#147;Common Shares&#148;), available for
issuance pursuant to awards granted under the Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. 1998 Incentive Compensation
Plan, as amended (the &#147;Plan&#148;). This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional
Common Shares that may become issuable under the Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock
split, reorganization, merger, consolidation or reorganization of or by Jo-Ann Stores, Inc.
(the &#147;Registrant&#148;) that results in an increase in the number of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding
Common Shares or Common Shares issuable pursuant to awards granted under the Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated in accordance with paragraphs (c)&nbsp;and (h)&nbsp;of Rule&nbsp;457 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The fee with
respect to the Common Shares registered herein is based on the average of the high and low
sale prices on June&nbsp;11, 2010 of the Registrant&#146;s Common Shares as reported on the New York
Stock Exchange.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Each Common Share includes an associated right to purchase one Common Share (the &#147;Right&#148;).
Until the occurrence of certain prescribed events, none of which has occurred, the Right is
not exercisable, is evidenced by the certificate representing the Common Share, and will be
transferred along with and only with the Common Share.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This registration statement on Form S-8 (this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) is being filed to
register 300,000 additional Common Shares, without par value (&#147;Common Shares&#148;), of Jo-Ann Stores,
Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;) available for issuance pursuant to awards granted under
the Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. 1998 Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended (the &#147;Plan&#148;). Pursuant to
General Instruction (E)&nbsp;of Form S-8, the contents of the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on
Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-72445) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;)
on February&nbsp;16, 1999 and the contents of the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form S-8 (File
No.&nbsp;333-128157) filed with the Commission on September&nbsp;7, 2005 are incorporated herein by
reference, except as the same may be modified by the information set forth herein.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, which are on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by
reference:
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Registrant&#146;s fiscal year
ended January&nbsp;30, 2010;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Registrant&#146;s fiscal
quarter ended May&nbsp;1, 2010;</TD>
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<TR>
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</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">3.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April
5, 2010 and June&nbsp;11, 2010; and</TD>
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</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">4.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Common Shares included in the Registrant&#146;s registration
statement on Form S-4, filed with the Commission on September&nbsp;29, 2003 (Registration
No.&nbsp;333-105379), under the heading &#147;Description of Common Shares.&#148;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subsequent to the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all of the
securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all such securities remaining unsold
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be part
hereof from the date of filing such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The legality of the Common Shares being registered on this Registration Statement has been
passed upon by Thompson Hine LLP. Certain attorneys at Thompson Hine LLP beneficially own Common
Shares of the Registrant.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;V of the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated Code of Regulations provides as follows:
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">INDEMNIFICATION
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">SECTION 1. <I>Third Party Actions. </I>The Company shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (other than an action or suit by or in
the right of the Company), by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee,
or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, trustee,
officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other
enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the action, suit, or
proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interest of the Company and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit, or
proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its
equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith
and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the
Company or that, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he had reasonable cause to
believe that his conduct was unlawful.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">SECTION 2. <I>Derivative Actions. </I>The Company shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action or suit by or in the
right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a
director, officer, employee, or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the
Company as a director, trustee, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually
and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of the action or suit
if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to be the
best interests of the Company, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any
claim, issue, or matter as to which that person shall have been finally adjudged to be liable for
negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the Company unless and only to the
extent that the Court of Common Pleas or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall
determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the
circumstances of the case, that person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses as the Court of Common Pleas or the other court shall deem proper.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">SECTION 3. <I>Rights After Successful Defense. </I>To the extent that a director, trustee, officer,
employee, or agent has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit,
or proceeding referred to in Section&nbsp;1 or Section&nbsp;2, or in the defense of any claim, issue, or
matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">SECTION 4. <I>Other Determinations of Rights. </I>Except in a situation governed by Section&nbsp;3, any
indemnification under Section&nbsp;1 or Section&nbsp;2 (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the
Company only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the
director, trustee, officer, employee, or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met
the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section&nbsp;1 or Section&nbsp;2. The determination shall be
made (a)&nbsp;by a majority vote, at a meeting of directors, of those directors who constitute a quorum
and who were not and are not parties to or threatened with any such action, suit, or proceeding or
(b)&nbsp;if such a quorum is not obtainable (or even if obtainable) and a majority of disinterested
directors so directs, in a written opinion by independent legal
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">counsel (compensated by the Company) or (c)&nbsp;by the affirmative vote in person or by proxy of the
holders of record of a majority of the shares held by persons who were not and are not parties to
or threatened with any such action, suit, or proceeding and entitled to vote in the election of
directors, without regard to voting power which may thereafter exist upon a default, failure, or
other contingency or (d)&nbsp;by the Court of Common Pleas or the court in which such action, suit, or
proceeding was brought.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">SECTION 5. <I>Advances of Expenses. </I>Expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred in defending any
action, suit, or proceeding referred to in Section&nbsp;1 or Section&nbsp;2 may be paid by the Company in
advance of final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding, as authorized by the Board of
Directors in the specific case, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director,
trustee, officer, employee, or agent to repay the amount unless it shall ultimately be determined
that he is entitled to be indemnified by the Company.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">SECTION 6. <I>Purchase of Insurance. </I>The Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any
person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Company, or is or was serving
at the request of the Company as a director, trustee, officer, employee, or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against any liability asserted
against him and incurred by him in any capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or
not the Company would have the power to indemnify him against liability under the provisions of
this Article or of the Ohio General Corporation Law.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">SECTION 7. <I>Mergers. </I>In the case of a merger into this Company of a constituent corporation which,
if its separate existence had continued, would have been required to indemnify directors, trustees,
officers, employees, or agents in specified situation, any person who served as a director,
officer, employee, or agent of the constituent corporation, or served at the request of the
constituent corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, shall be entitled to indemnification by
this Company (as the surviving corporation) to the same extent he would have been entitled to
indemnification by the constituent corporation, if its separate existence had continued.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">SECTION 8. <I>Non-Exclusivity; Heirs. </I>The indemnification provided by this Article shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification may be entitled as a matter
of law or under the Articles of Incorporation, these Regulations, any agreement, vote of
shareholders or disinterested directors, any insurance purchased by the Company, or otherwise, both
as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding an office,
and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, trustee, officer, employee, or
agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such a person.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company maintains liability insurance for all of its directors and officers (&#147;D&#038;O
Insurance&#148;). The D&#038;O Insurance also insures the Company against amounts payable to indemnify
directors and officers, subject to policy limits and retention amounts.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On April&nbsp;14, 2008, the Company entered into Director Indemnification Agreements with each of
its non-management directors. The purpose of these agreements is to ensure that each of the
Company&#146;s non-management directors receives the maximum indemnification protection permitted under
Ohio law. The agreements clarify the procedures to follow if a non-management director is entitled
to indemnification, provide for the advancement of legal defense costs, allow the non-management
director to recover enforcement costs if he or she is required to take action to enforce his or her
indemnification rights, and obligate the Company to use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain
D&#038;O insurance coverage generally at a level that is substantially comparable in scope and amount to
that currently
</DIV>

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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">provided. The Company must maintain this coverage for the duration of the non-management
director&#146;s service on the Company&#146;s Board of Directors and for at least six years thereafter.
Either party may terminate the agreement on 60&nbsp;days notice.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit&nbsp;Index below and are
incorporated herein by reference.
</DIV>

<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 of 1933, as amended, 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 Hudson, State of Ohio, on June&nbsp;16, 2010.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">JO-ANN STORES, INC.<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/ David Goldston
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">David Goldston&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="44%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Darrell Webb*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Darrell Webb
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and<br>
Director (Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;16, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James Kerr*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James Kerr
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<br>
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;16, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Scott Cowen*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Scott Cowen
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;16, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Joseph DePinto*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Joseph DePinto
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;16, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ira Gumberg*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ira Gumberg
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;16, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Patricia Morrison*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Patricia Morrison
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;16, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Frank Newman*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Frank Newman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;16, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David Perdue*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David Perdue
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;16, 2010</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>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Beryl Raff*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Beryl Raff
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;16, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Alan Rosskamm*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Alan Rosskamm
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;16, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Tracey Travis*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Tracey Travis
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;16, 2010</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned, by signing his name hereto, executes this Registration Statement pursuant to
the power of attorney executed by the above-named persons and filed with the Commission as Exhibit
24 hereto.
</DIV>

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    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&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/ David Goldston
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">David Goldston, Attorney-in-Fact&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>JO-ANN STORES, INC.<BR>
INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B>
</DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>EXHIBIT NO.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>DESCRIPTION</B></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4(a)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. (filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;17, 2008
and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" 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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4(b)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Code of Regulations (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;11, 2010 and incorporated
herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" 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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4(c)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Third Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated February&nbsp;26, 2007, by and
between the Registrant and National City Bank, as Rights Agent (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to
the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8A/A filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;2, 2007 and incorporated
herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" 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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4(d)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. 1998 Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended (filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;10.6 to the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-Q filed with the Commission on December&nbsp;13,
2007 and incorporated herein by reference).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" 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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Thompson Hine LLP as to the legality of the securities being
registered.</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" 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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23(a)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" 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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23(b)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Thompson Hine LLP (included as part of Exhibit&nbsp;5).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" 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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney.</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2010
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
JO-ANN STORES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Ohio
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
34-0720629
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
5555 Darrow Road
Hudson, Ohio 44236
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Jo-Ann Stores, Inc.
1998 Incentive Compensation Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
David Goldston
5555 Darrow Road
Hudson, Ohio 44236
(330) 656-2600
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
maximum
maximum
aggregate
offering price
offering
Amount of
Title of securities to be registered
Amount to be registered (1)
per share (2)
price (2)
registration fee (2)
Common Shares,
without par value (3)
300,000
$43.14
$12,942,000
$923
(1)
This registration statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") is being filed to
register 300,000 additional Common Shares, without par value ("Common Shares"), available for
issuance pursuant to awards granted under the Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. 1998 Incentive Compensation
Plan, as amended (the "Plan"). This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional
Common Shares that may become issuable under the Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock
split, reorganization, merger, consolidation or reorganization of or by Jo-Ann Stores, Inc.
(the "Registrant") that results in an increase in the number of the Registrant's outstanding
Common Shares or Common Shares issuable pursuant to awards granted under the Plan.
(2)
Estimated in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. The fee with
respect to the Common Shares registered herein is based on the average of the high and low
sale prices on June 11, 2010 of the Registrant's Common Shares as reported on the New York
Stock Exchange.
(3)
Each Common Share includes an associated right to purchase one Common Share (the "Right").
Until the occurrence of certain prescribed events, none of which has occurred, the Right is
not exercisable, is evidenced by the certificate representing the Common Share, and will be
transferred along with and only with the Common Share.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This registration statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") is being filed to
register 300,000 additional Common Shares, without par value ("Common Shares"), of Jo-Ann Stores,
Inc. (the "Registrant" or the "Company") available for issuance pursuant to awards granted under
the Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. 1998 Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended (the "Plan"). Pursuant to
General Instruction (E) of Form S-8, the contents of the Registrant's registration statement on
Form S-8 (File No. 333-72445) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
on February 16, 1999 and the contents of the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-8 (File
No. 333-128157) filed with the Commission on September 7, 2005 are incorporated herein by
reference, except as the same may be modified by the information set forth herein.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents, which are on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by
reference:
1.
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Registrant's fiscal year
ended January 30, 2010;
2.
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Registrant's fiscal
quarter ended May 1, 2010;
3.
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April
5, 2010 and June 11, 2010; and
4.
The description of the Common Shares included in the Registrant's registration
statement on Form S-4, filed with the Commission on September 29, 2003 (Registration
No. 333-105379), under the heading "Description of Common Shares."
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subsequent to the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all of the
securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregisters all such securities remaining unsold
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be part
hereof from the date of filing such documents.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
The legality of the Common Shares being registered on this Registration Statement has been
passed upon by Thompson Hine LLP. Certain attorneys at Thompson Hine LLP beneficially own Common
Shares of the Registrant.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Article V of the Company's Amended and Restated Code of Regulations provides as follows:
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 1.
Third Party Actions.
The Company shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding,
whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (other than an action or suit by or in
the right of the Company), by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee,
or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, trustee,
officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other
enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the action, suit, or
proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interest of the Company and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit, or
proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its
equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith
and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the
Company or that, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he had reasonable cause to
believe that his conduct was unlawful.
SECTION 2.
Derivative Actions.
The Company shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action or suit by or in the
right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a
director, officer, employee, or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the
Company as a director, trustee, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership,
joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually
and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of the action or suit
if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to be the
best interests of the Company, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any
claim, issue, or matter as to which that person shall have been finally adjudged to be liable for
negligence or misconduct in the performance of his duty to the Company unless and only to the
extent that the Court of Common Pleas or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall
determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the
circumstances of the case, that person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses as the Court of Common Pleas or the other court shall deem proper.
SECTION 3.
Rights After Successful Defense.
To the extent that a director, trustee, officer,
employee, or agent has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit,
or proceeding referred to in Section 1 or Section 2, or in the defense of any claim, issue, or
matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.
SECTION 4.
Other Determinations of Rights.
Except in a situation governed by Section 3, any
indemnification under Section 1 or Section 2 (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the
Company only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that indemnification of the
director, trustee, officer, employee, or agent is proper in the circumstances because he has met
the applicable standard of conduct set forth in Section 1 or Section 2. The determination shall be
made (a) by a majority vote, at a meeting of directors, of those directors who constitute a quorum
and who were not and are not parties to or threatened with any such action, suit, or proceeding or
(b) if such a quorum is not obtainable (or even if obtainable) and a majority of disinterested
directors so directs, in a written opinion by independent legal
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counsel (compensated by the Company) or (c) by the affirmative vote in person or by proxy of the
holders of record of a majority of the shares held by persons who were not and are not parties to
or threatened with any such action, suit, or proceeding and entitled to vote in the election of
directors, without regard to voting power which may thereafter exist upon a default, failure, or
other contingency or (d) by the Court of Common Pleas or the court in which such action, suit, or
proceeding was brought.
SECTION 5.
Advances of Expenses.
Expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in defending any
action, suit, or proceeding referred to in Section 1 or Section 2 may be paid by the Company in
advance of final disposition of the action, suit, or proceeding, as authorized by the Board of
Directors in the specific case, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director,
trustee, officer, employee, or agent to repay the amount unless it shall ultimately be determined
that he is entitled to be indemnified by the Company.
SECTION 6.
Purchase of Insurance.
The Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any
person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the Company, or is or was serving
at the request of the Company as a director, trustee, officer, employee, or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against any liability asserted
against him and incurred by him in any capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or
not the Company would have the power to indemnify him against liability under the provisions of
this Article or of the Ohio General Corporation Law.
SECTION 7.
Mergers.
In the case of a merger into this Company of a constituent corporation which,
if its separate existence had continued, would have been required to indemnify directors, trustees,
officers, employees, or agents in specified situation, any person who served as a director,
officer, employee, or agent of the constituent corporation, or served at the request of the
constituent corporation as a director, trustee, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, shall be entitled to indemnification by
this Company (as the surviving corporation) to the same extent he would have been entitled to
indemnification by the constituent corporation, if its separate existence had continued.
SECTION 8.
Non-Exclusivity; Heirs.
The indemnification provided by this Article shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification may be entitled as a matter
of law or under the Articles of Incorporation, these Regulations, any agreement, vote of
shareholders or disinterested directors, any insurance purchased by the Company, or otherwise, both
as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding an office,
and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, trustee, officer, employee, or
agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, and administrators of such a person.
The Company maintains liability insurance for all of its directors and officers ("D&O
Insurance"). The D&O Insurance also insures the Company against amounts payable to indemnify
directors and officers, subject to policy limits and retention amounts.
On April 14, 2008, the Company entered into Director Indemnification Agreements with each of
its non-management directors. The purpose of these agreements is to ensure that each of the
Company's non-management directors receives the maximum indemnification protection permitted under
Ohio law. The agreements clarify the procedures to follow if a non-management director is entitled
to indemnification, provide for the advancement of legal defense costs, allow the non-management
director to recover enforcement costs if he or she is required to take action to enforce his or her
indemnification rights, and obligate the Company to use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain
D&O insurance coverage generally at a level that is substantially comparable in scope and amount to
that currently
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provided. The Company must maintain this coverage for the duration of the non-management
director's service on the Company's Board of Directors and for at least six years thereafter.
Either party may terminate the agreement on 60 days notice.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
The Exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit Index below and are
incorporated herein by reference.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 Hudson, State of Ohio, on June 16, 2010.
JO-ANN STORES, INC.
By:
/s/ David Goldston
David Goldston
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Darrell Webb*
Darrell Webb
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and
Director (Principal Executive Officer)
June 16, 2010
/s/ James Kerr*
James Kerr
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
June 16, 2010
/s/ Scott Cowen*
Scott Cowen
Director
June 16, 2010
/s/ Joseph DePinto*
Joseph DePinto
Director
June 16, 2010
/s/ Ira Gumberg*
Ira Gumberg
Director
June 16, 2010
/s/ Patricia Morrison*
Patricia Morrison
Director
June 16, 2010
/s/ Frank Newman*
Frank Newman
Director
June 16, 2010
/s/ David Perdue*
David Perdue
Director
June 16, 2010
/s/ Beryl Raff*
Beryl Raff
Director
June 16, 2010
/s/ Alan Rosskamm*
Alan Rosskamm
Director
June 16, 2010
/s/ Tracey Travis*
Tracey Travis
Director
June 16, 2010
The undersigned, by signing his name hereto, executes this Registration Statement pursuant to
the power of attorney executed by the above-named persons and filed with the Commission as Exhibit
24 hereto.
*By:
/s/ David Goldston
David Goldston, Attorney-in-Fact
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JO-ANN STORES, INC.
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT NO.
DESCRIPTION
4(a)
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. (filed as
Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Form 10-K filed with the Commission on April 17, 2008
and incorporated herein by reference).
4(b)
Amended and Restated Code of Regulations (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant's Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June 11, 2010 and incorporated
herein by reference).
4(c)
Third Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated February 26, 2007, by and
between the Registrant and National City Bank, as Rights Agent (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to
the Registrant's Form 8A/A filed with the Commission on March 2, 2007 and incorporated
herein by reference).
4(d)
Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. 1998 Incentive Compensation Plan, as amended (filed as
Exhibit 10.6 to the Registrant's Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on December 13,
2007 and incorporated herein by reference).
5
Opinion of Thompson Hine LLP as to the legality of the securities being
registered.
23(a)
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23(b)
Consent of Thompson Hine LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5).
24
Power of Attorney.
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