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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;14, 2010</DIV>


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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<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>JOS. A. BANK CLOTHIERS, INC.</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>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>36-3189198</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>500 Hanover Pike<BR>
Hampstead, MD 21074<BR>
(410)&nbsp;239-2700</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>JOS. A. BANK CLOTHIERS, INC.<BR>
2010 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the Plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Charles D. Frazer<BR>
Senior Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.<BR>
500 Hanover Pike<BR>
Hampstead, MD 21074<BR>
(410)&nbsp;239-2700</B><BR>
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Copies of all communications, including all communications sent to the agent for service, should be sent to:
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Scott L. Kaufman<BR>
Wiggin and Dana LLP<BR>
450 Lexington Avenue<BR>
New York, NY 10017<BR>
(212)&nbsp;490-1700</B></DIV>


<DIV align="justify" 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;12-b-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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<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: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share</B></DIV></TD>
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<TD colspan="2" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>$59.16</B></TD>
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<TD colspan="2" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>$118,320,000</B></TD>
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<TD colspan="2" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>$8,436.22</B></TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Deferred Compensation Obligations (3)</B></DIV></TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>$118,320,000</B></TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>100%</B></TD>
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<TD colspan="2" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>$118,320,000</B></TD>
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<TD colspan="2" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>$8,436.22</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (&#147;1933 Act&#148;), the number
of shares registered hereunder includes such additional number of shares of Common Stock as
are required to prevent dilution resulting from a stock split, stock dividend or similar
transaction that results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h),
on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as
quoted on the NASDAQ Global Select Stock Market on April&nbsp;7, 2010.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">The Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured obligations to pay deferred compensation
in the future in accordance with the terms of the Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. 2010 Deferred
Compensation Plan.</DIV></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>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;), the documents containing the information called for in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be
sent or given to individuals who participate in the Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. 2010 Deferred
Compensation Plan as required by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the 1933 Act and are not being filed with or
included in this Registration Statement.
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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; margin-left: 4%"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The following documents filed with the Commission by Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. (the
&#147;Registrant&#148;) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;1934 Act&#148;), are
incorporated by reference herein:
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January
30, 2010, filed on March&nbsp;31, 2010;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">the Registrant&#146;s
Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed on March&nbsp;8, 2010 and
April&nbsp;12, 2010; and</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">the description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (No.&nbsp;33-76282), filed on March&nbsp;9, 1994 (as
incorporated by reference in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A (No.
0-23874), filed on April&nbsp;18, 1994), including all amendments or reports filed for the
purpose of updating that description.</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">In addition to the foregoing, all documents subsequently filed by Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.
pursuant to
Sections&nbsp;13(a), <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">13(c)</FONT>, 14 and 15(d) of the 1934 Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment indicating that all of the securities offered hereunder have been sold or
deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any
statement contained in a document incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement 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 subsequently filed document that is also incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
</DIV>

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


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The total number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Jos. A. Bank
Clothiers, Inc. 2010 Deferred Compensation Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) is 2,000,000, subject to adjustment in
the event of certain corporate transactions as described in the Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">If eligible employees or non-employee directors elect to participate in the Plan, their
deferrals of compensation pursuant to the Plan may represent purchases of securities known as
&#147;Deferred Compensation Obligations&#148; of the Registrant or notional investments in Common Stock (the
&#147;Obligations&#148;). The Obligations will be unsecured general contractual obligations of the
Registrant. The Obligations are contractual promises by the Registrant to distribute to
participants in the Plan, upon separation from service and/or at certain other times specified in
the Plan, compensation deferred under the Plan and earnings thereon that are credited to the
participant&#146;s accounts in accordance with the terms of the Plan. The Obligations are payable in a
lump-sum distribution in accordance with the terms of the Plan. Except to the extent otherwise
provided by the Plan, distributions of account balances will be made
in shares of Common Stock, except that fractional shares will be paid in cash; provided,
however, that, to the extent that the Registrant&#146;s Compensation Committee determines that some
portion or all of that account must be paid in cash due to limitations contained in the Jos. A.
Bank Clothiers, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, under applicable law or otherwise, then the
portion or all of that account will be paid in cash.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">There is no trading market for the Obligations. Pursuant to the Plan, the Registrant will
offer an indeterminate amount of its Obligations to eligible employees and non-employee directors.
No trustee has been appointed to take action with respect to the Obligations, and each participant
in the Plan will be responsible for enforcing his or her own rights with respect to the
Obligations.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%">None.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Registrant will, to
the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended from time to time
(the &#147;DGCL&#148;), indemnify all persons whom it may indemnify pursuant to the DGCL. The Registrant&#146;s
Amended and Restated Bylaws contain a similar provision requiring indemnification of the
Registrant&#146;s directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL. The DGCL permits
a corporation to indemnify its directors and officers (among others) against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by them in connection with any action, suit or proceeding brought (or threatened to be brought) by
third parties, if the directors or officers acted in good faith and in a manner they 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 their conduct was unlawful. In a
derivative action (i.e., one by or in the right of the corporation), indemnification may be
provided for expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by directors and
officers in connection with the defense or settlement of that action if they had acted in good
faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, except that no indemnification will be provided in respect of any claim, issue or
matter as to which they have been adjudged liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent
that the Court of Chancery or the court in which that action or suit was brought determines upon
application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the
case, they are fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for those expenses. The DGCL further
provides that, to the extent any director or officer has been successful on the merits or otherwise
in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in this paragraph, or in defense of any
claim, issue or matter therein, that director or officer will be indemnified against expenses
(including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith.
In addition, the Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation contains a provision limiting
the personal liability of the Registrant&#146;s directors for monetary damages for certain breaches of
their fiduciary duty.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that the Registrant may purchase
insurance on behalf of certain persons, including directors or officers. The DGCL provides that a
corporation shall have the power to purchase insurance on behalf of certain persons, including
directors and officers, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify those
persons under the DGCL. The Registrant has indemnification insurance under which directors and
officers are insured
against certain liability that may occur in their capacity as such. In addition, the
Registrant is a party to indemnification agreements with its directors and certain officers of the
Registrant which entitle them to be indemnified for certain liabilities and expenses incurred by
them in those capacities.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The foregoing summaries are subject to the complete text of the DGCL, the Registrant&#146;s
Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws, and the arrangements
referred to above, and are qualified in their entirety by reference thereto.
</DIV>





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



<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 4%">Not applicable.
</DIV>

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


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Reference is made to the documents listed on the attached Exhibit&nbsp;Index, each of which is
incorporated by reference herein.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 10pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<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">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</DIV></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 0%; text-indent: 8%">(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 12%">(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act;
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 8%; text-indent: 4%">(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set
forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration
statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; margin-left: 8%; text-indent: 4%">(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in this Registration Statement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Provided, however that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with
or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the
1934 Act that are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement;
</DIV>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 8%">(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 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
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 8%">(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the 1934 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 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 1933 Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event 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 1933 Act and will be governed by
the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" 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 Baltimore, State of Maryland on this 14<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day
of April,&nbsp;2010.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">JOS. A. BANK CLOTHIERS, 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/
Charles D. Frazer
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Charles D. Frazer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Senior Vice President and General
Counsel</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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



<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints R. Neal Black, David E.
Ullman and Charles D. Frazer as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments to the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="41%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="37%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="12%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" 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>
</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" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ R. Neal Black
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
R. Neal Black<BR>

(Principal Executive Officer)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director, President
and Chief Executive
Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;14, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- 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" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David E. Ullman
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David E. Ullman<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer and<BR>

Principal Accounting Officer)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;14, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- 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" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Robert N. Wildrick
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director and Chairman of the Board
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;14, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert N. Wildrick
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head --><TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="41%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="37%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="12%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" 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 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" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Andrew A. Giordano
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director, Chairman Emeritus and Lead Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;14, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Andrew A. Giordano
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- 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" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James H. Ferstl
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;14, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James H. Ferstl
</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" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- 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" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Gary S. Gladstein
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;14, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gary S. Gladstein
</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" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- 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" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ William E. Herron
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;14, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William E. Herron
</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" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- 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" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Henry Homes, III
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;14, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Henry Homes, III
</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" style="padding-top: 1px"><!-- 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" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Sidney N. Ritman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;14, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Sidney N. Ritman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">INDEX TO EXHIBITS
</DIV>

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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="77%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">No.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
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    <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">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant and the Certificate of Amendment
thereto (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to an Amendment to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q/A for the fiscal quarter ended July&nbsp;29, 2006, filed September&nbsp;15, 2006, and incorporated
by reference herein) (Commission File number 033-14657).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2(a) to the Registrant&#146;s
Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended February&nbsp;1, 2003, filed May&nbsp;1, 2003, and
incorporated by reference herein) (Commission File number 033-14657).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Form of Common Stock certificate (filed with the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
S-1 filed on March&nbsp;9, 1994 and incorporated by reference herein) (Commission File number
33-76282).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Rights Agreement, dated as of September&nbsp;6, 2007, including Exhibit&nbsp;B thereto (the form of
Right Certificate) (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated
September&nbsp;6, 2007 and incorporated by reference herein) (Commission File number 0-23874).</DIV></TD>
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    <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">Certificate of Designation of Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (filed as Exhibit
3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated September&nbsp;20, 2007 and incorporated
by reference herein) (Commission File number 0-23874).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. 2010 Deferred Compensation Plan (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.17 to the
Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended January&nbsp;30, 2010, filed on
March&nbsp;31, 2010 and incorporated by reference herein) (Commission File number 0-23874).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Wiggin and Dana LLP.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Wiggin and Dana LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page to this Registration Statement)</DIV></TD>
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 14, 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
JOS. A. BANK CLOTHIERS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
36-3189198
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
500 Hanover Pike
Hampstead, MD 21074
(410) 239-2700
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
JOS. A. BANK CLOTHIERS, INC.
2010 DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full title of the Plan)
Charles D. Frazer
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.
500 Hanover Pike
Hampstead, MD 21074
(410) 239-2700
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies of all communications, including all communications sent to the agent for service, should be sent to:
Scott L. Kaufman
Wiggin and Dana LLP
450 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
(212) 490-1700
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 12-b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated Filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Title of Securities to be
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
Registered
Registered(1)
Per Share
Offering Price (2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
2,000,000 shares
$59.16
$118,320,000
$8,436.22
Deferred Compensation Obligations (3)
$118,320,000
100%
$118,320,000
$8,436.22
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("1933 Act"), the number
of shares registered hereunder includes such additional number of shares of Common Stock as
are required to prevent dilution resulting from a stock split, stock dividend or similar
transaction that results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h),
on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as
quoted on the NASDAQ Global Select Stock Market on April 7, 2010.
(3)
The Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured obligations to pay deferred compensation
in the future in accordance with the terms of the Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. 2010 Deferred
Compensation Plan.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), the documents containing the information called for in Part I of Form S-8 will be
sent or given to individuals who participate in the Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. 2010 Deferred
Compensation Plan as required by Rule 428(b)(1) under the 1933 Act and are not being filed with or
included in this Registration Statement.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed with the Commission by Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. (the
"Registrant") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"), are
incorporated by reference herein:
(a)
the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January
30, 2010, filed on March 31, 2010;
(b)
the Registrant's
Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed on March 8, 2010 and
April 12, 2010; and
(c)
the description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 33-76282), filed on March 9, 1994 (as
incorporated by reference in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (No.
0-23874), filed on April 18, 1994), including all amendments or reports filed for the
purpose of updating that description.
In addition to the foregoing, all documents subsequently filed by Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc.
pursuant to
Sections 13(a),
13(c)
, 14 and 15(d) of the 1934 Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment indicating that all of the securities offered hereunder have been sold or
deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any
statement contained in a document incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement 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 subsequently filed document that is also incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
The total number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Jos. A. Bank
Clothiers, Inc. 2010 Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan") is 2,000,000, subject to adjustment in
the event of certain corporate transactions as described in the Plan.
If eligible employees or non-employee directors elect to participate in the Plan, their
deferrals of compensation pursuant to the Plan may represent purchases of securities known as
"Deferred Compensation Obligations" of the Registrant or notional investments in Common Stock (the
"Obligations"). The Obligations will be unsecured general contractual obligations of the
Registrant. The Obligations are contractual promises by the Registrant to distribute to
participants in the Plan, upon separation from service and/or at certain other times specified in
the Plan, compensation deferred under the Plan and earnings thereon that are credited to the
participant's accounts in accordance with the terms of the Plan. The Obligations are payable in a
lump-sum distribution in accordance with the terms of the Plan. Except to the extent otherwise
provided by the Plan, distributions of account balances will be made
in shares of Common Stock, except that fractional shares will be paid in cash; provided,
however, that, to the extent that the Registrant's Compensation Committee determines that some
portion or all of that account must be paid in cash due to limitations contained in the Jos. A.
Bank Clothiers, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, under applicable law or otherwise, then the
portion or all of that account will be paid in cash.
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There is no trading market for the Obligations. Pursuant to the Plan, the Registrant will
offer an indeterminate amount of its Obligations to eligible employees and non-employee directors.
No trustee has been appointed to take action with respect to the Obligations, and each participant
in the Plan will be responsible for enforcing his or her own rights with respect to the
Obligations.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
None.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that the Registrant will, to
the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended from time to time
(the "DGCL"), indemnify all persons whom it may indemnify pursuant to the DGCL. The Registrant's
Amended and Restated Bylaws contain a similar provision requiring indemnification of the
Registrant's directors and officers to the fullest extent authorized by the DGCL. The DGCL permits
a corporation to indemnify its directors and officers (among others) against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by them in connection with any action, suit or proceeding brought (or threatened to be brought) by
third parties, if the directors or officers acted in good faith and in a manner they 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 their conduct was unlawful. In a
derivative action (i.e., one by or in the right of the corporation), indemnification may be
provided for expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by directors and
officers in connection with the defense or settlement of that action if they had acted in good
faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, except that no indemnification will be provided in respect of any claim, issue or
matter as to which they have been adjudged liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent
that the Court of Chancery or the court in which that action or suit was brought determines upon
application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the
case, they are fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for those expenses. The DGCL further
provides that, to the extent any director or officer has been successful on the merits or otherwise
in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in this paragraph, or in defense of any
claim, issue or matter therein, that director or officer will be indemnified against expenses
(including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith.
In addition, the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation contains a provision limiting
the personal liability of the Registrant's directors for monetary damages for certain breaches of
their fiduciary duty.
The Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that the Registrant may purchase
insurance on behalf of certain persons, including directors or officers. The DGCL provides that a
corporation shall have the power to purchase insurance on behalf of certain persons, including
directors and officers, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify those
persons under the DGCL. The Registrant has indemnification insurance under which directors and
officers are insured
against certain liability that may occur in their capacity as such. In addition, the
Registrant is a party to indemnification agreements with its directors and certain officers of the
Registrant which entitle them to be indemnified for certain liabilities and expenses incurred by
them in those capacities.
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The foregoing summaries are subject to the complete text of the DGCL, the Registrant's
Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws, and the arrangements
referred to above, and are qualified in their entirety by reference thereto.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Reference is made to the documents listed on the attached Exhibit Index, each of which is
incorporated by reference herein.
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 1933 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. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) under the 1933 Act if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set
forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration
statement;
(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 paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required
to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with
or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
1934 Act that are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement;
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(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933 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 at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the 1934 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 1933 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 1933 Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event 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 1933 Act and will be governed by
the final adjudication of such issue.
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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 Baltimore, State of Maryland on this 14
th
day
of April, 2010.
JOS. A. BANK CLOTHIERS, INC.
By:
/s/
Charles D. Frazer
Charles D. Frazer
Senior Vice President and General
Counsel
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints R. Neal Black, David E.
Ullman and Charles D. Frazer as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments to the Registration Statement on Form S-8,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ R. Neal Black
R. Neal Black
(Principal Executive Officer)
Director, President
and Chief Executive
Officer
April 14, 2010
/s/ David E. Ullman
David E. Ullman
(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer)
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
April 14, 2010
/s/ Robert N. Wildrick
Director and Chairman of the Board
April 14, 2010
Robert N. Wildrick
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Andrew A. Giordano
Director, Chairman Emeritus and Lead Director
April 14, 2010
Andrew A. Giordano
/s/ James H. Ferstl
Director
April 14, 2010
James H. Ferstl
/s/ Gary S. Gladstein
Director
April 14, 2010
Gary S. Gladstein
/s/ William E. Herron
Director
April 14, 2010
William E. Herron
/s/ Henry Homes, III
Director
April 14, 2010
Henry Homes, III
/s/ Sidney N. Ritman
Director
April 14, 2010
Sidney N. Ritman
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant and the Certificate of Amendment
thereto (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to an Amendment to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q/A for the fiscal quarter ended July 29, 2006, filed September 15, 2006, and incorporated
by reference herein) (Commission File number 033-14657).
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (filed as Exhibit 3.2(a) to the Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 1, 2003, filed May 1, 2003, and
incorporated by reference herein) (Commission File number 033-14657).
4.3
Form of Common Stock certificate (filed with the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-1 filed on March 9, 1994 and incorporated by reference herein) (Commission File number
33-76282).
4.4
Rights Agreement, dated as of September 6, 2007, including Exhibit B thereto (the form of
Right Certificate) (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
September 6, 2007 and incorporated by reference herein) (Commission File number 0-23874).
4.5
Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock (filed as Exhibit
3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated September 20, 2007 and incorporated
by reference herein) (Commission File number 0-23874).
4.6
Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. 2010 Deferred Compensation Plan (filed as Exhibit 10.17 to the
Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 30, 2010, filed on
March 31, 2010 and incorporated by reference herein) (Commission File number 0-23874).
5.1
Opinion of Wiggin and Dana LLP.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
Consent of Wiggin and Dana LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page to this Registration Statement)
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