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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;14, 2009</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</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, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Oxford Industries, 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><U>Georgia</U></B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B><U>58-0831862</U></B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</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: 12pt"><U><B>222
Piedmont Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30308</B></U><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><u><B>Oxford Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan</B></u></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full title of the plan)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Thomas E. Campbell<BR>
Senior Vice President-Law, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
222 Piedmont Avenue, N.E.<BR>
<U>Atlanta, Georgia 30308</U></B><BR>
<DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; width: 30%; border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV> (Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><U>(404)&nbsp;659-2424</U></B><BR>
<DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 0pt; margin-top: 1pt; width: 50%; border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV>(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.
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<TR valign ="top"><TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
<TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="center">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD><TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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aggregate offering price</B></TD>
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                    <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, par
value $1.00 per
share
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    <TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">500,000 shares<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be offered and
issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions as provided in the Oxford Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, in accordance with Rule
457(c) and (h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of
the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange
on September&nbsp;11, 2009.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">EXPLANATORY NOTE</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#002">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#007">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="g20499exv5w1.htm">EX-5.1</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Oxford Industries, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 on December
22, 2004 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-121535) (the &#147;Prior Registration Statement&#148;) to register under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 250,000 shares of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, par value
$1.00 per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), issuable pursuant to the Oxford Industries, Inc. Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The Registrant is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this
&#147;Registration Statement&#148;) pursuant to and in accordance with General Instruction E of Form S-8 to
register an additional 500,000 shares of Common Stock which may be issued to certain employees of
the Registrant and its subsidiaries pursuant to the Plan. The contents of the Prior Registration
Statement are incorporated herein by reference, except as the same may be modified by the
information set forth herein.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The following documents previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January&nbsp;31,
2009;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended May&nbsp;2,
2009, filed on June&nbsp;10, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended August&nbsp;1,
2009, filed on September&nbsp;3, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March&nbsp;27, 2009, June&nbsp;17, 2009
and July&nbsp;2, 2009; and</TD>
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    <TD>the description of the Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s Registration Statement
on Form 8-A, which became effective on July&nbsp;23, 1960 (File No.&nbsp;001-04365).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">All documents filed by the Company subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement pursuant
to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from
the date of filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The legality of the securities offered hereby has been passed upon by Thomas E. Campbell, Senior
Vice President-Law, General Counsel and Secretary of the Registrant, who, as of September&nbsp;11, 2009,
beneficially owned 36,611 shares of Common Stock.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the State of Georgia.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;14-2-851 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code (the &#147;GBCC&#148;) empowers the Registrant to
indemnify a director (including a former director and including a director who is or was serving at
the Registrant&#146;s request as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another
foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other
entity) against liability incurred: (i)&nbsp;in a civil proceeding (a)&nbsp;if, in the case of conduct in
such director&#146;s capacity as a director, the conduct was in good faith and reasonably believed by
such director to be in the best interests of the corporation, and (b)&nbsp;if, in all other cases, the
conduct was in good faith and was at least not opposed to the best interests of the corporation;
and (ii)&nbsp;in a criminal proceeding, if the director had no reasonable cause to believe such conduct
was unlawful. Subsection (d)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;14-2-851 of the GBCC provides that a corporation may not
indemnify a director in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation, except
for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding if it is determined that the
director has met the relevant standard of conduct under Section&nbsp;14-2-851, or in connection with any
proceeding with
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">respect to conduct for which such director was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit
was improperly received by such director, whether or not involving action in such director&#146;s
capacity as a director.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">In addition, Section&nbsp;14-2-856 of the GBCC permits the Registrant&#146;s articles of incorporation, the
Registrant&#146;s bylaws, a contract or a resolution approved or ratified by the Registrant&#146;s
shareholders to authorize the Registrant to indemnify a director against claims to which the
director was a party, including claims by the Registrant or in its right (e.g., shareholder
derivative action). However, the Registrant may not indemnify the director for liability to the
Registrant or if the director is subjected to injunctive relief in the Registrant&#146;s favor for (i)
any misappropriation of a business opportunity belonging to the Registrant, (ii)&nbsp;intentional
misconduct or knowing violation of the law, (iii)&nbsp;unlawful distributions or (iv)&nbsp;receipt of an
improper benefit.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;14-2-852 of the GBCC provides for mandatory indemnification against reasonable expenses
incurred by a director who is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in defending an action
to which the director was a party due to his or her status as the Registrant&#146;s director. Section
14-2-854 allows a court, upon application by a director, to order indemnification and/or
advancement of expenses if it determines that the director is entitled to indemnification under the
GBCC or it determines that indemnification is fair and reasonable even if, among other things, the
director has failed to meet the statutory standard of conduct provided under Section&nbsp;14-2-851.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">However, the court may not order indemnification in excess of reasonable expenses for liability to
the Registrant or for receipt of an improper benefit.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;14-2-857 of the GBCC permits the Registrant to indemnify an officer (including a former
officer and including an officer who is or was serving at the Registrant&#146;s request as a director,
officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other entity) to the same extent as a
director. The Registrant may indemnify an officer who is not a director to a further extent by
means of the Registrant&#146;s articles of incorporation, bylaws, board resolutions, or by contract.
However, the Registrant may not indemnify an officer for liability arising from conduct involving
misappropriation of a business opportunity of the Registrant, intentional misconduct or knowing
violation of the law, unlawful distributions, or receipt of an improper benefit. An officer who is
not a director is also entitled to mandatory indemnification and may apply for court-ordered
indemnification. Section&nbsp;14-2-858 of the GBCC permits the Registrant to purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of the Registrant&#146;s directors and officers against liability incurred by them
in their capacities or arising out of their status as the Registrant&#146;s directors and officers,
regardless of whether the Registrant would have the power to indemnify or advance expenses to the
director or officer for the same liability under the GBCC.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Bylaws of the Registrant provide, in effect, that, to the fullest extent and under the
circumstances permitted by the GBCC, the Registrant will indemnify any and all of its officers and
directors. In addition, the Registrant carries director and officer liability insurance on behalf
of its officer and directors.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant. Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended August&nbsp;29, 2003.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on
June&nbsp;17, 2009.<FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"> </FONT></DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Oxford Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, amended and
restated effective April&nbsp;1, 2009. Incorporated by reference to
Appendix&nbsp;B to the Registrant&#146;s Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting
of Shareholders held June&nbsp;15, 2009, filed on May&nbsp;11, 2009.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Thomas E. Campbell.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Thomas E. Campbell (included as part of Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 Atlanta, State of Georgia, on September&nbsp;14, 2009.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Oxford Industries, Inc.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
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</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/ J. Hicks Lanier
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">J. Hicks Lanier&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby severally
constitutes and appoints Thomas E. Campbell, Mary Margaret Heaton and Suraj A. Palakshappa, and
each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for such person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite or necessary fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or
any of them or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by
the following persons in the capacities set forth opposite their names and on the 14<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP>
day of September&nbsp;2009.
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
J. Hicks Lanier
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer<br>(Principal
Executive Officer)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ K. Scott Grassmyer
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
K. Scott Grassmyer
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Controller<br>(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)</TD>
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Cecil D. Conlee
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ George C. Guynn
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
George C. Guynn
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John R. Holder
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J. Reese Lanier
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Dennis
M. Love
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Clarence H. Smith
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Helen B. Weeks
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E. Jenner Wood III
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 14, 2009
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Oxford Industries, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Georgia
58-0831862
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
222
Piedmont Avenue, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30308
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Oxford Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Thomas E. Campbell
Senior Vice President-Law, General Counsel and Secretary
222 Piedmont Avenue, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
(Name and address of agent for service)
(404) 659-2424
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer," and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price
Proposed maximum
Amount of
to be registered
registered
per share
aggregate offering price
registration fee
Common Stock, par
value $1.00 per
share
500,000 shares
(1)
$18.975
(2)
$9,487,500
(2)
$529.40
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares that may be offered and
issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar
transactions as provided in the Oxford Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee, in accordance with Rule
457(c) and (h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the average of
the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange
on September 11, 2009.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 8. Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
EX-5.1
EX-23.2
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Oxford Industries, Inc. (the "Registrant") filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 on December
22, 2004 (Registration No. 333-121535) (the "Prior Registration Statement") to register under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 250,000 shares of the Registrant's common stock, par value
$1.00 per share ("Common Stock"), issuable pursuant to the Oxford Industries, Inc. Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (the "Plan"). The Registrant is filing this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this
"Registration Statement") pursuant to and in accordance with General Instruction E of Form S-8 to
register an additional 500,000 shares of Common Stock which may be issued to certain employees of
the Registrant and its subsidiaries pursuant to the Plan. The contents of the Prior Registration
Statement 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 previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
•
the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31,
2009;
•
the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended May 2,
2009, filed on June 10, 2009;
•
the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended August 1,
2009, filed on September 3, 2009;
•
the Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on March 27, 2009, June 17, 2009
and July 2, 2009; and
•
the description of the Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration Statement
on Form 8-A, which became effective on July 23, 1960 (File No. 001-04365).
All documents filed by the Company subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from
the date of filing of such documents.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The legality of the securities offered hereby has been passed upon by Thomas E. Campbell, Senior
Vice President-Law, General Counsel and Secretary of the Registrant, who, as of September 11, 2009,
beneficially owned 36,611 shares of Common Stock.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the State of Georgia.
Section 14-2-851 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code (the "GBCC") empowers the Registrant to
indemnify a director (including a former director and including a director who is or was serving at
the Registrant's request as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another
foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other
entity) against liability incurred: (i) in a civil proceeding (a) if, in the case of conduct in
such director's capacity as a director, the conduct was in good faith and reasonably believed by
such director to be in the best interests of the corporation, and (b) if, in all other cases, the
conduct was in good faith and was at least not opposed to the best interests of the corporation;
and (ii) in a criminal proceeding, if the director had no reasonable cause to believe such conduct
was unlawful. Subsection (d) of Section 14-2-851 of the GBCC provides that a corporation may not
indemnify a director in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation, except
for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding if it is determined that the
director has met the relevant standard of conduct under Section 14-2-851, or in connection with any
proceeding with
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respect to conduct for which such director was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit
was improperly received by such director, whether or not involving action in such director's
capacity as a director.
In addition, Section 14-2-856 of the GBCC permits the Registrant's articles of incorporation, the
Registrant's bylaws, a contract or a resolution approved or ratified by the Registrant's
shareholders to authorize the Registrant to indemnify a director against claims to which the
director was a party, including claims by the Registrant or in its right (e.g., shareholder
derivative action). However, the Registrant may not indemnify the director for liability to the
Registrant or if the director is subjected to injunctive relief in the Registrant's favor for (i)
any misappropriation of a business opportunity belonging to the Registrant, (ii) intentional
misconduct or knowing violation of the law, (iii) unlawful distributions or (iv) receipt of an
improper benefit.
Section 14-2-852 of the GBCC provides for mandatory indemnification against reasonable expenses
incurred by a director who is wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in defending an action
to which the director was a party due to his or her status as the Registrant's director. Section
14-2-854 allows a court, upon application by a director, to order indemnification and/or
advancement of expenses if it determines that the director is entitled to indemnification under the
GBCC or it determines that indemnification is fair and reasonable even if, among other things, the
director has failed to meet the statutory standard of conduct provided under Section 14-2-851.
However, the court may not order indemnification in excess of reasonable expenses for liability to
the Registrant or for receipt of an improper benefit.
Section 14-2-857 of the GBCC permits the Registrant to indemnify an officer (including a former
officer and including an officer who is or was serving at the Registrant's request as a director,
officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other entity) to the same extent as a
director. The Registrant may indemnify an officer who is not a director to a further extent by
means of the Registrant's articles of incorporation, bylaws, board resolutions, or by contract.
However, the Registrant may not indemnify an officer for liability arising from conduct involving
misappropriation of a business opportunity of the Registrant, intentional misconduct or knowing
violation of the law, unlawful distributions, or receipt of an improper benefit. An officer who is
not a director is also entitled to mandatory indemnification and may apply for court-ordered
indemnification. Section 14-2-858 of the GBCC permits the Registrant to purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of the Registrant's directors and officers against liability incurred by them
in their capacities or arising out of their status as the Registrant's directors and officers,
regardless of whether the Registrant would have the power to indemnify or advance expenses to the
director or officer for the same liability under the GBCC.
The Bylaws of the Registrant provide, in effect, that, to the fullest extent and under the
circumstances permitted by the GBCC, the Registrant will indemnify any and all of its officers and
directors. In addition, the Registrant carries director and officer liability insurance on behalf
of its officer and directors.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
Exhibit
Description
4.1
Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant. Incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended August 29, 2003.
4.2
Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
June 17, 2009.
4.3
Oxford Industries, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, amended and
restated effective April 1, 2009. Incorporated by reference to
Appendix B to the Registrant's Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting
of Shareholders held June 15, 2009, filed on May 11, 2009.
5.1
Opinion of Thomas E. Campbell.
23.1
Consent of Thomas E. Campbell (included as part of Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the Signature Page).
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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 Atlanta, State of Georgia, on September 14, 2009.
Oxford Industries, Inc.
By:
/s/ J. Hicks Lanier
J. Hicks Lanier
Chief Executive Officer
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby severally
constitutes and appoints Thomas E. Campbell, Mary Margaret Heaton and Suraj A. Palakshappa, and
each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for such person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite or necessary fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or
any of them or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by
the following persons in the capacities set forth opposite their names and on the 14
th
day of September 2009.
Signature
Title
/s/ J. Hicks Lanier
J. Hicks Lanier
Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer
(Principal
Executive Officer)
/s/ K. Scott Grassmyer
K. Scott Grassmyer
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
and Controller
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
/s/ Cecil D. Conlee
Cecil D. Conlee
Director
/s/ George C. Guynn
George C. Guynn
Director
/s/ John R. Holder
John R. Holder
Director
/s/ J. Reese Lanier
J. Reese Lanier
Director
Dennis
M. Love
Director
/s/ Clarence H. Smith
Clarence H. Smith
Director
/s/ Helen B. Weeks
Helen B. Weeks
Director
/s/ E. Jenner Wood III
E. Jenner Wood III
Director