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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Registration&nbsp;No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, DC 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">FORM&nbsp;S-8</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Under </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>The
Securities Act of 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>JOANN Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact Name
of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">46-1095540</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of Incorporation or Organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(IRS Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>5555 Darrow Road, Hudson, Ohio 44236 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices Including Zip Code) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>JOANN Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full Title of the Plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Ann Aber, Esq. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Senior
Vice President, Chief Legal Officer&nbsp;&amp; Secretary </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>JOANN Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>5555 Darrow Road </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Hudson,
Ohio 44236 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and Address of Agent for Service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(330) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">656-2600</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT>
filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</TD>
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for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">JOANN Inc. (the &#147;<B><I>Registrant</I></B>&#148;) hereby files this Registration Statement on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (the &#147;<B><I>Registration Statement</I></B>&#148;) to register an additional 8,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;<B><I>Common Stock</I></B>&#148;) under the JOANN
Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated Effective February&nbsp;27, 2023) (the &#147;<B><I>A&amp;R Equity Plan</I></B>&#148;). The A&amp;R Equity Plan is an amendment and restatement, effective February&nbsp;27, 2023, of the JOANN Inc.
2021 Equity Incentive Plan, for which previously filed registration statements on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> are effective. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8,</FONT> this
Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001834585/000119312521083164/d122390ds8.htm">Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT></A>
(Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-254372)</FONT> filed by the Registrant on March&nbsp;17, 2021, the <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834585/000119312522172944/d535038ds8.htm">Registration Statement on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT></A> (Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-265559)</FONT> filed by the Registrant on June&nbsp;
13, 2022, and the <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834585/000119312523166875/d446873ds8.htm">Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT></A> (Registration
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-272642)</FONT> filed by the Registrant on June&nbsp;14, 2023, including all attachments and exhibits thereto, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein.
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the &#147;<B><I>Exchange Act</I></B>&#148;), and, in accordance therewith, files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<B><I>Commission</I></B>&#148;). The
following documents have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission and are incorporated herein by reference: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001834585/000095017023011800/joan-20230128.htm">Annual
 Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended January<U></U>&nbsp;28, 2023</A> (Commission File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-40204),</FONT> filed April&nbsp;4, 2023; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1834585/000095017023026629/joan-20230429.htm">Quarterly
 Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the quarterly period ended April<U></U>&nbsp;29, 2023</A> (Commission File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-40204),</FONT> filed June&nbsp;6, 2023; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> (Commission File <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-40204),</FONT> filed <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001834585/000095017023007456/joan-20230310.htm">March<U></U>&nbsp;
13, 2023</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001834585/000095017023019809/joan-20230508.htm">May<U></U>&nbsp;9, 2023</A>; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The description of the Common Stock contained in the <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001834585/000119312521077365/d103330d8a12b.htm">Registrant&#146;s
 Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT></A>, filed March&nbsp;11, 2021 (Commission File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;
001-40204),</FONT> as updated by the description of the Common Stock contained in <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834585/000156459021017323/joan-ex42_58.htm">Exhibit 4.2</A> to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended January&nbsp;30, 2021 (Commission File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-40204),</FONT> and as amended by any subsequently filed amendments and reports updating such
description. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)
of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, will
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. </P>
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Any statement contained in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to
the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded will not be
deemed, except as modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits. </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834585/000119312521087658/d74255dex31.htm">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant</A> (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-40204)</FONT> filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;19, 2021)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834585/000119312521087658/d74255dex32.htm">Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant</A> (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report
on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-40204)</FONT> filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;19, 2021)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834585/000119312521087658/d74255dex101.htm">Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement, dated March&nbsp;16, 2021, among the Registrant and certain of its shareholders</A>
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-40204)</FONT> filed with the Commission on
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<TD VALIGN="top">Description of the Registrant&#146;s Securities Registered Pursuant to Section&nbsp;
12 of the Exchange Act (incorporated herein by reference to <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834585/000156459021017323/joan-ex42_58.htm">Exhibit 4.2</A> to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended January&nbsp;30, 2021 (Commission File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-40204),</FONT> filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;1, 2021)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d460545dex51.htm">Opinion of Jones Day </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d460545dex231.htm">Consent of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>24.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="#sig">Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d460545dex991.htm">JOANN Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated Effective February&nbsp;27, 2023) </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d460545dexfilingfees.htm">Calculation of Filing Fee Tables </A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Hudson, State of Ohio, on this
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>JOANN INC.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Ann Aber</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name: Ann Aber</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Legal</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Officer&nbsp;&amp; Secretary</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="sig"></A>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of the Registrant hereby constitutes and appoints
Scott Sekella and Ann Aber, or either of them, each acting alone, as the true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> or agent, or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> or agents, for each of the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, and in the name, place and stead of each of the undersigned, to execute and file any and all
amendments, including post-effective amendments, supplements and exhibits to the Registration Statement and any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the Commission or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority
or exchange with respect to the securities covered by the Registration Statement, granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary, appropriate or desirable to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do if personally
present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, and each of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and
on the date indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Date: June 27, 2023</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Christopher DiTullio</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Christopher DiTullio</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Executive Vice President,
Chief Customer Officer (principal executive officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Date: June 27, 2023</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Scott Sekella</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Scott Sekella</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Executive Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer)</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Darrell Webb</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Lily Chang</P></TD></TR>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 27, 2023
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The
Securities Act of 1933
JOANN Inc.
(Exact Name
of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
46-1095540
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
5555 Darrow Road, Hudson, Ohio 44236
(Address of Principal Executive Offices Including Zip Code)
JOANN Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Ann Aber, Esq.
Senior
Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary
JOANN Inc.
5555 Darrow Road
Hudson,
Ohio 44236
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(330)
656-2600
(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, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☐
Accelerated filer
☒
Non-accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☒
Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period
for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
JOANN Inc. (the "
Registrant
") hereby files this Registration Statement on Form
S-8
(the "
Registration Statement
") to register an additional 8,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "
Common Stock
") under the JOANN
Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated Effective February 27, 2023) (the "
A&R Equity Plan
"). The A&R Equity Plan is an amendment and restatement, effective February 27, 2023, of the JOANN Inc.
2021 Equity Incentive Plan, for which previously filed registration statements on Form
S-8
are effective. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form
S-8,
this
Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the
Registration Statement on Form
S-8
(Registration
No. 333-254372)
filed by the Registrant on March 17, 2021, the
Registration Statement on Form
S-8
(Registration
No. 333-265559)
filed by the Registrant on June 
13, 2022, and the
Registration Statement on Form
S-8
(Registration
No. 333-272642)
filed by the Registrant on June 14, 2023, including all attachments and exhibits thereto, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements of Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "
Exchange Act
"), and, in accordance therewith, files reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
Commission
"). The
following documents have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission and are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
The Registrant's
Annual
 Report on Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended January
28, 2023
(Commission File
No. 001-40204),
filed April 4, 2023;
(b)
The Registrant's
Quarterly
 Report on Form
10-Q
for the quarterly period ended April
29, 2023
(Commission File
No. 001-40204),
filed June 6, 2023;
(c)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form
8-K
(Commission File
No. 001-40204),
filed
March
13, 2023
and
May
9, 2023
; and
(d)
The description of the Common Stock contained in the
Registrant's
 Registration Statement on Form
8-A
, filed March 11, 2021 (Commission File
No. 
001-40204),
as updated by the description of the Common Stock contained in
Exhibit 4.2
to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended January 30, 2021 (Commission File
No. 001-40204),
and as amended by any subsequently filed amendments and reports updating such
description.
All documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)
of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, will
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 any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to
the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded will not be
deemed, except as modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant's Current Report on Form
8-K
(File
No. 001-40204)
filed with the Commission on March 19, 2021)
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Current Report
on Form
8-K
(File
No. 001-40204)
filed with the Commission on March 19, 2021)
4.3
Amended and Restated Shareholders Agreement, dated March 16, 2021, among the Registrant and certain of its shareholders
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form
8-K
(File
No. 001-40204)
filed with the Commission on
March 19, 2021)
4.4
Description of the Registrant's Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 
12 of the Exchange Act (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 4.2
to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended January 30, 2021 (Commission File
No. 001-40204),
filed with the Commission on April 1, 2021)
5.1
Opinion of Jones Day
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2
Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Powers of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)
99.1
JOANN Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (Amended and Restated Effective February 27, 2023)
107
Calculation of Filing Fee Tables
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form
S-8
and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Hudson, State of Ohio, on this
27th day of June, 2023.
JOANN INC.
By:
/s/ Ann Aber
Name: Ann Aber
Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Legal
Officer & Secretary
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of the Registrant hereby constitutes and appoints
Scott Sekella and Ann Aber, or either of them, each acting alone, as the true and lawful
attorney-in-fact
or agent, or
attorneys-in-fact
or agents, for each of the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, and in the name, place and stead of each of the undersigned, to execute and file any and all
amendments, including post-effective amendments, supplements and exhibits to the Registration Statement and any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the Commission or any state securities commission or other regulatory authority
or exchange with respect to the securities covered by the Registration Statement, 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 necessary, appropriate or desirable to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do if personally
present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and
on the date indicated.
Date: June 27, 2023
/s/ Christopher DiTullio
Christopher DiTullio
Executive Vice President,
Chief Customer Officer (principal executive officer)
Date: June 27, 2023
/s/ Scott Sekella
Scott Sekella
Executive Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer (principal financial and accounting officer)
Date: June 21, 2023
/s/ Darrell Webb
Darrell Webb
Chairman of the
Board
Date: June 23, 2023
/s/ Lily Chang
Lily Chang
Director
Date: June 25, 2023
/s/ Marybeth Hays
Marybeth Hays
Director
Date: June ___, 2023
Anne Mehlman
Director
Date: June 26, 2023
/s/ Jonathan Sokoloff
Jonathan Sokoloff
Director
Date: June 26, 2023
/s/ Brian Coleman
Brian Coleman
Director