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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;24, 2009</DIV>

<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-right:15%">Registration No.&nbsp;333-</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.</B></DIV>

<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">incorporation or organization)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. 2009 Omnibus Incentive Plan<BR>
(Full title of the plan)<BR>
Robert E. Stern, Esquire<BR>
Vice President-General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.<BR>
2801 East Market Street<BR>
York, Pennsylvania 17402<BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)<BR>
(717)&nbsp;751-3285<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>
<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 2%">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 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>

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<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD><TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, $.01 par value per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,500,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">3.49</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">8,725,000</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also
covers such additional shares as may hereafter be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock
dividends, recapitalizations or certain other capital adjustments.</TD>
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    <TD>Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act based upon the average of the high and low prices of the
Registrant&#146;s common stock on June&nbsp;22, 2009 as quoted on the Nasdaq National Market.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U>PART I</U></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A prospectus setting forth the information required by Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or
given to participants in The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. 2009 Stock Omnibus Incentive Plan as specified by
Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1)(i) under the Securities Act of 1933.</DIV>

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><U>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</U></DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;3. <U>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</U>.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are incorporated into this Registration Statement by reference:</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January&nbsp;31,
2009, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;15, 2009.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;4, 2009.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended May&nbsp;2, 2009,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;10, 2009.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on February&nbsp;5, 2009, March&nbsp;11, 2009, March&nbsp;20, 2009 and May&nbsp;21, 2009.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-B filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;17, 1996 (File No.&nbsp;000-19517).</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f)&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall
be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained
herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated by reference herein)
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed
to constitute a part hereof except as so modified or superseded.</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;4. <U>Description of Securities</U>.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;5. <U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U>.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the shares registered hereunder will be passed upon for the Registrant by
Robert E. Stern, Vice President &#151; General Counsel &#038; Secretary of the Registrant. Mr.&nbsp;Stern is an
officer of the Registrant and owns 21,971 shares of the common stock of the Registrant.</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;6. <U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U>.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subchapter D (Sections&nbsp;1741 through 1750) of Chapter&nbsp;17 of the Pennsylvania Business
Corporation Law of 1988, as amended (the &#147;BCL&#148;), contains provisions for mandatory and
discretionary indemnification of a corporation&#146;s directors, officers, employees and agents
(collectively &#147;Representatives&#148;), and related matters.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under Section&nbsp;1741, subject to certain limitations, a corporation has the power to
indemnify Representatives under certain prescribed circumstances against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
in connection with a threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, to which any of them is a party or threatened to be made
a party by reason of his being a Representative of the corporation or serving at the request of the
corporation as a Representative of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be
in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and,</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was
unlawful.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;1742 provides for indemnification with respect to derivative actions similar to
that provided by Section&nbsp;1741. However, indemnification is not provided under Section&nbsp;1742 in
respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which a Representative has been adjudged to be liable
to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the proper court determines upon application
that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, a
Representative is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for the expenses that the court deems
proper.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;1743 provides that indemnification against expenses is mandatory to the extent
that a Representative has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any such action
or proceeding referred to in Section&nbsp;1741 or 1742.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;1744 provides that unless ordered by a court, any indemnification under
Section&nbsp;1741 or 1742 shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon
a determination that indemnification of a Representative is proper because the Representative met
the applicable standard of conduct, and such determination will be made (i)&nbsp;by the board of
directors by a majority vote of a quorum of directors not parties to the action or proceeding;
(ii)&nbsp;if a quorum is not obtainable or if obtainable and a majority of disinterested directors so
directs, by independent legal counsel; or (iii)&nbsp;by the shareholders.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;1745 provides that expenses incurred by a Representative in defending any action
or proceeding referred to in Subchapter D of Chapter&nbsp;17 of the BCL may be paid by the corporation
in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by
or on behalf of the Representative to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that
he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;1746 provides generally that except in any case where the act or failure to act
giving rise to the claim for indemnification is determined by a court to have constituted willful
misconduct or recklessness, the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by Subchapter
D of Chapter&nbsp;17 of the BCL shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a
Representative seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw,
agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his
or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding that office.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;1747 grants a corporation the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf
of any Representative against any liability incurred by him or her in his or her capacity as a
Representative, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against
that liability under Subchapter D of Chapter&nbsp;17 of the BCL.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sections&nbsp;1748 and 1749 apply the indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions
contained in Subchapter D of Chapter&nbsp;17 of the BCL to successor corporations resulting from
consolidation, merger or division and to service as a Representative of a corporation or an
employee benefit plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;1750 provides that the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by,
or granted pursuant to, Subchapter D of Chapter&nbsp;17 of the BCL shall, unless otherwise provided when
authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Representative and shall
inure to the benefit of the heirs and personal representatives of such Representative.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;7-2 of the Registrant&#146;s Bylaws provides that the Registrant will indemnify any
director or officer of the Registrant to the fullest extent permitted by Pennsylvania law against
all expense, liability and loss reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection with
any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (a &#147;Proceeding&#148;) involving such
person by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Registrant or is
or was serving at the request or for the benefit of the Registrant in any capacity for another
corporation or other enterprise. No indemnification pursuant to Section&nbsp;7-2 may be made, however,
in any case where the act or failure to act giving rise to the claim for indemnification is
determined by a court to have constituted willful misconduct or recklessness.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;7-2 further provides that the right to indemnification includes the right to have
the expenses incurred by the indemnified person in defending any Proceeding paid by the Corporation
in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding to the fullest extent permitted by
Pennsylvania law. In addition, Section&nbsp;7-2 provides that the Registrant may purchase and maintain
insurance for the benefit of any person on behalf of whom insurance is permitted to be purchased by
Pennsylvania law against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Registrant would have
the power to indemnify such person under Pennsylvania or other law. The Registrant may also
purchase and maintain insurance to insure its indemnification obligations, whether arising under
the Bylaws or otherwise. In addition, Section&nbsp;7-2 states
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">that the Registrant may create a fund of any nature to secure in any manner its indemnification
obligations, whether arising under the Bylaws or otherwise.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;7-3 of the Registrant&#146;s Bylaws states that the provisions of the Bylaws relating
to indemnification constitute a contract between the Registrant and each of its directors and
officers which may be modified as to any director or officer only with that person&#146;s consent.
Further, any repeal or amendment of the indemnification provisions of the Bylaws adverse to any
director or officer shall apply only on a prospective basis. In addition, no repeal or amendment of
the Bylaws may affect the indemnification provisions so as to reduce or limit indemnification in
any manner unless adopted by (a)&nbsp;the unanimous vote of the directors of the Registrant then serving
or (b)&nbsp;the affirmative vote of shareholders entitled to cast not less than a majority of the votes
that all shareholders are entitled to cast in the election of directors, provided that no such
amendment will have a retroactive effect inconsistent with the preceding sentence.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;7-4 of the Registrant&#146;s Bylaws states that references in Sections&nbsp;7-2 and 7-3 to
Pennsylvania law or any provision thereof shall be to such law in effect on the date such sections
were adopted or as such law may thereafter be changed, provided that in the case of any change in
law which expands the liability of directors or limits the rights to indemnification or the
advancement of expenses, the rights to limited liability, indemnification and advancement of
expenses shall continue to the extent provided by law and that if such change permits the
Registrant, without further action by shareholders or directors, to limit further the liability of
directors or officers or to provide broader rights of indemnification or advancement of expenses,
then the liability shall be limited and the rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses
shall be broadened to the extent permitted by law.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has purchased directors and officers liability insurance for its directors
and officers.</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;7. <U>Exemption from Registration Claimed</U>.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;8. <U>Exhibits</U>.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following Exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. 2009 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference herein to Appendix&nbsp;A to the Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on
Schedule&nbsp;14A filed on May&nbsp;4, 2009)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">5.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Robert E. Stern, Esquire</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of KPMG LLP</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">23.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Robert E. Stern, Esquire (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">24</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Power of Attorney (included on signature pages of this Registration Statement)</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Item&nbsp;9. <U>Undertakings</U>.</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the 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
the 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 and of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) 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="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information
in the registration statement;</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is
on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the 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.<BR><BR style="font-size:6pt">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the 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: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 York, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on this 24th day of
June, 2009.</DIV>

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    <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">THE BON-TON STORES, INC.<BR>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ KEITH E. PLOWMAN&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Keith E. Plowman &nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
and Principal Accounting Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Byron L. Bergren and Keith E. Plowman, signing singly, the undersigned&#146;s
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for
the undersigned and in the undersigned&#146;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (including, without limitation,
post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement), and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents 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 the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agents, or his 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities with the Registrant indicated, on the
dates indicated.</DIV>
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    <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" 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 align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ TIM GRUMBACHER<br>Tim Grumbacher</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Executive Chairman of the
Board of Directors</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;24, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ BYRON L. BERGREN<br>
Byron L. Bergren</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director, President and
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;24, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ KEITH E. PLOWMAN<br>
Keith E. Plowman</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer
(Principal Financial Officer
and Principal Accounting
Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;24, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ LUCINDA M. BAIER<br>
Lucinda M. Baier</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;24 , 2009</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ PHILIP M. BROWNE<br>
Philip M. Browne</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;24, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ SHIRLEY A. DAWE<br>
Shirley A. Dawe</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;24, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ MARSHA M. EVERTON<br>Marsha M. Everton</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;24, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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    <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>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size:6pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ MICHAEL L. GLEIM<br>
Michael L. Gleim</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;24, 2009</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ TODD C. McCARTY<br>
Todd C. McCarty</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;24, 2009</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</B>
</DIV>

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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 24, 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
The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Pennsylvania
23-2835229
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
2801 East Market Street, York, Pennsylvania
17402
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. 2009 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Robert E. Stern, Esquire
Vice President-General Counsel and Secretary
The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.
2801 East Market Street
York, Pennsylvania 17402
(Name and address of agent for service)
(717) 751-3285
(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. (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
Title of
maximum
maximum
securities to be
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate
Amount of
registered
registered(1)
per share(2)
offering price
registration fee
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share
2,500,000
$
3.49
$
8,725,000
$
486.86
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also
covers such additional shares as may hereafter be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock
dividends, recapitalizations or certain other capital adjustments.
(2)
Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act based upon the average of the high and low prices of the
Registrant's common stock on June 22, 2009 as quoted on the Nasdaq National Market.
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PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
EXHIBIT INDEX
The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. 2009 Omnibus Incentive Plan
Opinion of Robert E. Stern, Esquire
Consent of KPMG LLP
EX-5.1
EX-23.1
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PART I
A prospectus setting forth the information required by Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or
given to participants in The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. 2009 Stock Omnibus Incentive Plan as specified by
Rule 428(b)(1)(i) under the Securities Act of 1933.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are incorporated into this Registration Statement by reference:
(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31,
2009, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 15, 2009.
(b) The Registrant's Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May 4, 2009.
(c) The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended May 2, 2009,
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 10, 2009.
(d) The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on February 5, 2009, March 11, 2009, March 20, 2009 and May 21, 2009.
(e) The Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-B filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on April 17, 1996 (File No. 000-19517).
(f) All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall
be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained
herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated by reference herein)
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed
to constitute a part hereof except as so modified or superseded.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not Applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
The validity of the shares registered hereunder will be passed upon for the Registrant by
Robert E. Stern, Vice President — General Counsel & Secretary of the Registrant. Mr. Stern is an
officer of the Registrant and owns 21,971 shares of the common stock of the Registrant.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
Subchapter D (Sections 1741 through 1750) of Chapter 17 of the Pennsylvania Business
Corporation Law of 1988, as amended (the "BCL"), contains provisions for mandatory and
discretionary indemnification of a corporation's directors, officers, employees and agents
(collectively "Representatives"), and related matters.
Under Section 1741, subject to certain limitations, a corporation has the power to
indemnify Representatives under certain prescribed circumstances against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
in connection with a threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative, to which any of them is a party or threatened to be made
a party by reason of his being a Representative of the corporation or serving at the request of the
corporation as a Representative of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be
in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation and,
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with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was
unlawful.
Section 1742 provides for indemnification with respect to derivative actions similar to
that provided by Section 1741. However, indemnification is not provided under Section 1742 in
respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which a Representative has been adjudged to be liable
to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the proper court determines upon application
that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, a
Representative is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for the expenses that the court deems
proper.
Section 1743 provides that indemnification against expenses is mandatory to the extent
that a Representative has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any such action
or proceeding referred to in Section 1741 or 1742.
Section 1744 provides that unless ordered by a court, any indemnification under
Section 1741 or 1742 shall be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon
a determination that indemnification of a Representative is proper because the Representative met
the applicable standard of conduct, and such determination will be made (i) by the board of
directors by a majority vote of a quorum of directors not parties to the action or proceeding;
(ii) if a quorum is not obtainable or if obtainable and a majority of disinterested directors so
directs, by independent legal counsel; or (iii) by the shareholders.
Section 1745 provides that expenses incurred by a Representative in defending any action
or proceeding referred to in Subchapter D of Chapter 17 of the BCL may be paid by the corporation
in advance of the final disposition of such action or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by
or on behalf of the Representative to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that
he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation.
Section 1746 provides generally that except in any case where the act or failure to act
giving rise to the claim for indemnification is determined by a court to have constituted willful
misconduct or recklessness, the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by Subchapter
D of Chapter 17 of the BCL shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a
Representative seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw,
agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his
or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding that office.
Section 1747 grants a corporation the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf
of any Representative against any liability incurred by him or her in his or her capacity as a
Representative, whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against
that liability under Subchapter D of Chapter 17 of the BCL.
Sections 1748 and 1749 apply the indemnification and advancement of expenses provisions
contained in Subchapter D of Chapter 17 of the BCL to successor corporations resulting from
consolidation, merger or division and to service as a Representative of a corporation or an
employee benefit plan.
Section 1750 provides that the indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by,
or granted pursuant to, Subchapter D of Chapter 17 of the BCL shall, unless otherwise provided when
authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Representative and shall
inure to the benefit of the heirs and personal representatives of such Representative.
Section 7-2 of the Registrant's Bylaws provides that the Registrant will indemnify any
director or officer of the Registrant to the fullest extent permitted by Pennsylvania law against
all expense, liability and loss reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection with
any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (a "Proceeding") involving such
person by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Registrant or is
or was serving at the request or for the benefit of the Registrant in any capacity for another
corporation or other enterprise. No indemnification pursuant to Section 7-2 may be made, however,
in any case where the act or failure to act giving rise to the claim for indemnification is
determined by a court to have constituted willful misconduct or recklessness.
Section 7-2 further provides that the right to indemnification includes the right to have
the expenses incurred by the indemnified person in defending any Proceeding paid by the Corporation
in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding to the fullest extent permitted by
Pennsylvania law. In addition, Section 7-2 provides that the Registrant may purchase and maintain
insurance for the benefit of any person on behalf of whom insurance is permitted to be purchased by
Pennsylvania law against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Registrant would have
the power to indemnify such person under Pennsylvania or other law. The Registrant may also
purchase and maintain insurance to insure its indemnification obligations, whether arising under
the Bylaws or otherwise. In addition, Section 7-2 states
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that the Registrant may create a fund of any nature to secure in any manner its indemnification
obligations, whether arising under the Bylaws or otherwise.
Section 7-3 of the Registrant's Bylaws states that the provisions of the Bylaws relating
to indemnification constitute a contract between the Registrant and each of its directors and
officers which may be modified as to any director or officer only with that person's consent.
Further, any repeal or amendment of the indemnification provisions of the Bylaws adverse to any
director or officer shall apply only on a prospective basis. In addition, no repeal or amendment of
the Bylaws may affect the indemnification provisions so as to reduce or limit indemnification in
any manner unless adopted by (a) the unanimous vote of the directors of the Registrant then serving
or (b) the affirmative vote of shareholders entitled to cast not less than a majority of the votes
that all shareholders are entitled to cast in the election of directors, provided that no such
amendment will have a retroactive effect inconsistent with the preceding sentence.
Section 7-4 of the Registrant's Bylaws states that references in Sections 7-2 and 7-3 to
Pennsylvania law or any provision thereof shall be to such law in effect on the date such sections
were adopted or as such law may thereafter be changed, provided that in the case of any change in
law which expands the liability of directors or limits the rights to indemnification or the
advancement of expenses, the rights to limited liability, indemnification and advancement of
expenses shall continue to the extent provided by law and that if such change permits the
Registrant, without further action by shareholders or directors, to limit further the liability of
directors or officers or to provide broader rights of indemnification or advancement of expenses,
then the liability shall be limited and the rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses
shall be broadened to the extent permitted by law.
The Registrant has purchased directors and officers liability insurance for its directors
and officers.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not Applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
The following Exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
4.1
The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. 2009 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference herein to Appendix A to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on
Schedule 14A filed on May 4, 2009)
5.1
Opinion of Robert E. Stern, Esquire
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent of Robert E. Stern, Esquire (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
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Power of Attorney (included on signature pages of this Registration Statement)
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the 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
the 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 and of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) 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 the registration statement or any material change to such information
in the registration statement;
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provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is
on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
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.
(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 Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
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 York, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on this 24th day of
June, 2009.
THE BON-TON STORES, INC.
By:
/s/ KEITH E. PLOWMAN
Keith E. Plowman
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
and Principal Accounting Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below
constitutes and appoints Byron L. Bergren and Keith E. Plowman, signing singly, the undersigned's
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for
the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
any and all amendments to this Registration Statement (including, without limitation,
post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement), and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents 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 the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agents, 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 by the following persons in the capacities with the Registrant indicated, on the
dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ TIM GRUMBACHER
Tim Grumbacher
Executive Chairman of the
Board of Directors
June 24, 2009
/s/ BYRON L. BERGREN
Byron L. Bergren
Director, President and
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
June 24, 2009
/s/ KEITH E. PLOWMAN
Keith E. Plowman
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer
(Principal Financial Officer
and Principal Accounting
Officer)
June 24, 2009
/s/ LUCINDA M. BAIER
Lucinda M. Baier
Director
June 24 , 2009
/s/ PHILIP M. BROWNE
Philip M. Browne
Director
June 24, 2009
/s/ SHIRLEY A. DAWE
Shirley A. Dawe
Director
June 24, 2009
/s/ MARSHA M. EVERTON
Marsha M. Everton
Director
June 24, 2009
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ MICHAEL L. GLEIM
Michael L. Gleim
Director
June 24, 2009
/s/ TODD C. McCARTY
Todd C. McCarty
Director
June 24, 2009
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Document
4.1
The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. 2009 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by
reference herein to Appendix A to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on
Schedule 14A filed on May 4, 2009)
5.1
Opinion of Robert E. Stern, Esquire
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent of Robert E. Stern, Esquire (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
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Power of Attorney (included on signature pages of this Registration Statement)