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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;30, 2005</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>DSW Inc.</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</I></DIV>


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<I>(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)</I>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>31-0746639</B><BR>
<I>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</I></TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>______________</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>4150 East 5<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> Avenue<BR>
Columbus, OH 43224</B><BR>
<I>(Address of principal executive offices)</I>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>DSW Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan</B><BR>
<I>(Full title of the plan)</I><BR>
<B>______________</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Julia A. Davis<BR>
General Counsel<BR>
3241 Westerville Road<BR>
Columbus, Ohio 43224<BR>
Tel.: (614)&nbsp;471-4722</B><BR>
<I>(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</I>



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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Robert M. Chilstrom<BR>
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &#038; Flom LLP<BR>
Four Times Square<BR>
New York, New York 10036-6522<BR>
(212)&nbsp;735-3000</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Susan E. Brown<BR>
52 East Gay Street<BR>
P.O. Box 1008<BR>
Columbus, OH 43216<BR>
(614)&nbsp;464-6400</B></TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>______________</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of each class of securities to</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>be registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>registered</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>(1)</B></SUP></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Class&nbsp;A Common
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value</DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">4,600,000 shares</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$19.00</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$87,400,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$10,287</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>Represents the number of Common Shares initially issuable under the DSW Inc. 2005 Equity
Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this registration statement also covers additional shares of
DSW Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) that may become issuable under the Plan by reason of certain
corporate transactions or events, including any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization
or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration that results in
an increase in the number of the Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of Class&nbsp;A Common Shares (the
&#147;Common Shares&#148;).</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
under the Securities Act, based on the Registrant&#146;s initial public offering price of $19.00, the
price at which stock options, restricted stock, stock units, restricted stock units, performance
shares, performance units, stock appreciate rights and performance-based awards were initially
granted under the Plan.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has prepared this registration statement in accordance with the requirements of
Form S-8 under the Securities Act to register Common Shares issuable pursuant to the Plan. The
information called for by Part&nbsp;I of this registration statement (the &#147;Part&nbsp;I Information&#148;) in
respect of the 4,600,000 Common Shares initially issuable pursuant to the Plan is included in the
description of the Plan contained in the documents made available to participants in the Plan as
specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. The Part&nbsp;I Information is not filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) either as part of this registration statement
or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to the note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 and Rule
424 of the Securities Act.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents previously filed with the Commission are incorporated by reference in
this registration statement:


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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s prospectus filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;30,
2005 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act and forming a part of the
Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form S-1 (file no. 333-123289), which
prospectus contains audited financial statements for the Registrant&#146;s latest
fiscal year for which such statements have been filed; and</TD>
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    <TD>the description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Shares which is contained
in the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission
on June&nbsp;23, 2005 (file no. 001-32545) under the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), including any amendment or report filed for
the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
registration statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified, superseded or replaced for purposes of this registration
statement to the extent that a statement contained in this registration statement, or in any other
subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies, supersedes or replaces such prior statement. Any statement contained in this
registration statement shall be deemed to be modified, superseded or replaced to the extent that a
statement contained in a subsequently filed document that is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this registration statement modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any
statement so modified, superseded or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified,
superseded or replaced, to constitute a part of this registration statement.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>Ohio Law</I></B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to Section&nbsp;1701.13(E) of the Ohio Revised Code, an Ohio corporation is permitted to
indemnify directors, officers and other persons under certain circumstances. In some
circumstances, an Ohio corporation is required to indemnify directors and officers.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An Ohio corporation is required to indemnify a director or officer against expenses actually
and reasonably incurred to the extent that the director or officer is successful in defending a
lawsuit brought against him or her by reason of the fact that the director or officer is or was a
director or officer of the corporation.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If a director or officer is not successful in an action brought against the director or
officer, he or she still may be indemnified under certain circumstances. In actions brought
against a director or officer by any person (other than the corporation or on behalf of the
corporation), the defendant director or officer may be indemnified for expenses, judgments, fines
and amounts paid in settlement if it is determined that the defendant was acting in good faith, in
a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation,
and in a criminal proceeding, that he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct
was unlawful. The determination of whether to indemnify an unsuccessful director or officer may be
made by any of the following: (i)&nbsp;a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested directors; (ii)
independent legal counsel; (iii)&nbsp;the shareholders; or (iv)&nbsp;a court of competent jurisdiction.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If a director or officer is not successful in an action brought by or on behalf of the
corporation against the director or officer, the defendant director or officer may be indemnified
only for expenses if it is determined that the defendant was acting in good faith and in a manner
he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation. In an
action brought by or behalf of the corporation, if the director or officer is adjudged to be liable
for negligence or misconduct, no indemnification for expenses is permitted unless authorized by
court order. Similarly, if a director is not successful in an action brought by or on behalf of
the corporation against a director where the only liability asserted is for authorizing unlawful
loans, dividends, distributions or purchase of the corporation&#146;s own shares, no indemnification for
expenses is permitted under the statute.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unless otherwise provided in the articles or regulation of a corporation and unless the only
liability asserted against a director is for authorizing unlawful loans, dividends, distributions
or purchase of the corporation&#146;s own shares, directors (but not any other person) are entitled to
mandatory advancement of expenses incurred in defending any action, including derivative actions,
brought against the director, provided that the director agrees to cooperate with the corporation
concerning the matter and to repay the amount advanced if it is proved by clear and convincing
evidence that his or her act or failure to act was done with deliberate intent to cause injury to
the corporation or with reckless disregard to the corporation&#146;s best interests.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to Ohio law, a director is not liable for monetary damages unless it is proved by
clear and convincing evidence in a court of competent jurisdiction that his or her action or
failure to act involved an act or omission undertaken with deliberate intent to cause injury to the
corporation or undertaken with reckless disregard for the best interests of the corporation. There
is, however, no comparable provision limiting the liability of officers, employees or agents of a
corporation.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The statutory right of indemnification is not exclusive in Ohio, and a corporation may, among
other things, grant rights to indemnification under the corporation&#146;s articles, code of regulation
or agreements. Ohio corporations are also specifically authorized to procure insurance against any
liability that may be asserted against directors and officers, whether or not the corporation would
have the power to indemnify such officials.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>Code of Regulations</I></B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;Five of the Registrant&#146;s code of regulations contains certain indemnification
provisions adopted pursuant to authority contained in Section&nbsp;1701.13(E) of the Ohio Revised Code.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s code of regulations provides for the indemnification of every person who was
or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is or was involved or is threatened to be
involved in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, arbitrative, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is
or was a director or officer of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, trustee, officer, partner, member or manager, of another corporation,
limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other
enterprise, against all expenses, judgments, fines, excise taxes assessed with respect to an
employee benefit plan, penalties and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by
such person in connection with any proceeding, if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner in
which he or she reasonably believed to be in and not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, he or she did not have reasonable cause
to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, the Registrant&#146;s code of regulations provides that the Registrant shall not
provide indemnification for any person (i)&nbsp;in such person&#146;s capacity as a director of the
Registrant in respect of any claim, issue or matter asserted in a proceeding by or in the right of
the corporation as to which such person shall have been adjudged liable to the Registrant for an
act or omission undertaken by such person with deliberate intent to cause injury to the corporation
or with reckless disregard for the Registrant&#146;s best interests, (ii)&nbsp;in such person&#146;s capacity
other than that of a director of the Registrant in respect of any claim, issue or matter asserted
in a proceeding by or in light of the Registrant as to which the indemnitee shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the corporation for negligence or misconduct, or (iii)&nbsp;in any proceeding
by or in the right of the corporation in which the only liability asserted relates to the
authorization of unlawful loans, dividends, distributions or repurchase of the Registrant&#146;s own
shares, absent a court order.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>Indemnification Agreements</I></B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant will enter into indemnification agreements with its directors and executive
officers. Pursuant to the indemnification agreements, the Registrant will agree to indemnify an
indemnitee to the greatest extent permitted by Ohio law as set forth above and in its code of
regulations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an indemnitee will not be entitled to indemnification
under the indemnification agreement:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#149; with respect to any claim brought or made by an indemnitee in a proceeding, unless the
bringing or making of such claim has been approved or ratified by the board of directors; provided,
however, that the foregoing does not apply to any claim brought or made by an indemnitee to enforce
a right of an indemnitee under the indemnification agreement;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#149; for expenses incurred by an indemnitee with respect to any action instituted by or in the
name of the Registrant against the indemnitee, if and to the extent that a court of competent
jurisdiction declares or otherwise determines in a final, unappealable judgment that each of the
material defenses asserted by such indemnitee was made in bad faith or was frivolous;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#149; for expenses and other liabilities arising from the purchase and sale by an indemnitee of
securities in violation of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act or any similar state or successor
statute; and


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#149; for expenses and other liabilities if and to the extent that a court of competent
jurisdiction declares or otherwise determines in a final, unappealable judgment that the Registrant
is prohibited by applicable law from making such indemnification payment or that such
indemnification payment is otherwise unlawful.





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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B><I>Insurance</I></B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, the Registrant will provide insurance coverage to its directors and officers
against certain liabilities which might be incurred by them in such capacity. Initially, such
insurance coverage will be provided through a shared services agreement to be entered into with
Retail Ventures, Inc., an Ohio Corporation.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B><U>Exhibit No.</U></B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B><U>Description</U></B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Amended Articles of Incorporation. Incorporated by reference to
the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, as amended (file
no. 333-123289), originally filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;14, 2005.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Amended and Restated Code of Regulations. Incorporated by
reference to the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, as
amended (file no. 333-123289), originally filed with the Commission on
March&nbsp;14, 2005.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Class&nbsp;A Common Shares Temporary Certificate. Incorporated by reference
to the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, as amended (file
no. 333-123289), originally filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;14, 2005.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated June&nbsp;11, 2002,
by and among Value City Department Stores, Inc. and Cerberus Partners,
L.P. and Schottenstein Stores Corporation. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;10.4 to Retail Ventures, Inc.&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-Q (file no. 1-10767),
originally filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;18, 2002.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Registration Rights Agreement by and among DSW Inc.,
Schottenstein Stores Corporation, Cerberus Partners, L.P. and Back Bay
Capital Funding LLC. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s
registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, as amended (file no. 333-123289),
originally filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;14, 2005.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Exchange Agreement by and between Retail Ventures, Inc. and DSW
Inc. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s registration
statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, as amended (file no. 333-123289), originally
filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;14, 2005.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">DSW Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, forms of related award
agreements and other documents. Incorporated by reference to the
Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, as amended (file no.
333-123289), originally filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;14, 2005.</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:


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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement 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;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof; and</TD>
</TR>

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

</TABLE>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 13(a)
or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) 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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities 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 Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 City of Columbus, State of Ohio, on June&nbsp;30, 2005.

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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">DSW Inc.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Douglas J. Probst</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Name:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Douglas J. Probst</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Title:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President, Chief Financial<BR>
Officer and Treasurer</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June&nbsp;30, 2005:

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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B><U>Signature</U></B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B><U>Title</U></B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Jay L. Schottenstein</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board of Directors and
Chief Executive Officer (Principal
Executive Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">/s/ Douglas J. Probst
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Douglas J. Probst</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial
Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Heywood Wilansky</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Carolee Friedlander</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Philip B. Miller</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
James D. Robbins</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Harvey L. Sonnenberg</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Allan J. Tanenbaum</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="59%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*By:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Douglas J. Probst
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Douglas J. Probst</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Attorney-in-fact</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>


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    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B><U>Exhibit No.</U></B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B><U>Description</U></B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Amended Articles of Incorporation. Incorporated by reference to
the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, as amended (file
no. 333-123289), originally filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;14, 2005.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Amended and Restated Code of Regulations. Incorporated by
reference to the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, as
amended (file no. 333-123289), originally filed with the Commission on
March&nbsp;14, 2005.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen Class&nbsp;A Common Shares Temporary Certificate. Incorporated by reference
to the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, as amended (file
no. 333-123289), originally filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;14, 2005.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated June&nbsp;11, 2002,
by and among Value City Department Stores, Inc. and Cerberus Partners,
L.P. and Schottenstein Stores Corporation. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;10.4 to Retail Ventures, Inc.&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-Q (file no. 1-10767),
originally filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;18, 2002.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Registration Rights Agreement by and among DSW Inc.,
Schottenstein Stores Corporation, Cerberus Partners, L.P. and Back Bay
Capital Funding LLC. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s
registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, as amended (file no. 333-123289),
originally filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;14, 2005.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Exchange Agreement by and between Retail Ventures, Inc. and DSW
Inc. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant&#146;s registration
statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, as amended (file no. 333-123289), originally
filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;14, 2005.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">DSW Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan forms of related award
agreements and other documents. Incorporated by reference to the
Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, as amended (file no.
333-123289), originally filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;14, 2005.</TD>
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S-8
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2005
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
DSW Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Ohio
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
31-0746639
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
______________
4150 East 5
th
Avenue
Columbus, OH 43224
(Address of principal executive offices)
DSW Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
______________
Julia A. Davis
General Counsel
3241 Westerville Road
Columbus, Ohio 43224
Tel.: (614) 471-4722
(Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Robert M. Chilstrom
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Four Times Square
New York, New York 10036-6522
(212) 735-3000
Susan E. Brown
52 East Gay Street
P.O. Box 1008
Columbus, OH 43216
(614) 464-6400
______________
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of each class of securities to
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
be registered
registered
(1)
share
(2)
price
(2)
registration fee
Class A Common
Shares, without par
value
4,600,000 shares
$19.00
$87,400,000
$10,287
(1)
Represents the number of Common Shares initially issuable under the DSW Inc. 2005 Equity
Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement also covers additional shares of
DSW Inc. (the "Registrant") that may become issuable under the Plan by reason of certain
corporate transactions or events, including any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization
or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration that results in
an increase in the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Class A Common Shares (the
"Common Shares").
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
under the Securities Act, based on the Registrant's initial public offering price of $19.00, the
price at which stock options, restricted stock, stock units, restricted stock units, performance
shares, performance units, stock appreciate rights and performance-based awards were initially
granted under the Plan.
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1: OPINION OF VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE LLP
EX-23.1: CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
EX-24.1: POWERS OF ATTORNEY
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The Registrant has prepared this registration statement in accordance with the requirements of
Form S-8 under the Securities Act to register Common Shares issuable pursuant to the Plan. The
information called for by Part I of this registration statement (the "Part I Information") in
respect of the 4,600,000 Common Shares initially issuable pursuant to the Plan is included in the
description of the Plan contained in the documents made available to participants in the Plan as
specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. The Part I Information is not filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this registration statement
or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to the note to Part I of Form S-8 and Rule
424 of the Securities Act.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously filed with the Commission are incorporated by reference in
this registration statement:
(a)
the Registrant's prospectus filed with the Commission on June 30,
2005 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act and forming a part of the
Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1 (file no. 333-123289), which
prospectus contains audited financial statements for the Registrant's latest
fiscal year for which such statements have been filed; and
(b)
the description of the Registrant's Common Shares which is contained
in the Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission
on June 23, 2005 (file no. 001-32545) under the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), including any amendment or report filed for
the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
registration statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified, superseded or replaced for purposes of this registration
statement to the extent that a statement contained in this registration statement, or in any other
subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies, supersedes or replaces such prior statement. Any statement contained in this
registration statement shall be deemed to be modified, superseded or replaced to the extent that a
statement contained in a subsequently filed document that is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this registration statement modifies or supersedes such prior statement. Any
statement so modified, superseded or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified,
superseded or replaced, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Ohio Law
Pursuant to Section 1701.13(E) of the Ohio Revised Code, an Ohio corporation is permitted to
indemnify directors, officers and other persons under certain circumstances. In some
circumstances, an Ohio corporation is required to indemnify directors and officers.
An Ohio corporation is required to indemnify a director or officer against expenses actually
and reasonably incurred to the extent that the director or officer is successful in defending a
lawsuit brought against him or her by reason of the fact that the director or officer is or was a
director or officer of the corporation.
If a director or officer is not successful in an action brought against the director or
officer, he or she still may be indemnified under certain circumstances. In actions brought
against a director or officer by any person (other than the corporation or on behalf of the
corporation), the defendant director or officer may be indemnified for expenses, judgments, fines
and amounts paid in settlement if it is determined that the defendant was acting in good faith, in
a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation,
and in a criminal proceeding, that he or she had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct
was unlawful. The determination of whether to indemnify an unsuccessful director or officer may be
made by any of the following: (i) a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested directors; (ii)
independent legal counsel; (iii) the shareholders; or (iv) a court of competent jurisdiction.
If a director or officer is not successful in an action brought by or on behalf of the
corporation against the director or officer, the defendant director or officer may be indemnified
only for expenses if it is determined that the defendant was acting in good faith and in a manner
he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation. In an
action brought by or behalf of the corporation, if the director or officer is adjudged to be liable
for negligence or misconduct, no indemnification for expenses is permitted unless authorized by
court order. Similarly, if a director is not successful in an action brought by or on behalf of
the corporation against a director where the only liability asserted is for authorizing unlawful
loans, dividends, distributions or purchase of the corporation's own shares, no indemnification for
expenses is permitted under the statute.
Unless otherwise provided in the articles or regulation of a corporation and unless the only
liability asserted against a director is for authorizing unlawful loans, dividends, distributions
or purchase of the corporation's own shares, directors (but not any other person) are entitled to
mandatory advancement of expenses incurred in defending any action, including derivative actions,
brought against the director, provided that the director agrees to cooperate with the corporation
concerning the matter and to repay the amount advanced if it is proved by clear and convincing
evidence that his or her act or failure to act was done with deliberate intent to cause injury to
the corporation or with reckless disregard to the corporation's best interests.
Pursuant to Ohio law, a director is not liable for monetary damages unless it is proved by
clear and convincing evidence in a court of competent jurisdiction that his or her action or
failure to act involved an act or omission undertaken with deliberate intent to cause injury to the
corporation or undertaken with reckless disregard for the best interests of the corporation. There
is, however, no comparable provision limiting the liability of officers, employees or agents of a
corporation.
The statutory right of indemnification is not exclusive in Ohio, and a corporation may, among
other things, grant rights to indemnification under the corporation's articles, code of regulation
or agreements. Ohio corporations are also specifically authorized to procure insurance against any
liability that may be asserted against directors and officers, whether or not the corporation would
have the power to indemnify such officials.
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Code of Regulations
Article Five of the Registrant's code of regulations contains certain indemnification
provisions adopted pursuant to authority contained in Section 1701.13(E) of the Ohio Revised Code.
The Registrant's code of regulations provides for the indemnification of every person who was
or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is or was involved or is threatened to be
involved in, any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, arbitrative, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is
or was a director or officer of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, trustee, officer, partner, member or manager, of another corporation,
limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other
enterprise, against all expenses, judgments, fines, excise taxes assessed with respect to an
employee benefit plan, penalties and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by
such person in connection with any proceeding, if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner in
which he or she reasonably believed to be in and not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation, and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, he or she did not have reasonable cause
to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.
In addition, the Registrant's code of regulations provides that the Registrant shall not
provide indemnification for any person (i) in such person's capacity as a director of the
Registrant in respect of any claim, issue or matter asserted in a proceeding by or in the right of
the corporation as to which such person shall have been adjudged liable to the Registrant for an
act or omission undertaken by such person with deliberate intent to cause injury to the corporation
or with reckless disregard for the Registrant's best interests, (ii) in such person's capacity
other than that of a director of the Registrant in respect of any claim, issue or matter asserted
in a proceeding by or in light of the Registrant as to which the indemnitee shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the corporation for negligence or misconduct, or (iii) in any proceeding
by or in the right of the corporation in which the only liability asserted relates to the
authorization of unlawful loans, dividends, distributions or repurchase of the Registrant's own
shares, absent a court order.
Indemnification Agreements
The Registrant will enter into indemnification agreements with its directors and executive
officers. Pursuant to the indemnification agreements, the Registrant will agree to indemnify an
indemnitee to the greatest extent permitted by Ohio law as set forth above and in its code of
regulations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an indemnitee will not be entitled to indemnification
under the indemnification agreement:
• with respect to any claim brought or made by an indemnitee in a proceeding, unless the
bringing or making of such claim has been approved or ratified by the board of directors; provided,
however, that the foregoing does not apply to any claim brought or made by an indemnitee to enforce
a right of an indemnitee under the indemnification agreement;
• for expenses incurred by an indemnitee with respect to any action instituted by or in the
name of the Registrant against the indemnitee, if and to the extent that a court of competent
jurisdiction declares or otherwise determines in a final, unappealable judgment that each of the
material defenses asserted by such indemnitee was made in bad faith or was frivolous;
• for expenses and other liabilities arising from the purchase and sale by an indemnitee of
securities in violation of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act or any similar state or successor
statute; and
• for expenses and other liabilities if and to the extent that a court of competent
jurisdiction declares or otherwise determines in a final, unappealable judgment that the Registrant
is prohibited by applicable law from making such indemnification payment or that such
indemnification payment is otherwise unlawful.
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Insurance
In addition, the Registrant will provide insurance coverage to its directors and officers
against certain liabilities which might be incurred by them in such capacity. Initially, such
insurance coverage will be provided through a shared services agreement to be entered into with
Retail Ventures, Inc., an Ohio Corporation.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Form of Amended Articles of Incorporation. Incorporated by reference to
the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (file
no. 333-123289), originally filed with the Commission on March 14, 2005.
4.2
Form of Amended and Restated Code of Regulations. Incorporated by
reference to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, as
amended (file no. 333-123289), originally filed with the Commission on
March 14, 2005.
4.3
Specimen Class A Common Shares Temporary Certificate. Incorporated by reference
to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (file
no. 333-123289), originally filed with the Commission on March 14, 2005.
4.4
Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 11, 2002,
by and among Value City Department Stores, Inc. and Cerberus Partners,
L.P. and Schottenstein Stores Corporation. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.4 to Retail Ventures, Inc.'s Form 10-Q (file no. 1-10767),
originally filed with the Commission on June 18, 2002.
4.5
Form of Registration Rights Agreement by and among DSW Inc.,
Schottenstein Stores Corporation, Cerberus Partners, L.P. and Back Bay
Capital Funding LLC. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's
registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (file no. 333-123289),
originally filed with the Commission on March 14, 2005.
4.6
Form of Exchange Agreement by and between Retail Ventures, Inc. and DSW
Inc. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's registration
statement on Form S-1, as amended (file no. 333-123289), originally
filed with the Commission on March 14, 2005.
5.1
Opinion of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
Consent of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney.
99.1
DSW Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, forms of related award
agreements and other documents. Incorporated by reference to the
Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (file no.
333-123289), originally filed with the Commission on March 14, 2005.
Item 9. Undertakings.
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 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;
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof; and
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(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.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a)
or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) 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.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities 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 Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 City of Columbus, State of Ohio, on June 30, 2005.
DSW Inc.
By:
/s/ Douglas J. Probst
Name:
Douglas J. Probst
Title:
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on June 30, 2005:
Signature
Title
*
Jay L. Schottenstein
Chairman of the Board of Directors and
Chief Executive Officer (Principal
Executive Officer)
/s/ Douglas J. Probst
Douglas J. Probst
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial
Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
*
Heywood Wilansky
Director
*
Carolee Friedlander
Director
*
Philip B. Miller
Director
*
James D. Robbins
Director
*
Harvey L. Sonnenberg
Director
*
Allan J. Tanenbaum
Director
*By:
/s/ Douglas J. Probst
Douglas J. Probst
Attorney-in-fact
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Form of Amended Articles of Incorporation. Incorporated by reference to
the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (file
no. 333-123289), originally filed with the Commission on March 14, 2005.
4.2
Form of Amended and Restated Code of Regulations. Incorporated by
reference to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, as
amended (file no. 333-123289), originally filed with the Commission on
March 14, 2005.
4.3
Specimen Class A Common Shares Temporary Certificate. Incorporated by reference
to the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (file
no. 333-123289), originally filed with the Commission on March 14, 2005.
4.4
Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 11, 2002,
by and among Value City Department Stores, Inc. and Cerberus Partners,
L.P. and Schottenstein Stores Corporation. Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.4 to Retail Ventures, Inc.'s Form 10-Q (file no. 1-10767),
originally filed with the Commission on June 18, 2002.
4.5
Form of Registration Rights Agreement by and among DSW Inc.,
Schottenstein Stores Corporation, Cerberus Partners, L.P. and Back Bay
Capital Funding LLC. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's
registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (file no. 333-123289),
originally filed with the Commission on March 14, 2005.
4.6
Form of Exchange Agreement by and between Retail Ventures, Inc. and DSW
Inc. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's registration
statement on Form S-1, as amended (file no. 333-123289), originally
filed with the Commission on March 14, 2005.
5.1
Opinion of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.
23.2
Consent of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Powers of Attorney.
99.1
DSW Inc. 2005 Equity Incentive Plan forms of related award
agreements and other documents. Incorporated by reference to the
Registrant's registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (file no.
333-123289), originally filed with the Commission on March 14, 2005.