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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;25, 2010
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<B>Form&nbsp;S-8</B></DIV>



<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>HASTINGS ENTERTAINMENT, INC.</B>
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Texas</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>75-1386375</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>3601 Plains Boulevard <BR>
Amarillo, Texas</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>79102</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<B>Hastings Entertainment, Inc.<BR>

2010 Incentive Stock Plan</B><BR>

(Full title of the plan)</DIV>


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<B>Dan Crow<BR>

Vice President, Chief Financial Officer<BR>

Hastings Entertainment, Inc.<BR>

3601 Plains Boulevard<BR>

Amarillo, Texas 79102</B><BR>

(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>


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<B>(806)&nbsp;677-1402</B><BR>

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">
<I>with copies of communications to:</I><BR>

<B>S. Benton Cantey, Esq.<BR>

Kelly Hart &#038; Hallman LLP<BR>

201 Main Street, Suite&nbsp;2500<BR>

Fort Worth, Texas 76102-3126<BR>

(817)&nbsp;332-2500</B></DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act (check one):</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Large accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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<FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Smaller reporting company <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>


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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">500,000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$7.41</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$3,705,000</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Represents shares issuable under the Hastings Entertainment, Inc. 2010 Incentive Stock
Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416, there are also registered hereunder such indeterminate
number of additional shares as may become subject to awards under the Plan as a result of the
antidilution provisions contained therein.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The registration fee with respect to these shares has been computed in accordance with
paragraphs (c)&nbsp;and (h)&nbsp;of Rule&nbsp;457, based upon the average of the reported high and low sale
prices of shares of the Common Stock on The NASDAQ National Market on August&nbsp;20, 2010.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.*</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*</B>
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<DIV align="left">
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    <TD>The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to
participants in the Plan as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). Such documents need not be 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 Securities Act Rule&nbsp;424. These documents, which include the
statement of availability required by Item&nbsp;2 of Form S-8 and the documents incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Form S-8 (Part&nbsp;II hereof), taken
together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities
Act.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
</DIV>


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

</DIV>

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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hastings Entertainment, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;), hereby incorporates by reference the following
documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;):
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January&nbsp;31, 2010, filed with the
Commission on April&nbsp;16, 2010;</TD>
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    <TD>Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April&nbsp;30, 2010, filed with
the Commission on June&nbsp;2, 2010;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended July&nbsp;31, 2010, filed with
the Commission on August&nbsp;25, 2010;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;22, 2010, May&nbsp;17,
2010, June&nbsp;4, 2010, July&nbsp;23, 2010, August&nbsp;10, 2010 and August&nbsp;16, 2010; and</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Common Stock which is contained in the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;3, 1998
pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act, and all amendments thereto and reports that
have been filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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</DIV>

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

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

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


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

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


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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;8.101 of the Texas Business Organizations Code (the &#147;TBOC&#148;) empowers a corporation to
indemnify its directors and officers and to purchase and maintain liability insurance for directors
and officers. Section&nbsp;8.101 of the TBOC permits indemnification of directors and officers of
corporations under certain conditions and subject to certain limitations and, under certain
circumstances, Section&nbsp;8.051 of the TBOC requires such indemnification. The TBOC provides further
that a provision for indemnification of a director, whether contained in the certificate of
incorporation, the bylaws, a resolution of shareholders or directors, an agreement, or otherwise,
is valid only to the extent it is consistent with Chapter&nbsp;8 of the TBOC. Article&nbsp;13 of the
registrant&#146;s Restated Articles of Incorporation contains a provision providing for indemnification
of directors and officers to the full extent permitted by law. Section&nbsp;9.1 of the registrant&#146;s
Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended, contains a provision providing for indemnification to the
full extent permitted by law. Additionally, Article&nbsp;14 of the registrant&#146;s Restated Articles of
Incorporation limits the personal liability of directors of the registrant to the registrant or its
shareholders for monetary damages for an act or omission in such director&#146;s capacity as a director,
except that such Article&nbsp;14 does not eliminate or limit the liability of a director for (i)&nbsp;a
breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the registrant or its shareholders; (ii)&nbsp;an act or
omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,
(iii)&nbsp;a transaction from which such director received an improper benefit, whether or not the
benefit resulted from an action taken within the scope of such director&#146;s office, or (iv)&nbsp;an act or
omission for which the liability of such director is expressly provided for by statute.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The foregoing summaries are necessarily subject to the complete text of the statutes and the
registrant&#146;s Restated Articles of Incorporation and registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws, as
amended, referred to above and are qualified in their entirety by reference thereto.
</DIV>

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

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


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

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

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1*
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Hastings Entertainment, Inc. 2010 Incentive Stock Plan</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <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 Kelly Hart &#038; Hallman LLP regarding legality of Common Stock being offered</TD>
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</TR>
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    <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 Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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 Kelly Hart &#038; Hallman LLP (included in its legal opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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">Power of Attorney (incorporated in the signature page of this Registration Statement)</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Each document marked with an asterisk is filed herewith.</TD>
</TR>

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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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 end 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 a 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; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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;
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act 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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for the 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 this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h)&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.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</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 Amarillo, State of Texas, on the 25<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day
August, 2010.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Hastings Entertainment, 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/ Dan Crow
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Dan Crow&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" nowrap>Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<br> (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officers and directors of Hastings
Entertainment, Inc., a Texas corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint John H. Marmaduke and
Dan Crow, and each of them, their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents or attorney-in-fact
and agent, with power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all
instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one of them, determine may be necessary or
advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and any rules and regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in
connection with this Registration Statement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power
and authority, the powers granted include the full power of substitution and resubstitution, for
them and in their name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, the power and authority to sign
the names of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to this
Registration Statement, to any and all amendments (including any post-effective amendments) and
supplements thereto, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part or in connection
with this Registration Statement, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that
said attorneys and agents, or any of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. The
Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.
</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, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed below by the following persons and in the following capacities on the
date indicated.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="32%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="32%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John H. Marmaduke
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>John H. Marmaduke
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;25, 2010</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Dan Crow
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Dan Crow
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial
Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;25, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jeffrey G. Shrader
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;25, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jeffrey G. Shrader</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Daryl L. Lansdale
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;25, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Daryl L. Lansdale</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Frank O. Marrs
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;25, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Frank O. Marrs</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ann S. Lieff
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;25, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Ann S. Lieff</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Danny W. Gurr
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">August&nbsp;25, 2010</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Danny W. Gurr</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="92%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Exhibit</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>No</B>.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <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">Hastings Entertainment, Inc. 2010 Incentive Stock Plan</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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 Kelly Hart &#038; Hallman LLP regarding legality of Common Stock being offered</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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 Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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 Kelly Hart &#038; Hallman LLP (included in its legal opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 hereto)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <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">Power of Attorney (incorporated in the signature page of this Registration Statement)</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
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    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Each document marked with an asterisk is filed herewith.</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 25, 2010
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
HASTINGS ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Texas
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
75-1386375
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
3601 Plains Boulevard
Amarillo, Texas
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
79102
(Zip Code)
Hastings Entertainment, Inc.
2010 Incentive Stock Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Dan Crow
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Hastings Entertainment, Inc.
3601 Plains Boulevard
Amarillo, Texas 79102
(Name and address of agent for service)
(806) 677-1402
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
with copies of communications to:
S. Benton Cantey, Esq.
Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP
201 Main Street, Suite 2500
Fort Worth, Texas 76102-3126
(817) 332-2500
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
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate offering
registration fee
to be registered
registered (1)
per share (2)
price (2)
(2)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
500,000
$7.41
$3,705,000
$264.17
(1)
Represents shares issuable under the Hastings Entertainment, Inc. 2010 Incentive Stock
Plan (the "Plan"). Pursuant to Rule 416, there are also registered hereunder such indeterminate
number of additional shares as may become subject to awards under the Plan as a result of the
antidilution provisions contained therein.
(2)
The registration fee with respect to these shares has been computed in accordance with
paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457, based upon the average of the reported high and low sale
prices of shares of the Common Stock on The NASDAQ National Market on August 20, 2010.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
*
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to
participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"). Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or
prospectus supplements pursuant to Securities Act Rule 424. These documents, which include the
statement of availability required by Item 2 of Form S-8 and the documents incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Form S-8 (Part II hereof), taken
together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities
Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Hastings Entertainment, Inc. (the "Company"), hereby incorporates by reference the following
documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"):
•
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2010, filed with the
Commission on April 16, 2010;
•
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2010, filed with
the Commission on June 2, 2010;
•
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2010, filed with
the Commission on August 25, 2010;
•
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 22, 2010, May 17,
2010, June 4, 2010, July 23, 2010, August 10, 2010 and August 16, 2010; and
•
The description of the Common Stock which is contained in the Company's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 3, 1998
pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, and all amendments thereto and reports that
have been filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act after the date hereof, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that the securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters the securities
offered hereby then remaining unsold, shall also be deemed to be incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof commencing on the respective dates on which
such documents are filed.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be 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 or is deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part hereof.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 8.101 of the Texas Business Organizations Code (the "TBOC") empowers a corporation to
indemnify its directors and officers and to purchase and maintain liability insurance for directors
and officers. Section 8.101 of the TBOC permits indemnification of directors and officers of
corporations under certain conditions and subject to certain limitations and, under certain
circumstances, Section 8.051 of the TBOC requires such indemnification. The TBOC provides further
that a provision for indemnification of a director, whether contained in the certificate of
incorporation, the bylaws, a resolution of shareholders or directors, an agreement, or otherwise,
is valid only to the extent it is consistent with Chapter 8 of the TBOC. Article 13 of the
registrant's Restated Articles of Incorporation contains a provision providing for indemnification
of directors and officers to the full extent permitted by law. Section 9.1 of the registrant's
Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended, contains a provision providing for indemnification to the
full extent permitted by law. Additionally, Article 14 of the registrant's Restated Articles of
Incorporation limits the personal liability of directors of the registrant to the registrant or its
shareholders for monetary damages for an act or omission in such director's capacity as a director,
except that such Article 14 does not eliminate or limit the liability of a director for (i) a
breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the registrant or its shareholders; (ii) an act or
omission not in good faith or that involves intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,
(iii) a transaction from which such director received an improper benefit, whether or not the
benefit resulted from an action taken within the scope of such director's office, or (iv) an act or
omission for which the liability of such director is expressly provided for by statute.
The foregoing summaries are necessarily subject to the complete text of the statutes and the
registrant's Restated Articles of Incorporation and registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws, as
amended, referred to above and are qualified in their entirety by reference thereto.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement.
Exhibit
No
.
Description
4.1*
Hastings Entertainment, Inc. 2010 Incentive Stock Plan
5.1*
Opinion of Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP regarding legality of Common Stock being offered
23.1*
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2*
Consent of Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP (included in its legal opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
24.1*
Power of Attorney (incorporated in the signature page of this Registration Statement)
*
Each document marked with an asterisk is filed herewith.
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;
(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 end 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 a 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;
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference 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.
(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 the 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 this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(h) 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.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Amarillo, State of Texas, on the 25
th
day
August, 2010.
Hastings Entertainment, Inc.
By:
/s/ Dan Crow
Dan Crow
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officers and directors of Hastings
Entertainment, Inc., a Texas corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint John H. Marmaduke and
Dan Crow, and each of them, their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents or attorney-in-fact
and agent, with power and authority to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all
instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one of them, determine may be necessary or
advisable or required to enable said corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and any rules and regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in
connection with this Registration Statement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power
and authority, the powers granted include the full power of substitution and resubstitution, for
them and in their name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, the power and authority to sign
the names of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated below to this
Registration Statement, to any and all amendments (including any post-effective amendments) and
supplements thereto, and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part or in connection
with this Registration Statement, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that
said attorneys and agents, or any of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. The
Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed below by the following persons and in the following capacities on the
date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ John H. Marmaduke
John H. Marmaduke
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
August 25, 2010
/s/ Dan Crow
Dan Crow
Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial
Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
August 25, 2010
/s/ Jeffrey G. Shrader
Director
August 25, 2010
Jeffrey G. Shrader
/s/ Daryl L. Lansdale
Director
August 25, 2010
Daryl L. Lansdale
/s/ Frank O. Marrs
Director
August 25, 2010
Frank O. Marrs
/s/ Ann S. Lieff
Director
August 25, 2010
Ann S. Lieff
/s/ Danny W. Gurr
Director
August 25, 2010
Danny W. Gurr
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No
.
Description
4.1*
Hastings Entertainment, Inc. 2010 Incentive Stock Plan
5.1*
Opinion of Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP regarding legality of Common Stock being offered
23.1*
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2*
Consent of Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP (included in its legal opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
24.1*
Power of Attorney (incorporated in the signature page of this Registration Statement)
*
Each document marked with an asterisk is filed herewith.