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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2005.</P>


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</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="RIGHT">Registration No. 333-__________</P>


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</U></FONT><B><P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">FORM S-8</P>


<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</P>


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<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS, INC.</P>


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<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</P>


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      of incorporation or organization) </font></td>
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      Identification No.)</font></td>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">150 Thorn Hill Drive</P>


<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Warrendale, Pennsylvania  15086-7528</P>


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</U></FONT><B><P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS, INC.</P>


<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">2005 STOCK AWARD AND INCENTIVE PLAN</P>


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<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">(Full Title of the Plan)</P>


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</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Neil Bulman, Jr., Esq.</P>


<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Vice President and General Counsel</P>


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<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">150 Thorn Hill Drive</P>


<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Warrendale, Pennsylvania  15086-7528</P>


<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">(724) 779-6698</P>


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<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)</P>


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</FONT><FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Copies of Correspondence to:</P>


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<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Porter, Wright, Morris &amp; Arthur LLP</P>


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<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">Columbus, Ohio  43215</P>


<P ALIGN="CENTER" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">(614) 227-1953</P>


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</FONT><B><P ALIGN="CENTER">Calculation of Registration Fee</P>


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      Amount to be</font></p>
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      Proposed Maximum</font></p>
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      Offering Price</font></p>
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      Proposed Maximum</font></p>
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      Aggregate Offering</font></p>
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      Amount of</font></p>
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  Stock,</font></p>
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      $.01 par value</font></td>
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  &nbsp;12,250,000&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></td>
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      $30.28&nbsp; </font></td>
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      $370,930,000</font></td>
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  <FONT style="font-size: 9pt">(1)&#9;Pursuant to Instruction E of Form S-8 and the telephonic interpretation of the Securities and Exchange Commission set forth at pages 123-124 of the Division of Corporation Finance's Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations, dated July 1997 (see G. Securities Act Forms, No. 89 ("Interpretation 89")), of the 12,250,000 shares registered hereby, 250,000 shares are being carried forward from a registration statement filed on December 14, 2001 (File No. 333-75188) (the "2001 Form S-8") in connection with the American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, predecessor plan to the American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 2005 Stock Award and Incentive Plan described herein.  A filing fee of $1,395 was previously paid in connection with the 250,000 shares being carried forward, and this amount has been offset against the currently due filing fee pursuant to Rule 457(p).  Pursuant to Instruction E to Form S-8 and Interpretation 89, no additional registration fee is due with respect to the 250,000 shares being carried forward from the 2001 Form S-8 and registered hereby.</p>

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<P>(2)&#9;Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the proposed maximum aggregate offering price and the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h), based upon the average of the high and low prices of American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. Common Stock as reported on NASDAQ National Market System on June 27, 2005.</P>





<P>This Registration Statement shall be deemed to cover an indeterminate number of additional shares of American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. Common Stock, $0.01 par value, as may be issuable pursuant to future stock dividends, stock splits or similar transactions.</P>
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<FONT SIZE=2><B><P ALIGN="CENTER">PART I</P>


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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</P>


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</B><P>&#9;The documents containing the information concerning the American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 2005 Stock Award and Incentive Plan, specified in Part I, will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1).  Such documents are not filed as part of this Registration Statement in accordance with the Note to Part I of the Form S-8 Registration Statement.</P>


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<P ALIGN="CENTER">PART II</P>


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<P ALIGN="CENTER">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</P>


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<B><P>Item 3.&#9;Incorporation of Documents by Reference</P>


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<P>&#9;American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. (&quot;American Eagle&quot; or the &quot;Company&quot;) incorporates by reference the following documents that the Company has previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission:</P>


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    <li>Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 29, 2005,
    filed April 14, 2005.</li>

    <li>Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 2005,
    filed June 3, 2005, and as amended on Form 10-Q/A No. 1 for the quarter
    ended April 30, 2005, filed June 27, 2005.</li>
    <li>Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 2, 2005 (filed February 3, 2005), Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 4, 2005 (filed February 7, 2005), Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 10, 2005 (filed February 9, 2005), Current Report on Form 8-K (as to Items
    4.02 and 8.01 and Exhibit 99.2 of Item 9.01 only) dated March 8, 2005 (filed March 14, 2005), Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 8, 2005 (filed March 15, 2005), Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 18, 2005 (filed April 25, 2005), Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 16, 2005 (filed May 20, 2005), Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 30, 2004 (filed May 25, 2005), Current Report on Form 8-K (as to Items 1.01, 8.01 and 9.01 only) dated June 15, 2005 (filed June 21, 2005) and Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 15, 2005 (filed June 24, 2005).</li>
    <li>Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement, filed May 2, 2005.</li>
    <li>The description of American Eagle common stock which is contained in American Eagle's Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as updated in any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description, is hereby incorporated by reference.</li>
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<P>&#9;All documents filed by American Eagle pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.  Any statement incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document 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 of this Registration Statement.</P>





<B><P>Item 4.&#9;Description of Securities</P>


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<P>&#9;Not applicable.</P>





<B><P>Item 5.&#9;Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</P>


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<P>Item 6.&#9;Indemnification of Directors and Officers</P>





</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=2><P>&#9;</B></FONT><FONT SIZE=2>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;Article Seventh of American Eagle's Certificate of Incorporation provides that American Eagle shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as then in effect, indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, or employee of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.  The Company shall indemnify against all expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgements, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company may enter into one or more agreements with any person that provide for indemnification greater or different than that provided in Article Seventh.  </P>





<P>&#9;&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;Article Seventh expressly states that neither the amendment nor repeal of Article the Seventh, nor adoption of any provision of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with Article the Seventh shall adversely affect any right to indemnification for acts occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.  The right of indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by Article Seventh is not exclusive of any other rights of indemnification or advancement of expenses that may be available.</P>





<P>&#9;&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;All indemnification rights in Article Seventh and Article IX of American Eagle's By-Laws are contract rights.  If any provision of Article&nbsp;IX is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of Article&nbsp;IX shall not be affected.  An indemnitee also may elect, as an alternative to the Article&nbsp;IX procedures, to follow procedures authorized by applicable corporate law or statute.  Article&nbsp;IX sets forth specific procedures for the advancement of expenses and for the determination of entitlement to indemnification.</P>





<P>&#9;&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;Advancement of expenses are to be paid by the Company within 20 days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements from the claimant requesting such advance or advances provided that the claimant delivers an undertaking to repay all amounts so advanced unless it shall ultimately be determined that such person is entitled to be indemnified.  To obtain indemnification, a claimant shall submit to the Company a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to the claimant and is reasonably necessary to determine and to what extent the claimant is entitled to indemnification.  In the event the determination of entitlement is to be made by Independent Counsel as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board of Directors.  If it is so determined that the claimant is entitled to indemnification, payment to the claimant shall be made within 10 days after such determination.  If a claim has not been paid in full by the Company within thirty days after a written claim has been received by the Company, the claimant may at any time bring suit against the Company to recover the unpaid amount and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim.</P>





<P>&#9;&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;If a determination shall be made that the claimant is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding.  The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to Article IX that the procedures and presumptions of the By-Laws are not valid, binding, and enforceable and shall stipulate in such proceeding that the Company is bound by all the provisions of the By-Laws.  </P>





<P>&#9;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;Under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, indemnification of any person who is or was a party or threatened to be made so in any action by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or was serving as such of another corporation of other enterprise at the request of the corporation is permitted against expenses, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in such proceeding where the indemnified person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and in criminal actions where he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.  Indemnification is also permitted in lawsuits brought by or on behalf of the corporation if the standards of conduct described above are met, except that no indemnification is permitted in respect to any matter in which the person is adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless a court shall determine that indemnification is fair and reasonable in view of all the circumstances of the case.  Indemnification against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by directors, officers, employees and agents is required under Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law in those cases where the person to be indemnified has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of a lawsuit of the type described above.  In cases where indemnification is permissive, a determination as to whether the person met the applicable standard of conduct must be made (unless ordered by a court) by majority vote of the disinterested directors, by independent legal counsel, or by the stockholders.  Such indemnification rights are specifically not deemed to be exclusive of other rights of indemnification by agreement or otherwise and the corporation is authorized to advance expenses incurred prior to the final disposition of a matter upon receipt of an undertaking to repay such amounts on a determination that indemnification was not permitted in the circumstances of the case.</P>





<P>&#9;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;Under Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, American Eagle may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of American Eagle, or who, while serving in such capacity, is or was at the request of American Eagle, a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise, against liability asserted against or incurred by such person in any such capacity whether or not American Eagle would have the power to provide indemnity under Section&nbsp;145 or the By-Laws.  American Eagle has obtained insurance which, subject to certain exceptions, insures the directors and officers of American Eagle and its subsidiaries.</P>





<P>&#9;(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;American Eagle is a party to indemnification contracts with its directors and certain officers which provide that such directors and officers will be indemnified to the fullest extent provided by Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware Law (or such other future statutory provision authorizing or permitting indemnification) against all expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and settlement amounts, actually and reasonably paid or incurred by them in any action or proceeding, including any action by or in the right of American Eagle, by reason of the fact that they were a director, officer, employee or agent of American Eagle, or were serving at the request of American Eagle as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.</P>





<P>&#9;&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;&#9;No indemnity will be provided under such indemnification contracts (i)&nbsp;except to the extent that the aggregate losses to be indemnified pursuant thereto exceed the amount for which the indemnitee is indemnified pursuant to any directors and officers liability insurance purchased and maintained by American Eagle; (ii)&nbsp;in respect to remuneration paid to an indemnitee if it shall be determined by a final judgment that such remuneration was in violation of law; (iii)&nbsp;on account of any suit in which judgment is rendered against an indemnitee for an accounting of profits made from the purchase or sale by indemnitee of securities of American Eagle pursuant to the provisions of Section&nbsp;16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and amendments thereto or similar provisions of any federal, state or local statutory law; (iv)&nbsp;on account of the indemnitee's act or omission being finally adjudged to have been not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; or (v)&nbsp;if a final decision by a court having jurisdiction in the matter shall determine that such indemnification is not lawful.</P>





<P>&#9;(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;Article Seventh of American Eagle's Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director of American Eagle shall not be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to American Eagle or its stockholders; (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii)&nbsp;under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware; or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit.</P>





<P>&#9;The above discussion of American Eagle's By-Laws, Certificate of Incorporation, indemnification agreements, and of Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law is not intended to be exhaustive and is respectively qualified in its entirety by such By-Laws, Certificate of Incorporation and statutes.</P>





<B><P>Item 7.&#9;Exemption from Registration</P>


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<P>&#9;Not applicable.</P>


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<P>Item 8.&#9;Exhibits</P>


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      <font style="font-size: 10.0pt; text-decoration:underline">Exhibit</font><u><font style="font-size: 10.0pt"> Number</font></u></p>
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      <font style="font-size: 10.0pt">Description</font></u></p>
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      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font style="font-size: 10.0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4(a)</font></td>
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      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font style="font-size: 10.0pt">&nbsp;</font></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</td>
      <td valign="top" style="width: 499; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" height="45">
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      <font style="font-size: 10.0pt">&nbsp;</font></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">
      <FONT SIZE=2>American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 2005 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (previously filed as Appendix B to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 15, 2005, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference).</FONT></p>
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      <font style="font-size: 10.0pt">&nbsp;</font></td>
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      <td valign="top" style="width: 97; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" height="45">
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font style="font-size: 10.0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4(b)</font></td>
      <td valign="top" style="width: 42; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" height="45">
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</td>
      <td valign="top" style="width: 499; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" height="45">
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      <FONT SIZE=2>Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of American Eagle Outfitters, Inc., as amended (previously filed as Exhibit 4(b) to Registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-121641) filed December 23, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference).</FONT></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">
      <font style="font-size: 10.0pt">&nbsp;</font></td>
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      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font style="font-size: 10.0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4(c)</font></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font style="font-size: 10.0pt">&nbsp;</font></td>
      <td valign="top" style="width: 42; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" height="60">
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font style="font-size: 10.0pt">&nbsp;</font></td>
      <td valign="top" style="width: 499; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" height="60">
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">
      <FONT SIZE=2>Amended and Restated Bylaws (previously filed as Exhibit 3.2
      to Registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-68609) filed December
      9, 1998, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).</FONT></p>
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      <font style="font-size: 10.0pt">&nbsp;</font></td>
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      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font style="font-size: 10.0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5</font></td>
      <td valign="top" style="width: 42; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" height="30">
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font style="font-size: 10.0pt">*</font></td>
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      <font style="font-size: 10.0pt">Opinion of Porter, Wright, Morris &amp; Arthur
      LLP regarding legality.</font></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">
      <font style="font-size: 10.0pt">&nbsp;</font></td>
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      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font style="font-size: 10.0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 15</font></td>
      <td valign="top" style="width: 42; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" height="30">
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font style="font-size: 10.0pt">*</font></td>
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      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">
      <font style="font-size: 10.0pt">Acknowledgement of Independent Registered
      Public Accounting Firm.</font></p>
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      <font style="font-size: 10.0pt">&nbsp;</font></td>
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      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font style="font-size: 10.0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 23(a)</font></td>
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      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font style="font-size: 10.0pt">&nbsp;</font></td>
      <td valign="top" style="width: 499; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" height="30">
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      <font style="font-size: 10.0pt">Consent of Porter, Wright, Morris &amp; Arthur
      LLP (included in Exhibit 5 filed herewith).</font></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">
      <font style="font-size: 10.0pt">&nbsp;</font></td>
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      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font style="font-size: 10.0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 23(b)</font></td>
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      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><font style="font-size: 10.0pt">*</font></td>
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      <font style="font-size: 10.0pt">Consent of Independent Registered Public
      Accounting Firm.</font></p>
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0">
      <font style="font-size: 10.0pt">&nbsp;</font></td>
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      <font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
      24</font></td>
      <td valign="top" style="width: 42; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" height="15">
      <font size="2">*</font></td>
      <td valign="top" style="width: 499; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" height="15">
      <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: .3in; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">
  <font style="font-size: 10.0pt">Powers of Attorney.</font></td>
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  <font style="font-size: 10.0pt">&nbsp;<font style="text-decoration: overline">* Filed herewith.</font></font></td>
      <td valign="top" style="width: 42; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" height="23">
      &nbsp;</td>
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      &nbsp;</td>
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<B><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Item 9.&#9;Undertakings  </P>


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<P>&#9;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</P>





<P>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, as post-effective amendment to this registration statement;</P>





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<P>(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</P>





<P>(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of the securities offered would not exceed what was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of a 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 &quot;Calculation of Registration Fee&quot; table in the effective registration statement;</P>





<P>(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;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;</P>





<I>


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<P>Provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference into this registration statement.</P>





<P>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.&#9;</P>





<P>(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#9;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.</P>





<P>&#9;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</P>





<P>&#9;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</P>


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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</P>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">Signatures</P>


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</B><P>&#9;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 of 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 Warrendale, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on June 30, 2005.</P>


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<P ALIGN="JUSTIFY">&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;<B>AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS, INC.</P>


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</B><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;<U>  /s/ James V. O'Donnell&#9;&#9;&#9;</P>


</U><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;James V. O'Donnell, Chief Executive Officer</P>


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    </blockquote>
  </blockquote>
</blockquote>


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<P>&#9;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:</P>


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    <TD width="201" height="26"><FONT
      size=2><u>Signature</u></FONT></TD>
    <TD width="18" height="26"></TD>
    <TD width="326" height="26"><FONT
    size=2><u>Title</u></FONT></TD>

    <TD width="131" height="26"><u><font size="2">Date</font></u></TD></TR>
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    <TD width="201" height="49" valign="top"><font SIZE="2"><u>
    /s/ James V. O'Donnell </u>
</font><U><FONT size=2><BR></FONT></U><font SIZE="2">James V. O'Donnell</font></TD>
    <TD width="18" height="49"></TD>
    <TD width="326" height="49"><font SIZE="2">Chief Executive Officer and Director<BR>(Principal Executive Officer) <br>
&nbsp;</font></TD>

    <TD width="131" height="49"><font size="2">June 30, 2005</font></TD></TR>
  <TR>

    <TD width="201" height="49" valign="top"><font SIZE="2"><u>
    /s/ Roger S. Markfield </u>
</font><U><FONT size=2><BR></FONT></U><font SIZE="2">Roger S. Markfield
</font></TD>
    <TD width="18" height="49"></TD>
    <TD width="326" height="49"><font SIZE="2">Vice-Chairman, President and Director<br>
&nbsp;</font></TD>

    <TD width="131" height="49"><font size="2">June 30, 2005</font></TD></TR>
  <TR>

    <TD width="201" height="49" valign="top"><U><FONT size=2>/s/ Laura A. Weil<BR></FONT></U><FONT
      size=2>Laura A. Weil </FONT></TD>
    <TD width="18" height="49"></TD>
    <TD width="326" height="49"><FONT size=2>Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
      Officer<BR>(Principal Financial Officer) <br>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>

    <TD width="131" height="49"><font size="2">June 30, 2005</font></TD></TR>
  <TR>

    <TD width="201" height="49" valign="top"><U><FONT size=2>/s/ Dale E. Clifton<BR></FONT></U><FONT
      size=2>Dale E.&nbsp;Clifton </FONT></TD>
    <TD width="18" height="49"></TD>
    <TD width="326" height="49"><FONT size=2>Vice President, Controller, and Chief
      Accounting Officer<BR>(Principal Accounting Officer) <br>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>

    <TD width="131" height="49"><font size="2">June 30, 2005</font></TD></TR>
  <TR>

    <TD width="201" height="48"><U><FONT size=2>
      <P
      align=left>&nbsp;*Jay L. Schottenstein<B><BR></B></FONT></U><FONT
      size=2>Jay L. Schottenstein <br>
&nbsp;</P></FONT></TD>
    <TD width="18" height="48"></TD>
    <TD width="326" height="48"><FONT size=2>Chairman of the Board and
    Director<BR></FONT></TD>

    <TD width="131" height="48"><font size="2">June 30, 2005</font></TD></TR>
  <TR>

    <TD width="201" height="49"><FONT
      size=2><U><B>&nbsp;</B>*Jon P. Diamond<B><BR></B></U>Jon
      P. Diamond<br>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="18" height="49"></TD>
    <TD width="326" height="49"><FONT size=2>Director<BR></FONT></TD>

    <TD width="131" height="49"><font size="2">June 30, 2005</font></TD></TR>
  <TR>

    <TD width="201" height="49"><FONT
      size=2><U><B>&nbsp;</B>*Michael G. Jesselson<B><BR></B></U>Michael
      G. Jesselson<br>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="18" height="49"></TD>
    <TD width="326" height="49"><FONT size=2>Director<BR></FONT></TD>

    <TD width="131" height="49"><font size="2">June 30, 2005</font></TD></TR>
  <tr>

    <TD width="201" height="45">
    <p><font SIZE="2"><U>&nbsp;*Robert R. McMaster<B><BR></B></U>Robert R. McMaster<br>&nbsp;
</font></TD>
    <TD width="18" height="45">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="326" height="45"><font SIZE="2">Director</font></TD>

    <TD width="131" height="45"><font size="2">June 30, 2005</font></TD>
  </tr>

  <tr>

    <TD width="201" height="45">
    <p><font SIZE="2"><U><B>&nbsp;</B>*Janice E. Page<B><BR></B></U>Janice E.
    Page<br>&nbsp;
</font></TD>
    <TD width="18" height="45">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="326" height="45"><font SIZE="2">Director</font></TD>

    <TD width="131" height="45"><font size="2">June 30, 2005</font></TD>
  </tr>
  <TR>

    <TD width="201" height="29"><FONT
      size=2><U><B>&nbsp;</B>*Gerald E. Wedren<B><BR></B></U>Gerald E. Wedren<br>
&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD width="18" height="29"></TD>
    <TD width="326" height="29"><FONT size=2>Director<BR></FONT></TD>

    <TD width="131" height="29"><font size="2">June 30, 2005</font></TD></TR>
  <TR>

    <TD width="201" height="1"><FONT
      size=2><U><B>&nbsp;</B>*Larry M. Wolf<B><BR></B></U>Larry M. Wolf </FONT></TD>
    <TD width="18" height="1"></TD>
    <TD width="326" height="1"><FONT size=2>Director<BR></FONT></TD>

    <TD width="131" height="1"><font size="2">June 30, 2005</font></TD></TR></TABLE>


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  <font style="font-size: 10.0pt">*&nbsp; By:&nbsp; <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Laura A.
  Weil&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </u></font></p>
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  <font style="font-size: 10.0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Laura A. Weil,
  attorney-in-fact for each</font></p>
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  <font style="font-size: 10.0pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; of the persons indicated</font></p>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER">Registration No. 333-______________</P>


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</FONT><B><P ALIGN="CENTER">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>


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<P ALIGN="CENTER">WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549</P>


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</FONT><B><FONT SIZE=5><P ALIGN="CENTER">FORM S-8 </P>


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</FONT><P ALIGN="CENTER">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</P>


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<P ALIGN="CENTER">UNDER</P>


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<P ALIGN="CENTER">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</P>


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<P ALIGN="CENTER">______________________________</P>


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</FONT><B><FONT SIZE=5><P ALIGN="CENTER">AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS, INC.</P>


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<P ALIGN="CENTER">______________________________</P>


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</FONT><B><P ALIGN="CENTER">EXHIBITS</P>


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<B><P ALIGN="CENTER">EXHIBIT INDEX</P>


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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="left" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;Exhibit</P>


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<P>American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 2005 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (previously filed as Appendix B to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 15, 2005, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference).</P>


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<FONT SIZE=2><P>Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of American Eagle Outfitters, Inc., as amended (previously filed as Exhibit 4(b) to Registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-121641) filed December 23, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference).</P>


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<FONT SIZE=2><P>Amended and Restated Bylaws (previously filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-68609) filed December 9, 1998, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).</P>


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  <P>Opinion of Porter, Wright, Morris &amp; Arthur LLP regarding legality.</P>


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<FONT SIZE=2><P>Acknowledgement of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</P>


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<FONT SIZE=2><P>Consent of Porter, Wright, Morris &amp; Arthur LLP (included in Exhibit 5 filed herewith).</P>


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  <P>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</P>


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<FONT SIZE=2><P ALIGN="JUSTIFY" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">________________</P>


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Form S-8
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
AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
13-2721761
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
150 Thorn Hill Drive
Warrendale, Pennsylvania  15086-7528
(Address of Registrant's principal executive offices)
AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS, INC.
2005 STOCK AWARD AND INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Neil Bulman, Jr., Esq.
Vice President and General Counsel
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
150 Thorn Hill Drive
Warrendale, Pennsylvania  15086-7528
(724) 779-6698
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
Copies of Correspondence to:
Robert J. Tannous, Esq.
Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP
41 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio  43215
(614) 227-1953
Calculation of Registration Fee
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered (1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share (1)(2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price (1)(2)
Amount of
Registration Fee (1)
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Common
  Stock,
$.01 par value
12,250,000
$30.28
$370,930,000
$42,263.46
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(1)	Pursuant to Instruction E of Form S-8 and the telephonic interpretation of the Securities and Exchange Commission set forth at pages 123-124 of the Division of Corporation Finance's Manual of Publicly Available Telephone Interpretations, dated July 1997 (see G. Securities Act Forms, No. 89 ("Interpretation 89")), of the 12,250,000 shares registered hereby, 250,000 shares are being carried forward from a registration statement filed on December 14, 2001 (File No. 333-75188) (the "2001 Form S-8") in connection with the American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, predecessor plan to the American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 2005 Stock Award and Incentive Plan described herein.  A filing fee of $1,395 was previously paid in connection with the 250,000 shares being carried forward, and this amount has been offset against the currently due filing fee pursuant to Rule 457(p).  Pursuant to Instruction E to Form S-8 and Interpretation 89, no additional registration fee is due with respect to the 250,000 shares being carried forward from the 2001 Form S-8 and registered hereby.
(2)	Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the proposed maximum aggregate offering price and the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h), based upon the average of the high and low prices of American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. Common Stock as reported on NASDAQ National Market System on June 27, 2005.
This Registration Statement shall be deemed to cover an indeterminate number of additional shares of American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. Common Stock, $0.01 par value, as may be issuable pursuant to future stock dividends, stock splits or similar transactions.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information concerning the American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 2005 Stock Award and Incentive Plan, specified in Part I, will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1).  Such documents are not filed as part of this Registration Statement in accordance with the Note to Part I of the Form S-8 Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.	Incorporation of Documents by Reference
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. ("American Eagle" or the "Company") incorporates by reference the following documents that the Company has previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission:
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 29, 2005,
    filed April 14, 2005.
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April 30, 2005,
    filed June 3, 2005, and as amended on Form 10-Q/A No. 1 for the quarter
    ended April 30, 2005, filed June 27, 2005.
Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 2, 2005 (filed February 3, 2005), Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 4, 2005 (filed February 7, 2005), Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 10, 2005 (filed February 9, 2005), Current Report on Form 8-K (as to Items
    4.02 and 8.01 and Exhibit 99.2 of Item 9.01 only) dated March 8, 2005 (filed March 14, 2005), Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 8, 2005 (filed March 15, 2005), Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 18, 2005 (filed April 25, 2005), Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 16, 2005 (filed May 20, 2005), Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 30, 2004 (filed May 25, 2005), Current Report on Form 8-K (as to Items 1.01, 8.01 and 9.01 only) dated June 15, 2005 (filed June 21, 2005) and Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 15, 2005 (filed June 24, 2005).
Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement, filed May 2, 2005.
The description of American Eagle common stock which is contained in American Eagle's Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as updated in any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description, is hereby incorporated by reference.
All documents filed by American Eagle pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.  Any statement incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document 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 of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.	Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5.	Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6.	Indemnification of Directors and Officers
(a)    	Article Seventh of American Eagle's Certificate of Incorporation provides that American Eagle shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as then in effect, indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made a party, to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, or employee of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.  The Company shall indemnify against all expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgements, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company may enter into one or more agreements with any person that provide for indemnification greater or different than that provided in Article Seventh.
Article Seventh expressly states that neither the amendment nor repeal of Article the Seventh, nor adoption of any provision of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with Article the Seventh shall adversely affect any right to indemnification for acts occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.  The right of indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by Article Seventh is not exclusive of any other rights of indemnification or advancement of expenses that may be available.
All indemnification rights in Article Seventh and Article IX of American Eagle's By-Laws are contract rights.  If any provision of Article IX is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of Article IX shall not be affected.  An indemnitee also may elect, as an alternative to the Article IX procedures, to follow procedures authorized by applicable corporate law or statute.  Article IX sets forth specific procedures for the advancement of expenses and for the determination of entitlement to indemnification.
Advancement of expenses are to be paid by the Company within 20 days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements from the claimant requesting such advance or advances provided that the claimant delivers an undertaking to repay all amounts so advanced unless it shall ultimately be determined that such person is entitled to be indemnified.  To obtain indemnification, a claimant shall submit to the Company a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to the claimant and is reasonably necessary to determine and to what extent the claimant is entitled to indemnification.  In the event the determination of entitlement is to be made by Independent Counsel as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Board of Directors.  If it is so determined that the claimant is entitled to indemnification, payment to the claimant shall be made within 10 days after such determination.  If a claim has not been paid in full by the Company within thirty days after a written claim has been received by the Company, the claimant may at any time bring suit against the Company to recover the unpaid amount and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim.
If a determination shall be made that the claimant is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding.  The Company shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to Article IX that the procedures and presumptions of the By-Laws are not valid, binding, and enforceable and shall stipulate in such proceeding that the Company is bound by all the provisions of the By-Laws.
(b)    	Under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, indemnification of any person who is or was a party or threatened to be made so in any action by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or was serving as such of another corporation of other enterprise at the request of the corporation is permitted against expenses, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in such proceeding where the indemnified person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and in criminal actions where he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.  Indemnification is also permitted in lawsuits brought by or on behalf of the corporation if the standards of conduct described above are met, except that no indemnification is permitted in respect to any matter in which the person is adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless a court shall determine that indemnification is fair and reasonable in view of all the circumstances of the case.  Indemnification against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by directors, officers, employees and agents is required under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law in those cases where the person to be indemnified has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of a lawsuit of the type described above.  In cases where indemnification is permissive, a determination as to whether the person met the applicable standard of conduct must be made (unless ordered by a court) by majority vote of the disinterested directors, by independent legal counsel, or by the stockholders.  Such indemnification rights are specifically not deemed to be exclusive of other rights of indemnification by agreement or otherwise and the corporation is authorized to advance expenses incurred prior to the final disposition of a matter upon receipt of an undertaking to repay such amounts on a determination that indemnification was not permitted in the circumstances of the case.
(c)    	Under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, American Eagle may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of American Eagle, or who, while serving in such capacity, is or was at the request of American Eagle, a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise, against liability asserted against or incurred by such person in any such capacity whether or not American Eagle would have the power to provide indemnity under Section 145 or the By-Laws.  American Eagle has obtained insurance which, subject to certain exceptions, insures the directors and officers of American Eagle and its subsidiaries.
(d)    	American Eagle is a party to indemnification contracts with its directors and certain officers which provide that such directors and officers will be indemnified to the fullest extent provided by Section 145 of the Delaware Law (or such other future statutory provision authorizing or permitting indemnification) against all expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and settlement amounts, actually and reasonably paid or incurred by them in any action or proceeding, including any action by or in the right of American Eagle, by reason of the fact that they were a director, officer, employee or agent of American Eagle, or were serving at the request of American Eagle as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.
No indemnity will be provided under such indemnification contracts (i) except to the extent that the aggregate losses to be indemnified pursuant thereto exceed the amount for which the indemnitee is indemnified pursuant to any directors and officers liability insurance purchased and maintained by American Eagle; (ii) in respect to remuneration paid to an indemnitee if it shall be determined by a final judgment that such remuneration was in violation of law; (iii) on account of any suit in which judgment is rendered against an indemnitee for an accounting of profits made from the purchase or sale by indemnitee of securities of American Eagle pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and amendments thereto or similar provisions of any federal, state or local statutory law; (iv) on account of the indemnitee's act or omission being finally adjudged to have been not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; or (v) if a final decision by a court having jurisdiction in the matter shall determine that such indemnification is not lawful.
(e)    	Article Seventh of American Eagle's Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director of American Eagle shall not be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to American Eagle or its stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware; or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit.
The above discussion of American Eagle's By-Laws, Certificate of Incorporation, indemnification agreements, and of Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law is not intended to be exhaustive and is respectively qualified in its entirety by such By-Laws, Certificate of Incorporation and statutes.
Item 7.	Exemption from Registration
Not applicable.
Item 8.	Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description
4(a)
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 2005 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (previously filed as Appendix B to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 15, 2005, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference).
4(b)
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of American Eagle Outfitters, Inc., as amended (previously filed as Exhibit 4(b) to Registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-121641) filed December 23, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference).
4(c)
Amended and Restated Bylaws (previously filed as Exhibit 3.2
      to Registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-68609) filed December
      9, 1998, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).
5
*
Opinion of Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur
      LLP regarding legality.
15
*
Acknowledgement of Independent Registered
      Public Accounting Firm.
23(a)
Consent of Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur
      LLP (included in Exhibit 5 filed herewith).
23(b)
*
Consent of Independent Registered Public
      Accounting Firm.
24
*
Powers of Attorney.
* Filed herewith.
Item 9.	Undertakings
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)    	To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, as post-effective amendment to this registration statement;
(i)    	To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)    To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of the securities offered would not exceed what was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of a 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 (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference into this registration statement.
(2)    	That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)    	To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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 of 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 Warrendale, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on June 30, 2005.
AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS, INC.
/s/ James V. O'Donnell
James V. O'Donnell, Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ James V. O'Donnell
James V. O'Donnell
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
June 30, 2005
/s/ Roger S. Markfield
Roger S. Markfield
Vice-Chairman, President and Director
June 30, 2005
/s/ Laura A. Weil
Laura A. Weil
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
      Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
June 30, 2005
/s/ Dale E. Clifton
Dale E. Clifton
Vice President, Controller, and Chief
      Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
June 30, 2005
*Jay L. Schottenstein
Jay L. Schottenstein
Chairman of the Board and
    Director
June 30, 2005
*Jon P. Diamond
Jon
      P. Diamond
Director
June 30, 2005
*Michael G. Jesselson
Michael
      G. Jesselson
Director
June 30, 2005
*Robert R. McMaster
Robert R. McMaster
Director
June 30, 2005
*Janice E. Page
Janice E.
    Page
Director
June 30, 2005
*Gerald E. Wedren
Gerald E. Wedren
Director
June 30, 2005
*Larry M. Wolf
Larry M. Wolf
Director
June 30, 2005
*  By:
/s/ Laura A.
  Weil
Laura A. Weil,
  attorney-in-fact for each
of the persons indicated
Registration No. 333-______________
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS, INC.
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EXHIBITS
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
Description
4(a)
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 2005 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (previously filed as Appendix B to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 15, 2005, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference).
4(b)
Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of American Eagle Outfitters, Inc., as amended (previously filed as Exhibit 4(b) to Registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-121641) filed December 23, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference).
4(c)
Amended and Restated Bylaws (previously filed as Exhibit 3.2 to Registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-68609) filed December 9, 1998, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).
5
*
Opinion of Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP regarding legality.
15
*
Acknowledgement of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23(a)
Consent of Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur LLP (included in Exhibit 5 filed herewith).
23(b)
*
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24
*
Powers of Attorney.
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* Filed herewith.