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<p ALIGN="CENTER">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 23, 2002<br>
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<p ALIGN="RIGHT">Registration No. 333-</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b><font FACE="Arial"><br>
</font><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">Washington, DC 20549</font><font FACE="Arial"><br>
<br>
<b>FORM S-8</b><br>
</font><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">Registration Statement<br>
under<br>
The Securities Act of 1933</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO.<br>
</font></b><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
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        <p ALIGN="CENTER">New York<br>
        </font></b><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">(State of jurisdiction of<br>
        incorporation of organization)</font></td>
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        <p ALIGN="CENTER">36-1750680</font></b><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"><br>
        I.R.S. employer<br>
        identification no.)</font></td>
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<br>
<b>3333 Beverly Road<br>
Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60179<br>
</b>(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)<br>
<br>
SEARS 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">and</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER"><a NAME="OLE_LINK6">LANDS' END, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN</a></p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">(Full title of the plans)<br>
<br>
<b>Anastasia D. Kelly<br>
Senior Vice President and General Counsel<br>
Sears, Roebuck and Co.<br>
3333 Beverly Road<br>
Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60179<br>
</b>(Name and address of agent for service)<br>
<br>
<b>(847) 286-2500</b><br>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<br>
<b>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE<br>
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      <br>
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      Title of Securities to be Registered</font></b></td>
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      <br>
      Amount to<br>
      be registered(1)</font></b></td>
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      <p ALIGN="CENTER">Proposed maximum offering price per share</font></b></td>
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      Proposed maximum aggregate offering price</font></b></td>
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      <br>
      <br>
      Amount of registration fee(3)</font></b></td>
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      <p>Common Shares, par value $0.75 per share</font></td>
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      5,250,000</font></td>
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      (2)</font></td>
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      (2)</font></td>
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      $11,491
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<p><br>
(1) In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be
offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plans described herein.</p>
<p>(2) Estimated solely for purposes of determining the amount of the
registration fee, in accordance with Rule 457(h)(i) and Rule 457(c) under the
Securities Act of 1933, on the basis of the average of the high and low prices
of the registrant's common shares on the New York Stock Exchange on December 19,
2002.</p>
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<p>(3) An aggregate of $12,153 was previously paid in connection with 1,250,000
unissued common shares of the 5,000,000 common shares registered under
registration statement no. 333-56272</p>
<p>filed on February 27, 2001 ($48,613 in total fees paid) by the registrant,
which unsold securities are hereby deregistered. Accordingly, pursuant to Rule
457(p) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, $11,491 is being offset against the total filing fee due for this
registration statement.</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">PART II<br>
<br>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b><font FACE="Arial"><br>
</p>
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        <p>Item 3.</font></td>
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        <p>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</p>
        <p>The following documents filed or furnished by the registrant with the
        Securities and Exchange Commission (the &quot;Commission&quot;) are
        incorporated into this Registration Statement by reference, except to
        the extent that any statement or information therein is modified,
        superseded or replaced by a statement or information contained in any
        other subsequently filed document incorporated herein by reference:</p>
        <p>(1) <a NAME="OLE_LINK4">Registrant's</a> Annual Report on Form 10-K
        for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2001,</p>
        <p>(2) Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Forms 10-Q for the quarters
        ended March 30, June 29 and September 28, 2002, Quarterly Report on Form
        10-Q/A (Amendment Nos. 1 and 2) for the quarter ended March 30, 2002 and
        Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended June 29, 2002;</p>
        <p>(3) Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K dated January 10,
        January 17, April 10, April 18, May 17, July 18, August 12, September 9
        October 4, October 7, and October 18, 2002;</p>
        <p>(4) The description of registrant's common shares contained in Item 5
        on page 10 of registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
        December 29, 2001;</p>
        <p>(5) <a NAME="OLE_LINK11">Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year
        ended December 31, 2001</a> of Sears 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan; and</p>
        <p>(6) Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 2001
        of Lands' End, Inc. Retirement<b> </b>Plan.</p>
        <p>(7) All documents filed by the registrant with the Commission
        pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities
        Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the date of this Registration
        Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
        indicating that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or
        deregistering all securities then remaining unsold.</p>
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        <p>Item 4.</font></td>
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        <p>Description of Securities.</p>
        <p>Not applicable.</p>
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        <p>Item 5.</font></td>
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        <p>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</p>
        <p>Not applicable.</font></td>
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        <p>Item 6.</font></td>
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        <p>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</p>
        <p><a NAME="OLE_LINK8">Judgments or decrees rendered against Sears
        401(k) Savings Plan (formerly known as Sears 401(k) Profit Sharing
        Plan), the plan trustee, the investment committee or other fiduciaries
        that are not based upon a breach of fiduciary responsibility are to be
        satisfied from such plan assets and not from assets of the plan trustee,
        the members of the investment committee or other named fiduciaries.</a></p>
        <p>Judgments or decrees rendered against the Lands' End, Inc. Retirement
        Plan, the plan trustee, the plan committee or other fiduciaries that are
        not based upon a breach of fiduciary responsibility are to be satisfied
        from such plan assets and not from assets of the trustee, the members of
        the plan committee or other named fiduciaries.</p>
        <p>The registrant is a New York corporation. Sections 721 through 726 of
        the New York Business Corporation Law (&quot;BCL&quot;) provide that, in
        certain circumstances, a corporation may indemnify its directors and
        officers against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and
        reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees actually and necessarily
        incurred as a result of any actual or threatened action or proceeding
        against such directors or officers, or by or in the right of any other
        enterprise which such directors or officers served in any capacity at
        the request of the corporation, by reason of the fact that such person
        acted in any of the capacities set forth above, if such director or
        officer (i) acted, in good faith, for a purpose which he or she
        reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
        corporation and, (ii) in criminal actions or proceedings, had no
        reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful;
        provided, however, that no indemnification may be provided where a final
        adjudication adverse to the director or officer establishes that his or
        her actions were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and
        deliberate dishonesty and were material to the cause of action
        adjudicated, or that he or she personally gained a financial profit or
        other advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled. A
        corporation is required to indemnify against reasonable expenses
        (including attorneys' fees) any director or officer who successfully
        defends any such action. The BCL also provides for indemnification of
        officers and directors in actions by or in the right of the corporation,
        subject to certain exceptions. Indemnification provided by these
        provisions of the BCL shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights
        to which a director or officer may be entitled. The foregoing statements
        are subject to the detailed provisions of the BCL.</p>
        <p>Article V of the by-laws of the registrant provides that the
        registrant shall indemnify, to the full extent permitted by law, any
        officer or director of the registrant made, or threatened to be made, a
        party to, or who is otherwise involved in, any action, suit or
        proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by
        reason of the fact that such person or his testator or intestate acted
        in any of the capacities set forth above or, while a director or officer
        of the registrant and at the request of the registrant, is or was
        serving another corporation in any capacity, against judgments, fines,
        amounts paid in settlement and all expenses, including attorneys' fees,
        actually incurred as a result of such action. Article V states that the
        indemnification benefits provided thereby are contract rights,
        enforceable as if set forth in a written contract.</p>
        <p>The registrant has in effect insurance policies with total coverage
        of $150,000,000 (subject to a deductible) which insure directors and
        officers of the registrant and certain affiliates of the registrant
        against certain claims which are not indemnifiable by the registrant or
        those affiliates. These policies also insure the registrant, certain
        affiliates of the registrant and their respective directors and officers
        against certain liabilities arising from the management or
        administration of certain employee benefit plans sponsored by the
        registrant and certain affiliates of the registrant.</p>
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        <p>Item 7.</font></td>
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        <p>Exemption from Registration Claimed.</p>
        <p>Not applicable</p>
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        <p>Item 8.</font></td>
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        <p>Exhibits.<br>
        <br>
        The Exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit
        Index beginning on page E-1 of this Registration Statement, which Index
        is incorporated herein by reference.</p>
        <p>The Registrant will submit or has submitted the plan documents as
        amended and restated and all amendments thereto to the Internal Revenue
        Service (&quot;IRS&quot;) in a timely manner and has made or will make
        all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify each plan.</p>
        <p><br>
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        <p>Item 9.</font></td>
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        <p>Undertakings.<br>
        <br>
        A. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:<br>
        <br>
        (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
        a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</p>
        <blockquote>
          (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
          Securities Act of 1933;
        </blockquote>
        <blockquote>
          (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; and
        </blockquote>
        <blockquote>
          (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;
        </blockquote>
        <p>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 periodic reports filed with or
        furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Registrant
        pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
        that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.</p>
        <p>(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 <i>bona fide</i> offering thereof.</p>
        <p>(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.</p>
        <p>B. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
        determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing
        of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 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 <i>bona
        fide</i> offering thereof.</p>
        <p>C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
        Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
        controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
        provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the
        opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification
        is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
        unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
        such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
        incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
        Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
        is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
        connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will,
        unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
        controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
        question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
        expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
        such issue.</p>
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<p align="center">4</p>
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<p ALIGN="CENTER">SIGNATURES</p>
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<p>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 Hoffman Estates, State of Illinois, on December 20,
2002.</p>
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        <p>SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO.</font></b></td>
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        <p>&nbsp; &nbsp;</font></td>
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        <p>By:</font></td>
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        <p><a NAME="OLE_LINK15">/s/Thomas E. Bergmann_</a></font></u><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"><a NAME="OLE_LINK15">_______</a><br>
        <a NAME="OLE_LINK16">Thomas E. Bergmann<br>
        Vice President and Controller</a></font></p>
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<p><br>
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
date indicated:</p>
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        <p ALIGN="CENTER">Title</font></b></td>
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        <p ALIGN="CENTER">Date</font></b></td>
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        <p>Alan J. Lacy*</font></td>
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        <p>Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, and Chief Executive
        Officer<br>
        (Principal Executive Officer)</font></td>
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        <p>December 20, 2002</font></td>
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        <p>Glenn R. Richter*</font></td>
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        <p>Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<br>
        (Principal Financial Officer)</font></td>
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        <p>December 20, 2002</font></td>
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        <p>Thomas E. Bergmann*</font></td>
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        <p>Vice President and Controller<br>
        (Principal Accounting Officer)</font></td>
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        <p>December 20, 2002</font></td>
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        <p>Hall Adams, Jr.*</p>
        </font></td>
      <td WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Director</font></td>
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        <p>December 20, 2002</font></td>
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        <p>Brenda C. Barnes*</p>
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      <td WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Director</font></td>
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        <p>December 20, 2002</font></td>
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        <p>James R. Cantalupo*</p>
        </font></td>
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        <p>Director</font></td>
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        <p>December 20, 2002</font></td>
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    </tr>
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      <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Donald J. Carty*</p>
        </font></td>
      <td WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Director</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>December 20, 2002</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2"></td>
      <td WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP"><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp; </font></td>
      <td WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>W. James Farrell*</p>
        </font></td>
      <td WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Director</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>December 20, 2002</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2"></td>
      <td WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP"><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp; </font></td>
      <td WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Michael A. Miles*</p>
        </font></td>
      <td WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Director</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>December 20, 2002</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2"></td>
      <td WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP"><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp; </font></td>
      <td WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Hugh B. Price*</p>
        </font></td>
      <td WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Director</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>December 20, 2002</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2"></td>
      <td WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP"><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp; </font></td>
      <td WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Dorothy A. Terrell*</p>
        </font></td>
      <td WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Director</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>December 20, 2002</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2"></td>
      <td WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP"><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp; </font></td>
      <td WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="33%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Raul Yzaguirre*</p>
        </font></td>
      <td WIDTH="47%" VALIGN="TOP"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Director</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="20%" VALIGN="TOP"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>December 20, 2002</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
      <td WIDTH="91%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3"><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="TOP"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p><br>
        *By:</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="91%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p><a NAME="OLE_LINK9"><br>
        <u>/s/Thomas E. Bergmann</u>______</a><br>
        Thomas E. Bergmann<br>
        Individually and as Attorney-in-fact</font></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  </center>
</div>
<font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
<p align="center">5</p>
<hr noshade size="3">
<p><a NAME="OLE_LINK12"></p>
</a></font><a NAME="OLE_LINK12">
<div align="center">
  <center>
  <table CELLSPACING="0" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="638">
    <tr>
      <td VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" width="636"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the
        requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the administrator of Sears
        401(k) Savings Plan has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
        signed on the Plan's behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
        authorized, in the Village of Hoffman Estates, State of Illinois, on the
        20th day of December, 2002.</font></td>
    </tr>
  </a>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="228" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
    <td WIDTH="406" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2"><b><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></b></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="228" VALIGN="TOP"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER"><a NAME="OLE_LINK10"></a></font></td>
    <td WIDTH="406" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2"><b><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
      <p>SEARS 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN</font></b></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" width="636"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="228" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
    <td WIDTH="406" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
      <p>By: SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO.<br>
      Plan Administrator&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="228" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
    <td WIDTH="29" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
    <td WIDTH="375" VALIGN="TOP"><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td WIDTH="228" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
</center>
    <td WIDTH="29" VALIGN="TOP"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
      <p ALIGN="left">By:</font></td>
  <center>
    <td WIDTH="375" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
      <p>/s/Greg A. Lee</font></u><br>
      <font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
      Greg A. Lee, Senior Vice President, Human Resources</font></td>
  </tr>
  </table>
</center>
</div>
<font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
<p align="center">6</p>
<hr noshade size="3">
<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
</font>
<div align="center">
  <center>
  <table CELLSPACING="0" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="638">
    <tr>
      <td VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
        administrator of Lands' End, Inc. Retirement Plan has duly caused this
        Registration Statement to be signed on the Plan's behalf by the
        undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dodgeville, State
        of Wisconsin, on the 20th day of December, 2002.</p>
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="44%" VALIGN="TOP"></td>
      <td WIDTH="56%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2"><b><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;
        </font></b></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="44%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="56%" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2"><b><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>LANDS' END, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN</font></b></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="44%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="49%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp; </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="44%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>By:</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="49%" VALIGN="TOP"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>LANDS' END, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN COMMITTEE<br>
        Plan Administrator</p>
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="44%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="49%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;&nbsp; </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="44%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>By:</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="49%" VALIGN="TOP"><u><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>/s/Donald R. Hughes</font></u><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2"><br>
        Donald R. Hughes<br>
        Committee Member</font></p>
      </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="44%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="7%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;</td>
      <td WIDTH="49%" VALIGN="TOP">&nbsp;&nbsp; </td>
    </tr>
  </table>
  </center>
</div>
<font FACE="Arial">
<p align="center">7</p>
<b>
<hr noshade size="3">
<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
<p ALIGN="CENTER">EXHIBIT INDEX</p>
</b>
</font><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="4">
<p ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</p>
</font>
<div align="center">
  <center>
  <table CELLSPACING="0" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="638" height="1250">
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="34"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">Exhibit Number</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="34">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="50"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER"><a NAME="OLE_LINK2">4.1</a></font></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="50"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Sears 401(k) Savings Plan as Amended and Restated as of January 1,
        2000 [incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.(i) to the Registrant's
        Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 1, 2000<a NAME="OLE_LINK13">,
        File No. 1-416</a>]</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="34"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">4.2</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="34"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Amendment to the Sears 401(k) Savings Plan (as amended and restated
        effective as of January 1, 2001) effective as of March 26, 2001*</p>
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="34"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">4.3</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="34"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>First Amendment to the Sears 401(k) Savings Plan (as amended and
        restated effective as of January 1, 2001) effective as of May 10, 2001*</p>
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="34"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">4.4</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="34"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Second Amendment to the Sears 401(k) Savings Plan (as amended and
        restated effective as of January 1, 2001) effective as of August 1,
        2001*</p>
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="34"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">4.5</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="34"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Fourth Amendment to the Sears 401(k) Savings Plan (as amended and
        restated effective as of January 1, 2001) effective as of November 27,
        2001*</p>
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="34"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">4.6</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="34"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Fifth Amendment to the Sears 401(k) Savings Plan (as amended and
        restated effective January 1, 2000) effective July 29, 2002*</p>
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="50"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">4.7</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="50"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Sears 401(k) Profit Sharing Trust Agreement as amended and restated
        effective as of January 1, 1998 [incorporated by reference to Exhibit
        99.(iii) to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of registrant for the year
        ended January 3, 1998, File No. 1-416]</p>
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="50"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">4.8</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="50"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Amendment to the Sears 401(k) Profit Sharing Trust Agreement <a NAME="OLE_LINK1">(as
        amended and restated effective as of January 1, 1998)</a> dated June 26,
        1998 [incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.(ii) to registrant's
        Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 2, 1999, File No.
        1-416]</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="66"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">4.9</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="66"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Amendment to the Sears 401(k) Profit Sharing Trust Agreement (as
        amended and restated effective as of January 1, 1998) dated December 1,
        1998 [incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.(iii) to registrant's
        Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 2, 1999, File No.
        1-416]</font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="50"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">4.10</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="50"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p><a NAME="OLE_LINK7">Amendment to the Sears 401(k) Profit Sharing
        Trust Agreement (as amended and restated effective as of January 1,
        1998)</a> dated March 31, 1999 [incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6
        to the registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8<a NAME="OLE_LINK14">,
        File No. 333-92501</a>]</p>
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="34"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">4.11</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="34"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Amendment to the Sears 401(k) Profit Sharing Trust Agreement (as
        amended and restated effective as of January 1, 1998) effective May 10,
        2001*</p>
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="18"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">4.12</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="18"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Lands' End, Inc. Retirement Plan as amended and restated as of
        January 1, 1997*</p>
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="34"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">4.13</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="34"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>First Amendment to the Lands' End, Inc. Retirement Plan (as amended
        and restated effective as of January 1, 1998) effective September 1,
        2002*</p>
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="34"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">4.14</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="34"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Second Amendment to the Lands' End, Inc. Retirement Plan (as amended
        and restated effective as of January 1, 1998) effective January 1, 2002*</p>
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="34"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">4.15</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="34"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Third Amendment to the Lands' End, Inc. Retirement Plan (as amended
        and restated effective as of January 1, 1998) effective January 1, 1997*</p>
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="34"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">4.16</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="34"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Fourth Amendment to the Lands' End, Inc. Retirement Plan (as amended
        and restated effective as of January 1, 1998) effective January 1, 2003*</p>
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="18"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">4.17</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="18"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Lands' End, Inc. Retirement Trust Agreement*</p>
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="18"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">15</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="18"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p><a NAME="OLE_LINK3">Acknowledgment of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP
        regarding unaudited interim information</a>*</p>
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="18"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">23.1</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="18"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP*</p>
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="18"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p ALIGN="CENTER">23.2</font></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="18"><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="2">
        <p>Consent of McGladrey &amp; Pullen, LLP*</p>
        </font></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td WIDTH="13%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"></td>
      <td WIDTH="87%" VALIGN="TOP" height="21"><font face="Arial" size="2">&nbsp;
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 20
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 23, 2002
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM S-8
Registration Statement
under
The Securities Act of 1933
SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
New York
(State of jurisdiction of
incorporation of organization)
36-1750680
I.R.S. employer
identification no.)
3333 Beverly Road
Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60179
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
SEARS 401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
and
LANDS' END, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN
(Full title of the plans)
Anastasia D. Kelly
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
3333 Beverly Road
Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60179
(Name and address of agent for service)
(847) 286-2500
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to
be registered(1)
Proposed maximum offering price per share
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price
Amount of registration fee(3)
Common Shares, par value $0.75 per share
5,250,000
(2)
(2)
$11,491
(1) In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be
offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plans described herein.
(2) Estimated solely for purposes of determining the amount of the
registration fee, in accordance with Rule 457(h)(i) and Rule 457(c) under the
Securities Act of 1933, on the basis of the average of the high and low prices
of the registrant's common shares on the New York Stock Exchange on December 19,
2002.
(3) An aggregate of $12,153 was previously paid in connection with 1,250,000
unissued common shares of the 5,000,000 common shares registered under
registration statement no. 333-56272
filed on February 27, 2001 ($48,613 in total fees paid) by the registrant,
which unsold securities are hereby deregistered. Accordingly, pursuant to Rule
457(p) of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, $11,491 is being offset against the total filing fee due for this
registration statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents filed or furnished by the registrant with the
        Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are
        incorporated into this Registration Statement by reference, except to
        the extent that any statement or information therein is modified,
        superseded or replaced by a statement or information contained in any
        other subsequently filed document incorporated herein by reference:
(1)
Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K
        for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2001,
(2) Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Forms 10-Q for the quarters
        ended March 30, June 29 and September 28, 2002, Quarterly Report on Form
        10-Q/A (Amendment Nos. 1 and 2) for the quarter ended March 30, 2002 and
        Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended June 29, 2002;
(3) Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K dated January 10,
        January 17, April 10, April 18, May 17, July 18, August 12, September 9
        October 4, October 7, and October 18, 2002;
(4) The description of registrant's common shares contained in Item 5
        on page 10 of registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
        December 29, 2001;
(5)
Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year
        ended December 31, 2001
of Sears 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan; and
(6) Annual Report on Form 11-K for the year ended December 31, 2001
        of Lands' End, Inc. Retirement
Plan.
(7) All documents filed by the registrant with the Commission
        pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities
        Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the date of this Registration
        Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
        indicating that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or
        deregistering all securities then remaining unsold.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
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Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Judgments or decrees rendered against Sears
        401(k) Savings Plan (formerly known as Sears 401(k) Profit Sharing
        Plan), the plan trustee, the investment committee or other fiduciaries
        that are not based upon a breach of fiduciary responsibility are to be
        satisfied from such plan assets and not from assets of the plan trustee,
        the members of the investment committee or other named fiduciaries.
Judgments or decrees rendered against the Lands' End, Inc. Retirement
        Plan, the plan trustee, the plan committee or other fiduciaries that are
        not based upon a breach of fiduciary responsibility are to be satisfied
        from such plan assets and not from assets of the trustee, the members of
        the plan committee or other named fiduciaries.
The registrant is a New York corporation. Sections 721 through 726 of
        the New York Business Corporation Law ("BCL") provide that, in
        certain circumstances, a corporation may indemnify its directors and
        officers against judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement and
        reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees actually and necessarily
        incurred as a result of any actual or threatened action or proceeding
        against such directors or officers, or by or in the right of any other
        enterprise which such directors or officers served in any capacity at
        the request of the corporation, by reason of the fact that such person
        acted in any of the capacities set forth above, if such director or
        officer (i) acted, in good faith, for a purpose which he or she
        reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
        corporation and, (ii) in criminal actions or proceedings, had no
        reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful;
        provided, however, that no indemnification may be provided where a final
        adjudication adverse to the director or officer establishes that his or
        her actions were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and
        deliberate dishonesty and were material to the cause of action
        adjudicated, or that he or she personally gained a financial profit or
        other advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled. A
        corporation is required to indemnify against reasonable expenses
        (including attorneys' fees) any director or officer who successfully
        defends any such action. The BCL also provides for indemnification of
        officers and directors in actions by or in the right of the corporation,
        subject to certain exceptions. Indemnification provided by these
        provisions of the BCL shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights
        to which a director or officer may be entitled. The foregoing statements
        are subject to the detailed provisions of the BCL.
Article V of the by-laws of the registrant provides that the
        registrant shall indemnify, to the full extent permitted by law, any
        officer or director of the registrant made, or threatened to be made, a
        party to, or who is otherwise involved in, any action, suit or
        proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by
        reason of the fact that such person or his testator or intestate acted
        in any of the capacities set forth above or, while a director or officer
        of the registrant and at the request of the registrant, is or was
        serving another corporation in any capacity, against judgments, fines,
        amounts paid in settlement and all expenses, including attorneys' fees,
        actually incurred as a result of such action. Article V states that the
        indemnification benefits provided thereby are contract rights,
        enforceable as if set forth in a written contract.
The registrant has in effect insurance policies with total coverage
        of $150,000,000 (subject to a deductible) which insure directors and
        officers of the registrant and certain affiliates of the registrant
        against certain claims which are not indemnifiable by the registrant or
        those affiliates. These policies also insure the registrant, certain
        affiliates of the registrant and their respective directors and officers
        against certain liabilities arising from the management or
        administration of certain employee benefit plans sponsored by the
        registrant and certain affiliates of the registrant.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable
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Item 8.
Exhibits.
The Exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit
        Index beginning on page E-1 of this Registration Statement, which Index
        is incorporated herein by reference.
The Registrant will submit or has submitted the plan documents as
        amended and restated and all amendments thereto to the Internal Revenue
        Service ("IRS") in a timely manner and has made or will make
        all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify each plan.
Item 9.
Undertakings.
A. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
        a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
          Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
          the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
          post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
          aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
          in the registration statement; and
(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 periodic reports filed with or
        furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Registrant
        pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
        that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
        Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
        deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
        offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
        be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
        amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
        the termination of the offering.
B. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
        determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing
        of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
        the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
        of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of
        the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference
        in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
        statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering
        of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona
        fide
offering thereof.
C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
        Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and
        controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing
        provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the
        opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification
        is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
        unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
        such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
        incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
        Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
        is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
        connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will,
        unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
        controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
        question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
        expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
        such issue.
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SIGNATURES
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 Hoffman Estates, State of Illinois, on December 20,
2002.
SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO.
By:
/s/Thomas E. Bergmann_
_______
Thomas E. Bergmann
Vice President and Controller
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
date indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
Alan J. Lacy*
Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, and Chief Executive
        Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
December 20, 2002
Glenn R. Richter*
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
December 20, 2002
Thomas E. Bergmann*
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
December 20, 2002
Hall Adams, Jr.*
Director
December 20, 2002
Brenda C. Barnes*
Director
December 20, 2002
James R. Cantalupo*
Director
December 20, 2002
Donald J. Carty*
Director
December 20, 2002
W. James Farrell*
Director
December 20, 2002
Michael A. Miles*
Director
December 20, 2002
Hugh B. Price*
Director
December 20, 2002
Dorothy A. Terrell*
Director
December 20, 2002
Raul Yzaguirre*
Director
December 20, 2002
*By:
/s/Thomas E. Bergmann
______
Thomas E. Bergmann
Individually and as Attorney-in-fact
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Pursuant to the
        requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the administrator of Sears
        401(k) Savings Plan has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
        signed on the Plan's behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
        authorized, in the Village of Hoffman Estates, State of Illinois, on the
        20th day of December, 2002.
SEARS 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN
By: SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO.
Plan Administrator
By:
/s/Greg A. Lee
Greg A. Lee, Senior Vice President, Human Resources
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
        administrator of Lands' End, Inc. Retirement Plan has duly caused this
        Registration Statement to be signed on the Plan's behalf by the
        undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dodgeville, State
        of Wisconsin, on the 20th day of December, 2002.
LANDS' END, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN
By:
LANDS' END, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN COMMITTEE
Plan Administrator
By:
/s/Donald R. Hughes
Donald R. Hughes
Committee Member
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
4.1
Sears 401(k) Savings Plan as Amended and Restated as of January 1,
        2000 [incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.(i) to the Registrant's
        Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 1, 2000
,
        File No. 1-416
]
4.2
Amendment to the Sears 401(k) Savings Plan (as amended and restated
        effective as of January 1, 2001) effective as of March 26, 2001*
4.3
First Amendment to the Sears 401(k) Savings Plan (as amended and
        restated effective as of January 1, 2001) effective as of May 10, 2001*
4.4
Second Amendment to the Sears 401(k) Savings Plan (as amended and
        restated effective as of January 1, 2001) effective as of August 1,
        2001*
4.5
Fourth Amendment to the Sears 401(k) Savings Plan (as amended and
        restated effective as of January 1, 2001) effective as of November 27,
        2001*
4.6
Fifth Amendment to the Sears 401(k) Savings Plan (as amended and
        restated effective January 1, 2000) effective July 29, 2002*
4.7
Sears 401(k) Profit Sharing Trust Agreement as amended and restated
        effective as of January 1, 1998 [incorporated by reference to Exhibit
        99.(iii) to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of registrant for the year
        ended January 3, 1998, File No. 1-416]
4.8
Amendment to the Sears 401(k) Profit Sharing Trust Agreement
(as
        amended and restated effective as of January 1, 1998)
dated June 26,
        1998 [incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.(ii) to registrant's
        Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 2, 1999, File No.
        1-416]
4.9
Amendment to the Sears 401(k) Profit Sharing Trust Agreement (as
        amended and restated effective as of January 1, 1998) dated December 1,
        1998 [incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.(iii) to registrant's
        Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 2, 1999, File No.
        1-416]
4.10
Amendment to the Sears 401(k) Profit Sharing
        Trust Agreement (as amended and restated effective as of January 1,
        1998)
dated March 31, 1999 [incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6
        to the registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8
,
        File No. 333-92501
]
4.11
Amendment to the Sears 401(k) Profit Sharing Trust Agreement (as
        amended and restated effective as of January 1, 1998) effective May 10,
        2001*
4.12
Lands' End, Inc. Retirement Plan as amended and restated as of
        January 1, 1997*
4.13
First Amendment to the Lands' End, Inc. Retirement Plan (as amended
        and restated effective as of January 1, 1998) effective September 1,
        2002*
4.14
Second Amendment to the Lands' End, Inc. Retirement Plan (as amended
        and restated effective as of January 1, 1998) effective January 1, 2002*
4.15
Third Amendment to the Lands' End, Inc. Retirement Plan (as amended
        and restated effective as of January 1, 1998) effective January 1, 1997*
4.16
Fourth Amendment to the Lands' End, Inc. Retirement Plan (as amended
        and restated effective as of January 1, 1998) effective January 1, 2003*
4.17
Lands' End, Inc. Retirement Trust Agreement*
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Acknowledgment of Deloitte & Touche LLP
        regarding unaudited interim information
*
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP*
23.2
Consent of McGladrey & Pullen, LLP*
23.3
Notice Regarding Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP*
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Power of Attorney of certain officers and directors of registrant*
*Filed herewith