UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 15
CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION
12(g) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE
REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934.
Commission
File Number 333-151609
JO-ANN STORES, INC.
2008 ASSOCIATE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
David Goldston
5555 Darrow Road
Hudson, Ohio 44236
(330) 656-2600
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant’s principal executive offices)
Plan Interests in Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. 2008 Associate Stock Ownership Plan
(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
N/A
(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under
section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to
terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
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Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: 0*
*On March 18, 2011, Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. (the “Company”) completed its merger (the “Merger”)
pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated December 23, 2010, by
and among the Company, Needle Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), and Needle Merger
Sub Corp., an Ohio corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”). Pursuant to
the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into the Company, with the Company surviving the
Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent. As a result of the
Merger, all common shares of the
Company held under the Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. 2008 Associate Stock Ownership Plan (the
“Plan”) have been cancelled and converted into the right to receive a cash payment.
In light of the foregoing, the Company has filed a post-effective amendment on Form S-8 with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to terminate
the offering of unsold common shares and related plan interests offered under the Plan, and the Plan is filing this Form 15 with
the SEC to deregister the plan interests and to suspend the Plan’s duty to file reports under
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.