S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 26, 2005

Registration No. 333-

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
The Securities Act of 1933

THE ANDERSONS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Ohio	34-1562374
(State or other jurisdiction of	(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)	Identification Number)
480 West Dussel Drive,
Maumee, Ohio	43537
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

THE ANDERSONS, INC.
2005 Long-Term Performance Compensation Plan
Dated May 6, 2005
(Full title of the plans)

Naran U. Burchinow
The Andersons, Inc.
480 West Dussel Drive
Maumee, Ohio 43537
(Name and address of agent for service)

(419) 893-5050
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Title of		Proposed maximum	Proposed maximum	Amount of
securities to	Amount to be	price per	aggregate	registration
be registered	registered	share (1)	offering price (1)	fee
Common Shares, no par value	200,000 shares	$36.58	$7,316,000	$861.09

(1) Computed on the basis of the price at which stock of the same class was sold on August 22, 2005 pursuant to Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee.

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Item 1. Plan Information

     Omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.

Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information

     Omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

     Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.

     The following documents filed by the Company under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended are incorporated herein by reference to this Registration Statement.

a)	Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004;
b)	Quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2005 and June 30, 2005; and
c)	The description of the Company’s Common Shares contained in Item 1 of the Company’s registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on October 19, 1995.

     All other reports filed by the company pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end of such fiscal year are also incorporated by reference. In addition, all documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such reports and documents.

     Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such 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

     Naran U. Burchinow, our Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary has issued an opinion regarding certain legal matters and matters with respect to Ohio law. He has been granted the option to purchase 4,000 shares of common stock (1,600 of the options are exercisable) and has also been granted 670 performance restricted share units.

Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

     Section 1701.59 of the Ohio General Corporation Law, inter alia, empowers an Ohio corporation to 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 (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Similar indemnity is authorized for such person against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of any such threatened, pending or completed action or suit if such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and provided further that (unless a court of competent jurisdiction otherwise provides) such person shall not have been adjudged liable to the corporation. Any such indemnification may be made only as authorized in each specific case upon a determination by the shareholders or disinterested directors or by independent legal counsel in a written opinion that indemnification is proper because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct.

     Section 1701.59 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify him or her under Section 1701.59. The Company maintains policies insuring its and its subsidiaries’ officers and directors against certain liabilities for actions taken in such capacities, including certain liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933.

     Article IV of the Code of Regulations of the company provides for indemnification of the directors and officers of the Company to the full extent permitted by law, as now in effect or later amended. In addition, the Code of Regulations provide for indemnification against expenses incurred by a director or officer to be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding; provided, however, that if required by the Ohio General Corporation Law, an advancement of expenses will be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay such amount if it shall be ultimately determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. The Code of Regulations further provide for a contractual cause of action on the part of directors and officers of the Company with respect to indemnification claims which have not been paid by the Company.

     Article Sixth of the Company’s Restated Articles of Incorporation limits to the fullest extent permitted by the Ohio General Corporation Law as the same exists or may have been amended, the personal liability of the Company’s directors to the Company or its shareholders for monetary damages for a breach of their fiduciary duty as directors. Section 1701.59 of the Ohio General Corporation Law currently provides that such provisions do not eliminate the liability of a director (i) for a breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to the Company or its shareholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (iii) under Section 1701.59 of the Ohio General Corporation Law (relating to the declaration of dividends and purchase or redemption of shares in violation of the Ohio General Corporation Law); or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper benefit.

Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed

     Not applicable.

Item 8. Exhibits.

Exhibit Number	Description of Document
4	The Andersons, Inc. 2005 Long-Term Performance Compensation Plan dated May 6, 2005 (incorporated by reference from Appendix A to the Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 6, 2005)
5	Opinion of Naran U. Burchinow with respect to the legality of certain shares of the Common Stock being registered
23.1	Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2	Consent of Naran U. Burchinow (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5)
24	Power of Attorney

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 to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution in the Share Purchase Plan not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement; (2) that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and (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, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, 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 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of

its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Maumee, State of Ohio, on August 26, 2005.

THE ANDERSONS, INC.

By: /s/ Michael J. Anderson
Its: President and CEO

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and as of the date indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ Richard P. Anderson*
Richard P. Anderson	Chairman of the Board, Director	08/26/05
/s/Michael J. Anderson
Michael J. Anderson	Chief Executive Officer, President, Director
	(Principal Executive Officer)	08/26/05
/s/Thomas H. Anderson*
Thomas H. Anderson	Chairman Emeritus, Director	08/26/05
/s/Gary L. Smith
Gary L. Smith	Vice President, Finance and Treasurer
	(Principal Financial Officer)	08/26/05
/s/Richard R. George
Richard R. George	Vice President, Controller and CIO
	(Principal Accounting Officer)	08/26/05
/s/John F. Barrett*
John F. Barrett	Director	08/26/05
/s/Robert J. King, Jr.*
Robert J. King, Jr.	Director	08/26/05
/s/Paul M. Kraus*
Paul M. Kraus	Director	08/26/05
/s/Donald L. Mennel*
Donald L. Mennel	Director	08/26/05

Signature	Title	Date
/s/David L. Nichols*
David L. Nichols	Director	08/26/05
/s/Sidney A. Ribeau*
Dr. Sidney A. Ribeau	Director	08/26/05
/s/Charles A. Sullivan*
Charles A. Sullivan	Director	08/26/05
/s/Jacqueline F. Woods*
Jacqueline F. Woods	Director	08/26/05
*By /s/Michael J. Anderson
Attorney-in-fact		08/26/05

EX-5

Exhibit 5

August 26, 2005

Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549

Re: The Andersons, Inc.
     Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     I am general counsel to The Andersons, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the “Corporation”), and have advised the Corporation in connection with the proposed registration by the Corporation of 200,000 of its common shares, no par value (the “Shares”), pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on August 26, 2005, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) (such Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented, is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement”). The Shares are to be issued, sold or granted by the Corporation to certain employees of the Corporation pursuant to The Andersons, Inc. 2005 Long Term Performance Compensation Plan dated May 6, 2005 (the “Plan”).

     For purposes of the opinions contained in this letter, I have examined and relied upon such corporate proceedings, documents, records and matters of law as I have deemed necessary or appropriate for the expression of the opinions contained herein. In addition, for purposes hereof, I have assumed with your permission and without independent investigation that all factual information supplied to me for the purpose hereof is complete and accurate and that no changes will be made in the definitive form of the documents I have reviewed in draft form which would impact my opinions.

     Based upon and subject to the foregoing, I hereby advise you that in my opinion:

1.	The Corporation is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Ohio.
2.	The Shares are duly authorized, and, when (i) the Registration Statement becomes effective under the Act and (ii) the Shares have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Corporation and issued in accordance with the terms of the Plan upon receipt of the consideration to be paid therefore, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

     I am qualified to practice law in the State of Missouri. I am opining as to federal law and the General Corporation Laws of the State of Ohio, as such laws are constituted on the date of this opinion. Where my opinion requires interpretation of other state law, I am assuming that such laws are consistent with the law of the State of Missouri. Otherwise, I do not herein express any opinion as to any other laws.

     I do not find it necessary for the purposes of this opinion, and accordingly I do not purport to cover herein, the application of the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of the various states to the issuance and sale of the Shares.

     I hereby consent to the filing of this letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, I do not admit that I come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the ‘33 Act or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Naran U. Burchinow

Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

EX-23.1

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated March 14, 2005 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedule, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, of The Andersons, Inc., which appears in The Andersons, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Toledo, Ohio
August 26, 2005

EX-24

Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY
The Andersons, Inc. Registration Statement
2005 Long-Term Performance Compensation Plan

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:

     That each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Michael J. Anderson and Richard P. Anderson, and each of them signing singly, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead in any and all such capacities, to sign any and all instruments which said attorney or attorneys may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) in respect thereof, in connection with the filing of any Registration Statement to be filed with the Commission under the Securities Act relating to shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued or issuable under the Company’s Long-Term Performance Compensation Plan, including, without limitation, power and authority to sign his/her name to any such Registration Statement and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to any such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, and grants unto each of said attorneys and his/her substitutes full power and authority to do and perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, every act whatsoever necessary or advisable to be done in the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person. The undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that such attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed his/her name hereto as of this 26th day of August, 2005.

/s/Richard P. Anderson
Richard P. Anderson	Chairman of the Board, Director	08/26/05
/s/Michael J. Anderson
Michael J. Anderson	Chief Executive Officer, President, Director
	(Principal Executive Officer)	08/26/05
/s/Thomas H. Anderson
Thomas H. Anderson	Chairman Emeritus, Director	08/26/05
/s/Gary L. Smith
Gary L. Smith	Vice President, Finance and Treasurer
	(Principal Financial Officer)	08/26/05

/s/Richard R. George
Richard R. George	Vice President, Controller and CIO
	(Principal Accounting Officer)	08/26/05
/s/Donald E. Anderson
Donald E. Anderson	Director	08/26/05
/s/Richard M. Anderson
Richard M. Anderson	Director	08/26/05
/s/John F. Barrett
John F. Barrett	Director	08/26/05
/s/Robert J. King, Jr.
Robert J. King, Jr.	Director	08/26/05
/s/Paul M. Kraus
Paul M. Kraus	Director	08/26/05
/s/Donald L. Mennel
Donald L. Mennel	Director	08/26/05
/s/David L. Nichols
David L. Nichols	Director	08/26/05
/s/Sidney A. Ribeau
Dr. Sidney A. Ribeau	Director	08/26/05
/s/Charles A. Sullivan
Charles A. Sullivan	Director	08/26/05
/s/Jacqueline F. Woods
Jacqueline F. Woods	Director	08/26/05