Registration No. 333-25013
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
EQUITY INNS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Tennessee
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62-1550848
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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7700 Wolf River Boulevard
Germantown, TN 38138
(901) 754-7774
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants principal executive offices)
EQUITY INNS, INC.
1994 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
J. Mitchell Collins
Chief Financial Officer
Equity Inns, Inc.
7700 Wolf River Boulevard
Germantown, TN 38138
(901) 754-7774
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies of all communications, including communications sent to agent for service, should be sent to:
Howard A. Silver
Chief Executive Officer
7700 Wolf River Boulevard
Germantown, Tennessee 38138
(901) 754-7774
EXPLANATORY NOTE
On April 11, 1997, Equity Inns, Inc. (the Company) filed a registration statement on Form S-8
(Reg. No. 333-25013) (the Registration Statement) with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the SEC) registering the offer and sale of 2,300,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value
(the Shares). This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 is an amendment to the Registration Statement.
On October 25, 2007 (the Effective Time), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of
Merger, dated as of June 20, 2007, among Grace I, LLC, Grace Acquisition I, Inc. (Merger
Subsidiary), Grace II, L.P., Equity Inns Partnership, L.P. and
the Company, the Company will merge with and into Merger Subsidiary with Merger Subsidiary being the surviving corporation. All
offerings under the Registration Statement have been terminated. In accordance with the
undertakings made by the Company to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective
amendment, any of the Shares registered under the Registration Statement which remain unsold at the
termination of the offerings, the Company hereby removes from registration all Shares registered
under the Registration Statement which remain unsold.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that is has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Memphis, State of Tennessee on
the 25th day of October, 2007.
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EQUITY INNS, INC.
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By:
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/s/ J. Mitchell Collins
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Name:
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J. Mitchell Collins
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on
the 25th day of October 2007.
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Signature
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Capacity
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/s/ Howard A. Silver
Howard A. Silver
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Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
(principal executive officer)
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/s/ J. Mitchell Collins
J. Mitchell Collins
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Chief Financial Officer
(principal accounting officer)
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Phillip H. McNeill, Sr.
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Chairman of the Board, Director
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/s/ Harry S. Hays
Harry S. Hays
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Director
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/s/ Joseph W. McLeary
Joseph W. McLeary
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Director
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/s/ Raymond E. Schultz
Raymond E. Schultz
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Director
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/s/ Robert P. Bowen
Robert P. Bowen
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Director
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* Signed by Howard A. Silver, as attorney-in-fact.