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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended January 30, 2010
Commission file number 1-8897
BIG LOTS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Ohio 06-1119097
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
300 Phillipi Road, P.O. Box 28512, Columbus, Ohio 43228-5311
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
[phone]
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Shares $0.01 par value New York Stock Exchange
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None.
Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities
Act. Yes  No 
Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Act. Yes  No 
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such
reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes  No 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every
Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes  No 
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and
will not be contained, to the best of the Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by
reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K 
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a
smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company”
in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer  Accelerated filer  Non-accelerated filer  Smaller reporting company 
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes  No 
The aggregate market value of the Common Shares held by non-affiliates of the Registrant (assuming for these purposes that all
executive officers and directors are “affiliates” of the Registrant) was $1,856,547,441 on August 1, 2009, the last business day of
the Registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter (based on the closing price of the Registrant’s Common Shares on
such date as reported on the New York Stock Exchange).
The number of the Registrant’s Common Shares outstanding as of March 22, 2010 was 80,406,304.
Documents Incorporated by Reference
Portions of the Registrant’s Proxy Statement for its 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders are incorporated by reference into
Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.