As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 31, 2003
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 11-K
/X/ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002
Commission File No: 1-6695
JO-ANN STORES, INC.
ASSOCIATE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
(Full title of the plan and the address of the plan,
if different from that of the issuer named below)
Jo-Ann Stores, Inc.
5555 Darrow Road
Hudson, OH 44236
(Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address
of its principal executive office)
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Advisory Committee, the administrator of the Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. Associate Stock
Ownership Plan, has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
March 31, 2003
Jo-Ann Stores, Inc.
Associate Stock Ownership Plan
/s/
Brian Carney
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary of Advisory Committee
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JO-ANN STORES, INC.
ASSOCIATE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
EXHIBIT INDEX
Official
Exhibit No. Description
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23.1 Consent of Independent Public Accountants
99 Jo-Ann Stores, Inc.
Associate Stock Ownership Plan
Financial Statements
As of December 31, 2002
Together With Report of
Independent Public Accountants
99.1 Previous Year Audit Opinion