Kirkland's, Inc.
Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
     Registration No. 333-111245
KIRKLAND’S, INC.
COMMON STOCK
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
(To Prospectus dated December 17, 2003)
     The following information updates and amends the Prospectus dated December 17, 2003 (the “Prospectus”) and should be read in conjunction therewith. Terms not defined herein shall have the same meaning as in the Prospectus.
          The purpose of the Prospectus is to permit the selling shareholders or their pledgees, donees, other transferees selling shares received from the named selling shareholders, or other successors-in-interest to offer for sale or to sell shares of common stock covered by the Prospectus at such time and at such prices as they, in their sole discretion, choose. Certain selling shareholders listed in the Prospectus have transferred their remaining shares of Common Stock registered for sale under the Prospectus to the transferee set forth below in private transactions:
     Transfers from (1) Advent Direct Investment Program Limited Partnership, (2) Advent Partners Limited Partnership, and (3) Global Private Equity Group II Limited Partnership:
         
Transferee   Number of Shares Acquired
Carl Kirkland
    1,208,000  
          The information and table set forth under the caption “Selling Shareholders” contained in the Prospectus is hereby amended and replaced by the following:

 


 

SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
     The following table sets forth information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of September 22, 2008, by each of the selling shareholders and the maximum number of shares that may be sold hereunder.
     Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC, and is based upon information provided by each respective selling shareholder, Forms 4, Schedules 13D and 13G and other public documents filed with the SEC. The number representing the number of shares of common stock beneficially owned prior to the offering for each selling shareholder includes all options or other derivative securities which are exercisable within 60 days of September 22, 2008. The percentages of shares owned after the offering are based on 19,614,657 shares of our common stock outstanding as of September 22, 2008, which includes the outstanding shares of common stock offered by this prospectus.
     Unless otherwise indicated below, to our knowledge, all persons named in this table have sole voting and investment power with respect to their shares of common stock, except to the extent authority is shared by spouses under applicable law. The inclusion of any shares in this table does not constitute an admission of beneficial ownership for the person named below.
     The following table sets forth, to our knowledge, information about the selling shareholders as of September 22, 2008.
                                 
    Number of              
    Shares of     Number of        
    Common     Shares of        
    Stock     Common        
    Beneficially     Stock     Shares  
    Owned     Registered     Beneficially Owned  
    Prior to the     for Sale     After Offering  
Name of Selling Shareholders   Offering     Hereby     Number     Percent  
Robert E. Alderson
    1,010,939 (1)     137,500       873,439 (1)     4.4 %
Carl Kirkland
    4,802,862 (2)     1,508,000       3,294,862 (2)     16.8 %
 
(1)   Includes options to purchase 174,957 shares of common stock held by Robert E. Alderson. Mr. Alderson, our President, Chief Executvie Officer and a Director of the Company, is offering an additional 200,000 shares for resale under the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3, registration no. 333-152165.
 
(2)   Includes options to purchase 15,000 shares of common stock held by Carl Kirkland. Mr. Kirkland, a Director of the Company, is offering an additional 2,256,032 shares for resale under the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3, registration no. 333-152165.
 
*   Less than one percent of class.