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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 4, 2014.

Registration No. 333-194571

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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The Dixie Group, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Tennessee
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

62-0183370
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

104 Nowlin Lane, Suite 101
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37421
(423) 510-7000
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Jon A. Faulkner
Chief Financial Officer
The Dixie Group, Inc.
2208 S. Hamilton Street
Dalton, Georgia
(423) 510-7000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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Copy to:

John F. Henry, Jr., Esq.
Miller & Martin PLLC
Suite 1000, Volunteer Building
832 Georgia Avenue
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402
(423) 756-6600
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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after this Registration Statement becomes effective as determined by market conditions and other factors.

If the only securities being registered on this form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box.





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The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until this registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.


EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Dixie Group, Inc. is filing this pre-effective Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”) to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-194571) (the “Registration Statement”) as an exhibit-only filing to re-file Exhibit 5.1 previously filed with the Registration Statement. Accordingly, this Amendment consists only of the facing page, this explanatory note, Item 16 of Part II of the Registration Statement, the signature page to the Registration Statement, the exhibit index and the refiled Exhibit 5.1. The prospectus and the balance of Part II of the Registration Statement are unchanged and have been omitted.






PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS


ITEM 16.    EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.
Description
(1.1)
Form of Underwriting Agreement (to be filed by amendment or as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K of the registrant).
(5.1)
Opinion of Miller & Martin PLLC (filed herewith).
(23.1)
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (previously filed).
(23.2)
Consent of Miller & Martin PLLC (included in Exhibit (5.1).








SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chattanooga, State of Tennessee, on April 2, 2014.
The Dixie Group, Inc.

/S/ DANIEL K. FRIERSON    
By: Daniel K. Frierson
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE
 
TITLE
DATE
 
 
 
 
/S/ DANIEL K. FRIERSON
 
Chairman of the Board, Director and
Chief Executive Officer
April 2, 2014
Daniel K. Frierson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/S/ JON A. FAULKNER
 
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
April 2, 2014
Jon A. Faulkner
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/S/ D. KENNEDY FRIERSON, JR.
 
Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Director
April 2, 2014
D. Kennedy Frierson, Jr.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/S/ D. EUGENE LASATER
 
Controller
April 2, 2014
D. Eugene Lasater
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/S/ CHARLES E. BROCK
 
Director
April 2, 2014
Charles E. Brock
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/S/ J. DON BROCK
 
Director
April 2, 2014
J. Don Brock
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/S/ WALTER W. HUBBARD
 
Director
April 2, 2014
Walter W. Hubbard
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/S/ LOWRY F. KLINE
 
Director
April 3, 2014
Lowry F. Kline
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/S/ HILDA S. MURRAY
 
Director
April 3, 2014
Hilda S. Murray
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/S/ JOHN W. MURREY, III
 
Director
April 3, 2014
John W. Murrey, III
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/S/ MICHAEL L. OWENS
 
Director
April 2, 2014
Michael L. Owens
 
 
 





EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.
Description
(1.1)
Form of Underwriting Agreement (to be filed by amendment or as an exhibit to a Current Report on Form 8-K of the registrant).
(5.1)
Opinion of Miller & Martin PLLC (filed herewith).
(23.1)
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (previously filed).
(23.2)
Consent of Miller & Martin PLLC (included in Exhibit (5.1).