Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(e) On December 19, 2008, the Human Resources Committee of the Board of Directors of Furniture Brands International, Inc. (the "Company") granted restricted stock unit awards to certain executive officers. The Company's principal executive officer, principal financial officer and other named executive officer, Ralph P. Scozzafava, Steven G. Rolls and Richard R. Isaak, received grants of 1,277,960 shares, 239,620 shares and 39,940 shares, respectively. The awards are payable only in cash and payment is contingent upon achieving both share price appreciation objectives and service based retention periods. Once the performance objectives and retention periods are met, executives will receive $6.26 per unit for half of their grant and $9.39 per unit for the other half of their grant. Any unvested awards will be forfeited on the fifth anniversary of the grant date. The form of the agreement is included as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The above description is qualified in its entirety by reference to such form. Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No. Description

10.1 Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement.

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