Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Fishman Steven S
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BIG LOTS INC [BIG] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chairman, CEO & President
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
300 PHILLIPI ROAD		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/06/2013
(Street)

COLUMBUS, OH 43228		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 03/06/2013   D(1)   240,000 D $ 0 257,788 D  
Common Stock               240,020 I By grantor retained annuity trust (2)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Fishman Steven S
300 PHILLIPI ROAD
COLUMBUS, OH 43228		   X     Chairman, CEO & President  

Signatures

 Joseph Y. Heuer, Attorney-in-fact for Steven S. Fishman   03/08/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) On March 6, 2012, the reporting person received a performance-based restricted stock award consisting of 240,000 shares of BIG common stock ("2012 Award"). The 2012 Award vested if Big Lots, Inc. ("Big Lots") achieved a corporate performance measure during Big Lots' 2012 fiscal year. On March 6, 2013, Big Lots' Board of Directors certified that the corporate performance measure was not achieved and the 2012 Award was forfeited.
(2) On November 17, 2010, the reporting person contributed 210,058 shares of BIG common stock and to a grantor retained annuity trust ("2010 GRAT") for the benefit of himself and his heirs and, on February 19, 2013, 63,713 shares of BIG common stock were distributed as an annuity from the 2010 GRAT to the reporting person. On July 14, 2011, the reporting person contributed 143,875 shares of BIG common stock to a grantor retained annuity trust ("2011 GRAT") for the benefit of himself and his heirs and, on July 25, 2012, 50,200 shares of BIG common stock were distributed as an annuity from the 2011 GRAT to the reporting person. The 113,913 shares of BIG common stock which were distributed to the reporting person as an annuity under 2010 GRAT and the 2011 GRAT continue to be reported on this Form 4 as directly owned.

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