SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Anchorage Advisors, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 610 BROADWAY 6TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10012 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 06/10/2008	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol GENESCO INC [ GCO ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person X Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
COMMON STOCK	1,875,566	I	See Footnotes(1)(2)(3)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Anchorage Advisors, LLC (Last) (First) (Middle) 610 BROADWAY 6TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10012 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Anchorage Capital Master Offshore, Ltd (Last) (First) (Middle) 610 BROADWAY 6TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10012 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Davis Anthony Lynn (Last) (First) (Middle) 610 BROADWAY 6TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10012 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Ulrich Kevin Michael (Last) (First) (Middle) 610 BROADWAY 6TH FLOOR (Street) NEW YORK NY 10012 (City) (State) (Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. These shares of the issuer's common stock, par value $1.00 per share ("Shares") are held for the account Anchorage Capital Master Offshore, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company. Anchorage Advisors, LLC is the investment advisor to Anchorage Capital Master Offshore, Ltd. Anchorage Advisors Management, LLC is the managing member of Anchorage Advisors, LLC. Anthony L. Davis is the President of Anchorage Advisors, LLC and a managing member of Anchorage Advisors Management, LLC. Kevin M. Ulrich is the Chief Executive Officer of Anchorage Advisors, LLC and the other managing member of Anchorage Advisors Management, LLC.

2. These Shares held for Anchorage Capital Master Offshore, Ltd. constitute approximately 9.78% of the total number of Shares outstanding. Reporting persons held approximately 11.21% (2,150,566 Shares of the issuer) as of June 10, 2008 (as per the information provided by the Issuer on its most recently filed quarterly report on Form 10-Q, there were 19,177,348 Shares outstanding).

3. As a result, each of the reporting persons may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of the securities held by Anchorage Capital Master Offshore, Ltd. for purposes of Rule 16a-1(a)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"). Mr. Davis, Mr. Ulrich and Anchorage Advisors LLC disclaim beneficial ownership within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(a)(2) under the Exchange Act in the securities owned by Anchorage Capital Master Offshore, Ltd. except to the extent, if any, of their pecuniary interest therein.

	/s/ Kevin M. Ulrich, Director of Anchorage Capital Master Offshore, Ltd	06/20/2008
	/s/ Anthony L. Davis, Managing Member of Anchorage Advisors, LLC	06/20/2008
	/s/ Anthony L. Davis, Managing Member of Anchorage Advisors Management, LLC	06/20/2008
	/s/ Anthony L. Davis	06/20/2008
	/s/ Kevin M. Ulrich	06/20/2008
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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