As Of                Filer                Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size              Issuer               Agent

 7/08/05  Timberland Co                     8-K:2,9     7/05/05    2:50K                                    Merrill Corp-MD/FA

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 8-K         Current Report                                      HTML     24K 
 2: EX-99       Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML     15K 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):  July 5, 2005

 

THE TIMBERLAND COMPANY

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

DELAWARE		1-9548		02-0312554
(State or Other Jurisdiction		(Commission File		(I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)		Number)		Identification No.)
200 Domain Drive, Stratham, NH				03885
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)				(Zip Code)
(603) 772-9500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

Item 2.05.  Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities.

 

On July 5, 2005, the Board of Directors of The Timberland Company (referred to as “Timberland”, “Company”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) approved management’s recommendation to close the Company’s manufacturing facility in Isabela, Puerto Rico at the end of 2005.  On July 6, 2005, the Company issued a press release announcing the closure of the manufacturing facility which included information related to the reasons for the closure, the expected timing of the closure, and an estimate of the costs and charges expected to be incurred in connection with the closure.  A copy of our press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01.              Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c)                                  Exhibits.

 

The Company hereby files as Exhibit 99 to this report our press release dated July 6, 2005 setting forth the Company’s announcement of the planned closure of our Puerto Rico manufacturing facility and information related to the closure.

 

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit Number		Description
99		Press Release of The Timberland Company dated July 6, 2005.

 

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