Form 8-K

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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) August 24, 2004

 

Handleman Company

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Michigan

  

1-7923

  

38-1242806

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

500 Kirts Boulevard, Troy, Michigan

  

48084-4142

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code) (248) 362-4400

 

Not applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

Section 2.

    Financial Information

Item 2.02.

    Results of Operations and Financial Condition
     A press release reporting the Registrant’s results for the first quarter ended July 31, 2004 was issued on August 24, 2004. As a result, the Registrant is furnishing the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1.

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

       

HANDLEMAN COMPANY

Date: August 25, 2004      

By:

   /s/ Thomas C. Braum, Jr.
           

Name:

   Thomas C. Braum, Jr.
           

Title:

   Senior Vice President and
                Chief Financial Officer

 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.
   

Description

Exhibit 99.1    Press release reporting results for the first quarter ended July 31, 2004.