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): October 29, 2009


THE TIMBERLAND COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

(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):

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On October 29, 2009, the Company issued a press release setting forth the Company’s third-quarter 2009 results.  A copy of our press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

The attached press release includes a discussion of constant dollar revenue change, which is a non-GAAP measure, and a reconciliation to the related GAAP measure.  We provide constant dollar revenue change because we use the measure to understand revenue change excluding the impact of items which are not under management’s direct control, such as changes in foreign exchange rates.  

SIGNATURES

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

Exhibit Index

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