form8k.htm
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): January
9, 2008
BIG
LOTS,
INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Ohio
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1-8897
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06-1119097
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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300
Phillipi Road, Columbus, Ohio 43228
(Address
of principal executive office) (Zip Code)
(614)
278-6800
(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:
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
8.01 Other Events.
On
January 9, 2008, Big Lots, Inc. (“Company”) issued a press release announcing
certain changes within its management. Attached as an exhibit to this
Form 8-K is a copy of the Company’s January 9, 2008 press release (Exhibit
99.1). By providing the information in this Form 8-K and the attached
exhibit, the Company is making no admission as to the materiality of any
information in this Form 8-K or the exhibit.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements and
Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits
Exhibits
marked with an asterisk (*) are provided herewith.
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Big
Lots, Inc. press release dated January 9, 2008.
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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.
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BIG
LOTS, INC.
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Dated: January
10, 2008
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By:
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/s/
Charles W. Haubiel
II
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Charles
W. Haubiel II
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Senior
Vice President, Legal and Real Estate, General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary
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