Attached files

file filename
EX-99.1 - EX-99.1 - CLAIRES STORES INCd537077dex991.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): May 9, 2013

CLAIRE’S STORES, INC.

Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Florida

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

Commission File Nos. 1-8899, 333-148108

and 333-175171

 

59-0940416

(IRS Employer Identification Number)

2400 West Central Road, Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60192

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (847) 765-1100

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ 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))

 

 

 


Item 8.01. Other Events.

On May 9, 2013, Claire’s Stores, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the pricing of $320.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.75% senior notes due 2020 in an offering pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933 , as amended (the “Securities Act”). The closing of the notes is scheduled for May 14, 2013. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

The notes are being offering only to “qualified institutional buyers” in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act and outside the United States only to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. The notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit 99.1 – Claire’s Stores, Inc. Press Release dated May 9, 2013.


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.

 

    CLAIRE’S STORES, INC.
Date: May 9, 2013     By:   /s/ J. Per Brodin
      J. Per Brodin
      Chief Financial Officer


Exhibit List

Exhibit 99.1 – Claire’s Stores, Inc. Press Release dated May 9, 2013.