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) March 12, 2013

 

FOSSIL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (972) 234-2525

 

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):

 

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Item 7.01  Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On March 12, 2013, Fossil, Inc. (the “Company”) will participate in the 2013 Bank of America Merrill Lynch Consumer and Retail Conference to be held at the New York Palace Hotel in New York, NY.  A copy of the Company’s slide show presentation is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

The information in this Current Report and the accompanying exhibit is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

Certain statements contained in the presentation slides that are not historical facts constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and involve a number of risks and uncertainties.  The actual results of the future events described in such forward-looking statements could differ materially from those stated in such forward-looking statements.  Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are changes in economic trends and financial performance, changes in consumer demands, tastes and fashion trends, lower levels of consumer spending resulting from a general economic downturn, shifts in market demand resulting in inventory risks, changes in foreign currency exchange rates, and the outcome of current and possible future litigation, as well as the risks and uncertainties set forth in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2012 and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements contained in the presentation slides are made only as of the date of such presentation slides, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

 

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)           Exhibits.

 

99.1

Slide show presentation of Fossil, Inc. dated March 12, 2013.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

	FOSSIL, INC.
Date: March 12, 2013	By:	/s/ Dennis R. Secor
	Name:	Dennis R. Secor
	Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Description of Exhibit
99.1		Slide show presentation of Fossil, Inc. dated March 12, 2013.

 

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