SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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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) July 13, 2004
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LINENS 'N THINGS, INC.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware 1-12381 22-3463939
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(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
6 Brighton Road, Clifton, New Jersey 07015
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (973) 778-1300
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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT
Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition
Attached and being furnished hereby as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of a press release
of Linens 'n Things, Inc. (the "Company") dated July 13, 2004, reporting
Company's estimated sales and earnings results for the second quarter of 2004.
Such estimated earnings results constitute "forward looking" information within
the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
The press release regarding the Company's 2004 estimated second quarter sales
and earnings results and expected future results include and, where indicated,
exclude the expected impact of EITF 02-16. The expected impact of EITF 02-16 is
further detailed in, and reconciled to generally accepted accounting principles
(GAAP) as part of the press release. In the Company's view, in discussing its
historical and expected future results and financial condition, in order to
better measure and to assist the analysis of the Company's period to period
operating performance it is important for management and investors to be
provided operating performance measures which identify the impact of the EITF
02-16 accounting change on operating results and financial condition. In
addition, management feels that is important for investors to understand the
manner in which management evaluates the Company's period to period operating
performance, thus the inclusion of these non-GAAP measures is intended to
provide an additional metric for reviewing performance that management
internally uses to evaluate performance on a comparative period-to-period basis
in terms of absolute performance and trend performance. Such information is
supplemental to information presented in accordance with GAAP, is not intended
to represent a presentation in accordance with GAAP, and should not be
considered as a substitute for, or superior to, measures of financial
performance prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP.
SIGNATURE
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.
LINENS 'N THINGS, INC.
Dated: July 13, 2004 By: /s/ William T. Giles
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Name: William T. Giles
Title: Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. Description
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99.1 Press Release of Linens 'n Things, Inc., dated July 13,
2004.