FORM 8-K

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)    March 30, 2005 


LINENS ’N THINGS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) 

                   Delaware    1-12381                       22-3463939 

(State or Other Jurisdiction   

(Commission 

 

(I.R.S. Employer 

 of Incorporation)   

File Number) 

 

Identification No.) 

 
 
6 Brighton Road, Clifton, New Jersey       

07015 


(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                           (Zip Code) 
 
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code     (973) 778-1300 
   

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Item 5.02    Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of 
    Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers 

            (d)          On March 30, 2005, the Board of Directors of Linens ’n Things, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Evelyn Follit to the Board of Directors of the Company effective as of April 4, 2005. Ms. Follit has also been appointed to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.


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.





Dated:  April 4, 2005
  LINENS ’N THINGS, INC.


By:        /s/ Brian D. Silva
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Name:   Brian D. Silva
    Title:      Senior Vice President, 
                 Human Resources, Administration
                 and Corporate Secretary