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):  December 27, 2005

 

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

0-23804

 

94-3196943

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(I.R.S. Employer

of incorporation)

 

file number)

 

Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

4120 Dublin Boulevard, Suite 400, Dublin, CA 94568

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

 

 

 

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code): (925) 560-9000

 

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-2)

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 1.01             Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

On December 27, 2005, Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an agreement with Doolittle Investors, a related party, to purchase a building in San Leandro, California, for approximately $5.0 million. The building is approximately 57,000 square feet and is currently being leased by the Company’s subsidiary, Simpson Strong-Tie Company Inc. Subject to satisfactory completion of the Company’s due diligence and satisfaction of other customary conditions, the transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2006. The transaction was unanimously approved by the independent members of the Company’s Board of Directors.

 

Item 9.01             Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(c)          Exhibits:

 

Exhibit Number

 

Description

 

 

 

99

 

Purchase and Sale Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions, dated December 27, 2005, between Doolittle Investors, as Seller, and Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc., as Purchaser

 

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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.

 

 

 

 

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

 

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DATE:

December 30, 2005

 

By

/s/ Michael J. Herbert

 

 

 

 

Michael J. Herbert

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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