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): January 5, 2006

 

MOTHERS WORK, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in Charter)

 

Delaware

 

0-21196

 

13-3045573

(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)

 

Commission File number

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

456 North 5th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19123

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(215) 873-2200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K 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

o    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act

 

 


 

Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

On January 5, 2006, Mothers Work, Inc. (“Mothers Work”) issued a press release announcing its preliminary sales results for the month of December 2005 and for its first quarter ended December 31, 2005. In the release, Mothers Work also provided guidance information related to earnings for its quarter ended December 31, 2005. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The disclosure in this Current Report, including in the Exhibit attached hereto, of any financial information shall not constitute an admission that such information is material.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

The following exhibit is furnished with this Form 8-K:

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1

 

Press release of Mothers Work, Inc. issued January 5, 2006

 

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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 duly authorized.

 

Date: January 9, 2006

MOTHERS WORK, INC.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Edward M. Krell

 

 

 

Edward M. Krell

 

 

Executive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1

 

Press release of Mothers Work, Inc. issued January 5, 2006

 

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