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):  October 18, 2004

 

Cole National Group, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

33-66342

 

34-1744334

(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission File
Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification Number)

 

1925 Enterprise Parkway, Twinsburg, Ohio 44087

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(330) 486-3100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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-12)

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 9.01.              Exhibits

 

(c)           Exhibits.

 

99.1         Press release dated October 18, 2004.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

 

COLE NATIONAL GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 /s/ Michael A. Boxer

 

 

 

Name:

Michael A. Boxer

 

 

Title:

Vice President and Secretary

 

 

Date:  October 19, 2004

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press release dated October 18, 2004.

 

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