UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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)  February 4, 2009

 

POLO RALPH LAUREN CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

DELAWARE

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

 

001-13057

13-2622036

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

650 MADISON AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK


10022

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

(212) 318-7000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

NOT APPLICABLE

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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 2.02.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

On February 4, 2009, Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation (the “Company”) reported its results of operations for the fiscal quarter ended December 27, 2008. A copy of the press release issued by the Company concerning the foregoing is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Form 8-K, including the accompanying exhibit, is being furnished under Item 2.02 and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of such section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of the general incorporation language of such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

ITEM 9.01.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

 

(a)

Financial Statements of Business Acquired.

Not applicable.

 

(b)

Pro Forma Financial Information.

Not applicable.

 

(c)

Shell Company Transactions.

Not applicable.

 

(d)

Exhibits.

 

 

EXHIBIT NO.

 

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release, dated February 4, 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

POLO RALPH LAUREN CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

February 4, 2009

 

By: 

/s/ Tracey T. Travis

 

 

 

 

Name:

Tracey T. Travis

 

 

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

 

 


 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

EXHIBIT NO.

 

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release, dated February 4, 2009