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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

May 4, 2005
DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)

BLUE NILE, INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

         
DELAWARE   000-50763   91-1963165
         
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION
OF INCORPORATION) 		  (COMMISSION FILE
NUMBER) 		  (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
IDENTIFICATION NO.)

705 FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH, SUITE 900, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, 98104
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES, INCLUDING ZIP CODE)

(206) 336-6700
REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE

N/A
(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:

     
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ITEM 2.02. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

On May 4, 2005, Blue Nile, Inc. issued a press release announcing financial results for the first quarter ended April 3, 2005. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The press release should be read in conjunction with the note regarding forward-looking statements, which is included in the text of the press release.

The information in this Form 8-K and the exhibit attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, unless expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

ITEM 9.01. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(c) Exhibits.

     
EXHIBIT    
NUMBER   DESCRIPTION
 
    
99.1
  Press release, dated May 4, 2005, issued by Blue Nile, Inc.

 

 

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.

         
  BLUE NILE, INC.


  
  By:   /s/ Diane M. Irvine  
  Diane M. Irvine   
  Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Accounting and Financial Officer) 		  
 

Dated: May 4, 2005