KIRKLAND'S, INC.
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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): August 7, 2003

KIRKLAND’S, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
         
TENNESSEE   000-49885   62-1287151
(State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission   (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation or   file   Identification
Organization)   number)   Number)

805 NORTH PARKWAY
JACKSON, TENNESSEE 38305

(Address of principal executive offices)

(731) 668-2444
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 


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Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits
Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
Signatures
Exhibit Index
EX-99.1 PRESS RELEASE


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Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c) Exhibits

     
Exhibit Number   Description

 
99.1   Press Release dated August 7, 2003 reporting sales results for the 13-week and 26-week period ended August 2, 2003.

Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

     On August 7, 2003, Kirkland’s, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release reporting sales results for the 13-week and 26-week period ended August 2, 2003 (the “Press Release”). A copy of the Press Release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

     The Press Release included one or more “non-GAAP financial measures” within the meaning of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulation G. With respect to each such non-GAAP financial measure, the Company has disclosed in the press release the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and has provided a reconciliation of each non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure.

     These non-GAAP financial measures have been presented because management uses this information in monitoring and evaluating the Company’s on-going financial results and trends and believes that as a result, this information will be useful to investors.

 


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Signatures

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

         
    Kirkland’s, Inc.
 
Date: August 12, 2003   By:   /s/ Robert E. Alderson

Robert E. Alderson
President and Chief Executive Officer

 


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Exhibit Index

     
Exhibit Number   Description

 
99.1   Press Release dated August 7, 2003 reporting sales results for the 13-week and 26-week period ended August 2, 2003