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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): September 27, 2004

MICHAELS STORES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
         
Delaware   001-09338   75-1943604
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

8000 Bent Branch Drive
Irving, Texas 75063
P.O. Box 619566
DFW, Texas 75261-9566

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (972) 409-1300


     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):

         
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

     Effective as of September 27, 2004, Michaels Stores, Inc. amended and restated the Michaels Stores, Inc. 2001 General Stock Option Plan. This amendment and restatement amends the 2001 General Stock Option Plan to increase the number of shares that will be granted to directors under the automatic grant feature of that plan to prevent dilution of certain director incentives as a result of the two-for-one stock split to be effected in the form of a stock dividend to stockholders of record as of the close of business on September 27, 2004.

     A copy of the Michaels Stores, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2001 General Stock Option Plan is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

     In accordance with Rule 416(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the number of shares of common stock, par value $.10 per share, of Michaels registered for sale under the Securities Act by the registration statement on Form S-8, Commission File No. 33-61055, filed July 14, 1995, relating to the Michaels Stores, Inc. Employees 401(k) Plan, as amended, which remain unsold as of the close of business on September 27, 2004, have been deemed to be increased to reflect the two-for-one stock split described in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)   Exhibits.
     
Exhibit    
Number
  Description
10.1
  Michaels Stores, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2001 General Stock Option Plan.

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

     
  MICHAELS STORES, INC.
         
  By:   /s/ JEFFREY N. BOYER
     
 
      Jeffrey N. Boyer
Executive Vice President —
         Chief Financial Officer

Date: September 28, 2004

 


 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

     
Exhibit    
Number
  Description
10.1
  Michaels Stores, Inc. Second Amended and Restated 2001 General Stock Option Plan.