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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
 
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):   October 22, 2009

 
The Finish Line, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
     
Indiana
0-20184
35-1537210
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
 

3308 North Mitthoeffer Road, Indianapolis, Indiana
46235
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
 
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (317) 899-1022
 
 
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
 
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Item 8.01  Other Events.

On October 23, 2009, the Company announced a cash dividend of $0.03 per share of the Company’s Class A and Class B common stock.  The cash dividend will be payable on December 15, 2009 to shareholders of record on November 27, 2009.  Information regarding the dividend is included in the copy of the press release attached to this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

In addition, on October 22, 2009, Alan H. Cohen, the Company’s Chairman of the Board, entered into a Sales Plan with a brokerage firm under SEC Rule 10b5-1(c), pursuant to which Mr. Cohen will sell, subject to predetermined minimum price conditions, up to an aggregate of 120,000 of the Company’s Class A Common Shares during the term of the Sales Plan.  Such sales, if made, would involve the conversion by Mr. Cohen of up to 120,000 of the Company’s Class B Common Shares to Class A Common Shares.  Trading under the Sales Plan may occur from October 28, 2009 through and including December 16, 2009.

The Company issued a press release on October 23, 2009, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.


 
Item 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits. 
 
 
 (d)
Exhibits
   
         
   
Exhibit Number
 
Description of Exhibit
         
   
99.1
  
Press Release issued  October 23, 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.
 
     
 
The Finish Line, Inc.
     
Date:  October 23, 2009
By:
/s/ Edward W. Wilhelm
   
Edward W. Wilhelm
   
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer



 
 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX
 
     
Exhibit
Number
  
Description of Exhibit
     
99.1
  
Press Release issued October 23, 2009