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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):
October 28, 2005
                           
   
SUPREME INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
                           
                           
                           
Delaware 1-8183 75-1670945
(State of Incorporation) (Commission File No.) (IRS Employer Identification No.)
                           
                           
P.O. Box 237
2581 E. Kercher Road
Goshen, Indiana 46528
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
                           
                           
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: - (574) 642-3070
                           
   
                           
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):
                           
  • Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
                           
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Section 8 - Other Events
   
Item 8.01 Other Events.  
                           
On October 28, 2005, Supreme Industries, Inc. issued a press release announcing a cash dividend. The full text of the press release is set forth in Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
   
Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits  
   
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.          
   
  d. Exhibits              
                       
99.1   Press release dated October 28, 2005, announcing a cash dividend.
                   
                   
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.
   
            SUPREME INDUSTRIES, INC.  
                           
               
Dated: November 2, 2005 BY: /s/ Jeffery D. Mowery  
            Jeffery D. Mowery  
            Chief Financial Officer  
                           
            (Signing on behalf of the Registrant and as Principal Financial Officer)  
                           
                           
EXHIBIT INDEX  
                           
99.1   Press release dated October 28, 2005, announcing a cash dividend.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
                           
Exhibit 99.1  
                           
SUPREME INDUSTRIES, INC.  
                           
For Immediate Release  
                           
Contact: Robert W. Wilson          
    President and Chief Operating Officer          
    (574) 642-4888          
                           
SUPREME INDUSTRIES, INC. DECLARES REGULAR
$.095 CASH DIVIDEND
 
GOSHEN, Indiana, October 28, 2005 -- Supreme Industries, Inc. (AMEX:STS) (the "Company") announced today a cash dividend on its outstanding Class A and Class B Common Stock. Stockholders of record as of November 14, 2005, will receive $.095 for each share owned on that date, payable on November 21, 2005. This cash dividend is the ninth quarterly cash dividend since the Company commenced the payment of regular cash dividends in October of 2003.
 
The Company stated that this regular cash dividend is made in recognition of Supreme Industries' favorable long-term outlook.
 
Future cash dividend payments are necessarily subject to business conditions, the Company's financial position and requirements for working capital, property, plant and equipment expenditures and other corporate purposes.
 
As of October 26, 2005, Supreme Industries had 12,647,039 shares of Common Stock outstanding, consisting of 10,537,906 shares of Class A Common Stock and 2,109,133 shares of Class B Common Stock.
 
Supreme Industries, Inc. is a nationwide manufacturer of specialized truck bodies that are produced to the specifications of its customers. Supreme also manufactures the StarTrans® line of special-purpose "shuttle-type" buses and armored vehicles. The Company's transportation equipment products are used by a wide variety of industrial and commercial customers.
 
This report contains forward-looking statements, other than historical facts, which reflect the view of the Company's management with respect to future events. When used in this report, words such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," and similar expressions, as they relate to the Company or its plans or operations, identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on assumptions made by and information currently available to the Company's management. Although management believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations are reasonable, and it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such expectations include, without limitation, limitations on the availability of chassis on which the Company's product is dependent, availability of raw materials, raw material cost increases, and severe interest rate increases. Furthermore, the Company can provide no assurance that such raw material cost increases can be passed on to its customers through implementation of price increases for the Company's products. The forward-looking
 
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statements contained herein reflect the current views of the Company's management with respect to future events and are subject to those factors and other risks, uncertainties and assumptions relating to the operations, results of operations, cash flows and financial position of the Company. The Company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements or to update the reasons actual results could differ from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements.