Current Report Filing (8-k)

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): May 25, 2016

	Tumi Holdings, Inc.
	(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		001-35495		04-3799139
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
1001 Durham Avenue South Plainfield, NJ				07080
(Address of principal executive offices)				(Zip Code)

[phone]

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On May 25, 2016, Tumi Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it had established a record date of June 3, 2016, and a meeting date of July 12, 2016, for a special meeting of its stockholders to, among other things, consider and vote on a proposal to approve the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger with Samsonite International S.A. ("Samsonite") and PTL Acquisition Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Samsonite, under which Samsonite will acquire the Company for $26.75 per share in an all cash transaction.

A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.			Description
99.1			Press Release of Tumi Holdings, Inc., dated May 25, 2016

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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.

		TUMI HOLDINGS, INC.
Dated:	May 25, 2016	By:	/s/ Peter L. Gray
			Name:	Peter L. Gray
			Title:	Executive Vice President and General Counsel

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release of Tumi Holdings, Inc., dated May 25, 2016