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): April 4, 2005

 

Commission
File Number

 

Registrant, State of Incorporation

Address and Telephone Number

 

I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.

 

 

 

 

 

333-42427

 

J. CREW GROUP, INC.
(Incorporated in New York)
770 Broadway
New York, New York 10003
Telephone: (212) 209-2500

 

22-2894486

 

 

 

 

 

333-107211

 

J. CREW INTERMEDIATE LLC
(Formed in Delaware)
770 Broadway
New York, New York 10003
Telephone: (212) 209-2500

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

333-42423

 

J. CREW OPERATING CORP.
(Incorporated in Delaware)
770 Broadway
New York, New York 10003
Telephone: (212) 209-2500

 

22-3540930

 

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Item 4.02. Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review.

 

As a result of recent guidance provided by the Office of Chief Accountant of the Securities and Exchange Commission subsequent to the Company’s filing of its Current Report on Form 8-K on March 23, 2005 (the “March 23rd Form 8-K”), the Company’s management now believes that its existing policy for accounting for rent holidays prior to the store opening date is acceptable under generally accepted accounting principles.  Accordingly, management and the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors have determined that the Company’s results of operations for prior periods will not be restated, as previously reported in the March 23rd Form 8-K.  Management and the Audit Committee have discussed their revised determination with the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, KPMG LLP.

 

The Company will, however, restate its Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for prior years to report construction allowances as an operating activity rather than as a reduction of capital expenditures within investing activities, as previously reported in the March 23rd Form 8-K.  The effects of this restatement have not been finalized and will be reflected in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 29, 2005.

 

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The information in this Current Report is being furnished under Item 4.02 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Act, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly stated by specific reference in such filing.

 

Certain statements herein are “forward-looking statements” made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such forward-looking statements reflect the current expectations or beliefs of the Company concerning future events and actual results of operations may differ materially from historical results or current expectations.  Any such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including the strength of the economy, changes in the overall level of consumer spending or preferences in apparel, the performance of the Company’s products within the prevailing retail environment, trade restrictions, political or financial instability in countries where the Company’s goods are manufactured, postal rate increases, paper and printing costs, availability of suitable store locations at appropriate terms and other factors which are set forth in the Company’s Form 10-K and in all filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission made by the Company subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K.  The Company does not undertake to publicly update or revise its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

 

 

J. CREW GROUP, INC.

 

J. CREW OPERATING CORP.

 

J. CREW INTERMEDIATE LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Amanda J. Bokman

 

 

Name:

Amanda J. Bokman

 

Title:

Executive Vice President

 

 

and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

Date:       April 4, 2005

 

 

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