Edgar Filing: PERRY ELLIS INTERNATIONAL INC

PERRY ELLIS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Date: June 7, 2010

/s/ Cory Shade

Cory Shade, General Counsel

Form 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): June 7, 2010

PERRY ELLIS INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Florida

0-21764

59-1162998

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

3000 N.W. 107th Avenue

Miami, Florida

33172

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (305) 592-2830

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:

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 8.01

Other Events

During June 2010, Perry Ellis International, Inc. (the “Company”) retired $25.0 million of its senior subordinated notes maturing in 2013 (the “Notes”). The Notes retired were repurchased by the Company in connection with authorization by the Company’s Board of Directors during fiscal 2010 of the Company’s purchases, from time to time and as market and business conditions warrant, of the Company’s Notes for cash in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. The amount of Notes that may be repurchased or otherwise retired are to be decided upon based on parameters approved by the Company’s Board of Directors and are to depend on market conditions, trading levels of the Company’s Notes, the Company’s cash position and other considerations.

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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.

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