| JACUZZI BRANDS, INC. | |||
| (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) | |||
| Delaware | 1-14557 | 22-3568449 | |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | |
| 777 S. Flagler Drive, West Tower, Suite 1100, West Palm Beach, FL 33401 | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | |||
| Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (561) 514-3838 | |||
| Not Applicable | |||
| (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) | |||
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Section 8 – Other Events
Item 8.01 Other Events
On January 5, 2007 Jacuzzi Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission definitive proxy materials on Schedule 14A in connection with the Company’s 2007 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) and that the Annual Meeting will be held on January 25, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. local time at the Hilton Palm Beach Airport, 150 Australian Avenue, West Palm Beach, Florida 33406. At the Annual Meeting the Company will seek, among other things, stockholder approval of the previously announced merger agreement with Jupiter Acquisition, LLC and its wholly owned subsidiary, Jupiter Merger Sub, Inc. The record date to determine the stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting is December 11, 2006.
A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit Number | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release issued by the Company on January 5, 2007. |
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.
| JACUZZI BRANDS, INC. | ||||
| Date: January 5, 2007 | By: | /s/ Steven C. Barre | ||
| Name: | Steven C. Barre | |||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary |
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