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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):  December 1, 2011

 

THE BON-TON STORES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Pennsylvania

0-19517

23-2835229

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission File
Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)


2801 E. Market Street, York, Pennsylvania 17402

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)


717-757-7660
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, If Changed Since Last Report)


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:

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Item 2.02.

Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On December 1, 2011, The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release reporting its sales for the fiscal periods ended November 26, 2011 and discussing the Company’s recent repurchase of $30.0 million (principal amount) of its 10¼% Senior Notes due March 15, 2014 (the “Senior Notes”).  The full text of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Report, including the exhibit attached hereto, is furnished solely pursuant to Item 2.02 of this Form 8-K. Consequently, it is not deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. It may only be incorporated by reference in another filing under the Exchange Act or Securities Act of 1933 if such subsequent filing specifically references this Form 8-K.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)   Exhibits
 
99.1 Press Release issued December 1, 2011 reporting sales for the periods ended November 26, 2011 and discussing the recent repurchase of $30.0 million (principal amount) of the Company’s Senior Notes.




SIGNATURE


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


The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Keith E. Plowman

Keith E. Plowman

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial

Officer and Principal Accounting Officer

 

Dated:

December 1, 2011