cpi8kpr121907.htm
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 19, 2007

CPI CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware
1-10204
43-1256674
(State of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
       (IRS Employer Identification Code Number)


 
1706 Washington Ave., St. Louis, Missouri
63103
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:      (314) 231-1575

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 19, 2007, CPI Corp. issued a press release setting forth its financial results for its second quarter ended November 10, 2007.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1
 
             The information in this Form 8-K is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section.  The information in this Form 8-K shall not be incorporated by reference in any other filing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Securities Act of 1933 except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference to this Form 8-K in such filing.

Item 9.01               Financial Statement and Exhibits

(c)                           Exhibits

 
99.1
Press release issued on December 19, 2007 regarding financial results for the third quarter ended November 10, 2007 (Furnished and not filed with the SEC).


 






 
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, thereunto duly authorized.

 
 
 
  CPI CORP.  
       
 
By:
/s/ Gary W. Douglass  
    Gary W. Douglass  
   
Executive Vice President, Finance,
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
 
       

 

Date: December 20, 2007