UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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):  August 1, 2005

 

ZUMIEZ INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Washington

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

000-51300

 

91-1040022

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

6300 Merrill Creek Parkway, Suite B, Everett, Washington

 

98203

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(425) 551-1500

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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Item 5.02.                                          Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

 

On August 1, 2005, Zumiez Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Gerald F. Ryles to the Company’s Board of Directors.  Mr. Ryles will serve on the Company’s Audit Committee and the Company’s Compensation Committee.  There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Ryles and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. Ryles was selected as a director.  There are no transactions, or proposed transactions, during the last two years with the Company to which Mr. Ryles was or is to be a party, in which Mr. Ryles, or any member of his immediate family, has a direct or indirect material interest.

 

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.

 

 

 

 

ZUMIEZ INC.

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

Date: August 2, 2005

By:

/s/ Richard M. Brooks

 

 

 

 

 

 

Richard M. Brooks

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

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