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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) May 27, 2008



Hibbett Sports, Inc.
(Exact Name Of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter)


Delaware
000-20969
20-8159608
(State of Incorporation)
(Commission
(IRS Employer
 
File Number)
Identification No.)


451 Industrial Lane
Birmingham, Alabama  35211
(Address of principal executive offices)

(205) 942-4292
(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(e).  Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Executive Compensation

On May 27, 2008, the Compensation Committee (Committee) of Hibbett Sports, Inc. (Company) authorized an equity award to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in the form of stock options.  The award will have a grant date of May 30, 2008 and will be granted under the Amended 2005 Equity Incentive Plan.  The Committee awarded the CEO 19,900 stock options that will vest equally over four years from the date of grant.

The Company intends to provide additional information regarding the compensation awarded, included equity awards, to the Named Executive Officers in respect of and during the year ended January 31, 2009, in the proxy statement for the Company’s 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.


 
 

 





SIGNATURE

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.



 
HIBBETT SPORTS, INC.
     
 
By:
/s/ Gary A. Smith
   
Gary A. Smith
   
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


June 2, 2008