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) February 29, 2008
FASTENAL COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Minnesota | 0-16125 | 41-0948415 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 2001 Theurer Boulevard Winona, Minnesota |
55987-1500 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(507) 454-5374
(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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Section 8—Other Events
| Item 8.01. | Other Events |
Attached as Exhibit 100 to this report are the following materials from Fastenal Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, filed on February 21, 2008, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Earnings, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (iv) the Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income. Users of this data are advised pursuant to Rule 401 of Regulation S-T that the information contained in the XBRL documents is unaudited and these are not the official publicly filed financial statements of Fastenal Company. The purpose of submitting these XBRL formatted documents is to test the related format and technology and, as a result, investors should continue to rely on the official filed version of the furnished documents and not rely on this information in making investment decisions.
In accordance with Rule 402 of Regulation S-T, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the Exhibits, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Section 9—Financial Statements and Exhibits
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
| (d) | Exhibits. |
The following exhibits are included herewith:
| Exhibit |
Exhibit Description | |
| 100 |
The following materials from Fastenal Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, filed on February 21, 2008, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Earnings, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (iv) the Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income. |
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.
Date: February 29, 2008
| FASTENAL COMPANY | ||
| By: | /s/ Daniel L. Florness | |
| Daniel L. Florness | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
| 100 |
The following materials from Fastenal Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, filed on February 21, 2008, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Earnings, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (iv) the Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income. |
| Exhibit Number |
Description | |
| EX-100.INS |
XBRL Instance Document | |
| EX-100.SCH |
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | |
| EX-100.PRE |
XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document | |
| EX-100.LAB |
XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document | |
| EX-100.CAL |
XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document | |