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):          December 15, 2003

 

THE J. JILL GROUP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

0-22480

 

04-2973769

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

4 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA

 

 

 

02169-7468

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

 

(Zip Code)

 

 

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:          (617) 376-4300

 

 



 

Item 7.                    Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

 

(c)   Exhibits

 

99.1              December 15, 2003 Press Release

 

 

Item 9.                    Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On December 15, 2003, The J. Jill Group, Inc. issued a Press Release (i) announcing its current sales and earnings targets for fiscal 2004 and for the fiscal quarter ending March 27, 2004, and (ii) reaffirming its expectations for its sales and earnings for the fiscal quarter ending December 27, 2003.  A copy of the press release is set forth as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

 

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.

 

 

THE J. JILL GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: December 15, 2003

By:

/s/ Olga L. Conley

 

 

 Olga L. Conley

 

 

 Executive Vice President,

 

 

 Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 (Principal Financial Officer)

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Number

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

December 15, 2003 Press Release

 

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