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)
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Delaware
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000-20969
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20-8159608
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(State
of Incorporation)
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(Commission
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(IRS
Employer
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File
Number)
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Identification
No.)
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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)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
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CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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.
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HIBBETT
SPORTS, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Gary A.
Smith
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Gary
A. Smith
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Vice
President and Chief Financial
Officer
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June 2,
2008