UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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       Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): November 3, 2005

                               GRIFFON CORPORATION
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


         Delaware                    1-6620                    11-1893410
(State or Other Jurisdiction      (Commission               (I.R.S. Employer
     of Incorporation)            File Number)            Identification Number)


  100 Jericho Quadrangle
    Jericho, New York                                           11753
  (Address of Principal                                       (Zip Code)
    Executive Offices)                                         

                                 (516) 938-5544
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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     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
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 Act (17CFR 240.13e-4(c))





Item 2.02    Results of Operations and Financial Condition

     On November 3, 2005, Griffon Corporation (the "Registrant")  issued a press
release  announcing  the  Registrant's  financial  results for the fourth fiscal
quarter and year ended  September  30,  2005. A copy of the  Registrant's  press
release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)      Exhibits

         99.1  Press Release, dated November 3, 2005

     The information  filed as an exhibit to this Form 8-K is being furnished in
accordance with Item 2.02 and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes
of Section 18 of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), or otherwise  subject to the liabilities of such section,  nor shall such
information  be  deemed  incorporated  by  reference  in any  filing  under  the
Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended,  or the Exchange  Act,  except as shall be
expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.



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                                   SIGNATURES
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     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.


                                              GRIFFON CORPORATION


                                          By:   /s/Eric Edelstein
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                                               Eric Edelstein
                                               Executive Vice President and
                                               Chief Financial Officer

Date:   November 3, 2005





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                                  Exhibit Index

     99.1 Press release, dated November 3, 2005