THE CATO CORPORATION
 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
450 Fifth Street NW
Washington, D.C. 29549

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 18, 2004
   

THE CATO CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
         
Delaware   1-31340   56-0484485
 
 
(State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission   (I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)   File Number)   Identification Number)
     
8100 Denmark Road, Charlotte, North Carolina   28273-5975
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

(704) 554-8510

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if changed since last report)

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THE CATO CORPORATION

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

       (c) Exhibits

       Exhibit 99.1 – Press Released issued May 18, 2004

Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure; and

Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On May 18, 2004, The Cato Corporation issued a press release regarding its financial results for the first quarter ending May 1, 2004. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein. The information being furnished in this report (including Exhibit 99.1) is not deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is not incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933.

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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 CATO CORPORATION
     
May 19, 2004   /s/ John P. Derham Cato
 
Date   John P. Derham Cato
    Chairman, President and
    Chief Executive Officer
     
May 19, 2004   /s/ Michael O. Moore
 
Date   Michael O. Moore
    Executive Vice President
    Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

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Exhibit Index

         
Exhibit   Exhibit No.
 
Press Release issued May 18, 2004     99.1  

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