8-K

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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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 22, 2005

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Collins Industries, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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   Missouri

             0-12619

          43-0985160

(State or other jurisdiction

(Commission

(IRS Employer

          of incorporation)

File Number)

            Identification No.)

   15 Compound Drive, Hutchinson, KS

                  67502

(Address of principal executive offices)

        (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (620) 663-5551

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

On February 16, 2005, Collins Industries, Inc. received notice of a determination by Nasdaq’s Listing Qualifications Staff that the Company fails to comply with the requirements of Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(14) for continued listing due to the delayed filing of its annual report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and that its securities are therefore subject to delisting from the Nasdaq National Market.  The Company intends to appeal the Staff’s determination to the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel, which will stay the delisting until the appeal has been heard and the Panel has rendered its decision.  In connection with this appeal and pursuant to Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4820, the Company intends to submit a written request for hearing to Nasdaq’s Office of Listing Qualifications Hearings.  There can be no assurance that the Panel will grant the Company’s reque st for continued listing.

The Company issued a press release on February 22, 2005 regarding this matter.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)

Exhibits.  

99.1

Collins Industries, Inc. Press Release dated February 22, 2005.

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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.

COLLINS INDUSTRIES, INC.

Date  February 22, 2005

By:      /s/ Larry W. Sayre

Name:

Larry W. Sayre

Title:

Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

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EX-99

NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

Contact:

Larry W. Sayre

February 22, 2005

Vice President-Finance & CFO

(620) 663-5551

Collins Industries Receives Nasdaq Delisting Notice, Will Appeal

Hutchinson, Kansas, February 22, 2005 ........... Collins Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: “COLL”) announced that it received notice of a determination by Nasdaq’s Listing Qualifications Staff that it fails to comply with Nasdaq listing standards set forth in Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(14) due to the delayed filing of its annual report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission and that its securities are therefore subject to delisting from the Nasdaq National Market.  

The Company had previously announced that its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2004 would not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on a timely basis.   As a result of the Company’s delay in filing its Form 10-K, the fifth character “E” has been appended to its trading symbol.  Accordingly, the trading symbol for the Company’s common stock now is COLLE.  

The Company intends to appeal the Staff’s determination to the Nasdaq Listing Qualifications Panel, which will stay the delisting until the appeal has been heard and the Panel has rendered its decision.  In connection with this appeal and pursuant to Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4820, the Company intends to submit a written request for hearing to Nasdaq’s Office of Listing Qualifications Hearings.  There can be no assurance that the Panel will grant the Company’s request for continued listing.   

Collins Industries, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of ambulances (including medical attack vehicles, rescue vehicles and fire emergency vehicles), North America’s largest producer of Type “A” small school buses, the nation’s second largest manufacturer of terminal trucks and a leader in the road construction and industrial sweeper markets. Since 1971, the Company has grown to approximately 900 employees in six plants comprising over one million combined square feet of manufacturing space.   The Company sells its products throughout the United States and abroad.

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