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): September 16, 2005

Saucony, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Massachusetts	000-05083	04-1465840
(State or Other Juris- diction of Incorporation	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

13 Centennial Drive, Peabody, Massachusetts	01960
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (978) 532-9000

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 satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01    Other Events

Saucony, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation (the “Company”), announced today that the Company’s shareholders approved the acquisition of the Company by The Stride Rite Corporation. The full text of the press release issued in connection with the announcement is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01     Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c) Exhibits

99.1    Press Release entitled “Saucony Shareholders Approve Acquisition by The Stride Rite Corporation.”

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.

	SAUCONY, INC.
Date: September 16, 2005	By:    /s/    John H. Fisher
	John H. Fisher Chief Executive Office and President