UNITED STATESSECURITIES AND ~~STATES~~EXCHANGE ~~SECURITIES~~COMMISSIONWASHINGTON, D.C. 20549FORM 8-KCURRENT REPORTPURSUANT TO ~~AND~~SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THESECURITIES EXCHANGE ~~COMMISSION~~ACT OF 1934Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 4, 2011THE TIMBERLAND COMPANY(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

DELAWARE

1-9548

02-0312554

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File

Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

FORM 8-K

	200 Domain Drive, Stratham, NH	03885
	(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

~~CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15~~ (D603) OF ~~THE~~772-9500(Registrant’s telephone ~~SECURITIES~~number, ~~EXCHANGE~~including ~~ACT~~area ~~OF 1934~~code)

DATE OF REPORT

(DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED):

July 15, 2011

THE TIMBERLAND COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE	1-9548	02-0312554
(State or other jurisdiction of	(Commission file number)	(IRS employer identification
incorporation or organization)		number)

200 DOMAIN DRIVE

STRATHAM, NH 03885

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(603) 772-9500

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 52.0702 ~~Submission~~Results of ~~Matters~~Operations toand aFinancial ~~Vote of Security Holders~~Condition.

On ~~June 13~~August 4, 2011, The Timberland Company (the “Company”) ~~announced~~issued ~~that it had entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of June 12, 2011, with VF Corporation (“Parent”) and VF Enterprises, Inc.,~~ a ~~wholly~~press release ~~owned~~setting ~~subsidiary~~forth ~~of Parent (“Merger Sub”). Concurrently with~~ the ~~execution of the Merger Agreement, Sidney W. Swartz, Chairman of the~~ Company’s ~~Board~~second-quarter of2011 ~~Directors, Jeffrey B~~results. A ~~Swartz, President and Chief Executive Officer~~ copy of the ~~Company,~~press ~~and~~release ~~certain~~is ~~other~~attached ~~members~~hereto ofas ~~their~~Exhibit ~~families~~99.1 and ~~certain~~is incorporated ~~trusts~~by ~~established~~reference ~~for the benefit of their families or for charitable purposes (collectively, the “Supporting Stockholders”), entered into a Voting Agreement (the “Voting Agreement”) with Parent~~herein.

~~Pursuant~~ The toattached ~~the~~press ~~terms~~release ofincludes ~~the~~a ~~previously~~discussion ~~disclosed Voting Agreement, on July 26, 2011, the Supporting Stockholders, who beneficially own an aggregate~~ of ~~2,524,482~~ ~~shares~~constant ofdollar revenue ~~the Company’s Class A common stock~~changes, ~~par~~which ~~value~~exclude ~~$0.01 per share, and 10,568,389 shares of~~ the ~~Company’s~~impact ~~Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and control approximately 73.5%~~ of ~~the~~changes ~~combined~~in ~~voting~~foreign ~~power of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock~~exchange rates, ~~delivered a written consent adopting the Merger Agreement~~ and ~~authorizing~~are ~~the~~not ~~transactions~~Generally ~~contemplated~~Accepted ~~thereby,~~Accounting ~~including~~Principle ~~the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company~~ (~~the~~ “~~Merger~~GAAP”), performance ~~without~~measures. The ~~prior~~attached ~~notice~~press ~~and~~release ~~without~~includes ~~the holding of~~ a reconciliation ~~special meeting. No further approval~~ of ~~the~~these ~~stockholders~~non-GAAP ofmeasures ~~the Company is required~~ to ~~adopt~~ the ~~Merger~~related ~~Agreement and authorize the transactions and agreements contemplated thereby, including the Merger~~GAAP measures. On The ~~July 18, 2011, the~~ Company ~~filed~~provides aconstant ~~preliminary~~dollar ~~information~~revenue ~~statement~~changes onbecause it ~~Schedule~~uses ~~14C~~the ~~relating~~measures to ~~the~~understand ~~transactions contemplated by~~ the ~~Merger~~underlying ~~Agreement~~results and ~~the~~trends ~~Voting Agreement. A definitive information statement will be mailed to security holders~~ of the ~~Company~~business ~~when~~segments ~~available,~~excluding ~~which~~the ~~will~~impact ~~further~~of ~~describe~~exchange ~~the~~rate ~~action~~changes bythat are ~~written~~not ~~consent~~under ~~taken~~management’s bydirect ~~the Supporting Stockholders~~control.

Item 89.01 ~~Other~~Financial ~~Events~~Statements and Exhibits.

On July 15, 2011, the Premerger Notification Office of the Federal Trade Commission granted the Company’s request for early termination of the waiting period applicable to the Merger under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. The Merger remains conditioned on other customary closing conditions, including (i) the distribution of the definitive information statement referred to in Item 5.07 above to the Company’s stockholders and the passage of 20 calendar days following such distribution and (ii) the receipt of approval under the European Union Merger Control Regulation.

(d)	Exhibits.

	99.1	Press Release of The Timberland Company dated August 4, 2011 setting forth the Company’s second-quarter 2011 results.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the ~~Registrant~~ registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	~~THE TIMBERLAND COMPANY~~	THE TIMBERLAND COMPANY
Date: July 26, 2011	By:	/s/ Carrie W. Teffner
Date:	August 4, 2011	By:	/s/ Carrie W. Teffner
	~~Name:~~	~~Carrie W. Teffner~~Name:	Carrie W. Teffner
	~~Title:~~	~~Chief Financial Officer~~Title:	Chief Financial Officer

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Exhibit Index

Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Press Release of The Timberland Company dated August 4, 2011 setting forth the Company’s second-quarter 2011 results.

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