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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

 
       
                         
Commission File No. 1-8183
                         
                         
SUPREME INDUSTRIES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
                         
                         
                         
  Delaware         75-1670945
(State of Incorporation)       (IRS Employer Identification No.)
                         
                         
P.O. Box 237, 2581 E. Kercher Road, Goshen, Indiana 46528    
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)    
                         
                         
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code) - (574) 642-3070
                         
 
                         
Item 5. Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure.
       
The following information, intended to be furnished under "Item 12. Disclosure of Results of Operations and Financial Condition," is being furnished under "Item 5. Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure."
 
On October 22, 2004, Supreme Industries, Inc. issued a press release announcing a three and one-half cent per share cash dividend. The full text of the press release is set forth in Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
 
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
 
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.        
                         
  c. Exhibits                
 
    99.1

 Press release dated October 22, 2004, announcing a three and one-half cent per share cash dividend.
 
                         
                         
       
       
SIGNATURES
                         
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
                 
            SUPREME INDUSTRIES, INC.
                         
             
Dated: October 27, 2004   BY: /s/ ROBERT W. WILSON
            Robert W. Wilson
            Executive Vice President, Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
                         
            (Signing on behalf of the Registrant and as Principal Financial Officer)
                         
                         
                         
EXHIBIT INDEX
                         
99.1 Press release dated October 22, 2004, announcing a three and one-half cent per share cash dividend.
 
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
 
Exhibit 99.1                    
                         
                         
                         
 
                         
 
Contact: Robert W. Wilson            
    Executive Vice President            
    (574) 642-4888            
                         
                         
SUPREME INDUSTRIES, INC. DECLARES
A 3 ½ CENT CASH DIVIDEND
 
 
GOSHEN, Indiana, October 22, 2004 – Supreme Industries, Inc. (AMEX-STS) (the "Company") announced today a cash dividend on its outstanding Class A and Class B Common Stock. Stockholders of record as of November 1, 2004, will receive three and one-half cents ($0.035) for each share owned on that date, payable on November 8, 2004. This cash dividend is the fifth quarterly cash dividend since the Company commenced the payment of cash dividends in October of 2003, in what the Company intends to be a continuing series of quarterly cash dividends, business conditions permitting.
                         
As of October 20, 2004, Supreme Industries had 12,123,121 shares of Common Stock outstanding, consisting of 10,013,988 shares of Class A Common Stock and 2,109,133 shares of Class B Common Stock.
                         
The Company stated that this cash dividend is made in recognition of Supreme Industries' favorable long-term outlook.
                         
Supreme Industries, Inc. is a nationwide manufacturer of specialized truck bodies that are produced to the specifications of its customers. Supreme also manufactures the StarTrans® line of special purpose "shuttle-type" buses. The Company's transportation equipment products are used by a wide variety of industrial and commercial customers.
                         
This Press Release contains forward-looking statements, other than historical facts, that reflect the view of the Company's management with respect to future events. Although management believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, and can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such expectations include, without limitation, limitations on the availability of chassis on which the Company's product is dependent, availability of raw materials, and severe interest rate increases. The Company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements or to update the reason actual results could differ from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements.