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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001201361-03-000168.txt : 20031110
<SEC-HEADER>0001201361-03-000168.hdr.sgml : 20031110
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20031110105204
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001201361-03-000168
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20031106
FILED AS OF DATE:		20031110

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			JABIL CIRCUIT INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000898293
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS [3672]
		IRS NUMBER:				381886260
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0831

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10560 NINTH ST NORTH
		CITY:			ST PETERSBURG
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33716
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7275779749

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10560 NINTH STREET NORTH
		CITY:			ST PETERSBURG
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33716

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PETERSEN AUDREY M
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000937543

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14063
		FILM NUMBER:		03987035

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		JABIL CIRCUIT INC
		STREET 2:		10560 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. ST N
		CITY:			ST PETERSBURG
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33716-3718
		BUSINESS PHONE:		813-577-9749

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		JABIL CIRCUIT INC
		STREET 2:		10560 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. ST N
		CITY:			ST PETERSBURG
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33716-3718
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            <rptOwnerState>FL</rptOwnerState>
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        <footnote id="F1">This transaction was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Mrs. Petersen is a member of a two-person management committee created under the William E. Morean Residual Trust and as such shares voting and dispositive power over shares held by the trust.  Mrs. Petersen and her family members are beneficiaries of the trust.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Mrs. Petersen is a trustee of the Audrey Petersen Revocable Trust and has voting and dispositive power over the shares held by such trust.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Mrs. Petersen is the President of Morean-Petersen, Inc., the sole general partner of the Morean Limited Partnership, a North Carolina limited partnership, and has shares voting and dispositive power of the shares held by such limited partnership.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Mrs. Petersen is a director of the Morean Petersen Foundation, Inc., a private charitable foundation, and may be deemed to have shared voting and dispositive powers over shares held by the foundation.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>By: Robert L. Paver, Attorney-in-Fact  For: Audrey M. Petersen</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2003-11-10</signatureDate>
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