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<p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>

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<p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM 8-K</font></b></p>



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<p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report

(Date of earliest event reported):&#160; <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">December 2,

2002</font></b></font></p>



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Manufacturing Co., Inc.<br>

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registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>



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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">4120 Dublin Boulevard, Suite 400,

Dublin, CA 94568<br>

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principal executive offices)</font></p>



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telephone number, including area code):&#160;

<b><font style="font-weight:bold;">(925)

560-9000</font></b></font></p>



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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; On December 2, 2002, Barclay Simpson announced that

he intended to donate 2,000,000 shares of Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

common stock (approximately 8.2% of the outstanding shares) to the Simpson PSB

Fund, his charitable trust. The timing of the gift and the ultimate disposition

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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.</font></p>



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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.</font></b></p>

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