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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001019056-15-000114
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150202
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150204
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150204

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			STEVEN MADDEN, LTD.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000913241
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FOOTWEAR, (NO RUBBER) [3140]
		IRS NUMBER:				133588231
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-23702
		FILM NUMBER:		15576422

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		52-16 BARNETT AVE
		CITY:			LONG ISLAND CITY
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11104
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7184461800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		52-16 BARNETT AVENUE
		CITY:			LONG ISLAND CITY
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11104

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MADDEN STEVEN LTD
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19931008
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<FONT STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT><BR>
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8-K</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>CURRENT
REPORT</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Securities Exchange Act of 1934</FONT></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Date
of Report: February 2, 2015<BR>
(Date of earliest event reported)</FONT></P>

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MADDEN, LTD.</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">000-23702</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">13-3588231</FONT></TD></TR>
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    of Incorporation)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(Commission
    File Number)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(IRS
    Employer<BR>
    Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    Barnett Avenue, Long Island City, New York 11104</FONT></TD></TR>
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    of Principal Executive Offices) &nbsp;&nbsp;(Zip Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
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telephone number, including area code: (718) 446-1800</U></FONT></P>

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8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 90%"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Departure of
    Directors or Certain officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
    Officers. </B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 10pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(e) On February
2, 2015, Steven Madden, Ltd. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) entered into an amendment (the &ldquo;Sixth Amendment&rdquo;) to its
existing employment agreement, dated January 1, 1998, as amended (the &ldquo;Dharia Employment Agreement&rdquo;), with Arvind
Dharia, the Company&rsquo;s Chief Financial Officer. The Sixth Amendment amends the Dharia Employment Agreement effective as of
January 1, 2015 to: (a) extend the term of Mr. Dharia&rsquo;s employment (which by its terms expired on December 31, 2014) to
December 31, 2017, (b) increase Mr. Dharia&rsquo;s annual base salary to $582,455, a 5% increase over his prior salary, for the
remainder of the term, (c) provide for an award on February 2, 2015 of 15,000 restricted shares of the Company&rsquo;s common
stock, $0.0001 per share, under the Steven Madden, Ltd, 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, which shares will vest in equal
annual installments of 3,000 shares over a five-year period, commencing on February 2, 2016, and (d) increase the amount of Mr.
Dharia&rsquo;s automobile allowance from $1,400 to $1,600 per month. All other terms of the Dharia Employment Agreement remain
unchanged.</P>

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foregoing description of the Sixth Amendment to the Dharia Employment Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified
in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Sixth Amendment filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K,
which is incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Amendment No.
    6 to Employment Agreement dated February 2, 2015 between the Company and Arvind Dharia</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

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4, 2015</FONT></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>STEVEN
    MADDEN, LTD.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">By:&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;/s/
    Edward R. Rosenfeld&#9;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Name: Edward R.
    Rosenfeld</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Title: Chief Executive
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No. 6 TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">This
Amendment No. 6 dates as of February 2, 2015 (the &ldquo;Amendment&rdquo;) to that certain Employment Agreement by and between
Steven Madden, Ltd., a Delaware corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) and Arvind Dharia (the &ldquo;Executive&rdquo;), as amended.</FONT></P>

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I T N E S S E T H:</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>WHEREAS,
</B>the Company and the Executive are parties to that certain Employment Agreement, dated as of January 1, 1998, as amended by
five subsequent Amendments dated prior to this date (collectively, the &ldquo;Original Agreement&rdquo;); and</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>WHEREAS,
</B>the Executive and the Company desire to amend the Original Agreement.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>NOW,
THEREFORE,</B> in consideration of the promises and mutual covenants contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:</FONT></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 36pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 27pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">1.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Effective
                                         as of January 1, 2015, the original Agreement is amended as follows:</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 72pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 27pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">a.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">The
                                         first sentence of Section 3 of the Original Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety
                                         and in lieu thereof the following sentence shall be inserted:</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 99pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 27pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">i.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&ldquo;The
                                         term of this Agreement, unless sooner terminated in accordance with the provisions set
                                         forth herein, shall be for the period commencing on January 1, 2015 and terminating on
                                         December 31, 2017 (the &ldquo;Term&rdquo;).</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 72pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 27pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">b.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Section
                                         4.1 of the Original Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and in lieu thereof the
                                         following paragraph shall be inserted:</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 99pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 27pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">i.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&ldquo;The
                                         Company shall pay to Executive an annual base salary of Five Hundred Eighty Two Thousand
                                         Four Hundred Fifty Five Dollars ($582,455.00); this shall remain the base salary for
                                         the remainder of the term.&rdquo;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 72pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 27pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">c.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">The
                                         Executive shall receive a grant of Fifteen Thousand (15,000) shares of restricted stock
                                         on February 2, 2015, vesting one-fifth of total grant per year for five years on the
                                         anniversary of the grant date.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 72pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 27pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">d.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Section
                                         4.3 of the Original Agreement, subsequently amended in Amendment Number 5, Section 1(d),
                                         shall be further amended by deleting the amount $1,400 and inserting in lieu thereof
                                         $1,600.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 36pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 27pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">2.</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">As
                                         hereinabove modified, all of the terms and provisions of the Original Agreement shall
                                         remain in full force and effect.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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WITNESS WHEREOF,<I> </I></B>the parties hereto have executed this Amendment No. 6 of the date first set forth above.</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-transform: uppercase"><B>Steven
    Madden, Ltd.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/ Edward Rosenfeld</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Edward Rosenfeld,
    Chairman and CEO</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">/s/
    Arvind Dharia</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Arvind Dharia</FONT></TD></TR>
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