~~UNITED~~United ~~STATES~~ States

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(Dd) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of ~~report~~Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 2131, 2012

Collective Brands, Inc.

(Exact ~~Name~~name of ~~Registrant~~registrant as ~~Specified~~ specified in ~~Its~~its ~~Charter~~charter)

Delaware	~~001~~1-14770	43-1813160
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
3231 Southeast Sixth Avenue, Topeka, Kansas		66607
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(785) 233-5171

(Registrant’'s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

~~N/A~~ Not Applicable

(Former ~~Name~~name or ~~Former~~former ~~Address~~address, if ~~Changed~~changed since ~~Since~~last ~~Last Report~~report)

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~~Instructions A.2. below):

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Item 5 2.0702. ~~Submission~~Results of ~~Matters~~Operations toand aFinancial ~~Vote of Security Holders.~~ Condition

~~(a)~~Item ~~Collective Brands, Inc~~7.~~, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), held a special meeting (the “Special Meeting”) of the Company’s stockholders on August 21, 2012~~01. AtRegulation ~~the~~FD Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the adoption of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 1, 2012 (the “Merger Agreement”), as it may be amended from time to time, among the Company, WBG-PSS Holdings LLC, WBG-PSS Merger Sub Inc., and, solely for purposes of Sections 6.5, 6.8, 6.9 (other than 6.9(e)), 6.13, 6.14(a), 6.17 and Article IX, Wolverine World Wide, Inc. Sufficient votes were received to approve the proposal to adjourn the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there were not sufficient votes to adopt the Merger Agreement, but an adjournment was not necessary in light of the adoption of the Merger Agreement. In addition, the non-binding, advisory vote to approve certain compensation arrangements for the Company’s named executive officers in connection with the merger contemplated by the Merger Agreement was also approved by the Company’s stockholders. Disclosure

~~(b)~~ The ~~There~~following ~~were~~information ~~61,450,916~~is ~~shares~~furnished ofpursuant ~~Company~~to ~~common stock issued and outstanding~~both onItems the record date and eligible to be voted at the Special Meeting and 46,524,172 shares were represented in person or by proxy at the Special Meeting, which constituted a quorum to conduct business at the Special Meeting2.02 ~~The items voted upon at the Special Meeting~~ and ~~the final voting results for each proposal were as follows:~~ 7.01.

1. On ToAugust ~~adopt~~31, ~~the Agreement and Plan of Merger~~2012, ~~dated~~Collective ~~as of May 1~~Brands, ~~2012~~Inc., asa itDelaware corporation, ~~may~~issued bea ~~amended~~press ~~from~~release ~~time~~announcing toits ~~time,~~second ~~among~~quarter ~~the~~results ~~Company,~~for ~~WBG-PSS~~fiscal ~~Holdings LLC~~2012, ~~WBG-PSS~~which ~~Merger~~ended ~~Sub~~July ~~Inc.~~28, ~~and,~~2012. ~~solely~~The ~~for~~full text ~~purposes~~ of ~~Sections~~the ~~6.5,~~press ~~6.8,~~release ~~6.9~~is ~~(other~~attached ~~than~~hereto ~~6.9(e)),~~as ~~6.13,~~Exhibit 699.~~14(a),~~1 ~~6.17~~ and ~~Article~~incorporated ~~IX,~~by ~~Wolverine~~reference ~~World Wide, Inc~~herein.

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
46,290,403		190,772		42,997		—

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

2.(d) ~~To approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes to adopt the Merger Agreement~~Exhibits.

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
43,080,600		3,378,187		65,385		—

99.1

Press Release of Collective Brands, Inc. dated August 31, 2012.

~~3. To approve, by non-binding, advisory vote, certain compensation arrangements for the Company’s named executive officers in connection with the merger contemplated by the Merger Agreement.~~SIGNATURES

For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
38,952,404		6,145,075		1,426,693		—

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.


	COLLECTIVE BRANDS, INC.

Date: August 31, 2012

	By:	/s/ Douglas G. Boessen
		Douglas G. Boessen Division Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

~~(d)~~EXHIBIT ~~Not applicable.~~INDEX

SIGNATURE


Exhibit Number		Description

99.1		Press Release of Collective Brands, Inc. dated August 31, 2012.

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 thereunto duly authorized.

COLLECTIVE BRANDS, INC. By: /s/ Douglas J. Treff Name: Douglas J. Treff Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer

Date: August 21, 2012

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